Svensk-Etiopiska Föreningen

AllAfrica News: Ethiopia

29 juli 2021

• More Refugees From Ethiopia Stream Into Sudan
  [VOA] Khartoum -- Authorities in Sudan say at least 3,000 Ethiopian refugees fled into Sudan this week, after the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region spread to the neighboring Amhara region. VOA speaks to a refugee camp director and a political analyst about the significance of the influx in this report from Khartoum.
• WHO - Millions of Tigrayans Without Basic Health Care
  [VOA] Geneva -- The World Health Organization warns that millions of people in conflict-ridden Tigray in northern Ethiopia lack access to basic health care and risk falling ill. The agency has been able to reach only a fraction of them.
• Fed Attorney General File Charges Against Members of 'Tigray's Central Military Command'
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- 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).
• Expansion - Kenya's Little Gears Up for Ethiopian Market
  [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Little, Kenya's leading super-app platform has finalized plans to expand services to the Ethiopian market within this month in a move aimed at stamping its authority in the continent.
• Fed. Court Decides to Resume Witness Hearing Without Absentee Defendants in Jawar Mohamed's File
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Following the refusal of the four defendants in Jawar Mohammed's file; Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba, Hamza Adane and Dejene Tafa to appear in court for the third time, the Federal High Court Lideta Branch, First Constitutional and Anti-Terrorism Bench has decided to resume hearing to decide on the conduct of prosecutor's witness hearing in theor absence.
• Official Says Hundreds of Civilians Killed By Afar Militia
  [Nation] Officials in Ethiopia's Somali region on Tuesday said hundreds of civilians were killed after militia forces from the neighbouring Afar region carried out attacks there.
• Somali Regional Govt Blames Afar for Violence, Demands Swift Response From Federal Govt
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Violence once again hit the border area between Afar and Somali regional states. Similar to previous incidents, contradicting narratives about the nature of clashes dominated the conversation over the weekend, with the Somali regional government accusing Afar Special Forces and a group it called 'Uguguma' for the violence and members of the Afar community dismissing the news as a propaganda.