US Resumes Some Food Aid Deliveries to Ethiopia After Assistance Was Halted over ''widespread'' Theft
Food aid will be restored to roughly 1 million refugees from Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and elsewhere. However, food assistance has not resumed for the 20.1 million Ethiopians who rely on it as the country grapples with internal conflict and drought. USAID and the United Nations World Food Program in June halted all food aid to Ethiopia after an internal investigation found donated food intended for millions of hungry people there was being diverted on a “widespread” scale. Both agencies had already paused food assistance to the war-torn province of Tigray in March. At the time, USAID officials told The Associated Press that the diversion scheme could be the largest-ever theft of humanitarian food.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 05, 2023 17:25 UTC
US Resumes Some Food Aid Deliveries to Ethiopia After Assistance Was Halted Over 'Widespread' Theft
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it is resuming food deliveries to hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, four months after assistance was halted over a widespread scheme to steal supplies. Food aid will be restored to roughly 1 million refugees from Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and elsewhere. However, food assistance has not resumed for the 20.1 million Ethiopians who rely on it as the country grapples with internal conflict and drought. Both agencies had already paused food assistance to the war-torn province of Tigray in March. At the time, USAID officials told The Associated Press that the diversion scheme could be the largest-ever theft of humanitarian food.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 05, 2023 17:22 UTC
Zimbabwe announces 100 suspected cholera deaths and imposes restrictions on gatherings
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has recorded 100 suspected deaths from cholera and more than 5,000 possible cases since late last month, prompting the government to impose restrictions to stop the spread of the disease, including limiting numbers at funerals and stopping some social gatherings in affected areas. The health ministry announced the death toll late Wednesday and said 30 of the deaths had been confirmed as from cholera through laboratory tests. Zimbabwe has often imposed restrictions during its repeated outbreaks of cholera. In southern Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa and Mozambique have all had recent cholera outbreaks. More than 4,000 people died in Zimbabwe’s worst cholera outbreak in 2008.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 05, 2023 16:59 UTC
UN-mandated investigation into atrocities in Ethiopia to end
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October 05, 2023 15:18 UTC
Human Rights Council: EU Fails Ethiopia’s Victims
© 2022 Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images(Geneva) – The European Union and its members have backtracked on their support for continued international scrutiny of the human rights situation in Ethiopia at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Watch said today. In March, Ethiopian authorities threatened to introduce a resolution at the Human Rights Council session that would have prematurely terminated the ICHREE halfway through its mandate. While the EU circulated a draft resolution on Ethiopia to EU member states, the proposal never moved forward. Other Human Rights Council members such as the US and African Group states also did not act in response to the ICHREE report. “Ethiopia’s partners have allowed Ethiopia to drop off the Human Rights Council’s agenda despite the resumption of violence and the complete failure to address accountability,” Hassan said.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 05, 2023 14:06 UTC
Senate probes incarceration of 250 Nigerians in Ethiopian prison
The Senate has launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of 250 Nigerians in Ethiopian prison. This followed a motion by the senate…The Senate has launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of 250 Nigerians in Ethiopian prison. A report making the rounds on social media said over 250 Nigerians are facing inhumanity and maltreatment in Ethiopia without committing any offense. The minority leader urged the senate to immediately intervene and conduct a thorough investigation into the reasons for the incarceration of the 250 Nigerians in the Ethiopian maximum prison. Senate President Godswill Akpabio, in his remarks, condemned discrimination of Nigerians in other countries and urged relevant authorities to take the issue of Nigerians in the diaspora seriously.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 05, 2023 12:51 UTC
UN-backed probe into Tigray war abuses set to end
The commission’s experts all but pleaded on Tuesday (Oct. 03) with the council to extend the investigation, warning that atrocities continue in Tigray, Ethiopia’s war-battered northernmost province. European countries had previously supported the probe as a means of ensuring accountability for war crimes committed during the two-year civil war in Tigray. The commission was established in December 2021 after a joint report by the U.N. and Ethiopia’s state human rights commission recommended further independent investigations into abuses. It concluded that all sides committed abuses during the Tigray war, some of them amounting to war crimes. The U.N. probe was the last major independent investigation into the Tigray war, which killed hundreds of thousands and was marked by massacres, mass rape and torture.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 05, 2023 11:40 UTC
Volvo to deliver logistics trucks to Estonia, Latvia – New Business Ethiopia
Volvo Defense, a business operation within Volvo Trucks, has entered a framework agreement with the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia for the delivery of logistic trucks. Starting in 2024, Volvo Defense aims to begin deliveries of logistic trucks to Estonia and Latvia as part of a framework agreement where Volvo is one of two chosen suppliers. “This is a significant deal for Volvo Defense and a proof point of the reliability of our products and of Volvo as a long-term business partner”, says Andreas Svenungsson, President of Volvo Defense. Estonia and Latvia are well established markets for Volvo Trucks with a stable infrastructure for sales and aftermarket services. Volvo Defense, a business operation within Volvo Trucks, is based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Source:News Business Ethiopia
October 05, 2023 06:41 UTC
U.N.-mandated probe into Ethiopia atrocities lapses
STORY: A U.N.-mandated investigation into continuing atrocities in Ethiopia faces closure. The U.N. Human Rights Council created the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia in 2021, after a motion was submitted by the European Union. Last month it said that war crimes and crimes against humanity were still being committed in Ethiopia. Lucy McKernan, of human rights advocacy organization Human Rights Watch, said that no resolution in the face of the experts' recent findings was "scandalous". It has promoted its own national justice policies as the preferred avenue of investigation, an approach the U.N. Human Rights Commission described as "deeply flawed".
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October 05, 2023 06:40 UTC
Seized Sassou Nguesso plane sold at auction for 7.1 million euros
The Falcon 7X of the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, was sold on Tuesday at auction for 7.1 million euros at the Grand Hôtel de Bordeaux, after being seized in June 2020 at the airport of the Gironde capital. The auction of this aircraft produced by Dassault Aviation was ordered by the Bordeaux judicial court in December 2022 and then confirmed in June 2023 by the court of appeal, with an initial price set at seven million euros. The boss of this company, Mohsen Hojeij, a former close friend of President Sassou Nguesso, had won several contracts between 1983 and 1986: construction of a bridge or a village in particular. In 2000 and then in 2013, the International Court of Arbitration in Paris twice ordered Congo to compensate Mr. Hojeij's company. Over the years, the sum claimed by the businessman has swelled, from around 100 million euros when the dispute began in 1992 to around 1.7 billion euros today.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 05, 2023 04:43 UTC
Why Did the ICC Issue an Arrest Warrant Against Putin, But Not Abiy and Debretsion?
Keeping this in mind, let us turn to Ethiopia and compare the crimes of PM Abiy Ahmed and Debretsion Gebreselassie (Chair of TPLF and President of the Tigray regional state) during the Tigray war. Let us start with the crimes of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) aided by Eritrean, Amhara, and other Ethiopian regional forces. The US formally accused the ENDF, as well as Eritrean and Amhara forces of committing crimes against humanity in Tigray. Similar allegations are echoed by international human rights organizations such as Amnesty International (AI). Second, neither the US government, nor the AI mentioned Ethiopian regional forces other than Amhara forces, even though all regions have sent regional special forces to the Tigray war front.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 05, 2023 04:01 UTC
UN's Ethiopia atrocities probe will now end next week, even as fresh crimes expected
Nobody asked for the UN probe into human rights abuses in Ethiopia to continue, so it will end next week. The United Nations' probe into human rights atrocities in Ethiopia will end next week despite investigators warning of an "overwhelming risk" of further abuses being committed in the war-ravaged country. The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia was set up during a special session of the Human Rights Council in December 2021, at the request of the European Union. "There is an overwhelming risk that human rights atrocities will continue," the commission warned Tuesday as they flagged their new report. "We are gravely concerned about the situation in Ethiopia and the potential for future atrocities," commission chair Mohamed Chande Othman added.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 05, 2023 03:55 UTC
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October 05, 2023 03:00 UTC
Stakeholders debate how to improve financial inclusion with digital public infrastructure
Digital public infrastructure (DPI) projects, including digital IDs, are gaining more ground as part of the fight against poverty. The Moody’s report comes at a time when India is attempting to promote its solutions for digital public infrastructure through the G20. Digital ID systems in Africa need reliable internet: ITU ForumAfrican countries such as Ethiopia have made progress in their digital transformation, including launching national digital ID systems and developing digital payment ecosystems. The aim of the ITU forum is to reach commitments for projects outlined in the Kigali Action Plan, says Cosmas Zavazava, chief of the ITU Department for Partnerships for Digital Development. Article Topicsdigital ID | digital public infrastructure | financial inclusion | Gates Foundation | Mastercard | Mastercard Community Pass | Mastercard Farm Pass | UIDAI
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October 05, 2023 02:32 UTC
Ethiopian coffee shops find fans far from home
“They sell our coffee in Starbucks and other places but they don’t follow our traditions,” said Markos, who has owned Kaffa Coffee since 2004. Ethiopian coffee has made similar inroads in cities around the world. They are then ground down to a powder and placed inside a jebena, or Ethiopian coffee pot, traditionally made of clay, on top of a stove. The London Coffee Festival, started in 2011, also provides an occasion for coffee lovers to come together. Anteneh Mulu, co-owner of The Ethiopian Coffee Company shop in central London, credits the festival with helping to promote Ethiopian coffee to a new community.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 04, 2023 22:28 UTC