Month: March 2023
- Africa
Analysis: Ethiopian rights defenders’ call for independent investigations into war-related crimes deterred, as gov’t pushes for transitional justice
A child in the Tigray region receiving medical treatment for injuries after after an aerial bombardment. Picture DW news portal. By Million Beyene @MillionBeyene Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian government has been relentlessly opposing and even working to terminate the UN’s International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE), an office mandated by the UN to investigate violations committed…
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News: UN alarms rising cases of Cholera in Ethiopia as death toll reaches 50, 3.3 million people at high-risk
WHO team in Harena Buluk and Berbere woredas of the Bale zone in Southern Oromia, November, 2022 (Photo: WHO) Addis Abeba – The spread of Cholera outbreak to East Bale, Guji and Borena zones of Oromia and Daawa Zone of Somali regions has resulted in the deaths so far of 50 people with 2,276 total cholera cases registered as of…
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News: Army kills three civilians, severely injures six following protests in Sitti zone, Somali region: local official
Addis Abeba – A local official said three people were killed and six others were severely injured after members of the defense forces fired on a crowd during a protest held in Ayisha district, Sitti Zone of the Somali regional state on Monday, 27 March 2023. A senior government official from the district who asked to be anonymous told Addis…
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News: MSF cautions people cut off from healthcare in Omo valley at high risk after outbreak of kala azar, a fatal tropical disease
Kalkidan Behailu Adere takes the temperature of a young child. As well as kala azar, the teams are seeing malnutrition, malaria and anaemia. Photo: MSF Addis Abeba – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR) said that in late 2022, its team received an alert about an unusually high number of deaths in the…
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News: Severe shortage of humanitarian needs amid surging number of IDPs in Debre Berhan, Amhara region
Internally displaced civilians sheltered in Debre Birhan city, in Amhara Region. Photo: Debre Birhan Communication Addis Abeba – Over 30,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the Amhara regional state, Debre Berhan city, who were displced from their neighborhoods in West Shewa, East, and West Wollega zones of Oromia regional state, are facing severe and chronic food, shelter, and other humanitarian…
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News: Premier hints at ongoing efforts to resolve conflict in Oromia; responds to lawmakers’ tough asks on security, political instability
Addis Abeba – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is at the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) to present the government’s six-month report for the current fiscal year today, found himself defending his government’s track record against tough questions raised from the floor by several members of parliament (MPs) on, among others, the rising cost of living, increasing insecurity and lack…
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News: PM Abiy endures tough questions from MPs including on whether he would consider to resign
Addis Abeba – Members of parliament are forwarding tough questions to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who is at the House to present the government’s six-month report for the current fiscal year to the House of Peoples’ Representatives (HoPR) at the 11th regular session of the House. Parliamentarians have so far asked critical questions, including, but not limited to, lack of…
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News: Security forces detain journalist Getnet Ashgare
Journalist Getnet Ashagre Photo: Social Media Addis Abeba – Journalist Getnat Ashagre, editor-in-chief of Amhara Voice Media, has been detained by security forces on Sunday 26 March from his residence in Addis Abeba, Emebet Tadesse, his sister, told Addis Standard. Getenet was picked up by security forces as he was returning home and was told he was needed for an…
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Analysis: EFFORT says four factories completely destroyed during war, as industries in Tigray gear up to resume production
Moha Soft Drinks Industry S.C, Mekelle branch resumed production in February (Photo: DW) By Mihret G Kristos @MercyG_kirstos Addis Abeba – Industries in the war torn Tigray region are dusting off to return to production while some have already partially resumed operations following the peace deal that ended the two-year atrocious war between the federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation…
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News: Heavy flood kills seven in drought ravaged Dawa zone, Somali region, displaces IDPs reeling from drought
Goats that sustained the drought but killed by the flood, IDP settlements drowned again displacing drought victims in Dawa (Picture – Residents) By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba – Another disaster has claimed the lives of seven people after a long-awaited rain in the drought hit districts of Dawa zone, Somali region caused a devastating flood. A heavy rain between…
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