Former foreign minister of Ethiopia, Seyoum Mesfin and two other senior TPLF officials were killed, the Ethiopian defense forces said in its latest announcement released this evening.
The Ethiopian National Defense Force arrested the founding member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Sebahat Nega, along with seven other individuals, including two colonels, who had defected from the national army.
The Victims of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 are set to receive USD1.4 million in compensation payments from Boeing as part of a settlement that includes money for the crash victims’ families, airline customers and airlines, as well as a fine.
Localized fighting and insecurity continues in rural parts of Tigray, though humanitarian workers have been able to access areas that were so far inaccessible in Tirgay region, particularly in cities, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
Addis Ababa University (AAU) threatened to sue the Ethiopian National Association of the Blind, accusing it of damaging its reputation over the death of a blind undergrad law student, who committed suicide after missing the national exit exam.
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) appealed for nine billion birr in order to support a total of 2.53 million people,who are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in Tigray, Amhara, SNNPR and Benishangul-Gumuz regions.
Millions of dollars worth of machines procured by the Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC) for Komobolicha-Hara Gebeya Project are deteriorating due to the absence of electricity infrastructure.
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Tourism is one of Ethiopia’s important sectors bringing much needed foreign exchange and a chance to introduce Ethiopian culture to the world.
Nathan Damtew is founder and CEO of BeBlocky, a gamified programming learning app for kids, and founder and managing director of Yenetta Code, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education center based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Yohana Ermias is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a new company, Equb (eQub), set to become operational this month.
Nadia Hardman is a Refugee and Migrant Rights Researcher with Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading human rights organizations. She reflects with The Reporter’s Samuel Getachew on a recent report on the worsening situation Ethiopian migrants held in Saudi Arabia are under, on HRW’s latest on Ethiopian migrants in North Yemen and more.
Wuleta Lemma (PhD) is a healthcare entrepreneur honored as a PITCH winner and currently shortlisted on Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative.
Ann Fitz-Gerald is the Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs. The Canadian has worked in many nations, including in Ethiopia on issues of national security.
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