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Obituary: Dr. Hashim Gamal A-Din A-Shami

Obituary: Dr. Hashim Gamal A-Din A-Shami Dr. Hashim Gamal A-Din A-Shami passed away in Istanbul, Turkey, where he was taking medical treatment on Monday, August 1, 2022. Dr. Hashim was born in the Red Sea coastal city of Tio, Eritrea, in 1946, to his father, Sheikh Gamal A-Din Ibrahim Khalil, and mother, Handia Humo Motala.

August 3, 2022 • By Addis Insight

News

Ethiopian Human Right Commission Releases Report On The Ongoing Human Rights Situation In War-Torn Ethiopia

As Ethiopia continues to face instability and conflict in many of its regions, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published an in-depth report this July detailing its findings in regard to human rights violations, key areas for concern, positive developments, and recommendations for the period June 2021- June 2022. The report details violations in

August 3, 2022 • By Addis Insight

News

Ethiopia: EU and US Special Envoys Visit to Mekelle, Tigray

On Tuesday, 2nd August 2022, the respective EU and US Special Envoys for the Horn of Africa, H.E. Annette Weber and H.E. Mike Hammer travelled on their first joint mission to Mekelle, Tigray, to encourage the launch of talks between the Federal Government of Ethiopia (FGoE) and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) under the African Union’s auspices. Political dialogue

August 2, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Health

Ethiopian immigrant goes from shepherd to one of world’s top head surgeons

After making Aliyah, Mero Getta pursued his dream to become a doctor, inspired by his father’s role as the village healer; ‘My dream is very simple: Heal people and be a good doctor, and simultaneously, be a good dad and husband’ Dr. Mero Getta is living proof that the sky is the limit when you

August 2, 2022 • By Addis Insight

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Journalists face growing hostility as Ethiopia’s civil war persists

  Ethiopia’s 21-month-old civil war is accelerating the deterioration of press freedom in the Horn of Africa nation. The conflict between the federal government and the rebel forces led by the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) has prompted a media crackdown that extinguished the glimmer of hope sparked by the initial reforms of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

August 1, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Health

CALL FOR TRUTH: FOR NON BIASED PROFESSIONALS

I was a final year, on my last few months of 4th year of OBGYN residency, in Addis Ababa University College of Health Science at Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics I started practicing obstetrics and Gynecology residency after I took written and oral examination based on the criteria of the national policy and department curriculum.

August 1, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Taming  Polarization  and  Bridging  Divides: The  Failure  and  Redemption  of  Ethiopian  Politics

  Yonas  Biru,  PhD As  I  have  maintained  in  several  of  my  articles,  the  Ethiopian  political  landscape  is  dominated  by two  groups  of  people:  Hermitized  souls  whose  mindset  is  stuck  in  yester-century  and  those  who have  lost  their  soul  to  either  Marxism  or  tribalism.  The  former  sees  their  articles  of  faith  as  self- evident  truth 

July 30, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Ethiopian Airlines orders Africa’s first A350-1000

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 28 July 2022 – Ethiopian Airlines Group, the flag carrier of Ethiopia, Africa’s largest airline group, has upsized four of its A350-900 on order to the largest variant of the A350 Family, the A350-1000, becoming Africa’s first customer for the aircraft. Ethiopian Airlines has already ordered 22 A350-900s, of which 16 aircraft have been delivered. With the

July 28, 2022 • By Addis Insight

News

The government announced that it is ready to start dialogue without any pre-conditions

Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser stated that the federal government is ready to hold peace talks anywhere and anytime to resolve the problem in the northern part of the country. According to the Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser, Ambassador Redwan Hussain, he and the Minister of Justice, Dr. Gideon Timotios, briefed the United Nations, the

July 28, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Sport

Prizes were given to the members of the delegation that returned from the World Athletics Championship

In the 18th World Athletics Championship, the members of the athletics delegation who returned victorious were presented with an award at the National Palace. The members of the delegation were awarded from 50 thousand to 1.75 million birr. According to this, 1.75 million birr was awarded to athletes who won gold medals, 1 million birr

July 28, 2022 • By Addis Insight