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Analysis : As it reckons with multi-layered crises, Ethiopia forms new government in the absence of Tigray, incomplete electoral process
By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan & Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, October 04/2021 – As per the established norm, President Sahle-Work Zewde has this morning opened the 6th joint parliamentary session of the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) and the House of Federation (HoF) in a bid to mark the formation …
Feature: Conscription, forced contributions to army & aid obstruction aggravate starvation in Borana, Oromia; local admins blame “enemy propaganda”
By Dereje Gonfa Addis Abeba, September 29/2021 – Eye witness reports from received by Addis Standard from residents in Borana zone, Southern Oromia, reveal that civilians are suffering from severe food shortages resulting in deaths have occurred as result of starvation particularly in Wachile woreda of the zone. Multiple residents …
Feature: Weekend of contrasting realities in Eritrea as Martyrs’ Day coincides with World Refugee Day
By Zecharias Zelalem @ZekuZelalem Addis Abeba, June 26/2020 – Twenty-three year old Simon left his native Eritrea seven years ago, crossing the border into neighboring Ethiopia where he still resides. He uses remittances from relatives in Canada to rent a two room apartment in Addis Abeba’s Lafto district, which he …
