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Ethiopian Parliament Approved the Contentious Electoral Bill

House of Peoples Representative parliament has approved the revised bill of ‘political parties registration and electoral ethics,’ on Saturday. The House approved this bill ahead of the most debated poll which will probably be held in 2020. State media EBC reported that the parliament approved the revised bill anonymously. Some of the opposition parties have

August 26, 2019 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia Should Unconditionally Release Journalist Misganaw Getachew — CPJ

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) requested the Ethiopian government on Tuesday to release journalist Misganaw Getachew unconditionally. Authorities arrested Misganaw on August 9 after recording an interview outside the courthouse in Addis Ababa. Misganaw Getachew is a reporter for ‘Ethiopis’ weekly owned by Eskindir Nega. He was arrested shortly after interviewing a lawyer Henok Aklilu

August 21, 2019 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopians Ignored After Deporting From Saudi Arabia–HRW

Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians have driven to migrate to Saudi Arabia over the past decades because of the factors of economic difficulties, drought, and human right abuses. They travel by boat over the Red Sea and then by land through Yemen to Saudi Arabia. Most travel informally and have no legal status when they

August 16, 2019 • By Eldad Damte

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Alibaba Group Chairman To Visit Ethiopia

Chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba, Jack Ma expected to visit Ethiopia in November. Ethiopia ambassador to China Teshome Toga on his Twitter page said that the chairman would visit Ethiopia at the invitation of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.   Last April, prime minister Abiy visited Alibaba Group in Hangzhou, China and received by the

August 13, 2019 • By Addis Insight

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Addis Ababa leads Africa in Average Daily Rate

Ethiopia’s capital and also known as Africa’s diplomatic capital has posted the highest average daily rate (ADR) in Africa, according to the most recent data from STR, a company which provides premium data benchmarking, analytics and marketplace insights for global hospitality sectors. Addis Ababa has registered a total average daily rate of $163.79 in the

August 12, 2019 • By Eldad Damte

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How does joining Egmont Group’s financial intelligence network benefits Ethiopia?

Ethiopia, along with Uganda, became a member of the Egmont Group’s financial intelligence network. Egmont Group is the body of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) which provides financial intelligence to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.   The 26th plenary of Egmont group of FIUs held at the Netherlands with the key issues of new admissions

August 2, 2019 • By Eldad Damte

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British Museum to decide the return of Ethiopian tabots within the next six months

The British Museum is considering to send back religious objects stored for 150 years to Ethiopia. The Museum’s Chairman, Richard Lambert, told the Guardian that the British Museum would decide “within the next six months.” The director of the museum will also visit Ethiopia later this year to discuss the potential return of the tabots.

July 26, 2019 • By Addis Insight

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An Ethiopian Human Rights Scholar and Gedeo Activist Returns Home

Dr. Kalkidan Negash Obse, an Ethiopian human rights scholar and former President of Dilla University, has returned to Ethiopia after a yearlong exile in the United States and Canada. Dr. Kalkidan previously taught at the Addis Ababa University School of Law and served as former director of the Center for Human Rights at the same

July 17, 2019 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia Becomes the Latest Dumping Site for US Plastic Trash

Ethiopia becomes one of the newest recipients of US plastic trash along with Bangladesh, Laos, and Senegal. According to the report of the Guardian hotspots, countries handling the US plastic recycling are some of the world’s poorest countries, offering cheap labor and limited environmental regulation. Last year, “the equivalent of 68,000 shipping containers of American

June 18, 2019 • By Eldad Damte

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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Father Passed Away

PM Abiy Ahmed’s father, Ahmed Ali, passed away today at around 2:00 PM. Ato Ahmed Ali was on Intensive Care Unit for the past week at Jimma Hospital. Prior to being transferred to Jimma Referral Hospital, Ahmed Ali was submitted at Korea Hospital in Addis Ababa.      

June 17, 2019 • By Addis Insight