Africa
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News: Canada provides $2 m to FAO to help livelihoods affected by COVID-19, desert locusts in Ethiopia
“Since June 2019, Ethiopia has been responding to the worst desert locust invasion in over 25 years.” Picture: FAO/Ethiopia Addis…
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News: Ethiopian Orthodox Church Holy Synod distances itself from Patriarch’s remarks on Tigray
General Secretary of the Ethiopian Orthodox Twahdo Church Holy Synod His Holiness Abune Yoseph By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba,…
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News: Tigrayans repatriated from Saudi Arabia kept in detention, police unwilling to comment
Laissez-Passer of detained returnees from Saudi Arabia By Mahlet fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba May 10, 2021 – Among the ethnic…
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Opinion: The case for ceasefire, dialogue and reconciliation in Tigray: Why and how?
Vandalised and looted health centre in May Kuhl. Tigray, Ethiopia, March 2021. Picture: MSF Addis Abeba, May 08/2021 – The…
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News: Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarch says war in Tigray “barbarism” and “attempt to erase Tigrayans”; says his repeated pleas “censored”
His Holiness Abune Mathias I. Screenshoot Addis Abeba, May 08/2021 – In a video privately recorded by Dennis Wadley, international…
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News: Fed. Attorney General says terrorist designated “Shene” refers to Oromo Liberation Army; OLA responds, vows to “engage in total war”
Addis Abeba, May 7, 2021 – The House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) yesterday approved the bill presented by the council…
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News: Mayor of Karat city, Konso zone, imposes curfew to curtail lawlessness, organized crime
Gashaw Genale, the mayor of Karat city. Picture: Konso Zone Communication Bureau By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, May 07/2021…
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News: UN releases $65M for humanitarian response as Tigray crisis worsens; 16 M people in need of humanitarian assistance across Ethiopia
Picture: MSF Addis Abeba, May 06/2021 – The United Nations has released US$65 million for the humanitarian response in Ethiopia.…
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News: Rights Commission rings alarm at large number arbitrary detention of prisoners across Oromia; reveals cases of police extortion
Caption: Protesters in Geedoo, central Oromia, in February this year demanding the release release of Oromo politicians Photo: Dabessa Gemelal/Archive…
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News: Joint intelligence, security task force says it foils two underground cells plotting to disrupt election, train youth in Amhara region & Addis Abeba
By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, May 6, 2021 – The joint intelligence and security task force comprised of the…
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