Posts In Category
Afar regional state

News: Electoral Board says five regional states fail to submit list of constituency offices per schedule, issues new deadline
By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 10/2021 – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has issued a statement requesting five regional states which failed to submit list of constituency offices per the Board’s timeline and issued deadline for cooperation. According to the Board, Afar, Amhara, Sidama, Somali and Southern …

News update: Federal police says UNOCHA report on police forces’ death exaggerated, not in line with what is on the ground
By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, February 05/2021 – The Federal Police said that a recent report released by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Afar-Issa land dispute which led to clashes in Afar and Somali regions neighboring woredas and death of 30 police officers injuries …

News: 30 police officers killed, 40 more injured in latest violent clashes between federal police and Afar security forces: UNOCHA
Addis Abeba, February 02/2021 – On 23 January 2021, at least 30 police officers were killed and 40 more were injured in “violent clashes between the Federal Police and Afar security forces, and the Issa militia in Adaytu village”, the UNOCHA reported. “While initial reports indicated that up to 70 …