How does President Trump’s executive order on suspension of foreign assistance impact Ethiopia?
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed 26 executive orders, as well as 12 memorandums and four proclamations, totaling 42
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Navigating Complex Tides: Ethiopia and Somalia’s Renewed Diplomacy and Regional Implications
Ethiopia and Somalia’s diplomatic engagements in recent months represent a significant chapter in the broader geopolitical dynamics of the Horn
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The Final and Signed Agreement between the FDRE and the TPLF on Cessation of Hostilities
The 8-pages agreement outlined detailed provisions starting from expressing the mutually agreed principles of permanent cessation of hostilities to disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) procedures, as well as to transitional measures as to restoring peace and interim regional administration in Tigray. Furthermore, the agreement also requires implementation of a comprehensive national transitional justice policy aimed at accountability, ascertaining the truth, redress for victims, reconciliation, and healing.
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ለተሰንበት ግደይ – የፅናት ማማ!
ከግማሽ በኋላ የአራት ሴቶች ውድድር ሆነ። ለተሰንበትን ተጣብቀው 5000ሜ ብር ሜዳሊያ ያጠለቀችው የኬንያዋ ኦብሪ፣ 5000ሜ ወርቅ እና 1500ሜ ነሃስ ያጠለቀችው የሆላንዷ ሲፋን ሀሰን ትንፋሽ ለትንፋሽ እየተማማጉ ይታገሏት ጀመር።
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Addis Standard Resumed: via a loophole in the law or an intended protection of freedom?
Addis Standard comprehensively narrated their discussions with EMA, especially emphasizing that the law never mandated EMA to suspend or revoke license/registration of an online media and the fact that EMA officials had actually admitted, during the discussions, that their prior decision of suspension did not have a legal base. Let’s see what the law says
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Final Results of the 6th Ethiopian General Election
While only three opposition political parties have managed to win a small number of seats, 4 independent candidates have also become members of the next parliament. National Movement of Amhara (NaMA) won 5 seats in Amhara, whereas Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) and Gedeo Peoples Democratic Organization (GPDO) won 4 and 2 seats from SNNP respectively.
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የተወዳዳሪ ፓርቲዎች እና እጩዎች ዝርዝር ይፋ ሆኗል
ስድስተኛ ሀገራዊ ምርጫ በኢትዮጵያ ሰኔ 14/2013 ሊካሄድ ቀናት ብቻ የቀሩት ሲሆን፣ በተለያዩ ምክንያቶች ምርጫው መካሄድ ባልቻለባቸው የምርጫ ክልሎች ለጳጉሜ 1/2013
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EU Canceled Electoral Observation Mission to Ethiopia
The statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell added, “As conditions are not fulfilled, the deployment of the mission has to be cancelled.” The prominent condition emphasized in the statement was integrity of the electoral observation mission which is “a cornerstone of the EUs support for democracy.”
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Ethiopia ranked 101 on 2021 World Press Freedom Index | “Old bad habits are reemerging”, said RSF
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, gave a statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day saying, “The theme of this year’s World Press Freedom Day, ‘Information as a Public Good’, underlines the indisputable importance of verified and reliable information. It calls attention to the essential role of free and professional journalists in producing and disseminating this information, by tackling misinformation and other harmful content.”
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የአብይ መንገድ እና የእንቁልልጬ ፖለቲካ
ይሄ እንቁልልጭ፣ ይሄ በሁለት ቢላ መብላት፣ ይሄ ጠላትነትን/ባላንጣነትን ለራስ ግብ ማዋል፣ ይሄ አንድ መንገድ ብቻ ነው ያለው እያሉ ሌሎቹን በሙሉ መዝጋት፣ . . . እንኳን ፖለቲከኞቹን እኛንም ሰልችቶናል። ኢትዮጵያ አንድ ነች፤ ግን ብዙ ልጆች፣ ብዙ ሀሳቦችም አሏት። እንደ ህወሓት (ወይም ኢሕአዴግ) እኔ አውቅላታለሁ ማለት ተስፋ በቆረጡ ሕዝቦች ዘንድ አዋቂ እና አዳኝ ሊያስመስል ይችላል።
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