WASHINGTON — The Ethiopian government marked the one-year anniversary of fighting between its forces and rebels in the northern Tigray region by suggesting its military is nearing victory. Amid urgent global appeals for a cease-fire to the escalating violence, the government said in a statement on Facebook that the Tigray People’s Liberation Front “and its puppets […]
Day: November 4, 2021
Hundreds March in Washington to Denounce Ethiopian Government on 1st Anniversary of Tigray Conflict
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people marched in Washington on Thursday to denounce the Ethiopian government on the first anniversary of its deadly military conflict with forces in the country’s northern Tigray region. VOA estimated that several hundred people joined the peaceful protest organized by ethnic Tigrayans living in and around Washington. The protesters marched from the […]
Int’l Investigation Disproves Accusations of Terrorist TPLF, Western Media on Ethiopia
A report by an international human rights commission disqualified the accusations hurdled on Ethiopia by terrorist TPLF and its media supporters alleging that the National Defense Forces of Ethiopia have committed genocide in Tigray Region and that the government has used hunger as a political weapon with no tangible evidence. The Joint Investigative Team (JIP) […]
ECA Establishes Liquidity, Sustainability Facility (LSF) Reaching 30 Bln USD
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) announced the establishment of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) that could reach 30 billion USD. The facility is dedicated to providing African governments with a liquidity structure on par with international standards so as to address the African Continent’s specific Eurobond issuance needs. A Eurobond is […]
House of People’s Representatives Approves State of Emergency
The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) has endorsed the six month state of emergency that was declared by the Council of Ministers last Tuesday. The House, in its first regular meeting held today, endorsed the state of emergency after deliberating on the proclamation drafted with a view to averting the threat against the national existence […]
Nat’l Stakeholder Workshop on UN IGIF, Country Action Plan Underway
A three-day national stakeholder workshop on UN’s Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) and the country action plan that could facilitate the socio-economic transformation of the country is underway here in Addis Ababa. It is to be recalled that the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management adopted IGIF implementation guide to strengthen national […]