Month: February 2023
- Africa
News: OLA says Oromia region call for reconciliation “welcome news”, issues “key aspects” to be clarified
OLA is led by Kumsa Diriba o.k.a Jaal Marroo. Picture: Screenshot/AS Addis Abeba – In a statement it released in response to a call on Friday by Shimelis Abdissa, President of Oromia regional state, for reconciliation, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), said that any call for peaceful resolution of the ongoing war in Oromia “through civilized discourse” is “a welcome…
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News: More than 60,000 mainly women, children arrive in Ethiopia after fleeing recent clashes in Laascaanood, Somalia: UN
Somali refugees who fled recent clashes in Lasscanood, Somaliland area, shelter in the open at the Qoriley site in the Somali region of Ethiopia. © UNHCR/Aden Harun Addis Abeba – More than 60,000 Somalis, mainly women and children, have fled to Ethiopia’s Somali region in the past few weeks to escape clashes and insecurity in the city of Laascaanood, in…
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News: Three Tigrayan opposition political parties invalidate committee to lead establishment of interim admin in Tigray
Representatives of the three opposition parties in Tigray giving presser. Photo: Screenshot/VOA clip Addis Abeba – Three major opposition political parties in war torn Tigray Region have invalidated the recently announced committee authorized to lead the establishment of an Interim Regional Administration (IRA) in the region pursuant to the signed peace agreement between the federal government of Ethiopia and Tigray…
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News: Officials in SNNP region warn prolonged drought in Konso zone at alarming level
Shelter for communities displaced by the impact of ongoing drought in Konso. Photo: Konso Communication Office Addis Abeba – Regional authorities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state warned that the persistent drought the Konso zone has threatened the lives of many. The area has not received sufficient precipitation for over four consecutive years, according to the Konso…
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Breaking: Oromia Region President calls for reconciliation with OLA
Shimelis Abdissa. Photo: OBN Addis Abeba – Addressing the 6th regular meeting of Caffee Oromia, the regional council, President Shimellis Abdissa called on armed group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) to come to reconciliation. “In front of this respected Caffee (regional parliament) in the name of our people and with great respect I would like to call on armed groups operating…
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News: Security forces kill six, injure more than 15 people in Wolkite following protest against chronic lack of water
Protesters against chronic lack of water in Wolkite city. Photo: Social media By Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21 Addis Abeba: Residents of Wolkite city, the administrative capital of the restive Gurage zone in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) region, told Addis Standard that the number of people killed by security forces yesterday has reached six, while more than 15 were seriously…
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News: Tigray region officials announce establishment of interim regional administration soon
Lt. Gen. Tadesse Werede and Muluwork Kidanemariam giving presser on the establishment of IRA in Tigray. Photo: Screenshot ©Addis-Standard/collage Addis Ababa – Officials in the Tigray region announced a plan to establish “inclusive, democratic and transparent” interim regional administration (IRA) within a short period of time according to the peace agreement signed between the federal government and Tigrayan authorities in…
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News Analysis: Ethiopian Orthodox Church leaders resolve schism through dialogue, restore Church unity “based on church’s canon”
Abune Sawiros kisses the hands of His Holiness Abune Mathias I, Patriarch of the EOTC. Photo: EBC Addis Abeba – The Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) and the breakaway archbishops have announced that they resolved their differences ending a near month-long schism that threatened the unity of the church through “constructive discussion” and according to “the…
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News: At least 50 killed on IDPs shelter in East Wollega, attack blamed on Oromo rebels; eight more killed by federal forces accused of links with rebels: Rights Commission
IDPs in Ano town. Picture: EHRC Addis Abeba – A new report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said at least 50 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack between 02 and 04 February targeting an IDP camp in East Wollega zone, Gobu Seyu Woreda, Ano town of the Oromia regional state. Similarly, eight youths were…
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News: Security forces detain two journalists amidst crackdown following ongoing Orthodox Church schism, ensuing unrest
From left: Tewodros Asfaw and Diacon Yosef Ketema. Photos: Social media. Collage: Addis Standard Addis Abeba – Following the ongoing schism within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) and the ensuing unrest, two media professionals, journalist and political analyst Tewodros Asfaw, and Deacon Yosef Ketema, a journalist for EOTC Afaan Oromoo broadcast service, have been detained by security forces this…
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