News: Ethiopia declines to attend upcoming IGAD summit due to ‘overlapping schedule’
IGAD heads of state and government (Photo: Abiy Ahmed Ali/X)Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed difficulty to attend the IGAD extraordinary summit proposed for 18 January 2024, owing to overlapping schedule. #IGAD Summit to Address #Sudan Conflict and #Ethiopia–#Somalia DisputeThe Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has scheduled an extraordinary summit to discuss the ongoing conflict in Sudan and the recent "dispute" between Somalia and Ethiopia. A source close to the Djibouti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation confirmed to Addis Standard the authenticity of the widely shared letter. Attempts to get further comment from the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs were to no avail. There has been no immediate reaction both from Djibouti and the IGAD secretariat as to whether the meeting will take place as planned in the face of latest announcement from Sudan and Ethiopia.
Source:Ethiopian News
January 17, 2024 09:40 UTC
Ethiopia : Concerns Arise Due to Neglect of Indigenous Civil Society Organizations
Consequently, despite these organizations operating in close proximity to society, they have not fulfilled the expectations placed upon them. Debebe also noted that the absence of a legal framework enabling numerous small civil society organizations to collaborate effectively has remained a significant obstacle. Debebe highlighted that the draft policy document for the participation of civil society organizations has been formulated but not yet ratified. It has been reported that 70 percent of all civil society organizations in Ethiopia have a local base, while the remaining 30 percent are classified as charitable organizations. __Join our Telegram Channel : t.me/borkenaLike borkena on FacebookAdd your business to Ethiopian Business Listing / Ethiopian Business DirectoryJoin the conversation.
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January 17, 2024 06:49 UTC
White House 'Troubled' by Deal Between Ethiopia and Breakaway Somaliland Region
The White House sees national security concerns in a recent agreement giving Ethiopia leasing rights to the Red Sea coastline in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region, administration officials said Tuesday. "And as of late, we were working towards a great Horn of Africa cooperation and openness to each other. It risks the whole region and the security of the region." Ethiopia seeks to be naval powerAnalysts say it's logical that landlocked Ethiopia would seek sea access to serve the needs of its rapidly growing population. "Washington has done virtually nothing to try to put the pieces back together in the Horn of Africa," said Hudson.
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January 17, 2024 03:50 UTC
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Somalia says Somaliland's Red Sea deal reveals Ethiopia's aggressive and crude ambitions
Somalia maintains that Somaliland's deal with Ethiopia is a breach of international law and its own sovereignty. “We want you to come up with strict resolutions against the aggressive Ethiopian ambitions and those behind them ... it's a direct threat to Arab national security and shipping in the Red Sea. It is strategically located close to the Bay of Aden, near to the southern mouth of the Red Sea. Mr Abiy has said that access to the Red Sea was an existential necessity for his country. Egypt, which has a total of 1,500km of Red Sea coastline, fears that Addis Ababa could establish a military presence in the Red Sea, potentially threatening Cairo's interests in the strategic waterway.
Source:Ethiopian News
January 17, 2024 03:24 UTC
US judge blocks JetBlue-Spirit airlines merger
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January 17, 2024 02:41 UTC
Trump rides Iowa landslide to New Hampshire, with stop in court
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January 17, 2024 02:29 UTC
Egypt secures $250 million boost for economic resilience – New Business Ethiopia
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading provider of infrastructure financing solutions, is to provide a $250 million Sharia-law compliant trade loan facility to the Government of Egypt in partnership with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group. The proceeds from the loan will contribute to addressing Egypt’s immediate priorities and boost economic resilience by financing the purchase of critical petroleum products and agricultural commodities, essential pillars of Egypt’s economic infrastructure. The trade loan facility, meticulously structured in accordance with Sharia principles, represents a dynamic response to the evolving economic landscape in Africa. AFC had recently also supported the JPY 75 billion 5 year Samurai bond issued by the Government of Egypt as a re-guarantor. AFC has 42 member countries and has invested US$12.7 billion across Africa since inception.
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January 17, 2024 00:21 UTC
Famine in Ethiopia: Amhara and Tigray (Drone Strikes) – Modern Tokyo Times
Famine in Ethiopia: Amhara and Tigray (Drone Strikes)Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay WalkerModern Tokyo TimesLocal authorities in Tigray confirm that over 200 hundred people have died from starvation in the town of Edaga Arbi. AMHARA – ETHIOPIA AND DRONE STRIKESEven with famine stalking parts of Amhara and Tigray, central Ethiopian armed forces have used artillery and drone strikes against Fano and Amhara militias. These drone strikes have even hit schools. In recent months, artillery and drone strikes have killed the Amhara. Modern Tokyo News is part of the Modern Tokyo Times grouphttp://moderntokyotimes.com Modern Tokyo Times – International News and Japan Newshttp://sawakoart.com – Sawako Utsumi and Modern Tokyo Times artisthttps://moderntokyonews.com Modern Tokyo News – Tokyo News and International NewsPLEASE JOIN ON TWITTERhttps://twitter.com/MTT_News Modern Tokyo TimesPLEASE JOIN ON FACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/moderntokyotimes
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January 16, 2024 23:30 UTC
What the duck? Bird spotted with baby’s pacifier in its mouth
By Izzy Hawksworth via SWNSPassers-by were forced to do a double take after spotting a mallard duck swimming on a pond - with a baby's pacifier in its beak. Photographs taken of the bizarre scene show the show ducks playing with the pacifier before one mallard picks it up with its beak. Andrew also witnessed the ducks fight each other for the pacifier before the animals realized it was actually inedible. The retired aircraft fitter said: "The duck was swimming about with it, dropped it and then another duck picked it up. "As soon as the duck realized it wasn't food, it dropped the dummy again.
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January 16, 2024 23:05 UTC
The 75 most impactful TV moments are debuts, farewells and historic firsts
These and more indelible moments appear on the Television Academy’s new list of the 75 most impactful moments in TV history, spanning introductions, endings and history-making events. MTV premieres with its first music video – “Video Killed the Radio Star,” 198113. “All in the Family” – viewers meet the working-class Bunker family, 197135. 8.” M*A*S*H” series finale, 198326. But these classic TV moments that stirred audiences when they first aired are still resonant and frequently referenced in contemporary culture.
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January 16, 2024 22:26 UTC
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January 16, 2024 21:21 UTC
Ethiopia hunger: About 225 starve to death in Tigray - officials
"It has not recovered from the war - the horrible asset-stripping and destruction, the mass displacement, from the failure to pay salaries, from the destruction of employment. And on top of that there has been a terrible drought," he told BBC Newsday.
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January 16, 2024 21:01 UTC
Air strike near a school kills at least 2 in Merhabete
The drone attack took place on Friday, January 12, near a school compound in Alem Ketema, the capital of the district of Merhabetie, according to residents and the school administration. The strike took place at around 1 p.m. near the entrance to Arbegnoch Comprehensive High School, the school’s principal, Ashagre Abebe told the BBC. The principal added that the students of the school, shocked by the drone attack that occurred on Friday, chose not to return to school on Monday. According to residents, two Fano members were reportedly killed in this drone attack, and at least four civilians on the street were injured. The second-shift students were in school at the time of the attack, and it triggered an all-out panic, the principal reported.
Source:Ethiopian News
January 16, 2024 20:49 UTC
Israel pounds Gaza as fears grow of widening war
Fears of a regional escalation have spiked, with Iran and its proxies stepping up attacks across the region in solidarity with Hamas. In their unprecedented October 7 attacks that triggered the war, Hamas militants dragged about 250 hostages back to Gaza, 132 of whom Israel says remain there, including at least 27 believed to have been killed. Qatar's foreign ministry announced Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group had agreed to deliver medicines to Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for supplying aid to civilians, following French and Qatari mediation. - Hostage deaths announced -Israel has concentrated operations on Khan Yunis since announcing on January 6 that it had dismantled Hamas's military structures in the north. An Israeli kibbutz on Tuesday confirmed that two hostages whose deaths were announced by Hamas in a video had been "murdered" in Gaza.
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January 16, 2024 18:40 UTC