Year: 2023
- Law & Justice
News: Ethiopia to make available draft transitional justice policy for public review in a month
In September, Gedion Themotewos (PhD) minister of Justice, briefed EU diplomats on the progress of the transitional justice policy making (Photo: Ministry of Justice/Facebook) Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Ministry of Justice said the draft transitional justice policy would be made available for post-policy public review in November 2023. In September, a team of 14 experts leading public consultations on…
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News: Deadly conflict in Gurage Zone leaves four dead, dozens injured
Wolkite town serves as the administrative center of Gurage Zone (Photo: Visit Gurage/Facebook) Addis Ababa – Four individuals lost their lives and several others were injured in a conflict that recently erupted in the Gurage Zone, specifically in Wolkite town, which is part of the newly established Central Ethiopia Regional State. Local sources, who spoke with Addis Standard, revealed that…
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#ASDailyScoop: Ethiopia, China announces ‘all-weather strategic cooperation partnership’
President Xi Jinping holds talks with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Beijing, China (Photo: PM Office Ethiopia/Facebook) Addis Abeba – Ethiopia and China have announced the elevation of existing bilateral ties between the two countries to an “All Weather Strategic Cooperation Partnership”. According to a statement by the Ethiopian PM Office, the announcement was made this morning by China’s president…
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Viewpoint: Victims ‘left in limbo’ as Ethiopia rights probe mandate ends
In January 2023, women in Tigray rally to demand justice among other things (Photo: Tigrai Television) Addis Abeba – The UN-mandated Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on Friday released a harrowing report on the “staggering” level of human rights violations and mass killings that have plagued the east African nation since the Tigray conflict erupted in 2020. The…
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News: IMF forecasts Ethiopia GDP to grow at lower rate compared to gov’t figures
President Sahle-Work Zewde recently announced that the country has achieved a 7.5% economic growth rate in the previous fiscal year, surpassing the figure reported by the IMF (Photo: ENA) Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s economic growth projections have been the subject of contrasting reports, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projecting a lower growth rate compared to the government’s figures. According to…
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News: Privatization of state-owned sugar factories progresses, qualified bidders to be revealed soon
Omo-Kuraz Sugar Factory II (Photo: Ethiopia Sugar Industry Group) Addis Ababa – More than a year after the government issued the first invitation for investors to show their expression of interest, the privatization of eight state-owned sugar factories is starting to bear fruit. Last week, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) made an announcement stating that qualified bidders who have successfully passed…
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News: Ethiopia plans to earn $182 million from electric power export, eyes Tanzania
Wolaita Sodo converter station of the Ethio-Kenya Power transmission line, (Photo: EEP/Facebook) Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has announced plans to boost electric power export to neighboring countries and earn more revenue in the current fiscal year. Last year, the country exported 1701 GW of electricity to three neighboring states namely Sudan, Kenya and Djibouti, and planned to…
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Feature: “A population of 150 million can’t live in a geographic prison” – PM Abiy Ahmed
PM Abiy Ahmed urged Ethiopians to start at least discussing the Red Sea (Photo: PM Office Ethiopia/Facebook) Addis Abeba – In a televised speech addressed to Ethiopian law makers, and in what appears to be his first ever open comment on the issue of the Red sea, PM Abiy Ahmed said access to the port is an existential matter for…
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