Category: Latest News
UNOCHA Says Delivery Of Humanitarian Assistance Steps Up In Tigray
Addis Ababa, March 17, 2021 – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) stated that the delivery of humanitarian assistance has also been stepped up in Tigray region, with humanitarian partners reaching 900,000 people with full food baskets, almost 700,000 with water, and 136,000 with shelter. On Friday, the UN announced that…
Somaliland VP Saylici tests positive for COVID-19
HARGEISA: Somaliland vice president Abdirahman Saylici has contracted COVID-19 making him the senior most government official in the break-away region to get the virus. Saylici confirmed on his Twitter account Monday evening that he had been on medication after he tested positive for the deadly pandemic. “I would like to inform the people of Somaliland…
massacre victims in Ethiopia’s Tigray image Fake
A picture shared on Facebook claiming to show the bodies of victims massacred in Aksum, Tigray region of Ethiopia is FALSE. The photo shows bodies lined up in rows on the ground, and a huge crowd of onlookers in the background, accompanied by a headline that reads, “Reports Emerging Of ‘Horrible’ Massacre In Ethiopian Holy City”. Aksum…
ETHIOPIA: TPLF Agents Arrested for Printing Fake Money
Addis Ababa, March 13, 2021 – The TPLF clique and its agents are trying to harm the people and damage the economy by injecting fake money in the economy, according to Operations Department Head of the Northern Command. Through a coordinated operation of the federal police and intelligence agency early this week, individuals printing fake…
Diaspora Protesters in US, Canada Back Ethiopian Government
WASHINGTON By Habtamu Seyoum, Alula Kebede, Solomon Abate – Thousands of protesters mobilized by Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora groups marched in Washington and several Canadian cities this week, condemning suggestions by U.S. officials that the Ethiopian government carried out atrocities in the Tigray region. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the…
Somalia: UN urges elections “without further delay.”
United Nations (United States) —The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia until December, and called on Somali authorities to hold elections “without further delay.” The 13-page text drafted by Britain was unanimously approved by the 15 members of the Council, diplomatic sources…
Ethiopia: Allegations of “ethnic cleansing”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government is indeed fully cognizant of its obligations under International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, to which Ethiopia is a party. That is why it undertook the law enforcement operations in the Tigray region with utmost precaution to avoid as much as possible collateral damage on…
Does Ethiopia Really Threaten U.S. interests in the Horn of Africa
WASHINGTON, March 12 – The State Department on Friday said Washington has decided not to lift the pause in assistance to Ethiopia for most programs in the security sector, days after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken described acts in Tigray as ethnic cleansing. State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Friday that while the…
ETHIOPIA: MORE THAN 40 CIVILIANS KILLED IN WESTERN OROMIA
Addis Ababa, 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 various Kebeles (districts) of Horo Guduru, Eastern Wollaga zone of Oromia…
Prosperty Party (PP) Nominates Dr. Abiy Ahmed Candidate
Addis Ababa, March 11, 2021 – Prosperity Party (PP) stated that it has nomination of Dr. Abiy Ahmed as candidate of Agaro town for upcoming national election. PP has today officially introduced his manifesto and electoral symbol to its members and supporters in Agaro town where it announced Dr. Abiy as a candidate of the…
