Addis Ababa University School of Law (SoL) in collaboration with Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), organized a Thematic Conference on “Revisiting the Framing of the 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia: A Closer look at the Travaux Préparatoires of the Making Process” at Hilton Addis Hotel on the 17th of October 2022. Biruk Haile (PhD), Head of SoL indicated in […]
Continue ReadingAhead of the two-year anniversary of northern Ethiopia’s ongoing armed conflict, which broke out on 3 November 2020 and has since led to appalling violations by parties on all sides, Flavia Mwangovya, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for campaigns East Africa, Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes regions, said: All parties have been responsible […]
Continue ReadingPRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — Ethiopia’s government and leaders from the country’s Tigray region agreed to a cease-fire Wednesday after a week of peace talks in South Africa. The cease-fire, if it holds, would halt a two-year civil war that has devastated much of northern Ethiopia. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who mediated the talks led by […]
Continue ReadingWAJIR, KENYA — A Kenyan official says suspected al-Shabab militants have carjacked an ambulance in the country’s northeast and abducted four people – the driver, two paramedics, and a patient – and taken them toward the border with Somalia. Security forces in northeast Kenya are searching for four people who officials say were abducted by armed […]
Continue ReadingKYIV, UKRAINE — A landmark deal to allow grain exports from Ukraine, which was back on track Wednesday after being briefly suspended, has played a crucial role in easing a global food crisis sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Brokered by the United Nations and Turkey and signed by Moscow and Kyiv on July 22, […]
Continue ReadingThe Horn of Africa – which includes Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and some surrounding countries – has been hit by increasingly frequent and devastating droughts. Despite this, it seems the region has an increasing amount of groundwater. And this water could help support drought-stricken rural communities. That’s the key finding from our new research, in which we […]
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