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News: US calls for restoration of status quo ante, an end to military conflicts as top official arrives in Ethiopia
Before traveling to Ethiopia, USAID Administrator Samantha Power visited the Um Rakuba camp in Eastern Sudan which hosts thousands of…
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News: “The pressure to open a corridor through western Tigray is unacceptable.” says NDRMC commissioner
Mitiku Kassa, National Disaster Risk Management Commissioner. Photo: ENA By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 03/2021 -“The pressure to open…
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News update: Fed. court passes sentence on the three defendants in Hachalu Hundessa assassination trial
Hachalu Hundessa By Mahlet Fasil @MaheltFasil Addis Abeba, August 03, 2021 – The Federal High court Lideta branch anti- terrorism…
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News: UN special advisor on genocide expresses alarm over the worsening situation in different parts of Ethiopia
Alice Wairimu Nderitu, UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide. Photo: UN Addis Abeba, July 31/2021 – The Special…
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News: US announces $149 m more for Tigray; says humanitarians face “constant stream of bureaucratic delays, demands for additional approvals & ongoing conflict”
Addis Abeba, July 31/2021 – Ahead of the planned visit by Samantha Power, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)…
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News: Light for the world in collaboration with local, International partners launches a Covid-19 related humanitarian response project
Project Launching Event. Photo: Light for the World By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, July 30/2021 – Light for the…
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News: US calls for urgent ceasefire without preconditions ahead of top official’s visit; Fed gov’t, Tigrayan forces exchange blame over aid blockade Into Tigray
World Food Program (WFP) convoy of 50 trucks arrived in Mekelle on July 12. Photo: WFP/ Photogallery By Bileh Jelan…
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News: Newly Appointed UN OCHA chief on a mission to Ethiopia amid deteriorating humanitarian situation
Martin Griffiths, The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Photo: Al-Arabiya By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, July…
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News: Fed. Court decides to resume witness hearing without absentee defendants in Jawar Mohamed’s file
By Mahlet Fasil @MaheltFasil Addis Abeba, July 28, 2021- Following the refusal of the four defendants in Jawar Mohammed’s file;…
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News: Fed Attorney General file charges against members of ‘Tigray’s Central Military Command’
General Tsadikan Gebretensai (left) and Lt. General Tadesse Werede. Picture: Screengrab/EthioForum & DW Translation by Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba,…
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