On the 2nd of June 2021, H.E. Dr. Muktar Kedir, Ambassador-Designate of Ethiopia to Australia paid a courtesy visit on His Excellency Mr Miguel Julian Palomino de la Gala, Dean of Diplomatic Corps in Australia, Ambassador of the Republic of Peru to Australia. On behalf of the diplomatic corps, Ambassador Palomino de la Gala warmly […]
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Immigration, Nationality and Vital Events Agency Inaugurates Document Forensic Laboratory
(ENA) Immigration, Nationality and Vital Events Agency (INVEA) has inaugurated document forensic laboratory at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport today. On the occasion, INVEA Director-General Mujib Jemal said controlling the security of travel documents during issuance, examination and verification at ports of entry significantly contributes to national and international security. “The establishment of this […]
Solar cooperatives give refugees and locals in Ethiopia clean energy and livelihoods
Refugees and locals are coming together to provide affordable, green energy to their communities in Ethiopia’s Somali region. By Giulia Naboni and Elisabeth Haslund, Ethiopia | 03 June 2021 In south-eastern Ethiopia’s arid and remote Somali region, energy is not something that can be taken for granted, either by the more than 168,000 Somali refugees […]
Ethiopia – Tigray Region Humanitarian Update Situation Report, 3 June 2021
HIGHLIGHTS Hostilities have largely ceased along the boundary with Eritrea but access to these areas is often denied. Nine aid workers have been killed in Tigray since the start of the conflict, including another NGO worker on 28 May in Adigrat. 21 per cent of the 21,000 children under-5 screened for malnutrition were identified with […]
Ethiopia – Tigray Conflict Fact Sheet #8 Fiscal Year (FY) 2021
SITUATION AT A GLANCE 6 MILLION Estimated Population of Tigray Region GoE – 2017 5.2 MILLION People in Tigray Requiring Humanitarian Assistance UN – May 2021 2 MILLION People Displaced by the Crisis Within Tigray UN – May 2020 63,000 Ethiopian Refugees Arriving in Eastern Sudan Since November UNHCR – April 2021 ERC Lowcock has warned of the risk […]
How Is PM Abiy’s Audio File Doctored?
A doctored audio file wrongly considered as “a top secret leaked from the Prosperity Party’s executive committee meeting” by the social media has been widely circulated. But how was the audio file fabricated? The Ethiopian News Agency explains. The statements attributed to the president of Prosperity Party were carefully assembled from different speeches at different […]