Africa
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Analysis: How social workers help displaced families in Amhara state to cope, recover from trauma
Hana (name changed) and her friends stay in a shelter for displaced people, Shewa Robit town. When conflict happens women…
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News: UNSC A-3+1 ask Ethiopian lawmakers to lift terrorist designation from armed actors to allow direct contact, negotiation
Ambassador Martin Kimani during the briefing on August 26. Picture: Screengrab/AS Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, August 28/2021 – Speaking…
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News: OCHA says UN is unable to bring any trucks into Tigray since August 20; over 300,000 people displaced in Afar, Amhara regions
A local market in the town of Samre, Tigray RegionPhoto: @OCHA_Ethiopia By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 28/2021 –…
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News: OLF slams rights commission’s report on recent East Wollega conflict, calls for independent investigation
Violence broke out in East Wollega last week claiming the lives of hundreds of civilians By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis…
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Letter: An open call by African intellectuals for urgent action on Ethiopia
“We call on any negotiated political settlement to include a process of public accountability for mass atrocities committed across Ethiopia”…
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News: “The future of Ethiopia is at stake”: UN chief tells Security Council
Secretary General António Guterres during the briefing on August 26. Picture: Screengrab/AS Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, August 27/2021 –…
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News: Huawei awards ICT competition Ethiopia 2021 winners
Addis Abeba, August 27/2121 – Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology infrastructure and smart devices, announced…
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News Alert: AU Chairperson appoints Olusegun Obasanjo as High Representative for the Horn of Africa
Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria Addis Abeba, August 26 /2021 – The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union,…
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News: Ethiopia calls on members of the UN Security Council to reject Tunisia’s biased resolution on GERD
Addis Abeba, August 26/2021 – Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia met today (August…
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