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Addis Ababa’s Ex-Mayor Calls Land Grab Report “a Lie”

Takele Uma, former mayor of Addis Ababa, has responded to the report of Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Political Party (Ezema), which claimed massive land grab and illegal condominium transfers in Addis Ababa, accusing government officials of being behind it. The report released on August 31, 2020, claimed that more than 210,000 sqm of land

September 1, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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DStv Cuts Prices, Releases New Packages Before Canal+ Ethiopia Launches Broadcast Service

MultiChoice, the local distributor of Digital Satellite Television (DStv), introduced new Ethiopian programs and TV packages with the major aim of catering to the Ethiopian audience.  The Amharic programming content line-up of DStv released as of today will contain Trace music, a dedicated 24 hours Ethiopian music channel, Nick Jr, the educational, pre-school channel from

September 1, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Lidetu to Walk Free Yet Again

Bishoftu Town District Court has closed the criminal investigation case of Lidetu Ayalew, the founder of the Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) today, August 31, 2020. In its ruling, the court stated that the police had enough time to finish investigating the alleged crimes of Lidetu, and there was no legal justification to hold him under

August 31, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Lion Pride Attacks, Kills People in Ethiopia

A Lion pride abruptly attacked and killed four people and a number of cattle in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. The lions have entered the area from the nearby forest, Abebo, and have controlled more than five neighbourhoods for the past three days and normal activities have been halted. Gambela National Park, located nearby Abobo

August 31, 2020 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

How Western Media is Failing Ethiopia

If you want to know the history of modern journalism in Africa, it starts with “Doctor Livingstone, I presume?” A news article about one white guy going off to find another white guy, a missionary, in what today is Tanzania. In the newspaper account, the Africans were pretty much scenery. The situation did not get better with

August 31, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopian Youngster Joins Liverpool F.C

Ethiopia-born German national footballer, Melkamu Frauendorf joins English Premier League club, Liverpool, from the German side Hoffenheim. The 16-year-old signed a scholarship contract with the champions that let him join the club’s academy and the under 18 team.  Liverpool announced the signing of the attacking midfielder on its official website and the player had changed

August 29, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia Appoints New Ambassador to Egypt, Us Halts Aid Over Dam Dispute

New Ethiopian Ambassador to Egypt Markos Tekle has presented his credentials to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to start his duties yesterday, August 27, 2020, officially. The Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo had no appointed Ambassador since mid-June 2020 as the previous Ambassador Dina Mufti concluded his tenure and was reappointed as the new spokesperson for the

August 28, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Long-Delayed Drone Law to Turn into Effect

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) has finalized the remotely piloted aircraft draft directive that will enable it to control the importation and operations of drones in the country. The directive that spent seven years in the making will allow the Authority, the sole government agency responsible for administering all air transport and operations in

August 27, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Rediet Abebe Wins World’s Finest Dissertation Award

Ethiopian computer scientist, Rediet Abebe, who is also an assistant Computer Science professor at the University of California at Berkeley, wins the Doctoral Dissertation Award from ACM SIGKDD, world’s largest computing organization. Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD), on its twitter page, announced that Rediet has won the prestigious thesis award

August 27, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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First Virtual Job Expo to take Hold

Dereja, who has been hosting annual job expos in the past, has taken a different approach this year due to the impact of Covid-19 and will hold the first virtual job expo in Ethiopia tomorrow, August 27, 2020. The virtual career expo organized in partnership with the Job Creation Commission office and the Mastercard Foundation’s

August 26, 2020 • By Addis Insight