Social Affairs
- May 30, 2023
News: Uproar after mayor’s bodyguard abducts young woman in Hawassa, regional police in pursuit, detain six suspects
Tsega Belachew (Left), Constable Yehualamebrat Woldemariam (Right) (Photo:Social Media) By Natnael Fite @NatieFit Addis Abeba – An abduction of Tsega…
Read More » - May 25, 2023
News: Italy announces €2 million for preservation and enhancement of ancient Axum archaeological site
Ambassador Agostino Palese vising Axum. Photo: Embassy of Italy in Ethiopia Addis Abeba – The government of Italy announced a…
Read More » - May 25, 2023
News: Ethiopian Orthodox Church pledges to restore relations with church in Tigray, announces 20 million birr in humanitarian aid
His Holiness Abune Mathias, Patriarch of the EOTC (Photo: EOTC) Addis Abeba – The Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox…
Read More » - May 24, 2023
News- Staggering 85.9% elementary, middle schools, and 70.9% high schools in Ethiopia ‘completely sub-standard’: Ministry
Berhanu Nega (PhD) Minister of Education (Photo: House of People’s Representatives/Facebook) Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Ministry of Education has…
Read More » - May 23, 2023
News: Tigray Orthodox church leaders announce plans to ordain 10 episcopate
Photo: Tigray TV Addis Abeba – Leaders of the See of Selama Kessate Beharan Archdiocese of Tigray Orthodox Tewahdo Church…
Read More » - May 23, 2023
#ASDailyScoop: More than 160 persons with disabilities submit complaint to Rights Commission on rights violation, demolition of commercial houses by Addis city
Photo: EHRC Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said today that it has received the complaints of…
Read More » - May 22, 2023
#ASDailyScoop: State owned utility suffers more than 23 m birr in loss due to theft, wanton destruction of electric infrastructure
Part of the stolen electric wire in the Kombolcha – Desse transmission line theft in February this year. Photo: EEU…
Read More » - May 19, 2023
Viewpoint: Women issues in Ethiopia in the digital age
Illustration of a woman on her mobile phone (Mathias Samuel/Addis Standard) By Dawie Tola Introduction The challenges women and girls…
Read More » - May 15, 2023
Analysis: Farmers endure market sabotage, inflation and price disorientation as government wheat export story takes news headlines by storm
A-farmer inspecting his wheat crop in Assasa-Ardaita area, Oromia ©Addis-Standard By Getahun Legesse @Birmaduu2 Bale, Robe (Oromia)– For outside onlookers,…
Read More » - May 11, 2023
News: More than 18, 000 displaced people arrive in Metema feeling violence in Sudan; first arrivals cross into Gambella
Civilians arriving in Ethiopia after fleeing violence in Sudan. Photo: UNOCHA Addis Abeba – The number of people fleeing from…
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