Year: 2022
- Somali elections
News Analysis: Parliament appoints gov’t officials as board members of media authority violating the law
By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) got new board members last week, after Parliament approved the appointment of nine nominees forwarded to it by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, raising controversy in its wake. The freshly appointed members have alarmed many media houses who called it a threat for the independence of media as the…
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News: Fentale Woreda administration seizes seven trucks loaded with minerals en route to Afar region, accuses ‘extremists’ involved in recent attack on local militia
The trucks were seized en route to the Afar regionPhoto: Fentale woreda communication bureau By Alemitu Homa @alemituhoma Addis Abeba – Fentale woreda communication bureau reported that seven trucks allegedly carrying minerals from Tututi kebele were seized at a locality near camp Ilala. The bureau attributed what it called the ‘’illegal exploitation of minerals’’ to “extremists”, who were involved in…
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News: Amhara State rejects rights groups report detailing crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing in Western Tigray
Amhara security forces rounded up Tigrayans in Western Tigray and forcibly transferred them east, towards Northwestern Tigray. © 2022 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Addis Abeba – The Amhara regional government issued a statement regarding the recent joint report by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch which documented war crimes and crimes against humanity in the…
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Just In: EU ‘appalled’ by rights groups report on abuse in western Tigray, calls for ‘immediate halt to all human rights violations and abuses’
Picture: Human Rights Watch (HRW). Addis Abeba – In a statement released today, the European Union (EU) said it was “appalled about the report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International with regards to the widespread human rights violations and abuses of civilians in the Western part of Tigray.” The EU also called on “immediate halt to all human rights…
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NewsAlert: Ministry relieves basic foodstuff importers from foreign currency permits
Addis Abeba City Administration is running Sunday markets in various places in the city with average price list. Addis Abeba – Amidst soaring inflation and shortage of basic commodities in Ethiopia, the Ministry of Finance has issued a directive allowing importers of essential foodstuffs such as oil, wheat, sugar, baby milk and rice to use franco-Valuta privileges without waiting for…
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Just In: US ‘deeply troubled’ by rights groups report on acts amounting to ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Western Tigray
Jamila, a 27-year-old in Dansha town, described how in early November 2020, half a dozen Fano militiamen who were carrying out out neighborhood searches targeting Tigrayans, entered her shop while she was working, and raped her in front of her children. © 2022 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Addis Abeba – The U.S. State Department issued…
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News: Fed. Court orders prosecutors to summon Debretsion, Getachew and 35 others by newspaper, broadcast notice
By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba – Judges at the Federal High Court, Lideta Division, First Anti-Terrorism and Constitutional Affairs Criminal bench have today ordered the federal prosecutors to summon 37 defendants in the file name of Tigray state leader Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) by newspaper and national TV notices. The court’s ruling followed after the federal police said they were unable…
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News: Protests break out during salat prayers across Addis Abeba today
A scene at the protest Photo: Social Media By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – Protests erupted during salat prayers in different mosques across Addis Abeba today after many schools in the city prevented students from holding prayers and other activities on school premises. Students wearing school uniforms and many followers were seen at the protests, a source told Addis…
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