Year: 2022
- Africa
#ASDailyScoop: Ethiopia, Djibouti agree to work on security, education, training and peacekeeping
Left: General Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim and Field Marshal Berhanu Jula signing the agreement. Picture: ENDF Addis Abeba – Ethiopia, Djibouti agree to work together on security, education, training and peacekeeping. This was stated at the 9th Ethio-Djibouti Defense Chiefs of Staff meeting which was held in Addis Abeba, according to the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF). The agreement was signed…
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News Analysis: Clashes between armed Fano, local security result in casualties in Mota city; officials blame ‘unidentified armed group’ for death of security forces
Armed Fano members. Picture: Mota City Communication Bureau. Archive/December 2021 By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – Clashes broke out on Sunday 06 March in Mota town, in East Gojjam Zone of Amhara regional state, leaving unknown numbers injured, reports said. Tension was running high in the town following the arrest by government security forces of the leader of the…
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Ethiopian journalists stand in solidarity with press freedom, denounce increasing crackdown
Members of the Media in Ethiopia attending a weekly presser by MoFA Spokesperson Over forty of our colleagues were arrested in 2021. In this open letter, we call on the government to respect media rights. We the undersigned Ethiopian journalists and media professionals are of an uncompromising stance when it comes to press freedoms and, as such, wholeheartedly condemn all…
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#ASDailyScoop: Court grants police 14 more days to remand and investigate AP journalists
AP journalist Amir Aman, left, and cameraman Thomas Engida. Picture: Social Media/federal Police/Archive MahletFasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – Investigating police in Addis Abeba were given 14 more days today by the Federal First Instance Court, Arada Branch to remand and investigate journalist Amir Aman and cameraman Thomas Engida, who were working for Associated Press (AP) by the time of their…
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News: Detained OLF PR officer Bate Urgessa diagnosed with Hepatitis B, Denied Access To Healthcare
Batte Urgessa, Public Relations Bureau Head, OLF Addis Abeba-The Head of OLF public relations Bate Urgessa was diagnosed with Hepatitis B but is denied access to healthcare according to sources close to his family. Dirribi Demissie, the president of the Macha-Tulama association, told Addis Standard that Bate was diagnosed with Hepatitis B and the police are denying him access to…
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News: At least 20 people killed in latest attack by armed men in Benishagul Gumuz state; UN says growing insecurity worsening humanitarian conditions
Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) members on patrol in Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz regional state. Picture: ENDF/archive Addis Abeba – A local official in Binishangul Gumz regional state told the BBC Amharic service that latest attack by militants claimed the lives of at least 20 civilians. The attack was carried on a public bus traveling from Metekel to Guba on…
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#NewsAlert: Amhara Prosperity Party relieves members for violating financial, asset management regulations
Addis Abeba – Following A letter written by Amhara Prosperity Party (APP) member, Tsega Arage, and addressed to the Prosperity Party (PP) Control and Inspection Commission, APP has today issued a statement announcing its decision to relieve party members that it accused of violating the party’s financial and asset management regulations during loans management. The six pages letter by Tsega…
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News: Court overrules police request for more days, orders investigation results on two Associated Press journalists
AP journalist Amir Aman, left, and cameraman Thomas Engida. Picture: Social Media/federal Police/Archive MahletFasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – The Federal First Instance Court Arada branch has today overruled police’s request for more days and ordered investigation results on two Associated Press (AP) journalists – journalist Amir Aman and cameraman Thomas Engida. The police requested judges for 14 more days to…
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News Analysis: Electoral Board inquiry team confirm OLF leader Dawud Ibssa in house arrest; Board demands his release
OLF Chairman Dawud Ibssa Addis Abeba – In a letter published today the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said an inquiry team sent by the Board has confirmed that Dawud Ibssa, the Chairman of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has been in house arrest since 02 April 2021. NEBE has requested the Federal Police Commission and the National…
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