Month: April 2023
- Addis Abeba
News Analysis: Gov’t insists on digital payment despite complaints over chaotic, long queues at gas stations in Addis Abeba
Fuel queue at Total gas station near CMC Michael in Addis Abeba on Thursday, 27 April (Photo: Addis Standard) By Molla Mitiku @MollaAyenew Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Ministry of Transport and Logistics has insisted on its decision to fully digitalize gas transactions in the capital Addis Abeba, despite long queues causing traffic jams and chaos at several gas stations in…
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News: Ethiopian refugees trapped in Sudan in peril as aid workers flee continued fighting
Um Rakuba refugee camp which was reopened in November 2020 to accommodate Ethiopians fleeing conflict in the Tigray region (Photo: WFP) By Mihret G Kristos @MercyG_kirstos Addis Ababa – Ethiopian refugees who fled the brutal in Tigray in early November 2020 and are sheltered in two refugee camps in Tunaydbah and Um Rakuba in Eastern Sudan, told Addis Standard that…
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News: Joint Task Force says taking “decisive measures” against “extremist forces” in Amhara region in wake of official’s killing
The late Girma Yeshitila. Photo: Amhara region Prosperity Party. Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force announced late this evening that it has started “taking decisive measures” against “extremist forces” that it accused of “trying to take control of regional state power by destroying the constitutional system in the Amhara regional state.” The Task Force, which…
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News: EU allocates €22 million in additional humanitarian aid to Ethiopia following decision to normalize relations
Photo: European Council Addis Abeba – EU announced today new funding of €22 million in humanitarian aid for the most vulnerable people in Ethiopia after the EU Council announced on April 25 that it looks forward to “a normalization of relations with Ethiopia.” The fund is said to support and assist those suffering from the impact of conflict and displacement…
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News: Talks between Ethiopian gov’t, Oromo Liberation Army reps enter fourth day under “encouraging”atmosphere
From Left: Redwan Hussien,Prof. Mohammed Hassan, Dr. Gedion Timothwos and Taha Abdii Addis Abeba – The talks between the representatives of the Ethiopian government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) entered the fourth day today with the two sides engaged in multiple discussions on preliminary topics, sources with knowledge to the matter told Addis Standard. Among the topics of the…
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News: PM Abiy Ahmed holds talks with warring Sudanese generals amid reports of Ethiopia seeking mediation
A man walks near a damaged car and buildings at the central market in Khartoum North. Photo: Reuters Addis Abeba – Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has held discussions over the phone with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the two generals at the helm of the warring Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
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News: Girma Yeshitila, Amhara Prosperity Party head, shot dead
The late Girma Yeshitila (Photo: Addis Media Netwrok) Addis Abeba – Head of the ruling Prosperity Party, Amhara region branch, Girma Yeshitila, is shot dead, sources confirmed to Addis Standard. The specifics of the killing are yet to emerge but Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tweeted that the party official was killed by “violent extremists who believe that he [Girma] shouldn’t…
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News: Tulu Kapi Gold Mine envisages full project deployment, signs final umbrella agreement
Harry Anagnostaras-Adams, chairman for KEFI (left end), Abera Mamo, country director for TKGM (second to the left), and Ciaran Quinn, finance director for PW Mining (first from right) signing the Final Umbrella Agreement. Photo: Ethiopian Investment Commission Addis Ababa – Tulu Kapi Gold Mines (TKGM), the gold and copper exploration and development company with projects in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia,…
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#ASDailyScoop: German Chancellor scheduled to visit Ethiopia
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz. Picture: bundesregierung Addis Abeba – Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, is scheduled to visit Ethiopia on a yet-to-be-determined date, according to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry disclosed the visit in a dispatch on a meeting yesterday between Ambassador Mesganu Arga, State Minister of MoFA, Ambassador Christoph Retzlaff, Director for Sub-Saharan Africa and…
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News: Ethiopia welcomes EU’s move to normalize relations, opts to strengthen partnerships
PM of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed (Left), Charles Michel, President of the EU Council (Right), February 2022 (Photo: Abiy Ahmed Ali/twitter) Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Ministry has welcomed the EU council’s conclusions to soothe relations with Ethiopia, which were severed following the war in the Northern part of the country. The Ministry noted in a statement on Wednesday Ethiopia’s…
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