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News Alert: UN Rights Commissioner speaks of “artillery strikes on populated areas, deliberate targeting of civilians & extrajudicial killings” in Tigray; urges Ethiopia to provide “unhindered access to whole of Tigray to protect civilians”
Addis Abeba, December 22/2020 – Please see the original link to the UN statement here Seven weeks after the conflict…
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News: PM Abiy meets Metekel residents to discuss security; meeting comes a day after door-to-door ‘hunt’ launched to control “criminal groups” behind attacks on civilians
The news of the door-to-door hunt was announced yesterday at a community-based forum which was held in Asossa city. Picture:…
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News: OLF accuses gov’t of fresh crackdown on its members; Oromia region says measures taken on several dozen rebel members, thousands arrested across region
Getachew Balcha, Head of Oromia regional state Communication Affairs Bureau By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, December 21/2020 – Opposition party…
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News: IOM, partners provide relief to people affected by the crisis in northern Ethiopia
Addis Abeba, December 18/2020 – Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and conflict-affected communities are in dire need of humanitarian and recovery…
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News: Nestlé launches a waste management program to tackle plastic pollution
Nestlé and TS Environment partnered to set up a plastics waste recovery program in Ethiopia Addis Abeba, December 17/2020 –…
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News: As killings of civilians continue in Metekel, authorities in Benishagul Gumuz, Amhara regional states step up blames
Getahun Abdisa, vice president of Benishangul Gumuz regional state. Pictures: regional communication bureau By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, December…
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Analysis: Less than three years after declaring “new era”, Ethiopia is back in the list of countries jailing journalists. We traced 33 cases
Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, December 16/2020 – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s stellar speech about freedom of press on world freedom…
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News: Ruling party members speak of need to repeat Tigray military operation in Benishangul Gumuz as Amhara region gov’t, NaMA ramp-up calls for actions
The administration of Ashadli Hassan, President of the Benishangul Gumuz regional state, is coming under increasing pressure to tackle the…
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Business News: CEVA Logistics continues African expansion with joint venture in Ethiopia
*CEVA Logistics acquires minority stake in MACCFA in Ethiopia further strengthening its east African presence *Strategic expansion plan gathers momentum…
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Op-Ed: Ending Ethiopia’s armed conflicts: a modest proposal
Ethiopian refugees, fleeing the armed conflict Tigray region, cross the Tekeze river into Hamdayet, Sudan. © UNHCR/Olivier Jobard By Mehari Taddele…
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