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News Analysis: Muslim Clerics demand accountability after security crackdown on participants of planned ‘Grand Iftar’; Deputy Mayor apologizes
By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, May 10, 2021 – A Grand Iftar event organized by the Ethiopian-Muslim community of Addis Abeba, in collaboration with Halal Promotion Plc., was violently dispersed when security forces prevented thousands Muslims who descended on Meskel Square, a public space in the center of the …
News Analysis: Tigray Interim Agriculture & Development bureau head warns against looming starvation in the years to come
By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, April 27, 2021 – Addressing humanitarian needs in Tigray has been a top agenda for many followers of the crisis. International as well as local humanitarian aid providers raised their concerns soon after the onset of the armed conflict in Tigray region. The humanitarian …
Analysis: Many feared dead in renewed violence in central Gonder; authorities blame “Kimant rebels”, witnesses blame regional security
By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, April 22, 2021 – A renewed violence involving regional security forces’ measures against the Kimant community in central Gonder, in Amhara regional states, has left several people dead and displaced as well as properties damaged, Addis Standard learned. The violence, which picked intensity last …
