Month: April 2023
- Global Health Crisis
News: PM Abiy Ahmed warns parties working to incite war between Ethiopia, Sudan, refutes reports of Ethiopian forces incursion into Sudanese border
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) Photo: Africa Intelligence Addis Abeba – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) warned parties who he said are working to incite conflict and jeopardize ties between Ethiopia and Sudan, urging them to desist from their misdeeds. PM Abiy’s statement came against the backdrop of a report by the Sudanese media, Al-Sudani, which claimed that Ethiopian forces…
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News: Gambella Liberation Front returns 195 combatants to pursue peaceful politics after agreements inked in Juba, Addis Abeba: regional state
Members of the Gambella Liberation Front (GLF). Photo: Gambella regional state Press Secretariat office Addis Abeba – The armed rebel group Gambella Liberation Front (GLF) brought in 195 members to the Gambella region to pursue “peaceful political struggle” following peace talks held in Juba, South Sudan, and in Addis Abeba, the regional state said. According to Gembella regional state President…
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News: Tigray establishes war veterans council amidst second round handing over of weapons
Disabled Tigrayan fighters protesting on the streets of Mekelle. Photo: Social Media Addis Abeba – The Tigray region has announced on Thursday the establishment of the Tigray Veterans Council in a bid to help disabled fighters and families of martyrs of the two years war with the federal government and its allies. Speaking during the establishment of the council in…
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News: G7 pushes for progress on transitional justice, accountability in Ethiopia
G7 Foreign ministers’ meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano prefecture, Japan, 17 April 2023 (Photo: REUTERS) Addis Abeba – The G7 countries have urged the Ethiopian government and Tigray authorities to make “progress on transitional justice and accountability” for the atrocities and crimes committed during the two years war in Northern Ethiopia. In a joint communique released on Wednesday after their meeting…
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News: Abiy, Trudeau discuss Ethiopia peace, Sudan conflict on phone
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during the former’s visit to Ethiopia in Feb. 2020. Picture: PMO Addis Abeba – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke today with the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the phone, Trudeau’s office said in a readout. “The Prime Minister congratulated Prime Minister Abiy on the peace agreement signed in November 2022,…
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News: Ethiopian embassy in Sudan says “receiving information” of Ethiopians killed in ongoing fighting
Fighting is continuing between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary RSF forces. Photo: Reuters Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Embassy announced that it is receiving information that there are Ethiopians who have been injured and died in the ongoing fighting that has erupted in Sudan’s capital since Saturday. The fighting has erupted between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan army, head of Sudan’s transitional…
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News: Opposition OLF says seven of its officials in police custody in Burayu missing
Five of the seven OLF officials missing from Burayu police station (Photo: Social Media) Addis Abeba – Seven senior officials of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) who have been imprisoned for nearly three years and are currently in police custody in Burayu have been missing since the evening of 18 April, the party has said. OLF Public Relations head…
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#ASDailyScoop: Hawassa to host five million people as Sidama nation celebrates Fiche Chambalala
Addis Abeba – Fiche Chambalala, the Sidama people’s New Year festival that started to be celebrated today, will go on for two days and is expected to draw more than 5 million attendees from all throughout Ethiopia and overseas to Hawassa, capital of Sidama Region. According to the city’s security bureau, federal and regional security forces are working collaboratively with…
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News: Tigray region begins releasing prisoners arrested during war
Hadush Tesfa, Justice Bureau head of the Tigray region interim administration (Photo: DW) Addis Abeba – Justice Bureau of the Tigray region interim administration has begun releasing prisoners who were arrested during the two years war with the federal government as of yesterday Monday, April 17. Hadush Tesfa, head of the bureau, told Addis Standard that the prisoners who are…
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Feature: Ethiopian plastic surgeon earns praise by Kenyan hospital
Dr. Medhanit Demeke Feyissa, Ethiopian plastic surgeon, in her first year serving at Tenwek Hospital. Dr. Medhanit Demeke Feyissa, Ethiopian plastic surgeon, earns praise for her performance of a 6-hour surgery in Kenya’s Tenwek hospital. A boy with a shattered face was brought to the hospital after a motorcycle accident. Her team and Dr. Medhanit performed a 6-hour maxillofacial surgery,…
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