Bate Urgessa served the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in different capacities since he joined the party in 2018 (Photo: Social Media) Addis Abeba – The news of the murder of prominent politician Bate Urgessa that engulfed the social media since early morning on Wednesday, has been a shocking and unprecedented event that left many in utter disbelief.  According to multiple accounts, Bate was taken out of his hotel room in his hometown Meki, in the East Shoa zone of the Oromia region, around midnight on Tuesday, 09 April 2024, and his body was found dumped by the road on the outskirts of the ..read more

Christian Tadele, Yohannes Buayalew and 50 other individuals were charged with terrorism offenses (Photo: Social Media) Addis Abeba – Member of Parliament Christian Tadele, Amhara Regional Council member Yohannes Buyalew, Addis Abeba City Council member Kassa Teshager, and co-defendants facing terrorism charges were presented in a closed hearing at the Federal High Court’s Lideta branch on Friday.  Of the 52 individuals facing terrorism charges, 14 were presented before the Federal High Court in Lideta yesterday, though their initial court date was scheduled for April 5th, according to fa ..read more

Colonel Seife Ingi, Metekel Zone Command Post Operational Coordinator. Photo: ENDF By Addis Standard Staff  Addis Abeba, September 04/2021 – Yesterday, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) said it has killed 50 mercenaries working with Tigrayan Forces who attempted to cross into Ethiopia from Sudan to attack the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and halt the continuing of its operation.  The statement quoted Metekel Zone Command Post Operational Coordinator, Colonel Seife Ingi as saying, “The enemy planned for a long time to disturb this region, our forces have taken d ..read more

A street in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara regional state. Photo: ENA By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 13/2021 – The administrations of multiple major cities in the Amhara regional state issued corresponding statements on current affairs and enforcing curfews on vehicles as well as human movements. Authorities in Amhara regional state have imposed an indefinite night curfews in the cities of Bahir Dar, Injibara, Kombolcha, Dessie and Debre Birhan effective as of August 12, 2021.The administrations of these cities passed the curfew in response to, according to a state ..read more

Dessie City prepared temporary shelters for IDPs in relation to the ongoing conflict in Tigray Photo: Dessie City Administration Communication By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 11/2021. Dessie City Administration in a statement shared on its communication bureau official Facebook page, announced that it has prepared temporary shelters for internally displaced people (IDP) in relation to the ongoing conflict in Tigray. The statement said that the preparation of four temporary IDPs shelters were prepared. These include Kidame Gebeya General High School which was designat ..read more

Right to Left Abdi Mahdi of ONLF and Girma Bekel of Hibir Ethiopia Photo: Addis Standard archive and Ashara media By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan  Addis Abeba, August 07/2021 – Two opposition political parties have called for national dialogue as means to end all current conflicts and address root problems in Ethiopia. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) issued a statement after a meeting of its executive committee called for dialogue as a way out of the current crisis , while Hibir Ethiopia Democratic Party issued its call for dialogue on Wednesday this week.  The ONLF which he ..read more

Agenegnehu Teshager, Amhara State President during yesterday’s presser. Screengrab By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba. July 26/2021 – Agegnehu Teshager, the president of Amhara Regional State, called on all eligible youth in the region to respond to the “Campaign for Survival”  beginning from today. This new call to arms was preceded by an earlier similar call where the regional president called on the nations, nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia to mobilize to defend the region against Tigrayan Forces.  On Sunday, July 25/2021, the President stated, “Anyone  wh ..read more

A detention center in Gelan, a town just outside of Addis Abeba By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, July 23/2021 –Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) released a statement on the urgent need to improve the situation of human rights in the country. It advised the need for improvements in relation to detainment and disappearances of journalists, activists, and individuals at different times. The council said that it was aware that some families were unable to see or know the whereabouts of their detained loved ones. ECRCO expressed dismay at its inability to follow up on t ..read more

A two year old child with her mother, one of the victims who arrived at Ayder hospital in Mekelle By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, June 24/2021 – Several civilians were killed and injured in an aerial strike at an open market in the Tigray region on June 22, 2021. Togogua market in Dogu’a Tembien woreda is located some 25 km west of Tigray’s capital Mekelle. Sources from Ayder hospital in Mekelle said that ambulances were prevented from traveling to the area and subsequently the number of casualties could rise as ambulances were blocked at the checkpoint by military forces.  Victims ..read more

Voters lining up to vote in front of Civil Service Commission, in the Capital Hargeisa, May 31, 2021 By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan  Addis Abeba, June 8, 2021 – Somaliland held its 7th elections, an election to elect national parliament representatives as well as local district councils. While the international and regional observers even from neighbouring Somalia wait on results to determine whether or not these elections were fair and free, close to nothing is known about the self declared republic, its political system and its relation to its neighbors.  The electoral process of Som ..read more