Month: April 2023
- Ethiopia
News: Regional states presidents, city mayors visit Tigray’s war ravaged factories in Wukro
Getachew Reda, center, along with the visiting regional state presidents, city mayors and party officials visiting Tigray’s war ravaged factories in Wukro. Photo: OBN Addis Abeba – The visiting group of regional states presidents, city mayors and senior party officials who arrived in the Tigray region’s capital Mekelle this morning visited factories ravaged by the two years atrocious war in…
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#ASDailyScoop: Regional states presidents, city mayors, senior party officials headed to Mekelle
Photo: EPA Addis Abeba – A group of regional states presidents, city mayors and senior ruling party officials led by Vice President of Prosperity Party Adem Farah are headed to Mekelle, the capital of Tigray regional state, this morning, according to state media. The group includes Dr. Yilikal Kefale, the President of Amhara regional state, a region embroiled in continued…
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News: Measles outbreak kills eighteen in Oromia, exacerbates health crisis reeling from Cholera outbreak, drought, flooding
A girl receives oral cholera vaccine during a campaign led by IVI and partners in Shashemene, Ethiopia. Picture Credit: International Vaccine Institute/May 2022 Addis Abeba – Measles outbreak kills 18 in 149 Kebeles in the Oromia region with documented 1,274 cases, the figure showing a fatality rate of 1.4 percent. Children under five account for the majority of cases. According to…
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#ASDailyScoop: Ethiopia introduces voluntary national military service for students
Members of the ENDF (Photo: FDRE Defense Force/Facebook) Addis Abeba – Ethiopian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill to amend the Defense Forces Act which consists of voluntary national military service for students who have completed their education. According to Dima Nogo (PhD), chairman of the Foreign Relations and Peace Affairs standing committee at the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR),…
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News: Preparations underway to kickstart peace talks between Ethiopian gov’t, OLA in Tanzania
Fighters of the rebel group OLA (Photo Social Media) Addis Abeba – Preparations are underway in Zanzibar, Tanzania to kickstart negotiations between the Ethiopian government and the rebel group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) which is aimed at peacefully resolving the five years war ongoing in Ethiopia’s Oromia region. Nuur Mohamud Sheekh, the spokesperson for the Executive Secretary of IGAD, told…
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Op-Ed: Change is coming to Ethiopian banking
Customers banking at one of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia’s branches (Photo: Commercial Bank of Ethiopia/Facebook) By Nohaila Ibn El Farouk Addis Abeba – In early April, when KCB Group announced they are undergoing talks to acquire stakes in Ethiopian lenders, it was easy to sense a feeling of déjà-vu. The second largest bank in Kenya already made plans to…
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News: EU sees return to full relations with Ethiopia “subject to” sustained implementation of CoHA
Addis Abeba – The Council yesterday said it looks forward to “a normalization of relations with Ethiopia and stands ready to support further progress on its path towards lasting peace.” However, the block said that it “will progressively return” to a full and strengthened strategic engagement with Ethiopia subject to “a sustained implementation” of the permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement…
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NewsAlert: Ethiopian foreign minister arrives in Tanzania
Addis Abeba– Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonnen, arrived in Tanzania this afternoon, state media said, #NewsAlert: Negotiations between government, Oromo Liberation Army to start in #Tanzania: PM Abiy https://t.co/iFtHcIBdzvPM Abiy said that next week two events will happen. The first is “all regional states presidents will travel to #Mekelle” to help cement the peace…
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