Month: February 2023
- EOTC
NewsAlert: PM Abiy in meeting with Orthodox Patriarch
HH Abuna Mathias. Photo: ENA Addis Abeba – In an urgent statement issued by the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) in Addis Abeba, the Synod said that a delegation of the Church including Patriarch of EOTC, and Synod members are currently in a meeting with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the PM’s office. The Synod said…
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News: Addis Abeba City Admin closes schools amidst growing security concern following govt, Synod standoff
Photo: Archive/AddisStandard Addis Abeba – Schools in Addis Abeba are closed on Friday, 10 February, following text messages were abruptly sent to parents announcing the closure on Thursday afternoon. Some parents told Addis Standard that despite being noticed about the schools closure, they haven’t been told the reason. A government school student, who prefer to remain anonymous, however said, students…
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News: Oromia, Harari and South West regional states endorse Joint Task Force decision to ban rallies, Oromia says out of “patience”
Followers of the EOTC observing the end of of Fast of Nineveh which was between Monday 06 to Wednesday 08 February, by wearing black to protest against what it said is a government supported coup attempt to overthrow the Holy Synod by the “illegal group.” Photo: Social Media Addis Abeba – Oromia, Harari and South West Ethiopia People’s regional state…
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News: Somali region says calling for unauthorized rally inappropriate, supports Joint Task Force decision on security, safety matters
Jigjiga, the capital city of Somali regional state. Photo: Abdirahman Isak/May 2020 Addis Abeba – Somali regional state government said it is “not appropriate to call for a peaceful demonstration that is not authorized by the appropriate body” and that it “creates a security threat at this time when preparations for the African Union Summit, which has high diplomatic and…
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News: Govt, Orthodox Synod in heightened war of words; Synod goes ahead with planned rally despite warning by joint task force
His Holiness Abune Abraha, General Manager of the Holy Synod reading the statement earlier this evening. Picture: Mahibere Kidusan Addis Abeba – In a sign of deepening fracture between the government and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church (EOTC) Holy Synod in Addis Abeba, both have released statements this afternoon in which the former claimed possession of intelligence on a group…
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News: Joint Security, Intelligence Task Force cautions against unauthorized rallies, threatens to take actions as Orthodox Church Schism takes toll
Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force cautioned both dissenting groups of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) to restrain from calling for unauthorized demonstration to be conducted in Addis Abeba, and elsewhere in the country, to deliberately “create unrest” among the faithful. In a statement it released on Wednesday, the Task Force said that it…
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News: Dissenting Archbishop returns to Diocese where Church schism first ruptured as Holy Synod continues rejection
A poster from a local church in Qerssa Malima Woredsa hangs on a minivan with a message “We are behind our fathers.” The poster shows the three breakaway Archbishops at the center of the ongoing controversy, Abune Eustathius, Abune Sawiros, and Abune Zena Markos. Picture: Sinoodoosii Oromiyaa Addis Abeba – Abune Sawiros (PhD), Archbishop of South West Shoa Diocese, who…
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News: Two killed, one injured in cross border raid by South Sudan’s Murle militants in Gambella region
Utow Ukot. Picture: Gambella region communication Addis Abeba: The Murle tribe militants who crossed into Ethiopia’s Gambella region from South Sudan have killed two individuals and injured one, according to Peace and Security Bureau of the region. Utow Ukot, deputy head of the bureau said, militants crossed the border on the evening of Tuesday, 07 February and attacked Utuyo village…
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Analysis: Unpaid Tigrayan civil servants linger in despair, await for peace deal dividend to trickle
This week the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) announced the start of full business operations in the capital of Tigray region Mekelle. Picture: CBE By Mihret G/kristos @MercyG_kirstos Addis Abeba – Tens of thousands of Tigrayan civil servants who have not seen their paycheck especially since June 2021, when Tigrayan forces recaptured most part of the region, continued sustaining hardships…
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Analysis: “Enough! Let them come to peaceful path”: Oromia president wants to end fighting peacefully, but remains vague on how
Shimelis Abdissa. Photo: Screenshot/AS Addis Abeba – In what appeared to be a sharp departure in tone and messaging, Shimelis Abdissa, President of Oromia regional state, said that he wants to end the fighting Oromia region that has pitted federal and regional forces against rebels from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), often referred by the government as “Shene”, for more…
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