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News: 15 Defendants in Jawar Mohammed’s file entered pleas of not guilty; Bekele Gerba, Hamza Adane, Jawar Mohammed and Shemsedin Taha did not appear.
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By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, March 11/2021– Today the Federal High Court, Lideta Branch, First Constitutional and Anti-Terrorism Bench saw the case of 24 defendants in Jawar Mohammed’s file who are charged in violation of Article 240 of the 1996 Penal Code, violation of the Proclamation No. 1176 /2012 on ...
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News: Oromia special forces in East wollega kill a high-school student days before he sits for school leaving exam
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By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, March 12/2021 – As the Oromia regional state government renewed its vows to wipe out the rebel group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), an intensified crackdown continued to claim the lives of civilians. In the latest such crackdown, members of Oromia special forces killed Tadele Belay, ...
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News: mPharma, Belayab Pharmaceuticals sign franchise agreement to launch Haltons Pharmacies in Ethiopia
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Addis Abeba, March 11/2021: mPharma, a health tech startup based in Ghana that manages prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers, has signed a franchise agreement with Belayab Pharmaceuticals PLC to increase patient access to affordable and quality medications in Ethiopia, through its subsidiary, Haltons Limited. Through this agreement, mPharma ...
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News Analysis: OLF officially out from upcoming election, continues call for release of its jailed leadership, members
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By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, March 10/2021 – The opposition party Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has officially announced that it has withdrawn from the upcoming election. In an interview with Addis Standard the party’s interim public relations head, Batte Urgessa, a staggering number of names of the party’s leadership and ...
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News: Gunmen who storm a local Church kill 29 in Horoguduru, western Oromia
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By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, March 09/2021 – Twenty nine people were killed in East wollega, Oromia regional state. Residents who spoke to Addis Standard said that that attack took place on March 05 in Abo church in Debos Kebele, where residents were celebrating the beginning of the two months ...
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News Analysis: Migrant community organizer says more than 350 mainly Ethiopians perished in Yemen detention fire
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By Bileh Jelan @bilehjelan Addis Abeba, March 09/2021 – Abdullah, an organizer of Ethiopian migrant community in the war-torn Yemen who spoke to Addis Standard recounted the continued plight of Ethiopian migrants and refugees in Yemen and said there are no known survivors out of the more than 350 mainly Ethiopian ...
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News: Ethiopia Rights Commission urges restraint in gender-based hate speech, violence against women participating in electoral process
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Addis Abeba, March 08/2021 – Marking International Women’s Day, themed this year “Choose to Challenge”, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called on all stakeholders to do their part to prevent gender-based/gender motivated hate speech and other forms of gender-based violence against women participating in the 2021 national elections ...
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Exclusive: How the UN drops Tigray resolution after second attempt failed
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Addis Standard Staffs Addis Abeba, March 06/2021 – The UN Security Council (UNSC) has dropped issuing a resolution calling for cessation of hostilities and respect for international humanitarian laws in Ethiopia’s war- torn Tigray regional state after a second attempt has failed to produce consensus among members states. On March ...
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New Report on Axum: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians: HRW
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05 March 2021 – Eritrean armed forces massacred scores of civilians, including children as young as 13, in the historic town of Axum in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in November 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations should urgently establish an independent inquiry into war crimes and possible crimes ...
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News: Jimma Uni graduate, two others who remain in police custody against court order face new charges
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By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, March 04/2021 – The Police in Jimma city, Oromia regional states have brought new charges against Jimma university graduates Mohammed Deksiso, Mulugeta Shitee and University staffer Wondimu Legesse Abba Dafar (PhD), their lawyer Obsinan Girma told Addis Standard. The three are facing new accusations for ...
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News: Ethiopia Habtemariam elevated to chairman &CEO of Motown records
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Addis Abeba, March 03/2021 – Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music-based entertainment company, announced today thatEthiopia Habtemariam, who has served as President of Motown since 2014, has been elevated to Chairman and CEO of the label, reporting directly to UMG Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge. In connection with ...
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Breaking: Supreme Court Cassation Bench dismisses Attorney General’s appeal to block private hospital for Bekele Gerba, Jawar Mohammed et al
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By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, March 01/2021 – The Federal Supreme Court Cassation Bench has late this afternoon dismissed the appeal by the Federal Attorney General to block the decision by the Federal High Court granting defendants on Jawar Mohammed file access to private medical facility. On February 19, the ...
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News Analysis: Fed. Court grants police more days to remand, investigate senior TPLF officials, allows private treatment for ailing Sibhat Nega
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By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, February 26/2021 – Federal First Instance Court, Arada Division, pre-trial appointment hearing bench in its session on today looked in to the cases of the 20 TPLF officials who are under the federal polices custody, who appeared at the court for the fourth time. In today’s ...
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News: Ethiopia gets first Orange Digital Center in Addis Abeba
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By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, February 26/2021 – The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Orange digital center established the first digital center in the horn of Africa that trains young people in digital technology and boosts their employability. Orange digital center built the third ICT center in ...
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News: Police in Jimma defy court bail, transfer Uni. graduate, two others to separate police station. Rights Commission calls for their immediate release
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By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 24/2021 – The police in Jimma city, Oromia regional state, defied court order to release on bail Jimma university graduate Mohammed Deksiso and two staffers of the university and transferred them to a different police station to which the court’s order for bail ...
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News: More than 40 civilians killed in western Oromia; regional gov’t, OLA rebels trade blame
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By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, March 12/2021 – A series of attacks in western Oromia regional state mounted by armed men against civilians since Saturday March 6 claimed the lives of at least 42 people so far, including women and children. The victims are members of the Amhara community living in ...
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News Update: Federal Police free Keria Ibrahim as prosecutors seek to bring terrorism, criminal charges against 20 former TPLF leaders
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By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, March 11/2021 – The Federal police has told a federal court this morning that Keria Ibrahim, former speaker of the House of Federation, (HoF) was already released from detention. Keria, a member of TPLF’s Executive Committee, was reported by state affiliated media as having surrendered ...
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News: Yemen requests Ethiopia to send special aircraft to repatriate victims’ bodies, survivors of detention center fire
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By Bileh Jelan @bilehjelan Addis Abeba, March 10/2021 – Addis Standard has learnt from sources in Yemen’s capital Sana’a that the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent an official letter, a copy of which is received by Addis Standard, to its counterpart in Addis Abeba requesting the Ethiopian government to ...
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News: ADB approves $2.33 m grant to support the modernization of electronic payments infrastructure
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Addis Abeba, March 10/2021 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant of $2.33 million to EthSwitch Share Company, an initiative led by National Bank of Ethiopia, for the modernization of its payments infrastructure. The grant is resourced from the special fund of the ...
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News: Raxio kicks off construction of Data Center in Addis Abeba
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Addis Abeba, March 09/ 2021: The Raxio Group (“Raxio”), a premier pan-African data centre developer and operator, held a ceremony to formally kick-off the construction of the country’s first private Tier III carrier neutral colocation data centre at the ICT Park in Addis Abeba. The event was attended by members ...
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News: Ethiopia stays firm on solving GERD issue “under the auspices of the ongoing AU-led negotiation”
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Addis Abeba, March 09/2021 – In his latest biweekly media briefing to local media, Ambassador Dina Mufti clarified Ethiopia’s long standing position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) vis a vis Egypt’s and Sudan’s position to get third parties involved in mediation process. “The GERD issue can be solved ...
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News: Elders’ intervention ends hunger strike by Oromo opposition politicians
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By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, March 08/2021 – After a consorted effort by a group of elders, which included Ethiopia’s famed Olympian Derartu Tulu, religious and community leaders, imprisoned Oromo opposition party politicians have agreed to bring to an end the hunger strike they began 40 days ago. Defense lawyer ...
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Breaking: UN accepts AU Chairperson’s invitation to support & participate in the AU-led negotiation on GERD
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Addis Abeba, March 05/2021 – The US Secretary-General António Guterres said that the United Nations “is available to support and participate in the African Union-led negotiation process on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,” according to a telephone readout the secretary General has with Sameh Hassan Shoukry Selim, Foreign Minister of ...
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News: Tigray region interim admin unanimous on the need for Eritrean troops’ withdrawal: bureau head
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Addis Abeba, March 04/2021 – Tigray regional state interim administration has reached at a unanimous stand on the need for the withdrawal of Eritrean troops from the region. The interim administration’s bureau head Gebremeskel Kassa told the BBC Amharic that Eritrean troops are in Tigray and have “controlled areas in ...
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News: Construction of GERD progressing, tendency to invite various parties to mediate “demeaning” to AU-led negotiations: Amb. Dina Mufti
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Addis Abeba, March 03/2021 – In his biweekly press briefing today, Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the construction of the Great Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD) is progressing well and public involvement in advocacy, financial and professional support is highly encouraged. The Ambassador also said efforts ...
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Just In: In a phone call with PM Abiy Sec. Blinken “pressed for the immediate end to hostilities and the withdrawal of outside forces from Tigray, including Amhara regional security forces and Eritrean troops”
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Readout March 02/2021 – Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to emphasize the United States’ concern about the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Noting the growing number of credible reports ...
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News: Board postponed candidate registration schedule for 2nd time; evaluating Afar region complaint over polling station listing under Somali region
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By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, March 01/2021 – Faced with delays of various types, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has, for the second time, postponed the candidate registration schedule, originally set to take place between 15 – 28 February 2021. On February 27, the Board announced that ...
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News Alert: EU calls for immediate cessation of hostilities, says civilian sufferings in Tigray “appalling”
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“Thousands of civilians have lost their lives” EU Addis Abeba, February 26/2021 – The European Union (EU) called for immediate cessation of hostilities to end the ongoing armed conflict in Tigray regional state. In a joint Statement by HR/VP Borrell and Commissioner Lenarčič on massacres in Axum, the EU said ...
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News: Amnesty documents potential crime against humanity, war crime committed by Eritrean forces in the sacred city of Axum
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By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 26/2021 – Amnesty International has compiled evidence based harrowing report on series of attacks that took place in Axum city in Tigray regional state and one of the most sacred places for followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Twahdo Church, and one of the ...
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Breaking: Court acquits woman who was one of the four suspects in the assassination of Oromo artist Hachalu Hundessa
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By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, February 25/2021 – The Federal High Court has today acquitted Lamrot Kamal, a woman who was one of the main suspects in the June 29/2020 assassination of prominent Oromo artist Hachalu Hundessa. Lamrot was one of the four suspects on trial for the alleged involvement ...
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