#Ethiopia: The United Nations (#UN) Hu­man Rights Council has today adopted Draft Resolution A/HRC/51/L.19 extending the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethio­pia (#ICHREE).

#Ethiopia May Allow Overseas Lenders to Own 30% of Local Banks

Ethiopia plans to allow overseas lenders to acquire up to 30% in its commercial banks, the latest step by the government to encourage investment in one of #Africa’s biggest economies.

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Several foreign banks have representative offices in the Horn of Africa country, including Equity Group Holdings and KCB Group -- the two biggest lenders in neighboring Kenya -- along with Standard Bank Group. Lease companies, such as a unit of New York-based Africa Asset Finance Co., which pledged to bring in equipment worth $600 million after being licensed in August, can also operate there.

The draft legislation also proposes that foreigner individuals can buy 5% in domestic banks. Foreign banks will also be allowed to set up subsidiaries or open branches in the nation.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-08/ethiopia-may-allow-overseas-lenders-to-own-30-of-local-banks

News፡ More than five million people need gender based violence response in #Ethiopia: UN

By Mihret G.kristos

Some 5.8 million people in Ethiopia are in need of a response to gender-based sexual violence due mainly to the escalation of militarized violence in the northern and other parts of the country, according to a new report by the UNFPA.

According to the report published on 06 October, the number of people in need of Gender Based Violence (GBV) response in 2022 increased from 3.5 million in 2021 to 5.8M spread across the conflict, drought, and flood-affected regions.

*Prolonged militarized violence in #Tigray, #Amhara and #Afar regional states has “exacerbated preexisting patterns of discrimination against women and girls"

* A record high level of GBV, especially sexual violence, has been recorded in the Tigray regional state where more than 2000 sexual violence survivors had sought services between November 2020 and June 2021.

*GBV response needs are high in #BenishangulGumuz, #Somali, #Oromia and #SNNP regions as a result of increased violence and drought.

https://addisstandard.com/news%e1%8d%a1-more-than-five-million-people-need-gender-based-violence-response-in-ethiopia-un/

News: Bridge collapse kills one, injures several students in #Hawassa University

A 12th grade student has died and several others were injured after a bridge linking two campuses of the Hawassa University in #Sidama regional state collapsed on Monday.

Peace and security bureau head of the region, Alemayehu Temotewos, told local media that a student has died and two others have been critically injured while several others sustained mild injuries. Both the Ministry of Education and Hawassa University administration have announced this morning that injured students have been getting treatments at the Hawassa referral hospital.

The Bridge that links the University’s main campus with its technology institute collapsed due to overcrowding, according to a statement by the University. The University is hosting students from different parts of the country who are due to sit for university entrance exams.

https://addisstandard.com/news-bridge-collapse-kills-one-injures-several-students-in-hawassa-university/

News: Seven killed in armed attack on #Djibouti army, #IGAD says attack “criminal and cowardly”

The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, condemned the attack by armed group on the #Tadjourah Regiment of the Djibouti army at #Garabistan. IGAD denounced the attack in the “strongest terms possible” and called it “criminal and cowardly”.

Djibouti’s Ministry of Defense said seven soldiers were killed in the armed attack on Saturday 06 October, which also injured four soldiers; six others are reported missing.

The Ministry blamed the attack on the “Armed FRUD”, a splinter rebel group of the Front for the Restoration and Democracy, which claims fighting for the interests of Afar people.

https://addisstandard.com/news-seven-killed-in-armed-attack-on-djibouti-army-igad-calls-it-criminal-and-cowardly/

#Somalia: #US-funded Maritime Training Center opens in Somalia

After a consistent reduction in piracy along Somalia’s coastline in the last couple of years, the country has opened a new Maritime Training Center in Mogadishu. The facility is meant to grow Somalia’s domestic capacity to protect its territorial waters, specifically due to rising problems with IUU (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated) fishing.

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The center is part of over $3 million provided by the U.S government to support Somali-led maritime capacity building programs.

Recently, the shipping industry made a decision to end the “High Risk Area” designation for waters near the Horn of Africa. The move has emboldened the Somali government to double its efforts in blue economy investment.

By the end of this year, Somalia is expected to open a new deep-sea port on its northeastern town of Gara’ad. This brings the total number of deep-sea ports in Somalia to five. The rest include Mogadishu, Berbera, Kismayo and Bosaaso.

https://maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-funded-maritime-training-center-opens-in-somalia#:~:text=After%20a%20consistent%20reduction%20in,Maritime%20Training%20Center%20in%20Mogadishu

ዜና፡ በጋምቤላ ክልል ኑዌር ዞን ብቸኛው ሆስፒታል በጎርፍ በመጥለቅለቁ ታካሚዎች ለከፋ እንግልት ተጋለጡ

በጋምቤላ ክልል ኑዌር ዞን ብቸኛ የሆነው ኝንኛንግ የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ሆስፒታል በጎርፍ አደጋ ምክንያት በሆስፒታሉና በተለያዩ የህክምና ቁሳቁሶች ላይ ጉዳት የደረሰበት በመሆኑ በአሁን ሰዓት ተኝቶ ታካሚዎችም ሆኑ ተመላላሽ ታካሚዎች ከሆስፒታሉ ውጭ በሚገኝ ደረቃማ ስፍራ ላይ ሸራ በመዘርጋት አገልግሎት እንዲያገኙ እየተደረገ እንደሚገኝ የጋምቤላ ክልል የመንግስት ኮሙኒኬሽን አስተወቀ፡፡

ሆስፒታሉ በደረሰበት የጎርፍ መጥለቅለቅ አገልግሎት ለመስጠት እየተቸገረ እንደሚገኝ የገለፁት የሆስፒታሉ ስራ አስኪያጅ አቶ ኒያል ቶት ለተኝቶ ታካሚዎች ፍራሽ፣ አንሶላና መሠል መገልገያዎች እንደሚያስፈልግ ገልፀዋል።

በሆስፒታሉ የደረሰውን ጉዳት ለማቃለል MSF የተባለ ግበረሰናይ ድርጅት ግምታቸው 650ሺ ብር የሆኑ የተለያዩ መድሃኒቶችን ድጋፍ ማድረጉን የሆስፒታሉ ስራ አስኪያጅ የገለፁ ሲሆን የተደረገው ድጋፍ የነበውን የመድሃኒት አቅርቦት ችግር በተወሰነ ደረጃ እንደሚያቃልለውና ድርጅቱ ሌሎች ተጨማሪ ድጋፎች ለማድረግ የተለያዩ የዳሰሳ ጥናቶች እያከናወነ እንደሚገኝ እክለው ተናግረዋል።

https://amharic.addisstandard.com/%E1%8B%9C%E1%8A%93%E1%8D%A1-%E1%89%A0%E1%8C%8B%E1%88%9D%E1%89%A4%E1%88%8B-%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%8D%E1%88%8D-%E1%8A%91%E1%8B%8C%E1%88%AD-%E1%8B%9E%E1%8A%95-%E1%89%A5%E1%89%B8%E1%8A%9B%E1%8B%8D-%E1%88%86/

ዜና፦ በጅቡቲ ታጣቂ ሃይሎች ባደረሱት ጥቃት ሰባት ወታደሮች መገደላቸው ተገለጸ፤ ” የወነንጀለኛና ፈሪ” ጥቃት ነው – ኢጋድ

የምስራቅ አፍሪካ የልማት በይነ መንግስታት ባለስልጣን (ኢጋድ) ስራ አስፈፃሚ ዶ/ር ወርቅነህ ገበየሁ ጋራቢስታን በሚገኘው የጅቡቲ ጦር ታጁራህ ክፍለ ጦር ላይ የታጠቁ ሃይሎች ያደረሱትን ጥቃት አውግዘዋል። ኢጋድ ድርጊቱን “የወንጀለኛና ፈሪ” ጥቃት ነው ሲል ኮንኖታል።

የጅቡቲ መከላከያ ሚኒስቴር እንዳስታወቀው ቅዳሜ መስከረም 26 ቀን ታጣቂዎቹ የሃገሪቷ ወታደሮች ላይ ባደረሱት ጥቃት ሰባት ወታደሮችን ገድለዉ፤ አራት ሲያቆስሉ ሌሎች ስድስት ወታደሮች እስካሁን የት እንዳሉ አይታወቅም።

ሚኒስቴሩ ለጥቃቱ ተጠያቂው የአፋር ህዝብ ጥቅም ለማስጠበቅ በሚል ራሱን አንድነትና ዴሞክራሲ አስመላሽ ግምባር (FRUD) ብሎ የሚጠራ የአማጺ ቡድን ነው ሲሉ አስታውቀዋል።

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News: #Ethiopia condemns “barbaric and cowardly” attack on #Djibouti army

Ethiopia condemned “the barbaric and cowardly attack” on 06 October on the Tadjourah Regiment of the Djibouti army at Garabistan.

In a statement released via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Ethiopia conveyed “its deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of the bereaved, injured, and missing, as well as to the people and Government of the Republic of Djibouti.”

It also said the federal government stands in solidarity with the Government and people of the Djibouti “at this difficult moment and expresses its full readiness to closely work together with the Government of the Republic of Djibouti in tackling the scourge of terrorism in the region.”

https://addisstandard.com/news-ethiopia-condemns-barbaric-and-cowardly-attack-on-djibouti-army/

News: Prominent #Oromo scholar Alemayehu Diro under police custody for more than ten days, denied right to appear before court

By Getahun Legesse

Oromia regional state security forces have placed distinguished Oromo scholar Alemayehu Diro under custody as of 29 September 2022; he has since been denied of the right to appear before court, his wife Lakech Hailu confirmed to Addis standard.

Alemayehu, 53, an anthropologist, economist, influential business person and a father of six, was taken from his residence in Burayu town in Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, near the capital Addis Abeba and detained at the Burayu district police station. His wife Lakech said that a group of Oromia regional state security forces took him on 29 September.

“A group of people wearing security uniform appeared at our gate at 6:00 AM and asked for the whereabouts of Alemayehu. They broke into our residence without a court order. I asked [them] to know why he was needed, the only reason they gave was that ‘we are hiding people and tools in our home’. I am not sure what they meant by ‘tools’. They checked the house and inside our car, but they couldn’t find anything,” Lakech said.

https://addisstandard.com/news-prominent-oromo-scholar-alemayehu-diro-under-police-custody-for-more-than-ten-days-denied-right-to-appear-before-court/

#Ethiopia: My patients are doomed to die in #Tigray blockade

Dr Fasika Amdeslasie speaks in a matter-of-fact voice, but what he has to say is devastating.

"We have a lack of anaesthesia drugs, lack of intravenous fluids, lack of antibiotics and so you see complications arising [with] the patients and you see them dying helplessly - your arms folded," the surgeon says on a WhatsApp call using a rare satellite internet connection from the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle.

The patients are helpless but the doctors are too.

Nevertheless, there is barely a hint of emotion as Dr Fasika, who works at Mekelle's main Ayder Hospital, relates the impact of the conflict in Tigray on the region's health service.

For most of the past two years Tigray has been isolated from the rest of the world.

Full interview: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63166044

#SouthSudan to expel #Eritrean and #Ethiopian migrants

South Sudan’s immigration body says it will deport more than 20 foreign nationals, mainly Eritreans and Ethiopians, who entered the country illegally.

They were arrested on arrival at Juba International Airport a few days ago and were said to have entered the country without passports or travel documents, local media reported.

The migrants had come from Sudan's capital Khartoum to seek refuge in South Sudan, and had boarded local flights to Juba from Bentiu and Paloch towns in northern South Sudan, an immigration official said.


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Top Migrant Trafficker Arrested in #Ethiopia: #Italy

Temesghen Ghebru Ghebremedhin, 35, is "considered a key member of a vast transnational organization dedicated to smuggling migrants from North #Africa to #Europe," one of the sources told Reuters.

The #Eritrean suspect was captured at Addis Abeba airport and charged with international organized crime membership and abetting illegal migration.

Judges in Palermo, Sicily, had issued an arrest warrant for Temesghen and several other alleged human traffickers in 2020, the sources said.

Temesghen was on #Interpol's "red notice" fugitives list and was stopped while on his way to #Australia, where other members of his alleged criminal group operate, the sources added. https://www.voaafrica.com/a/eritrean-migrant-trafficker-arrested-in-ethiopia-/6785518.html

Business: #Ethiopia exports US$13 million worth electricity to #Sudan, #Djibouti in two months

The amount generated was out of the planned US$18.55 million by supplying more than 349.56 million kilowatt hours of electricity to Sudan and Djibouti in the two months of the current Ethiopian fiscal year.

The state owned utility has instead supplied 232.76 million kilowatt hours of electricity, cashing in 13.04 million US dollars, which amounts to 70.29% of the target.

Compared to the plan, the sale was US$5.5 million or 29.71 percent less than the plan, whereas the electricity exported was 116.8 million kilowatt hours, a decline by 33.42% than the plan.

https://addisstandard.com/business-ethiopia-exports-us13-million-worth-electricity-to-sudan-djibouti-in-two-months/

#Ethiopia: Electoral Board to hold Southern region referendum in February next year

Birtukan Mideksa, Chairwoman of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), announced Monday that the Board was preparing to hold a referendum in six zones and five special districts in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (#SNNP) regional state on 06 February 2023. Birtukan announced the schedule during a discussion the Board held with representatives of political parties.

Accordingly a referendum will be held in #Wolayita, #Gamo, #Gofa, #SouthOmo, #Gedeo, #Konso zones as well as #Derashe, #Amaro, #Burji, Ale and #Basketo special districts of the SNNP region. The outcome will determine the reconstitution of a new regional state out of the existing SNNP region.

The NEBE has designated #ArbaMinch city to be the coordination center of the referendum and said the results will be announced to the public on 15 February. Bruck Wondwosen, the Board’s Operations Advisor, stated that 18,885 people will be engaged to facilitate the implementation of the referendum.

https://addisstandard.com/news-electoral-board-to-hold-southern-region-referendum-in-february-next-year/

#Ethiopia: A group of western countries issue new concern amid war in #Tigray, call for withdrawal of #Eritrean forces

A group of western countries issued a new statement of concern at “the escalation of the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia.”

#Australia, #Denmark, #Germany, the #Netherlands, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #UnitedStates, said they were “profoundly concerned” as war in the Tigray escalated in the shadow of communication blackout and continued blockade of access to independent media.

The statement also condemned “the escalating involvement of Eritrean military forces in northern Ethiopia,” and called on “#Eritrean forces to cease their military operations and withdraw from northern Ethiopia. All foreign actors should cease actions that fuel this conflict.”

https://addisstandard.com/news-a-group-of-western-countries-issue-new-concern-amid-war-in-tigray-call-for-withdrawal-of-eritrean-forces/

ዜና፡ ስልሳ ስምንተ በመቶ በ#ሊባኖስ የሚገኙ የሰው ቤት ሰራተኞች ለጾታዊ ትንኮሳ መዳረጋቸው ተገለፀ

በሊባኖስ በስደት ላይ ካሉት የቤት ሰራተኞች መካከል 68 ከመቶ ለጾታዊ ትንኮሳ መዳረጋቸውን አንደ አዲስ ጥናት አመለከተ::

እኛ ለኛ በስደት የተሰኘ ግብረ ሰናይ ድርጅት ሊባኖስ ከሚገኘው የሊባኖስ አሜሪካን ዪኒቨርሲቲ ጋር በመሆን ባዘጋጀዉ ጥናት መሰረት በርካታ ሴቶች ላይ ፆታዊ ጥቃት እንደሚፈፀምባቸው አረጋግጠናል ብሏል።

ድርጅቱ ለአዲስ ስታንዳርድ በላከው መግለጫ ወደ 1000 የሚጠጉ የሰው ቤት ስራተኞችን አነጋግሮ መረጃ የሰበሰበ ሲሆን አብዛኞቹ ኢትዮጵያውያን መሆናቸውን ገልፆ የጥናቱ ውጤት እንደሚያመለክተው በሊባኖስ በስደት ላይ ካሉት የሰው ቤት ሰራተኞች መካከል 68 ከመቶ ለጾታዊ ትንኮሳ ተደርገዋል ብሏል።

አስገድዶ መድፈርና ለመድፈር ሙከራዎች ማድርግን ጨምሮ የተለያዩ አይነት ጾታዊ ትንኮሳዎች አንደሚደርሱባቸዉ የገለጹት በጥናቱ የተሳተፉ ሴቶች ከፈቃድ ውጪ መሳም ማቀፍ እነ ሌሎች አካላዊ ንኪኪዎች ብአብዛኛዉ የሚደርስባቸው የትንኮሳ አይነት መሆኑን ተናግረዋል::

ትንኮሳዉ ከተፈጸመባቸዉ ሰቶች መካከል 75 በመቶ የሚሆኑት ህጋዊ ፈቃድ የሌላቸው ወይም ፈቃዳቸውን በአሰሪዎቻቸው የተነጠቁ ሲሆኑ 25 በመቶ የሚሆኑቱ ደግሞ ህጋዊ ፈቃድ ያላቸው መሆኑን ጥናቱ አመልክቷል::

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Analysis: Eastern #Oromia residents agonize from fresh mass detention, forced conscription; zonal officials deny multiple accounts

Residents of #EastHararghe and #WestHararghe in eastern Oromia who spoke with Addis Standard say communities are reeling from a fresh wave of conscription of the youth into the military, mass arrest, the snatching of young people at checkpoints and hunting young men and women door to door.

However, officials of the Zonal police and local administration who spoke with Addis Standard denied the accusations.

The information comes in the backdrop of multiple armed conflicts between the federal and regional government security forces and various armed groups in different parts of the country most notably in Oromia regional state as well as regions such as #BenishangulGumuz and #Gambella that are ongoing in the shadow of the 21-months war which started in #Tigray, and little attention from the mainstream independent media.

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ትንታኔ: በሃዋሳ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የአንድ ተማሪ ህይዎት የቀጠፈዉ ድልድይ እንዴት ሊፈርስ ቻለ?

በምህረት ገ/ክርስቶስ

አዲስ አበባ፣ ጥቅምት 02ቀን 2015 ዓ/ም፦ በሃዋሳ ዩኒቨርስቲ መስከረም 30 ቀን ሁለት ካምፓሶችን የሚያገናኝ ድልድይ በመደርመሱ አንድ ተማሪ ህይወቱ ሲያልፍ ከ400 በላይ የሚሆኑ ተማሪዎች ላይ ቀላልና ከባድ ጉዳት መድረሱ ይታወቃል።

ሃዋሳ ሪፈራል ሆስፒታል ስራ አስኪያጅ አቶ ዝናው ሳርሚሶ ለአዲስ ስታንዳርድ እንደተናገሩት አደጋ በደረሰበት በመጀመርያ ቀን 231 ተማሪዎች ወደ ሆስፒታሉ የመጡ ሲሆን 73ቱ ወድየውኑ የመጀመርያ እርዳታ አግኝቶ ወደ ቤታቸው እንዲመለሱ የተደረገ ሲሆን 63ቱ በሆስፒታሉ ህክምና እየተደረገላቸው መሆኑን ጠቅሶ በአጠቃላይ 11 ተማሪዎች በጥሩ ሁኔታ ቀዶ ጥገና ተደርጎላቸዋል ብለዋል።

ሌሎች ከ80 በላይ የሚሆኑ ተማሪዎች የተጎጂዎች ብዛት ቁጥር ከአቅም በላይ ስለሆነ ወደ ሌሎች ሆስፒታሎች እንዲሄዱ ተደርገዋል ሲሉ አቶ ዝናው አክሎ ገልጸዋል።

አዲስ ስታንዳርድ ይህንን በተመለከተ የሃዋሳ ዩኒቨርስቲ የውጭ ግንኝነት ዋና ሃላፊ ዶ/ር ቤተልሄም ዘለቀን ያናገረ ሲሆን ጉዳቱ የደረሰው ከዋናው ግቢ ወደ ቴክኖሎጂ ኢንስቲትዩት ሲሸጋገሩ ሁለቱን ግቢዎች የሚያገናኘው ድልድይ ላይ ድልድዩ መሸከም ከሚችለው አቅም በላይ ተማሪዎች ሲወጡበት በመውደቁ ነው ብለዋል።

ድልድዩ የተሰራበት አላማ ሁለቱም የዩኒቨርስቲ ግቢዎች የሚከፍላቸው ትልቅ መንገድ ሰላለ ተማሪዎች ደህንነታቸው በተጠበቀ ሁኔታ ከአንደኛው ካምፓስ ወደ ሌላኛው እንዲሸጋገሩበት የተሰራ እንጂ በአንዴ በዙ ሰዎች የመሸከም አቅም የለውም ብለዋል።


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