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17.7 Billion Birr Needed for Humanitarian COVID-19 Impact Response

The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) and humanitarian partners have released a revised 2020 humanitarian requirement document outlining 17.7 Billion Birr (half a billion dollar) is needed for COVID-19 humanitarian impact response. The revised plan targets 9.8 million people for COVID-19-related interventions The targeted intervention plan, released yesterday June 11, 2020, aims to mitigate income losses

June 11, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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House Postpones Election, Extends Life of Parliament

The House of Federation has passed a decision today, June 10 2020, to extend the term of federal and regional parliaments until the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is no longer a public health threat to the country. The bill that was approved with a majority of 114 votes, 4 oppositions and one absentee also determined

June 10, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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‘The  Report of Amnesty International Did Not Include All the Killings’ — Jawar Mohammed

On his Facebook post on Tuesday Jawar Mohammed said that the killings following the “assassination attempt” on himself should have been included in Amnesty International’s recent report. The human rights organization accused Ethiopian security forces of severe human rights violations last year in Oromia and Amhara regions.   However, the regional governments of Amhara and

June 5, 2020 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia Takes Currency Replacement Into Account To Curb Money Laundry

Ethiopia is one of the sixteen ‘high-risk third countries’ listed by the European Union (EU), who have strategic deficiencies in their national anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism regimes.   Yinager Dessie, the president of the National Bank of Ethiopia agrees that there had been no legal restrictions on the amount of money to withdraw

May 22, 2020 • By Eldad Damte

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Ethiopia Making Constitutional Interpretation: Prominent Politician Calls It ‘a Joke’

The Council of Constitutional Inquiry (CCI)  held a Televised discussion of legal experts last Saturday and Monday to decide over the fate of a national poll which, according to the constitution, was supposed to be held at the end of this Ethiopian year. Now it has to be postponed because of the risk of COVID-19

May 19, 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 Parliament Approved The Appointment of Four Government Officials

The House of People’s Representatives Approved the appointment of Adanech Abebe and three other government officials who nominated by the prime minister. The house approved the appointment of the former Adama city mayor, OPDO secretariat, and Ministry of revenue Adanech Abebe as the general attorney general. Adanech replaces Birhanu Tsegaye, who appointed as ambassador by

March 12, 2020 • By Simon Berhane

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Remembering the victims of Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max Crash–Your Grievance is Ours Too

Today marks one year since the fatal Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash. On March 10, 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, scheduled to fly from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, crashed six-minutes after takeoff. The crash of the aircraft, near the town of Bishoftu, killed 149 passengers and 8 flight crew on board.   The families of

March 10, 2020 • By Eldad Damte