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Ethiopia: Deputy PM Calls On New Ambassadors To Fight Fake News
Addis Ababa, March 11, 2021 – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen who has presided over presentations of 100-day plans of newly appointed Ambassadors called for proper use of digital diplomacy to thwart misinformation campaigns targeting Ethiopia. Demeke exchanged views with newly appointed Ethiopian ambassadors to Australia, Ghana, Italy, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, South…
Russia Stands With Ethiopia When Western Countries Increased Pressure
Addis Ababa, March 10, 2021 -Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, Demeke Mekonnen met with Russia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Evgeny Terekhin. On the occasion, Demeke thanked Russia for standing by the Ethiopian side during the recent the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting. The Deputy Prime Minister also assured the ambassador that effective humanitarian support is…
Kenya’s Raila Odinga in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19
Kenya’s Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga spent Thursday night in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19 at a city hospital. Mr Odinga is battling the virus at The Nairobi Hospital where he was admitted on Tuesday after developing “fatigue”, according to his family. “Following my letter of the 10th of March 2021, we have confirmed…
Kenya’s president bans political gatherings, extends curfew
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday banned political and large social gatherings for 30 days as he announced a raft of measures to stem the spread of Covid-19. He further ordered security agents to strictly enforce this order. The president announced that more people are getting infected, with the positivity rate increasing alarmingly to the current 13 percent…
Taskforce Announces Preparations To Fully Reinstate Metekel IDPs Within A Month
Addis Ababa, March 12, 2021 – The Integrated Taskforce in Benshangul Gumuz has announced preparations to fully reinstate internally displaced from Metekel area within a month. The taskforce reviewed its activities of the past two months in the light of preparations underway to return the displaced from several localities of Metekel Zone to their original…
White House Calls for Independent Probe of Abuses Tigray region
The White House is calling for a full, independent investigation into human rights abuses in the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. VOA’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports on the ongoing violence in Tigray that has left 3 million people in need of food assistance.
Ethiopia: EU floats sanctions over humanitarian aid
Ethiopian authorities and others obstructing humanitarian aid into the Tigray region could end up on an EU sanctions list, under a new idea floated by the European Commission. The Brussels executive, on Wednesday (10 March), said it will consider listing people who violated international humanitarian law under its EU sanctions regimes. The EU already has…
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Delegation Arrives In Djibouti
Addis Ababa, March 10, 2021 – A delegation led by Ethiopian Federal Police Commissioner General, Demelash Gebremichael arrived in Djibouti this evening. The delegation was accorded a warm welcome by Col. Abdillahi Abdi Farah, Director of Djiboutian National Police Force, Berhanu Tsegaye, Ethiopian Ambassador to Djibouti as well as scores of high level officials and…
Former Somalia President Ali Mahdi Muhammad Dies At 82
Mogadishu. The former president of Somalia between 1991 and 1997, Ali Mahdi Muhammad, died today in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, at the age of 82, as reported on Twitter by the spokesman for the Ministry of Justice. Somali information, Isamel Mukhtaar Omar. Mukhtaar Omar limited himself to confirming the death without giving more details about…
Ethiopian PM, Eritrean president arrive in Juba Fake News
The dangerous lies, disinformation and fabrication campaign of the TPLF continue Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki have this morning arrived in the South Sudanese capital Juba for a one-day state visit, according to two sources at President Salva Kiir’s office. First Reported by Sudans Post has been out right confirmed…
