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".
Source:Ethiopian News
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
Ferash Adash – Ethiopian Comedy /Satire
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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
Source:Ethiopian News
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
Senate moves to probe killings of 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia
By Olugbenga SalamiSenate has moved to investigate the alleged killings and imprisonment of over 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia. This followed a motion, titled: “Urgent need to investigate the unlawful killings and incarceration of over 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia.”sponsored by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Simon Mwadkwon, (PDP Plateau North), and Senator Victor Umeh (YPP Anambra Central). Presenting the motion, Senator Mwadkwon urged the Senate to direct the Committees on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs, to work with the federal government to immediately constitute a committee to visit the Republic of Ethiopia with a view to investigating what is happening to Nigerians in the foreign land. He also called on the federal government to immediately direct the Ethiopian Embassy to collaborate with the delegation of the Senate Committees on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs to find a lasting solution to problems being faced and or encountered by Nigerians who are held in Ethiopia. According to him, “the video clip being circulated in the social media, indicates that Nigerians are held captives in the maximum prison of Ethiopia and are in serious peril which calls for urgent intervention and thorough probe into the heinous activities.”He lamented that this was happening despite the clarion call for unity among nations of the world.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 04, 2023 21:55 UTC
EU Moves Toward Normalizing Relations with Ethiopia, Pledges $680 Million
A European Union Commissioner has met with Ethiopian government officials and pledged millions of dollars in a step toward normalizing relations between the two. European Union Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen met with Ethiopian government officials during a visit Tuesday that included an announcement of $680 million in support from the EU. The commissioner also met with Moussa Faki Mahamat, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The EU suspended all budgetary support to Ethiopia three years ago, following the start of open conflict in the country’s Tigray region. Asked about the relationship between the EU and Ethiopia, the commissioner said money was part of a gradual process.
Source:Ethiopian News
October 04, 2023 20:59 UTC
Nissan, Groupe Hasnaoui of Algeria ink partnership agreement – New Business Ethiopia
Nissan’s long-standing Algerian partner, Groupe Hasnaoui, has signed a renewed distributor agreement extending its history with the Japanese OEM, which dates back to 1993. It is a brand-new beginning, says Nissan Africa President Joni Paiva, in a very important market which was previously one of the top three automotive markets in Africa and is now ramping-up. The all new built-of-more Nissan Navara, which is produced in Rosslyn, has been specifically designed for the African markets. It is wonderful to have a partner such as Groupe Hasnaoui in a strategically important market such as Algeria. This agreement symbolises our collective commitment to sustained growth and prosperity in the Algerian automotive landscape.”The Hasnaoui Group is one of the pioneers of industry, services and distribution in Algeria.
Source:News Business Ethiopia
October 04, 2023 18:29 UTC
Africa countries told to merge commodity exchanges – New Business Ethiopia
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse (Bujumbura, Burundi) – Linking and merging Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) with the East African Commodity Exchange (EAX), African countries are advised to introduce a single regional agricultural commodity exchange. He stated that Africa specifically the east Africa region has significant and various agricultural commodities which can be traded on a regional commodity exchange. Somalia, Comoros, Burundi, and Ethiopia are the top 4 countries in the region with a high share of agriculture in GDP. “The approach of merging all existing national commodity exchanges is aligned with the structure of most existing international commodity exchanges and will be cost efficient,” he said. Government interferenceOne of the most important governance conditions for a successful commodity exchange is the level of government interference in setting commodity market prices, according to Professor Issouf Soumare.
Source:News Business Ethiopia
October 04, 2023 17:45 UTC