Month: April 2023
- Amhara Regional State
News: PP head in Amhara region says regional officials’s failure led to ongoing violence over decision to “reorganise” special forces
Girma Yeshitila, head of the Prosperity Party and member of the executive committee in the Amhara regional state, in an exclusive interview with Amhara Media Corporation. Addis Abeba – Girma Yeshitila, head of the Prosperity Party and member of the executive committee in the Amhara regional state, claimed that the sustained mass protests in the Amhara region were the result…
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News: At least 47,000 fresh IDPs arrive at Endabaguna, Shire from Ten woredas of disputed Western Tigray
A school-turned-IDP site in Shire in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region hosts thousands of internally displaced persons. Photo: IOM/Kaye Viray Addis Ababa – At least 47,000 fresh Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who fled Ten woredas in Western Tigray which is under the occupation of Amhara Forces, have arrived at Endabaguna, near Shire town in North Western Tigray zone over the past one…
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#ASDailyScoop: Italy’s PM due in Ethiopia for two days official visit
Addis Abeba- Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will pay a two-day official visit on 14 and 15 to Ethiopia. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “strengthening humanitarian and development assistance support to Ethiopia” will be at the top of PM Giorgia’s agenda. “Ideas will also be exchanged on regional, continental, and global issues of common concern,” MoFA said. She…
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News: Heavy fighting near Debre Birhan as violence continues to rock Amhara region, more cities impose restrictions
Debre Birhan city, 120 kilometers North East of Addis Abeba (Photo: Debre Birhan city Communication Affairs Office) Addis Abeba – Several cities in the Amhara region, including the capital Bahir Dar, have continued to witness violence on Tuesday following protests against the government’s move to disband the regional special forces and “reorganize” them into regular police and the national army.…
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News: Police accuses Meskerem Abera of giving “shooting exercise” to informal groups, requests 13 more days to file charges
Meskerem Abera (Photo: Meskerem Abera/Facebook) Addis Abeba – Meskerem Abera, founder and owner of “Ethio Nikat“, a YouTube-based media, who was arrested for the third time on Sunday by members of the federal police and security officers wearing civilian clothes in the capital Addis Abeba, has been brought to court on Tuesday being accused of giving military and shooting exercises…
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News: German Commissioner for Human Rights due in Ethiopia today
Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office. Photo: German Federal Foreign Office Addis Abeba – Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, is traveling to Ethiopia from 11 to 14 April and subsequently to South Sudan from 14 to 16…
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#ASDailyScoop: Health minister arrives in Tigray to discuss rehabilitation of health facilities damaged in war
Photo: Tigray Television Addis Abeba – High level federal delegation from Ministry of Health led by minister Liya Tadesse (PhD) has arrived in Tigray, Mekelle, today to observe the status of severely damaged health infrastructures, provide needed health materials, and discuss rehabilitation issues with regional authorities. The minister is making her first trip since the peace agreement signed between the…
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News: Catholic Relief Services “devastated” after two staff “shot and killed” in Amhara region
Members of the Amhara Special Forces surrounded by protesters who took to the streets in several cities and towns in the region against the federal government’s decision. Photo: Social Media Addis Abeba – Aid agency Catholic Relief Services said it was “devastated” by the death of two staff members who were “shot and killed in [an] CRS vehicle in the…
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NewsAlert: Somali state cabinet unanimously approves government’s plan to dissolve, reintegrate regional special forces
Addis Ababa – The Cabinet of the Somali Regional state has passed a unanimous vote to implement the federal government’s plan for “the reorganization of the special forces of the region”, regional and state. Edina media reported. Accordingly, the state cabinet decided that the leaders and members of the Special Forces of the Somali Region (commonly known us Liyu Police)…
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