Addis Abeba, April 21, 2021 – International Clinical Laboratories (ICL) has launched free Covid-19 testing program for 50,000 people in Tigray. The Laboratory kicked off the massive campaign earlier this week in collaboration with Tigray Health Bureau and Mekele Hospital after securing a permission from Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) …

By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, April 21, 2021 – In a recent show of challenge to discriminatory practices applied against Ethio-Somalis applying for new passports, a number of new passport applicants held up signs protesting unjust treatment at the regional branch office of the immigration, nationality and vital events …

By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan &  Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, April 20, 2021 – The Somali Regional State, which once was praised as the most peaceful region in the country in the advent of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s ascension to power, is now confronted with with a cascade of voters …

Addis Abeba, April 20/2021 – Hundreds of thousands of the Amhara nation are rallying in various cities and towns in Amhara regional state as of yesterday to protest against recent reports of targeted killings, attacks and displacement of memebrs of the Amhara community residing particularly in western Oromia and in …

Addis Abeba, April 19/2021 – Barely a month and half before Ethiopia’s 6th national election scheduled on June 05 took place, the European Union’s High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell said the EU will “continue following closely the situation [in Ethiopia] in order to confirm our will to send an electoral observation …

By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan &  Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, April 19, 2021 – Despite previous eye witnesses and families of victims accounts and statements by the Oromia Regional state chapter of the ruling Prosperity Party, Oromia Prosperity Party (OPP) disputing the presence of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) often …

By Medihane Ekuabamichael @Medihane  Addis Abeba, April 17, 2021 – Journalists Fitsum Berhane and Tamirat Yemane were arrested in Mekelle by members of the Federal Defense Forces, the army said. In a statement released on the ENDF Facebook page on April 16, the army said that Fitsum Berhane is a …

Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, April 17/2021– In a letter sent to Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, the current President of the U.N. Security Council, Eritrea’s Ambassador to the U.N. Sophia Tesfamariam said “Eritrea and Ethiopia have agreed – at the highest levels – to embark on the withdrawal of Eritrean …

Addis Abeba, April 16/2021– The European Union Foreign Affairs ministers will have a discussion on the situation in Ethiopia and the regional tensions on Monday April 19, the block said. The informal video conference will be chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, JosepBorrell. The …

By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil  Addis Abeba, April 16, 2021 –  Founder and leader of the opposition Ethiopian Democratic Party Lidetu Ayalew was again banned from travelling to the United States. Yesterday, Lidetu was returned from the Ethiopian Airlines airport where he was told that the court orders banned from traveling.   …