Year: 2023
- Politics
News: Tigray Interim Admin, TPLF vow to investigate corruption, bring comprehensive reform and ensure release of detained Tigrayans
Getachew Reda, left, and Debretsion Gebremichael, during the presser yesterday. Photo: Screenshot collage/AddisStandard Addis Abeba – In a joint statement given to local media in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray state, on Friday, Getachew Reda, President of Tigray Interim Administration, and Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD), Chairman of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) vowed to work jointly to fight against maladministration and widespread…
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News: Blinken once again tells PM Abiy need for peaceful resolution to end Oromia, Amhara crises
Blinken and Abiy during the US-Africa Summit in Washington D.C. Photo: Blinken/X Addis Abeba – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken once again spoke with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressing US concerns “about the situations in the Amhara and Oromia Regions” in a phone call on Thursday night. Blinken-Abiy phone call – Updated statement by #US State Department “Secretary of…
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News: Tigray interim admin requests immediate start of political dialogue with federal gov’t
Amanuel Assefa. Photo: Tigray TV/Archive 2020 Addis Abeba – The Interim Administration of Tigray Regional State has requested an immediate kick start of a political dialogue with the federal government of Ethiopia in accordance with the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement signed in South Africa, Pretoria in November 2022, which resulted in silencing the guns after two years of devastating war.…
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Analysis: ONLF’s caution on “dangers of unmet needs”, lack of open dialogue as peace agreement with Ethiopia enters 5th year
Abdirahiman Mahdi, ONLF Chairman. Photo Credit: ONLF/Archive Addis Abeba – Reflecting on the progresses made and the challenges that remain in connection with the 5th year anniversary of the peace agreement signed between the Ethiopian federal government and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), the later has cautioned about “the dangers of unmet needs” that are real, and said the…
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News analysis: Despite State of Emergency and leadership changes Amhara region grapples with persistent conflict, violence
Despite the Amhara region being under a state of emergency, there have been recent outbreaks of clashes between federal forces and the non-state militia group Fano (Photo: China Daily) By Abdii Biyenssa @ABiyenssa & Zelalem Takele @ZelalemTakelee Addis Abeba – Tensions remain high in Ethiopia’s Amhara region as conflict persists between federal forces and non-state Fano militias. What initially started as a disagreement…
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News: TPLF Central Committee calls for UN experts’ mandate extension, full implementation of Pretoria agreement; admits “internal weaknesses”
TPLF Chairman Debrestion G/Michael. Photo Credit: DW TV Addis Abeba – After a week-long deliberations, the Central Committee (CC) of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has issued a statement calling for, among others, term of office extension for the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) “to fulfill their duties properly.” TPLF’s request for the extension of office…
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#ASDailyScoop: Annual Tana Forum to be held in Bahir Dar city postponed amid escalating conflict
The seventh Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa was held in the city of Bahir Dar in April 2018. Addis Abeba – The 11th edition of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, also known as the Tana Forum, has been postponed from 13–15 October, 2023, to April 2024. The forum, which is organized by the Institute for Peace and…
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