Month: March 2023
- Africa
News: Hachalu Hundessa Foundation inaugurates two drinking water projects in drought hit Borana zone
Drinking water project built by Hachalu Hundessa Foundation Addis Abeba – The Hachalu Hundessa Foundation has inaugurated two clean drinking water projects it has constructed in Miyo and Dubuluk districts of the drought hit Borana zone in Southern Oromia. Fantu Demisso, Chairperson of the Foundation and the widow of the late musician Hachalu Hundessa who spoke to Addis Standard amid…
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News: Commission, Amhara region officials hold consultative forum on DDR, as works to demobilize, reintegrate up to 250,000 ex-combatants underway
Ambassador Teshome Toga (center) sitting with Amhara region senior officials during the consultative forum today Addis Abeba – Ambassador Teshome Toga, Commissioner of the National Rehabilitation Commission, said the Commission has conducted a region-wide consultative forum on Disarmament, Demobilization and Integration (DDR) topic with officials of the Amhara regional state in Bahir Dar, the regional capital. The Ambassador said the…
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News: IDPs in Abergele woreda start returning home after Tigrayan forces’ recent withdrawal
IDPs in Weleh IDP camp . Picture: Wag Hemra Communication Affairs Bureau Addis Abeba – Thousands of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who were uprooted for over two years from the Abergele Woreda, in Amhara regional state, are returning to their neighborhood after Tigrayan forces left the area on 29 March. The federal defense forces quietly controlled the Abergele Woreda this…
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Update: Senior TPLF, former federal gov. officials, opposition leader Dori Asgedom released after charges terminated
Clockwise: from top: Keria Ibrahim, dr. tekeste Abraham, Dr Addis Alem Balema and Dori Asgedom. By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba – Following the decision by the Ministry of Justice earlier today to terminate criminal charges against former top civilian and military leaders who were members of the TPLF, three senior TPLF officials who held senior positions in the federal…
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News: Ruling Prosperity Party head in East Wollega, Oromia shot dead
The late Desalegn Bokonja. Photo: Nekemte City Communication offcie Addis Abeba – Desalegn Bokonja, head of the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) office in East Wollega Zone in Oromia regional state, was shot dead today in Nekemte city,the city’s communication bureau said. Desalegn was killed this morning “at the door of his residence” in what the communication office said was “an…
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#NewsAlert: Ethiopia terminates charges against TPLF military, civilian leaders
Some of the TPLF Civilian and Military leaders Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Justice has announced that the charges against the military and civilians members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) who were accused of various criminal offenses have been terminated. The Ministry said that the decision was based on the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement signed between…
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News: Council of opposition parties in Benishangul Gumuz region urge NEBE to hold delayed elections
Addis Abeba – The consolidated council of seven political parties in Benishangul Gumuz regional state submitted a request to the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) on Monday, 27 March, to hold elections in areas where the 6th national election did not take place in June 2021, NEBE confirmed to Addis Standard. Following discussions over the past few weeks, seven…
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News: Ethiopian lawmakers approve Digital IT bill into law
Tagesse Chafo, Speaker of the House, presiding over the session today. Photo: HoPR Addis Abeba – Members of the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) this morning approved into law the proposed Ethiopian Digital Identity Proclamation by a majority vote, with one abstention, the Parliament said. The bill was presented by the Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice,…
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News: Ethiopian Rights Commission denounces gov’t restrictions, harassment on opposition political parties
Photo: EHRC Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has denounced the unlawful restrictions and harassment on opposition political parties in the country including obstructions on freedom of assembly and urged all these illicit practices to sustainably come to an end. According to a statement it released on Thursday, the commission emphasized that investigating such unconstitutional actions that…
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News: OLA calls PM Abiy’s remarks on peace talks “ill-timed and misleading”, yet notes “positive signs” for negotiations
OLA is led by Kumsa Diriba a.k.a Jaal Marroo. Picture: Screenshot/AS Addis Abeba – The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has said that prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s claim that more than ten attempts were made to negotiate with the group is “inaccurate” and depicted that the attempts were “not sincere efforts to engage with OLA leadership.” In a statement released subsequent…
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