https://twitter.com/addisstandard/status/1419674026109280260 Gidey, who last year set a world 5000m record of 14:06.62, said: “I expected to run the world record. Next I will try again, to run maybe 28:56.”

Addis Standard received reports claiming that Oroimia regional government was conscripting youth in different parts of the region. Simultaneously, contradicting reports addressing the nature of the recruitment of Oromo youth into Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) surfaced over last week. The Oromia regional government claimed that the process was voluntary while the opposition painted the process as conscription. https://addisstandard.com/news-analysis-oromia-regional-govt-claim-voluntary-youth-recruitment-regions-opposition-dispute-claim-depict-process-as-conscription/

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. https://addisstandard.com/news-analysis-amhara-state-mobilizes-civilians-with-arms-against-tigrayan-forces/

Yesterday, Somali regional government issued a statement where it accused Afar Special Forces of collaborating with ‘Uguguma’ (a name usually used to refer to Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front) to inflict harm on the Somali people and implement TPLF’s agenda. https://addisstandard.com/news-somali-regional-govt-blames-afar-forces-for-violence-demands-swift-response-from-fed-govt-afar-regional-govt-dismisses-claims-as-propaganda/?_thumbnail_id=21338

‘’What we managed yesterday is minimal as thousands of students in Adigrat and Aksum Universities remain there. We are working day and night to return them back.’’ Abate Getahun (PhD), https://addisstandard.com/news-update-students-returning-from-mekelle-university-opt-for-route-via-amhara-as-violence-intensifies-along-afar-somali-regions-border/?preview=true&_thumbnail_id=21343

Yesterday’s hearing took place in the absence of the detainees. The police told the court that detainees were brought from Awash Arba to a district court in Fentale Woreda and are awaiting the next court appointment. The police accused them of enticing violence through social media platforms.
https://addisstandard.com/news-fed-police-says-arrested-staff-of-awlo-media-ethio-forum-news-outlet-detained-in-afar-region/?preview=true&_thumbnail_id=21135

The federal Attorney General charged Lieutenant General Tadesse Worede, General Gebre Tsadkan Gebre Tensae and 73 other people of attempting to overthrow the federal government via a coup in collaboration with Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a group designated terrorist by House of People’s Representatives (HoPR). https://addisstandard.com/news-fed-attorney-general-file-charges-against-members-of-tigrays-central-military-command/?preview=true&_thumbnail_id=21381

The court cited Article 20 of the Ethiopian Constitution and explained that the four defendants who declined to appear at the hearing will be considered as though they willingly declined their rights to defend themselves and subsequently decided to carry out the hearing in their absence. https://addisstandard.com/news-fed-court-decides-to-resume-witness-hearing-without-absentee-of-defendants-on-jawar-mohameds-file/

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, commenced a six-day mission to Ethiopia today. He made his first official mission as the UN’s humanitarian chief to Ethiopia citing the increased the humanitarian needs in the country as a result of armed conflicts in Tigray and Benishangul-Gumuz, intercommunal violence in parts of Afar, Somali and SNNP regions, and drought in Somali, Oromia and Afar regions.

https://addisstandard.com/news-newly-appointed-un-ocha-chief-on-a-mission-to-ethiopia-amid-deteriorating-humanitarian-situation/