Addis Ababa — Some 32,000 metric tons of food and more than 360,000 liters of fuel have been made accessible to Tigray region after the peace agreement between the Government of Ethiopia and the TPLF, the Disaster Risk Management Commission disclosed. Following the peace agreement, the government has also intensified its efforts in making humanitarian […]
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Nairobi — Human rights group Amnesty International has called on the African Union to pressure the Ethiopian government to ensure justice for victims of sexual violence in the two-year war with Tigrayan forces. Amnesty International wants the Ethiopian government to ensure justice for victims of sexual violence as part of the Tigray peace process and […]
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Ethiopia – Tigray After the Peace Deal
The capital of Tigray is in economic ruin and residents are plagued by hunger and disease. The recent peace deal signed by the federal government and Tigray rebels has brought hope to their despair. Before the war came to Tigray, it used to be a ritual to greet the morning by looking up to the […]
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday said the court will on February 13 hear the suit filed by some domestic airlines against the federal government, challenging the implementation of the agreement reached with Ethiopia Airlines on the operation of Nigeria Air. Justice Lewis-Allagoa fixed the date to enable all the […]
Addis Abeba — UN says 20 people have died and number of reported cases reached 491 as cholera outbreak spread to 41 kebeles of 4 woredas of Bale Zone of Oromia and 2 woredas of Liban zone of Somali region as of 23 November 2022. According to a new report by the UN’s Office for […]
Addis Ababa — Despite data limitations from the Tigray regional state, where only 9% of health facilities were reported to be fully functional, the Ministry of Health estimated that at least US$1.4 billion is needed for the restoration of health facilities which are destroyed during the two years long war in Tigray, Afar and Amhara […]
Addis Abeba — In their first interview to local media which was aired on regional DW TV, Lieutenant General Tsadkan Gebretensae, and Getachew Reda, the Tigrayan officials who led the team from region during the peace talks with the federal government held in Pretoria and Nairobi, said that the peace agreement was mainly aimed at […]
Officials at the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) finalized the drafting of a regulation that will govern the import, operation, and production of drones in the country. The authority has been working on the regulation for the last three years in collaboration with the Information Network Security Agency (INSA).The draft prevents individuals and entities from […]
Addis Ababa — The peace in Ethiopia will definitely benefit the region and every corner of the World as the peace, security and development are globally interlinked together, Iran’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Samad Ali Lakizadeh said. In an exclusive interview with ENA, Ambassador Lakizadeh said the peace agreement is a wise decision which will benefit […]
Addis Ababa — Siraj Adem, former Somali region senior health bureau official, has been detained on Thursday 17 November in Dire Dawa and taken to regional capital Jigjiga where he is currently jailed, according to information received by Addis Standard. The information was corroborated by Siraj Abdikadir, a lecturer at Jigjiga University, who said that […]
In a run down and dusty section of Addis Ababa – far from its skyscrapers that have defined its progress for the last decade – is a suburb known as ‘Autobis Tera’, near Merkatto, one of Africa’s largest open-air markets. The working-class district whose key features includes desolate infrastructure, crowding, pollution and neglected apartment blocks […]
The absence of clarity on the withdrawal of Eritrean forces from northern Ethiopia is sending confusing signals locally and among foreign powers. It is undermining Ethiopia’s efforts to regain the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) and secure finance for the reconstruction war-ravaged regions. The Ethiopian government, which has been denying the role of Eritrean forces […]
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Kenya Commences Power Trade With Ethiopia
Nairobi — Kenya commenced importing electricity from Ethiopia yesterday, receiving 75 megawatts from the Wolayta-Sodo substation, the Energy Petroleum and Regulatory Authority(EPRA) has revealed. EPRA Director General Daniel Kiptoo revealed that the country is still in the process of commissioning the trade but the process went live on Thursday. “We began power trade with Ethiopia […]
Addis Abeba — For the first time, Mastercard debit, credit and prepaid cards are accepted in Ethiopia. The news follows partnerships between the financial services giant and two Ethiopian financial firms. EthSwitch, Ethiopia’s national payment switch, and Ethiopia-based Oromia Bank have partnered with Mastercard. The move brings Mastercard services to the citizens of Ethiopia. Both […]
Addis Abeba — The United Nation Human Rights Office, in a statement it issued yesterday, has condemned the execution of seven people in Kuwait on Wednesday. Liz Throssell, spokesperson of the UN Human Rights Office, described the execution, “Disturbing”. According to the statement, the victims include four Kuwaiti nationals- three men and a woman, an […]
Cape Town — The northern Ethiopian region has been the centre of a battle for control between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – which led the country’s previous government – and the current administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed since November 2020. The conflict has become what World Health Organisation Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia is set to host the U.N.’s annual Internet Governance Forum later this month, despite an ongoing communications blackout in its war-damaged Tigray region. The government-imposed blackout in the Tigray region has left six million people without phone or internet access for nearly two years. The November 28 forum is expected to […]
Sharm el-Sheikh — The fallout of a changing climate is indisputable as it is already disrupting the livelihoods of millions of people in Africa, especially the poorest and most vulnerable. It’s very, very clear now that the fallout of a changing climate is hitting people on the front lines, marginalised people the hardest, according Megan Rowling, […]