"A Southern Light at the end of the Tunnel"
To: US Congressman Gregory Meeks Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee and Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) As proponents of democracy and human rights in Ethiopia, our organization is concerned with CSIS Africa Program’s decision to invite a controversial Ethiopian politician Tsedale Lemma to discuss foreign policy with Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY). For many years, our […]
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(AG) – Tigray Regional State official Abraha Desta told Voice of America (VOA) that humanitarian aid delivery is being blocked by TPLF rebels, which could lead to a humanitarian crisis. “Drivers are afraid,” said Mr Abraha, and some children in central Tigray are dying of starvation. The interim Tigray government revealed that about 50,000 people […]
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UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab praised Ethiopia’s rollout of humanitarian aid to Tigray, saying he saw “first hand” of UK’s aid contribution. Meanwhile EU ambassador Christian Danielsson discussed Ethiopian collaboration with UN partners. According to ENA, Mr Danielsson said he wants to improve engagement between EU and the Ethiopian government so that the EU will […]
Read MoreAwasa city is still left out from CoronaVirus testing rollout in Ethiopia as the virus spreads around the world. Long after the Ethiopian government downplayed the threat of CODIV-19 and continued sending Ethiopian Airlines to ground zero in China for months, now Addis Ababa has begun to take action. However the SNNPR’s capital city has […]
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(Awasa) The Hadicho people mostly living in Dara Woreda of Sidama zone are reportedly boycotting the Sidama referendum, according to residents who informed Awasa Guardian (AG). However, locals are still being forced toward voter registration and harassed by the Sidama ruling party and the Sidama Liberation Movement (SLM). The Hadicho people, formerly led by Sidama Hadicho […]
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(Awasa Guardian) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has successfully pushed a renegotiation over Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) as the dam approaches completion. The White House and the World Bank have gotten involved as mediators, effectively sidelining years of trilateral consultations between Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt. Analysts familiar with Cairo’s strategic and diplomatic maneuvers […]
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On Oct. 11, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the long stalemate with neighboring Eritrea. Paradoxically, Abiy enjoys only fragmented and diminishing popular support in his own country. Even in his home region of Oromia, his leadership is seriously contested by the ethnonationalist forces represented by the social media […]
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