8th November, 2021 (Entebbe, Uganda): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) inaugurated the regional Cross Border Health Digitalization Initiative under the EU-IGAD COVID-19 regional COVID-19 response in Entebbe, Uganda. The meeting was opened by Dr. Ahmed Bashir the lead on digital innovations at IGAD, on behalf of the Director of Health Social Division (HSD), Madame Fathia Alwan. […]
Day: November 10, 2021
CREI Holds 17th In-Campus Seminar
Ethiopian Civil Service University, Center for Research in Ethics and Integrity (CREI) held its 17th in-campus Seminar on November 4, 2021, at Abay Hall. The seminar was held under the theme of “Linguistic Pluralism and Nation-Building in Ethiopia” The speaker in the seminar, Professor Zelalem Liyew, from Addis Ababa University, explained the relation and interconnection […]
Amnesty Report Details Accounts of Rape by Tigrayan Forces in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region
BAHIR DAR/WASHINGTON — Women from an occupied town in Ethiopia’s Amhara region are accusing Tigrayan fighters of raping them at gunpoint and robbing them. A new report by Amnesty International details the horrific attacks alleged to have taken place in Nifas Mewcha, located in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region, in mid-August. Through interviews with 16 women, the […]
UN Says 9 Staff, 70 Contractors Detained in Ethiopia
NEW YORK — The United Nations said Wednesday that at least nine of their staff remain detained by Ethiopia’s federal government in Addis Ababa, and 70 truckers who were to drive humanitarian aid into the northern Tigray region have also been taken into custody. “We continue to work and engage with the government to secure their […]
State Department Recap: November 4-10, 2021
WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at what U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top diplomats have been doing this week. Ethiopia U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman returned to Addis Ababa this week after meetings in Kenya to press all parties in Ethiopia to de-escalate the conflict and enter negotiations […]
More than a million prisoners have been released during COVID-19, but it’s not enough
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on prisoners. By March 2021, an estimated 527,000 prisoners globally had contracted the virus, a number that has continued to grow as the pandemic goes on. This, unfortunately, is not surprising. There are longstanding issues within prisons — overcrowding, inadequate medical treatment and a lack of ventilation to name just a few — that […]