Month: January 2023
- Africa
Art and Culture: The 83rd Agew Equestrian Festival underway in Injibara, Amhara region
Partial view of the ongoing Agew Equestrian Festival. Pictures: Awi Communication Bureau Addis Abeba – The colorful celebration marking the 83rd anniversary of the foundation of Agew Equestrian Association is underway in Awi Zone, Injibara city, Awi Zone of the Amhara regional state. The celebration is being attended by federal and state officials, artists, community members and invited guests, according…
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News: Somali region suspends 15 media outlets, accuses reporters of working without licenses
Addis Abeba – Somali Regional State Communications Bureau has passed a decision to take 15 foreign media outlets broadcasting in the region off air and accused reporters of the outlets based in the region, including the BBC Somali service, of working without licenses. An official within the bureau told Addis Standard that the representatives of the media outlets are suspended…
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News: US says Eritrean troops still in Ethiopia, Tigray official calls claims of complete withdrawal “misleading”
Eritrean forces in Shire town on the eve of Epiphany (Timket) on 18 January. Photo: Haphtom Berhe Addis Abeba – US Ambassador to the UN Security Council (UNSC), Linda Thomas Greenfield, said on Saturday, in Nairobi that the that Eritrean troops did not withdraw from Ethiopia, contradicting a claim by an Ethiopian army general who said there was no other…
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News: Unidentified gunmen kidnap 20 workers of Dangote cement factory in West Shewa, Oromia region, again
By Getahun Legesse @Birmaduu2 Addis Abeba – Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped 20 workers of Dangote Cement Factory, located in Adea Berga district in West Shewa Zone of Oromia region, a staff member of the company with the knowledge to the matter told Addis Standard. According to the employee who spoke to Addis Standard on the phone on conditions of anonymity,…
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News: Showa Robit City shares first official images showing level of destruction in ongoing violence; residents blame neglect of government
Part of the pictures shared by Shewa Robit City Administration Mayor’s office. Addis Abeba – The Mayor’s office of the Shewa Robit City Administration, in the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara Regional state, has last night shared several pictures this morning revealing the level of devastation and destruction caused as a result of the ongoing violence in areas bordering…
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News: No other security forces in Tigray except Federal, army tells Military Attachés, AU reps and other diplomats
Major General Teshome Gemmechu. Photo: ENDF Addis Abeba – There is no other security force in the Tigray region apart from the Federal Defense Forces, said Major General Teshome Gemmechu Directorate General of Defense Foreign Relations and Military Cooperation of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF). Major General Teshome said this while briefing Military Attachés for various countries based in…
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