Month: May 2023
- Corruption
#NewsAlert: Ethiopia issues mobile money license to Safaricom M-Pesa
Photo: NBE Addis Abeba – The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has today issued a mobile money service license to Safaricom M-Pesa Mobile Financial Service Plc, making it the first foreign investor in the industry to get licensed. The issuance reflects NBE’s ongoing objectives of “fostering financial innovation and inclusion in the Ethiopian market,” NBE said. Ethiopia’s digital finance offerings…
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News: Oromia region Gov’t says talks with Oromo Liberation Army will continue
Banner: OLA/Twitter Addis Abeba – Oromia regional state government said on Tuesday that it is working to ensure the continuation of the talks between the federal government and representatives of Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) which took place in late April, Tanzania, Zanzibar. However, the week-long talks between the two parties ended without agreement, although both parties acknowledged the positive outcomes.…
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The Interview: Amb. Teshome Toga- Navigating Ethiopia’s delicate ambition to demilitarize amidst “deliberate misunderstanding”, hoping to avoid a fourth DDR
Amb. Teshome Toga. Photo: ©Addis Standard Ambassador Teshome Toga became a familiar face among Ethiopians when he served as the Speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representatives (HoPR) from 2005 to 2010. But before his position as the Speaker, he had served Ethiopia as the Minister of Youth between 2001 and 2005. His earlier positions include serving in different capacities…
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News: Ethiopian rights commission says “concerning” human rights abuses in Amhara region in connection with ongoing military actions
Daniel Bekele (PhD), Chief Commissioner of EHRC presenting report to the HoPR (Photo:EHRC) Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said “concerning” human rights abuses are being committed in the Amhara regional state in connection with ongoing military action by the federal government. Arbitrary arrests, inappropriate treatments of people in custody, disproportionate use of force during protests are…
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News: Prosperity Party organizational department Head of Haruka Woreda, Afar region, shot dead en route from Adama
The late Omer Lemma. Photo: Afar region prosperity party Addis Abeba – Omer Lemma, Harka Woreda, Afar Regional State Organizational Department Head of the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) was shot dead by “terrorists” en route from Adama city, in oromia region, to Awash, the party’s Afar branch said. The statement from the party did not elaborate on the killing, but…
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News: Oromo Cultural Studies Institute, Tigray Languages Academy ink MoU to work together
Picture: EBC Addis Abeba – Oromo Cultural Studies Institute Center and Tigray Languages Academy have today signed a memorandum of understanding to enable the two institutions to work together in the field. According to state media, the MoU was signed at an ongoing panel discussion taking place inside the Oromo Cultural Center in Addis Abeba. Znabu Asrat, Deputy Director General…
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News: WHO reports alarming rise of measles outbreak in Ethiopia, 182 deaths since 2021
Measles Vaccination campaign in Haik town, Amhara region December 2020 (Photo:UNICEF Ethiopia) Addis Abeba – The World Health Organization (WHO) says despite measles being endemic in Ethiopia, with cases reported every year, 16,814 laboratory-confirmed measles cases and 182 deaths have been reported nationally between 12 August 2021 and 01 May 2023. According to a report published by the WHO on…
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