Year: 2022
- Law & Justice
News: EHRC calls for criminal liability as Oromia region prepares for conciliation process with Karrayyu community
Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) cautioned that the planned reconciliation process between the families of executed Karrayu Abba Gadaas and the perpetrators. “Conciliation should not replace or impede criminal liability,” the commission warned. In a statement released yesterday, the EHRC stated that in a follow-up investigation carried out between March 7 and 12, the commission spoke…
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#ASDailyScoop: Girma Wake replaces Abadula Gemeda as Board Chairman of Ethiopian Airlines Group
Girma Wake and Abadula Gemeda. Pictures: Ethio Lease/Addis Standard/Archive Addis Abeba – The Former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines and industry veteran Girma Wake has been appointed chairman of the board of the Ethiopian Airlines Group. Girma was with the Airlines for 37 years, seven of them as CEO, before he was replaced by Tewolde in 2011. He has now been…
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Update: Former Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake to lead Board to name new CEO ‘shortly’
Ethiopian AIrlines outgoing CEO Tewolde Gebremariam. Picture: Ethiopian Airlines Addis Abeba – In a statement it released late this afternoon, Ethiopian Airlines said the Board of Management of Ethiopian Airlines Group will announce “Group CEO and successor to Ato Tewolde GebreMariam shortly.” The statement came after news of the resignation of multiple award winning Group CEO, which the Airline said…
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#ASDailyScoop: Farmers in east Gojam, Amhara state file complaint on supply shortage, rising cost of fertilizer
Addis Abeba – Farmers in East Gojjam Zone of Amhara regional state have filed complaints with zonal authorities on March 22 regarding the current lack of supply and rising cost of fertilizers ahead of to coming main crop planting season. According to East Gojam Police Bureau, representatives of the farmers who were drawn from various localities in the zone told…
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#ASDailyScoop: Benishangul-Gumz State steps up efforts to improve school curriculum in three mother tongue languages
Officials in Banishagul Gumuz state discussing on ways of improving the three mother tongue langues in school curriculum. Pictures Addis Abeba – Benishangul-Gumz Regional State announced that it was working to improve the education curriculum in three languages that are being used as mother tongue to teach in schools in the region. This was disclosed at a consultative meeting between…
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News: Ethiopia’s Ambassador to South Sudan calls repeated attacks by Murle militants to end
Ambassador Nabil Mahdi with South Sudanese Foreign Minister, Mayiik Ayii Deng. Picture: Gambella region Press Secretariat Addis Abeba – Nabil Mahdi, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to South Sudan, has called for an end to repeated cross border attacks by Murle militants targeting civilians in Gambella regional state.The Ambassador said this during talks with South Sudanese Foreign Minister, Mayiik Ayii Deng. Gambella regional…
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News: Amhara State President requests Russia’s support to rehabilitate war-torn region
Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Evgeny Terekhin meets Amhara State President Yilkal Kefale (PhD). Pictures: AMC Addis Abeba – President Yilkal Kefale (PhD) has called on Russia to support efforts to rehabilitate war-torn Amhara region, regional media reported. The President made the remarks during a visit to Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara regional state, by the Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia,…
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News: Amhara State Education Bureau requests university entrance deadline extension, sends team to federal exam agency
Picture: Amhara Regional State Facebook Addis Abeba– Amhara regional state education bureau announced that it has sent a team to the National Educational Assessment And Examination Agency (NEAEA) for discussions on exam result irregularities that the region said has affected thousands of students who sat for this year’s school leaving exam. The bureau also requested the Ministry of Education to…
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News: Fed. Court allows former PM Hailemariam Desalegn to give online defense witness testimony for former MeTEC officials
Former PM Hailemariam Desalegn MahletFasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – Judges at the Federal High Court Lideta Branch, 3rd Corruption Trial Bench, today allowed a request submitted by former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn asking to give his testimony for former senior Metal and Engineering Corporation (MeTEC) officials, including Major General Kinfe Dagnew, Former Director General of MeTEC. Four defendants in Maj.…
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#ASDailyScoop: Eight people killed in armed attack in Gursum Woreda, Somali state during a traditional ceremony
Addis Abeba – Armed attackers killed eight people in Bambas town, Gursum woreda, part of Fafan Zone of the Somali regional state (Not to be confused with Gursum woreda in the neighboring Oromia regional state) during a traditional ceremony crowning a tribal chief. Sources in the area who spoke to Addis Standard confirmed that the attack took place on Sunday…
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