Africa
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News: Journalist Yayesew Shimeles asks Fentale District Court for bail; Court gives alternative date to decide on bail, 14 days request by Fed. Police to remand Yayesew
Journalist Yayesew Shimeles By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, August 11/2021 – The trial of Journalist Yayesew Shimeles of Ethio-Forum,…
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News: PM Abiy Ahmed discusses current affairs, issues national call for complete mobilization against forces loyal to TPLF
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 10/2021 – In a statement released today, Prime Minister…
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News: Latest OCHA report estimates 1,003,000 IDPs as a result of violence across Ethiopia; urges parties to conflict to protect aid workers, ease of humanitarian access
Overview of active hostilities by location Picture: OCHA By Addis Standard Staff Click here to Download Full Report Addis Abeba,…
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News Alert: UNHCR asks US$164.5 m “to urgently assist 5.2 m displaced people in Ethiopia and Sudan amid the ongoing conflict”
UNHCR staff in Addis Ababa are registering Eritrean refugees who fled from the now destroyed Hitsats and Shimelba camps in…
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News: 10 staff members of Awlo Media released from prison in Afar; trials are set for Four journalists
Fanuel Kinfu , Bekalu Alamrew, Abebe Bayu and Yayesew Shimeles By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, August 10/2021 – It…
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News: UNICEF says 100 children dead as result of conflict in Afar region; estimates 160,000 live in famine like conditions in Tigray
Women in waiting room at one of UNICEF offices in Ethiopia. Photo: UNICEF Addis Abeba, August 09/2021 – “UNICEF is extremely…
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News Analysis: USAID chief wraps up visit with calls to end hostilities; remembers start of Tigray conflict as “grim day”
Samantha Power, USAID Administrator. By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, August 05/2021 – USAID administrator Samantha Power finalized a day-long…
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News alert: Sec. Blinken, PM Hamdok discuss expansion of armed confrontation, Eritrean troops re-entering Ethiopia
Readout Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to discuss shared concerns over…
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News: UN OCHA chief affirms solidarity with Ethiopia, discusses humanitarian operations, warns against attacking aid workers
Martin Griffiths, New UN OCHA Chief By Etenesh Abera @EtenehsAb Addis Abeba, August 04/2021 – Martin Griffiths, the newly appointed…
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News: Fed government suspends operations of three humanitarian organizations
MSF Holland Office in Addis Abeba By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 04/2021- In a statement published on Ethiopia…
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