In Ethiopia’s Tigray war, rape is used as a weapon – Deutsche Welle 08:40
CONFLICTSETHIOPIA In Ethiopia’s Tigray war, rape is used as a weapon Mariel Müller Sexual attacks on women and girls have continued since last year’s peace deal between Ethiopia’s government and Tigray leadership, witnesses told DW. On the day that Ethiopian government forces reached a truce with rebel Tigrayan forces, 16-year-old Hadas was at home with her mother in a village […]
Peace for Ethiopia: What Should Follow Blinken’s Visit? – United States Institute of Peace 07:45
A viable peace process must address humanitarian crisis, political conflict and atrocities all at once. Friday, March 17, 2023 / BY: Susan Stigant PUBLICATION TYPE: Analysis and Commentary Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s talks in Ethiopia and his announcement of new U.S. aid this week advance vital steps for building peace in the country and greater stability in East […]
Ethiopia’s wheat exports risk food crisis – Semafor 07:19
Samuel Getachew Updated Mar 16, 2023, 12:23pm EDT AFRICA Ethiopia’s wheat exports risk food crisis THE NEWS ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia has been exporting wheat to boost its dwindling foreign currency reserves, raising concerns that it could deepen a looming food crisis. The country is among a number of nations in the Horn of Africa on […]
Viewpoint: Of Physicians’ migration problem in Ethiopia – Addis Standard 06:34
MARCH 17, 2023 Dr. Sultan Ababulgu, Senior Expert/Internist Addis Abeba – This is a follow up to the article in commentary section, “Why I believe Ethiopia will soon be drained of its physicians” published on your website on 14 February 2023. The article reminded me of a study I did nearly three decades ago. The title […]
News: Ethiopian rights commission hails US support for ongoing “nationally owned-led transitional justice initiative” – Addis Standard 06:29
MARCH 17, 2023 Addis Abeba: Daniel Bekele, Chief Commissioner for Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said that the public recognition and support from the US government for the ongoing “nationally owned and led transitional justice initiative send a positive message that also resonate with the people and voices the Commission, its partners and stakeholders represent”. […]
The story behind this surreal portrait of Ethiopian identity – CNN 06:24
Arts Updated 17th March 2023 Credit: Nicholas Knight/Public Art Fund NY The story behind this surreal portrait of Ethiopian identity Written byJacqui Palumbo, CNN In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made. Aformer photojournalist, Aïda Muluneh now creates images that pose questions, […]
Faster, cheaper: How ending the government monopoly improved Ethiopia’s internet – Rest of World 06:01
REPORTS Africa’s second-most populous nation ended its telecomms monopoly in 2022. Businesses are already seeing the benefits. Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images By NATALIE DONBACK 17 MARCH 2023 TRANSLATE Ethiopia’s telecommunications industry was a monopoly of the state-owned Ethio Telecom until October 2022. Then Safaricom came in to provide some competition. Industry experts told Rest of World […]
Analysis: As drought catastrophe looms, many succumbing to death in Somali region; official admits, cites “beyond… – Addis Standard 05:23
Analysis: As drought catastrophe looms, many succumbing to death in Somali region; official admits, cites “beyond capacity” but refutes death toll MARCH 17, 2023 By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane & Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21 Moyale – Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) from various woredas of Dawa zone, one of the severely hit zones by drought in the Somali region, who are sheltering […]
ሻለቃ ዳዊት ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ ስለወቅታዊ ሁኔታ ይናገራሉ
March 17, 2023 ሻለቃ ዳዊት ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ – የቀድሞው የኢትዮጵያ ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ደኤታና የእርዳታ ማስተባበሪያና ማቋቋሚያ ኮሚሽን ኮሚሽነር፤ ስለ ኢትዮጵያውያን አውስትራሊያውያን ማኅበረሰብ አባላት፣ ያውስትራሊያን ዲፕሎማሲያዊ አስተዋፅኦና ዲፕሎማሲያዊ ተፅዕኖ፣ አኅጉራዊ ጉዳዮችን አንስተው ይናገራሉ። https://www.sbs.com.au/language/amharic/am/podcast-episode/interview-with-maj-dawit-wolde-giorgis-australia-and-horn-of-africa/qq2ywxxlf
የመንግስት እና የፓርቲ ኃላፊዎች፤ “ጥላቻን እና ግጭትን ከሚያባብሱ ንግግሮች እና ድርጊቶች እንዲቆጠቡ” ገዢው ፓርቲ አሳሰበ – ኢትዮጵያ ኢንሳይደር
March 17, 2023 በየደረጃው የሚገኙ የመንግስት እና የፓርቲ ኃላፊዎች፤ “የህዝብን ህብረ ብሔራዊ አንድነት ከሚንዱ፣ ጥላቻን እና ግጭትን ከሚያባብሱ ንግግሮች እና ድርጊቶች እንዲቆጠቡ” ገዢው ብልጽግና ፓርቲ አሳሰበ። የሃይማኖት አባቶች፣ ሚዲያዎች፣ አክቲቪስቶች እና ምሁራንም፤ ያለፉ ቁስሎችን ከሚቀሰቅሱ፣ ጥላቻን ከሚያነግሱ፣ ህዝብ በጥርጣሬ እንዲተያይ ከሚያደርጉ፣ የሀገርን ሰላምና ደህንነት አደጋ ላይ ከሚጥሉ ድርጊቶች እና ንግግሮች እንዲጠበቁ ጥሪ አቅርቧል። የፍትሕ እና […]