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News Alert: House of Federation adopts resolution to establish a transitional government in Tigray
Members of HoF. Picture: HoF, archive Addis Abeba, November 07/2020 – Ethiopia’s House of Federation has this morning voted to…
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News Alert: PM Abiy confirms Air Force conducted targeted strikes in Mekelle and its environs
Addis Abeba, November 06/2020 – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has confirmed that the Ethiopian Air Force has conducted airstrikes yesterday…
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News Alert: All parties as well as Ethiopia’s neighbors must act to reduce tension, eliminate inflammatory language and abstain from provocative military deployments: EU
High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell/ Pictures: EU Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the latest developments Addis Abeba, November 02/2020 –…
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News Alert: Latest report by inter-agency mission, including four UN agencies, describes humanitarian, security situation in Guji zone as “grave”
Secondary displacement site near Yirgacheffe, Gedeo Zone, the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ (SNNP) Region, Ethiopia. (Photo by Refugees International…
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News Alert: Parliament convenes today for an emergency meeting, to hear report on COVID-19 national status
Partial view of members of the HoPR at this morning’s emergency meeting. Photo: HoPR. Addis Standard Staffs Addis Abeba, September…
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News Alert: African Development Fund approves $165 m grant for Ethiopia’s national COVID-19 emergency response
Ethiopia’s Minister of Health Dr. Lia Tadesse. Image: ENA Addis Abeba, July 03/2020 – The Board of Directors of the…
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News Alert: 81 people killed as protests against Oromo artist assassination continue; the late artist’s uncle among those killed in Ambo today
The late artist Haacaaluu Hundeessaa performing his 2015 hit song “Maalan Jira” Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil July 01/2020- Ararsa Merdassa, Oromia…
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News Alert: At least 50 people killed as protests over assassinated Oromo artist continue; police confirm arrest of Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba & 33 others
It is now confirmed that protesters in Harar city have toppled down the statue of Ras Mekonnen yesterday July 01/2020…
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News Alert: At least seven people killed in Adama, Chiro as protests engulf Oromia following the killing of prominent Oromo artist
Thousands of mourners gathered around the Hospital when authorities were escorting the body of the late Haacaaluu Hundeessaa. Image: Social…
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News Alert: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa hosting extraordinary meeting to discuss GERD ahead of UNSC open session
South African President and current Chair of the African Union (AU), Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: African Union Press Gallery. Addis Standard…
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