News: #Uganda begins processed beef exports to #Ethiopia with first commercial shipment
Uganda has launched its first commercial export of processed #beef to Ethiopia, with a private meat processor securing a deal to supply 20 tonnes of premium meat products each month to an Ethiopian hospitality company, according to Uganda's NilePost.
The inaugural shipment, exported by Ranchers Finest Limited, was flagged off on Thursday and is destined for the #Diamond Hotel and Restaurant Group in Ethiopia. The consignment includes processed beef as well as premium meat products such as steaks, sausages, and lamb.
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Uganda has launched its first commercial export of processed #beef to Ethiopia, with a private meat processor securing a deal to supply 20 tonnes of premium meat products each month to an Ethiopian hospitality company, according to Uganda's NilePost.
The inaugural shipment, exported by Ranchers Finest Limited, was flagged off on Thursday and is destined for the #Diamond Hotel and Restaurant Group in Ethiopia. The consignment includes processed beef as well as premium meat products such as steaks, sausages, and lamb.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58055
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#Opinion: Beyond Academic Degrees: Why #Ethiopia’s graduates need skills, not just certificates
Ethiopia faces a deep structural mismatch between its expanding formal education system and the practical demands of a modern economy, writes Tesfatsion Dominiko. He argues that with urban youth unemployment at 27.2%, the country risks squandering its vast youth demographic.
The author notes that although millions of young people are online, "scrolling is not the same as selling." Converting this digital attention into actual income, Tesfatsion contends, will require stronger ties between industry and #TVET institutions, among others.
The author emphasizes that navigating this generational crisis requires preparing young people for a changing digital landscape. He cautions, "The future will not ask what grade he received. It will ask what he built."
https://addisstandard.com/beyond-academic-degrees-why-ethiopias-graduates-need-skills-not-just-certificates/
Ethiopia faces a deep structural mismatch between its expanding formal education system and the practical demands of a modern economy, writes Tesfatsion Dominiko. He argues that with urban youth unemployment at 27.2%, the country risks squandering its vast youth demographic.
The author notes that although millions of young people are online, "scrolling is not the same as selling." Converting this digital attention into actual income, Tesfatsion contends, will require stronger ties between industry and #TVET institutions, among others.
The author emphasizes that navigating this generational crisis requires preparing young people for a changing digital landscape. He cautions, "The future will not ask what grade he received. It will ask what he built."
https://addisstandard.com/beyond-academic-degrees-why-ethiopias-graduates-need-skills-not-just-certificates/
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#Ethiopia: Local rights group reports escalating, underreported security crisis targeting Zayse minority; says 10 civilians killed, displacement, sexual violence
The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (#EHRCO) has warned of an escalating but largely underreported security crisis affecting the minority #Zayse community in #southern_Ethiopia, and reported that at least 10 civilians were killed, others injured, and widespread human rights abuses committed during security operations in Zayse Woreda between 18 and 29 June.
The Zayse are a small minority community indigenous to Ethiopia's southwestern highlands. Their homeland lies west of Lake #Chamo in the #Gamo_Zone of the South Ethiopia Regional State.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58059
The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (#EHRCO) has warned of an escalating but largely underreported security crisis affecting the minority #Zayse community in #southern_Ethiopia, and reported that at least 10 civilians were killed, others injured, and widespread human rights abuses committed during security operations in Zayse Woreda between 18 and 29 June.
The Zayse are a small minority community indigenous to Ethiopia's southwestern highlands. Their homeland lies west of Lake #Chamo in the #Gamo_Zone of the South Ethiopia Regional State.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58059
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News: #Atlanta doctors to send $2.6 million worth of medical supplies to #Ethiopia for cardiac care mission
A team of doctors based in Atlanta, #Georgia, will send medical supplies worth $2.6 million to Ethiopia this month to support life-saving #heart procedures for 200 patients, according to a report by Fox 5 Atlanta.
The mission is being led by Ethiopian-born cardiologist Dr. Tesfaye Telila of #Piedmont_Hospital and his wife, Dr. Obsinet Merid of Morehouse School of Medicine, through their nonprofit organization, Heart Attack Ethiopia, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.
According to the report, a team of 50 medical professionals—including seven heart surgeons, interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, anesthesiologists, critical care specialists, and perfusionists from six countries—will travel to Ethiopia to carry out the procedures.
Fox 5 Atlanta said the initiative was founded after Dr. Telila lost his uncle in Ethiopia......
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A team of doctors based in Atlanta, #Georgia, will send medical supplies worth $2.6 million to Ethiopia this month to support life-saving #heart procedures for 200 patients, according to a report by Fox 5 Atlanta.
The mission is being led by Ethiopian-born cardiologist Dr. Tesfaye Telila of #Piedmont_Hospital and his wife, Dr. Obsinet Merid of Morehouse School of Medicine, through their nonprofit organization, Heart Attack Ethiopia, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.
According to the report, a team of 50 medical professionals—including seven heart surgeons, interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, anesthesiologists, critical care specialists, and perfusionists from six countries—will travel to Ethiopia to carry out the procedures.
Fox 5 Atlanta said the initiative was founded after Dr. Telila lost his uncle in Ethiopia......
https://x.com/addisstandard/status/2073031879771480382?s=20
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News: Families of #Ethiopians on #Saudi death row gripped by fear as executions loom
The families of Ethiopian migrants facing execution in #Saudi_Arabia say they are living in constant fear as rights groups warn that scores of Ethiopians remain at imminent risk of execution following convictions for drug-related offenses, according to a report by Middle East Eye.
According to Middle East Eye, eight Ethiopian nationals have been executed in recent months. Three Ethiopians from the #Tigray region—identified as Kibrom Gebremariam, Tsigabu Hagos, and Kidane Angesom—were executed on 21 April at Khamis Mushait detention center in Saudi Arabia's Aseer Province, while five others were executed on 23 June.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58062
The families of Ethiopian migrants facing execution in #Saudi_Arabia say they are living in constant fear as rights groups warn that scores of Ethiopians remain at imminent risk of execution following convictions for drug-related offenses, according to a report by Middle East Eye.
According to Middle East Eye, eight Ethiopian nationals have been executed in recent months. Three Ethiopians from the #Tigray region—identified as Kibrom Gebremariam, Tsigabu Hagos, and Kidane Angesom—were executed on 21 April at Khamis Mushait detention center in Saudi Arabia's Aseer Province, while five others were executed on 23 June.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58062
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Editorial: CoHA’s collapse cannot be sanctioned away; #Washington and #Brussels must first fix what they failed to protect
When both the #United_States and the #European_Union warned last week that the crisis in #Tigray is once again approaching a dangerous precipice, their concerns were well founded. The #TPLF's decision to accelerate military conscription raises legitimate alarm over the continued erosion of the fragile political order many hoped would emerge from the November 2022 #Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (#CoHA).
On the surface, Washington's targeted visa restrictions on what it called “hardline members” of the TPLF, followed by the EU's call for the urgent implementation of Pretoria, suggest that the international community is finally recognizing the gravity of the moment.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58067
When both the #United_States and the #European_Union warned last week that the crisis in #Tigray is once again approaching a dangerous precipice, their concerns were well founded. The #TPLF's decision to accelerate military conscription raises legitimate alarm over the continued erosion of the fragile political order many hoped would emerge from the November 2022 #Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (#CoHA).
On the surface, Washington's targeted visa restrictions on what it called “hardline members” of the TPLF, followed by the EU's call for the urgent implementation of Pretoria, suggest that the international community is finally recognizing the gravity of the moment.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58067
#UN human rights chief sounds ‘red alert’ over violence around #Sudan’s el-Obeid city
The #United_Nations human rights chief on Friday sounded a “red alert” about possible atrocity crimes in and near a strategic city in central Sudan, calling on world leaders to do more to help stop the bloodshed in the country’s ongoing war between the army and paramilitary forces.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council at the U.N. office in #Geneva that signs from the city of #el_Obeid were “clear and unmistakable: Another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan.”
The comments came as the council, the U.N.'s top human rights body, held an urgent debate on the situation in el-Obeid about concerns expressed by diplomats, advocacy groups and others that another wave of atrocities......
https://apnews.com/article/sudan-rsf-obeid-un-turk-human-rights-769f5230599105ae32408447bfd3c4https://apnews.com/article/sudan-rsf-obeid-un-turk-human-rights-769f5230599105ae32408447bfd3c4f6
The #United_Nations human rights chief on Friday sounded a “red alert” about possible atrocity crimes in and near a strategic city in central Sudan, calling on world leaders to do more to help stop the bloodshed in the country’s ongoing war between the army and paramilitary forces.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council at the U.N. office in #Geneva that signs from the city of #el_Obeid were “clear and unmistakable: Another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan.”
The comments came as the council, the U.N.'s top human rights body, held an urgent debate on the situation in el-Obeid about concerns expressed by diplomats, advocacy groups and others that another wave of atrocities......
https://apnews.com/article/sudan-rsf-obeid-un-turk-human-rights-769f5230599105ae32408447bfd3c4https://apnews.com/article/sudan-rsf-obeid-un-turk-human-rights-769f5230599105ae32408447bfd3c4f6
Residents in central #Ethiopian town of #Hossana forced to kill hundreds of their own dogs after rabies outbreak
Residents in the central Ethiopian town of Hossana have reportedly been forced to kill hundreds of their own dogs following a rabies outbreak that left three children dead and dozens of people hospitalized, according to a BBC report.
The news outlet reports that community associations linked to local administrative structures issued orders instructing residents to kill their dogs or face fines of up to 50,000 birr and possible arrest, even if the animals had been vaccinated.
Eyewitnesses said that some owners hanged or beat their dogs, while others handed them over for killing.
Local officials said the measures followed a series of rabies-related deaths, with Mayor Samuel Shigute stating that the outbreak had killed three children and resulted in the hospitalization of around 80 others.
https://x.com/addisstandard/status/2073292952617533896?s=46&t=ofAzVW8-64dDK-xsjodCGA
Residents in the central Ethiopian town of Hossana have reportedly been forced to kill hundreds of their own dogs following a rabies outbreak that left three children dead and dozens of people hospitalized, according to a BBC report.
The news outlet reports that community associations linked to local administrative structures issued orders instructing residents to kill their dogs or face fines of up to 50,000 birr and possible arrest, even if the animals had been vaccinated.
Eyewitnesses said that some owners hanged or beat their dogs, while others handed them over for killing.
Local officials said the measures followed a series of rabies-related deaths, with Mayor Samuel Shigute stating that the outbreak had killed three children and resulted in the hospitalization of around 80 others.
https://x.com/addisstandard/status/2073292952617533896?s=46&t=ofAzVW8-64dDK-xsjodCGA
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#Iran begins week-long state funeral for late Supreme Leader #Ayatollah_Khamenei, mass mourners, dozens of foreign delegations attending
Addis Abeba – Iran has begun a week-long state funeral for its late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with ceremonies in Tehran drawing millions of Iranian mourners, including senior officials, and dozens of foreign delegations in a show of national unity and the resilience of the Islamic Republic.
The funeral ceremonies, which started on 03 July, are expected to continue until 09 July, culminating in Khamenei’s burial in Mashhad after additional events in Qom and, according to Iranian media, possible commemorative rites in the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
Khamenei’s coffin, along with those of several family members killed in the same attack, has been lying in state at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, where hundreds of thousands of mourners have gathered to pay their respects.
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Addis Abeba – Iran has begun a week-long state funeral for its late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with ceremonies in Tehran drawing millions of Iranian mourners, including senior officials, and dozens of foreign delegations in a show of national unity and the resilience of the Islamic Republic.
The funeral ceremonies, which started on 03 July, are expected to continue until 09 July, culminating in Khamenei’s burial in Mashhad after additional events in Qom and, according to Iranian media, possible commemorative rites in the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
Khamenei’s coffin, along with those of several family members killed in the same attack, has been lying in state at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, where hundreds of thousands of mourners have gathered to pay their respects.
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News: Original fossilized skeleton of #Lucy leaves #Ethiopia for rare exhibition in #Abu_Dhabi
Lucy, the 3.2-million-year-old fossilized skeleton of one of humanity’s earliest known ancestors discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, is on display in Abu Dhabi in a rare international exhibition, according to a report by Brazilian news portal Click Petróleo e Gás, citing multiple scientific and museum sources.
The exhibition at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi features the original fossil, rather than a replica, making it one of the few occasions the iconic specimen has traveled outside Ethiopia. The fossil is displayed in the museum’s “The Human Story” gallery under tightly controlled environmental conditions designed to protect its fragile remains, the report said, citing The National newspaper.
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Lucy, the 3.2-million-year-old fossilized skeleton of one of humanity’s earliest known ancestors discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, is on display in Abu Dhabi in a rare international exhibition, according to a report by Brazilian news portal Click Petróleo e Gás, citing multiple scientific and museum sources.
The exhibition at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi features the original fossil, rather than a replica, making it one of the few occasions the iconic specimen has traveled outside Ethiopia. The fossil is displayed in the museum’s “The Human Story” gallery under tightly controlled environmental conditions designed to protect its fragile remains, the report said, citing The National newspaper.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58076
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News: #AU convenes emergency meeting after #US ends funding support for #Somalia mission
The African Union (AU) has convened an emergency meeting on the future of its peace support mission in Somalia after the #United_States announced it will end critical funding for the operation at the close of 2026, raising concerns over the mission's sustainability and Somalia's security amid the ongoing #Al_Shabaab insurgency.
According to AFP, the AU Commission called the emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the future of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (#AUSSOM), following a 01 July letter from #Washington informing the AU that it would terminate financial support to the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (#UNSOS) by the end of the year.
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The African Union (AU) has convened an emergency meeting on the future of its peace support mission in Somalia after the #United_States announced it will end critical funding for the operation at the close of 2026, raising concerns over the mission's sustainability and Somalia's security amid the ongoing #Al_Shabaab insurgency.
According to AFP, the AU Commission called the emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the future of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (#AUSSOM), following a 01 July letter from #Washington informing the AU that it would terminate financial support to the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (#UNSOS) by the end of the year.
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News: #Sudanese army intensify offensive to retake strategic city of #Kurmuk on #Ethiopia border
The latest offensive follows months of intensified military operations in Sudan’s Blue Nile region after the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied militia, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), captured Kurmuk in March this year, raising concerns over the conflict’s spillover into neighboring Ethiopia.
In late April, Addis Standard reported about a drone strike attributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) killed at least eight civilians, including an aid worker with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and injured several others in Kumruk town, Kumruk Woreda of Ethiopia’s Assosa Zone in the Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, underscoring the growing cross-border security risks posed by Sudan’s more than three-year civil war.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58082
The latest offensive follows months of intensified military operations in Sudan’s Blue Nile region after the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied militia, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), captured Kurmuk in March this year, raising concerns over the conflict’s spillover into neighboring Ethiopia.
In late April, Addis Standard reported about a drone strike attributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) killed at least eight civilians, including an aid worker with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and injured several others in Kumruk town, Kumruk Woreda of Ethiopia’s Assosa Zone in the Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, underscoring the growing cross-border security risks posed by Sudan’s more than three-year civil war.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58082
Op-ed: Between maritime access and recognition: Geopolitical implications of rapprochement between #Ethiopia and #Somaliland
In this op-ed, the authors frame the Ethiopia–Somaliland relationship as a convergence of strategic need and pragmatic diplomacy, stating “the prospect of Ethiopia securing maritime access through Somaliland highlights the intersection of Addis Abeba’s structural need for a maritime outlet and Hargeisa’s ambition to strengthen its legitimacy and bargaining power - without pressing for immediate formal recognition.”
“The growing importance of the Red Sea… elevates Somaliland’s geopolitical value and makes the port of Berbera a strategic option for Ethiopia,” but the authors caution that “this path remains constrained by serious challenges, most notably Somaliland’s lack of international recognition, Mogadishu’s rejection of such arrangements, the repercussions of the Ankara Declaration”, & the delicate regional balances in the HoA & the Red Sea.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58086
In this op-ed, the authors frame the Ethiopia–Somaliland relationship as a convergence of strategic need and pragmatic diplomacy, stating “the prospect of Ethiopia securing maritime access through Somaliland highlights the intersection of Addis Abeba’s structural need for a maritime outlet and Hargeisa’s ambition to strengthen its legitimacy and bargaining power - without pressing for immediate formal recognition.”
“The growing importance of the Red Sea… elevates Somaliland’s geopolitical value and makes the port of Berbera a strategic option for Ethiopia,” but the authors caution that “this path remains constrained by serious challenges, most notably Somaliland’s lack of international recognition, Mogadishu’s rejection of such arrangements, the repercussions of the Ankara Declaration”, & the delicate regional balances in the HoA & the Red Sea.
https://addisstandard.com/?p=58086
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#Sudan: The UN human rights chief has issued a "red alert" over escalating violence in and around el-Obeid, warning of the risk of further atrocities.
Watch this short update, then get the full context in our Weekly Recap:
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#UN #HumanRights #ElObeid #Africa #BreakingNews #WeeklyRecap
Watch this short update, then get the full context in our Weekly Recap:
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#Red_Sea, #Horn_of_Africa now more conflict-prone and complex than ever before, says #Ethiopia army chief
The security environment in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, long characterized by instability, has become more conflict-prone and complex than ever before, Chief of General Staff of the ENDF, Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, said today, warning that unnamed “enemies” are seeking to keep Ethiopia preoccupied with internal affairs in order to limit its regional influence.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the fourth cohort of senior officers from the Ethiopian National Defense College’s Security and Strategic Studies program, Berhanu claimed that Ethiopia’s adversaries were “orchestrating conspiracies” and turning them into active conflicts to keep the country preoccupied with domestic affairs, thereby preventing it from playing what he described as its “stabilizing and leadership role” in the region.
https://x.com/addisstandard/status/2073421776734880137?s=46&t=ofAzVW8-64dDK-xsjodCGA
The security environment in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, long characterized by instability, has become more conflict-prone and complex than ever before, Chief of General Staff of the ENDF, Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, said today, warning that unnamed “enemies” are seeking to keep Ethiopia preoccupied with internal affairs in order to limit its regional influence.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the fourth cohort of senior officers from the Ethiopian National Defense College’s Security and Strategic Studies program, Berhanu claimed that Ethiopia’s adversaries were “orchestrating conspiracies” and turning them into active conflicts to keep the country preoccupied with domestic affairs, thereby preventing it from playing what he described as its “stabilizing and leadership role” in the region.
https://x.com/addisstandard/status/2073421776734880137?s=46&t=ofAzVW8-64dDK-xsjodCGA
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