Tag: Ethiopia
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Tigray-Ethiopia: Writing a bloody peace in hopelessness – By Owei Lakemfa
Ethiopia, which along with Liberia were the only two African countries Europe was unable to colonise, has been bathed in blood many times in the last six decades until a bloody peace was written on November 2, 2022.
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Why Ethiopia suspended visa on arrival, new ways to apply – FG
The Federal Government says Ethiopia’s suspension of its “visa on arrival” to non-resident foreigners at all entry points is due to insecurity, especially regarding its current political situation. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs Francisca Omayuli, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
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Tigray Airstrike: respect the rights of civilians – UN
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, on Thursday, condemned the deadly airstrike on the Mai Aini refugee camp in Tigray, northern Ethiopia that left three refugees dead. Grandi reiterated UNHCR’s call for all parties to the conflict to “respect the rights of all civilians, including refugees”. According to him, UNHCR continues…
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COVID-19: Ethiopia reports 2,140 new cases
Ethiopia registered 2,140 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 428,796 as of Monday evening, the country’s Health Ministry said. Meanwhile, the ministry reported 11 new related deaths and 1,490 recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the national death and recovery counts to 6,969 and 356,997 respectively. Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous…
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Buhari returns to Abuja from Ethiopia
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja, the nation’s capital from Ethiopia. The presidential aircraft touched
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AFCON qualifiers: Referee collapses in middle of football match
On Tuesday, the match between Ivory Coast and Ethiopia was abandoned 10 minutes from time after the match referee collapsed. The match referee, a Ghanaian named Charles Bulu collapsed at the 80th minute of the Group K fixture in Abidjan. He was removed on a stretcher and taken to hospital, and the state of his…
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Shifting power centres drive Ethiopia into endless wars – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. ETHIOPIA is today, bleeding. It bled yesterday. The day before, it bled. The challenge is how to stop its bleeding, stabilise, and hopefully, stop her from bleeding tomorrow. In the last four decades, it has been engaged in five quite bloody wars; two with Eritrea, one with Somalia over the Ogaden region…
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Suspected rebel group conducts ‘mass killing’ of civilians
Local government officials on Monday said suspected armed rebels have conducted a mass killing of civilians in Ethiopia’s Oromia region. The massacre, which local authorities have called a “brutal terror attack” took place on Sunday evening in the Guliso area of West Wollega in the Oroma region. The regional government’s communication office and the Amhara…
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4,000 prisoners to be released over coronavirus fears
Ethiopia Attorney General Adanech Abebe said more than 4,000 prisoners are to be released in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus in prisons in the country. Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde has already signed an amnesty decree for 4,100 prisoners, among those benefiting from imprisonment of up to 3 years for minor offenses, as well…
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Photos: Ethiopia receives stolen priceless crown from the Netherlands
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali on Thursday received a priceless 18th-century crown that a former refugee had kept hidden in his apartment in the Netherlands for two decades. The handover took place at a ceremony in the capital, Addis Ababa, attended by Sigrid Kaag, the Dutch minister for foreign trade and development cooperation and…