COVID-19

Police Arrested People for Not Wearing Mask: Human Right Commission Urged Their Release

The police have arrested thousands of people in Addis Ababa for not wearing masks. According to the Addis Ababa Police Commission, 1,300 people detained on Wednesday for an aligned violation of the Emergency Proclamation, Ethio FM reports.   The Emergency proclamation declared a month ago to curb the spread of COVID-19, states that wearing a

May 14, 2020 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Case study on Sudan’s Nonviolent Protests to Changing over 30 years Omar Al-Bashir Rule:

By Mohamed Muse             Introduction Nonviolent resistance by civilians employs the disciplined use of nonviolent methods.  With nonviolent direct action, the group or society takes the application of nonviolent methods directly to the presumed source of the grievance or injustice, rather than working through representatives or agencies. The movement considered among alternative or parallel associations

May 8, 2020 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Are GMOs the Answer to Ethiopia’s Food Crisis?

By Hiwote Bekele, MPH & Selam Nicola

May 7, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Catch Taxi Addressing Economic Challenges of Cab drivers Amid COVID-19

The government of Ethiopia encouraged and imposed some restrictions to make people stay at home as a measure to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The rules could cause a financial crisis to some business and services such as ride-hailing. In the past couple of years, the tech-based ride-hailing services have boomed in Ethiopia.

April 20, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Coronavirus and The Nile Dam: ‘The Pandemic Will Not Distract Ethiopia From Its Journey’

Prime minister Abiy on his social media post today, said that the corona pandemic ‘would not distract Ethiopians from the journey of being the owner of a dam.’ the prime minister added that the filling would start in the next rainy season.   Ethiopia kicked off the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)

April 2, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Deadlock in the GERD talks: Illuminating the sticking points

Mahemud Tekuya (@MTekuya) Disputes over the filling and operation of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have, once again, threatened security in North-East Africa. Since November 2019, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan have held dozens of negotiations ─ on the filling and operation of the GERD ─ which were supported and attended by the U.S. and the

April 1, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Dr. Catherine Hamlin “champion of Ethiopian women’s health”

Dr. Catherine Hamlin, the founder of Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, the world’s first fistula hospital, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 96 in Addis Ababa. Catherine Hamlin has been fighting fistula obstetrics for more than sixty years. Dr. Catherine and Reginald Hamlin founded an organization called Hamlin fistula Ethiopia 46 years ago after

March 19, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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The Shut Down of Internet and Phone Communications in Oromia Should End–Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch requested the government to lift the shutdown of internet and phone communications in Welega, Oromia. In its report on March 9, Human Rights Watch said that the two months old shut down has ‘taken a toll on the population.’   Most parts of Western Oromia has been in the military command post

March 10, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Government Official Turns Down a New Position Assigned by The Prime Minister

Yohannes Buayalew turned down the new appointment by prime minister Abiy Ahmed. The Prime Minister’s Office on Feb.25 assigned Yohannes as president of Meles Zenawi Leadership Academy. But he told Amhara mass media agency that he would not take the responsibility.   Yohannes is one of the senior officials of the Amhara region. He was

February 27, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia Drops Charges Against 63 Individuals Including Business Magnate Ermias Amelga

The government has decided to drop charges of 63 individuals with alleged corruption and other forms of crimes. The Attorney-General has released the names of the individuals today who have benefited from the amnesty. The list includes Ermias Amelga, the founder of Zemen Bank, Christian Tadele, Head of Political Affairs of National Movement of Amhara

February 25, 2020 • By Addis Insight