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A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Ethiopia to stop misusing anti-terrorism legislation to curb freedoms of expression and association in the country, amid reports that people continue to be detained arbitrarily. The experts' call comes on the eve of the consideration by Ethiopia of a series of recommendations made earlier this year by members of the Human Rights Council in a process known as the Universal Periodic Review which applies equally to all 193 UN Members States. These recommendations are aimed at improving the protection and promotion of human rights in the country, including in the context of counter-terrorism measures. "Two years after we first raised the alarm, we are still receiving numerous reports on how the anti-terrorism law is being used to target journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders and opposition politicians in Ethiopia," the experts said. "Torture and inhuman treatment in detention are g

PRESS RELEASE Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18 September, 2014: "By 2063 Africa should have won the FIFA World Cup at least once: not just host, but won", African Union Commission Chairperson H.E. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said to Mr. Issa Hayatou, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) when they met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 18 September 2014. The CAF President paid a courtesy call on the AUC Chairperson ahead of CAF's annual Executive Committee meeting holding at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mr. Hayatou thanked the AUC Chairperson for hosting the meeting during which CAF will decide on the host nations for AFCON 2019 and 2021. Having attracted massive attendance from national delegations including very high level representatives from the five countries vying to host, the AU has become both Africa's political and football capital during these days, Mr. Hayatou said. "CAF has a special place not only in the AU, but also in

By Kalkidan Yibeltal Physical violence at home and in the wider community, mental violence in the family and prevalence of FGM high in Ethiopia Despite decades of efforts made by governments in regulations and legislation, the levels of physical, sexual and emotional violence against children throughout Africa remains high, revealed a new report. Released in Addis Abeba this morning, the African Report on Violence against Children, the first comprehensive analysis of violence against children across the region which is based on surveys undertaken in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe look into a diverse environment of family and community within which the African child grows and provides disconcerting details that call up on a a concerted program of action to ensure that children across the continent are offered the best levels of protection against all forms of violence. Owing to an array of social, cultural and economic factors such as urbani

ከአቢሲኒያ ባንክ ፕሬዚዳንትነታቸው የለቀቁት አቶ አዲሱ ሃባ የደቡብ ግሎባል ባንክ ፕሬዚዳንት ሆነው እንዲያገለግሉ የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ ፈቀደ፡፡ አቶ አዲሱ ከአቢሲኒያ ባንክ በቅርቡ ከለቀቁ በኋላ የደቡብ ግሎባል ባንክ ፕሬዚዳንት እንዲሆኑ ባንኩ ለብሔራዊ ባንክ ባመላከተው መሠረት፣ ሹመታቸውን በማፅደቁ ሥራቸውን በይፋ መጀመራቸው ታውቋል፡፡ አቶ አዲሱ ከአቢሲኒያ ባንክ የሥራ መልቀቂያ በማስገባት የተሰናበቱ ሲሆን፣ አቢሲኒያ ባንክም 500 ሺሕ ብር ሸልሟቸው እንደሸኛቸው ይታወሳል፡፡  የአቶ አዲሱን ሹመት እንዲቀበል የደቡብ ግሎባል ባንክ ብሔራዊ ባንክን በደብዳቤ ከመጠየቁ ቀደም ብሎ፣ የደቡብ ግሎባል ባንክን በፕሬዚዳንትነት ሲመሩ የቆዩት አቶ ወርቁ ለማ ከሥራ መልቀቃቸው መዘገባችን አይዘነጋም፡፡  አቶ ወርቁ ከኃላፊነት መነሳት በፈቃደኝነት ላይ የተመሠረተ ነው ቢባልም፣ አንዳንድ ወገኖች ግን ከቦርዱ ጋር በተፈጠረ ያለመግባባት ነው ይላሉ፡፡ ብሔራዊ ባንክ እንዲህ ያሉ ሹመቶችን ለማፅደቅ ጊዜ የሚወስድበት ቢሆንም፣ የአቶ አዲሱን ሹመት ሁለት ሳምንት ባልሞላ ጊዜ ውስጥ አፅድቆታል፡፡  አቶ አዲሱ ከአቢሲኒያ ባንክ በለቀቁ በጥቂት ሳምንት ልዩነት የሌላ ተፎካካሪ ባንክ ፕሬዚዳንት መሆናቸው፣ በባንክ ኢንዱስትሪው ውስጥ የባለሙያዎች መነጣጠቅን ያሳያል የሚል አስተያየትም የሚሰጡ አሉ፡፡ ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ አቶ አዲሱ የደቡብ ግሎባል ባንክ ፕሬዚዳንት በመሆናቸው ምክንያት የኢትዮጵያ ባንኮች ማኅበር ፕሬዚዳንትነታቸውን እንዲቀጥሉ ያስችላቸዋል፡፡    Source: www.ethiopianreporter.com/

Will the modest pineapple help Ethiopian smallholders break into the country’s booming food markets? A start-up in Sidama Zone is counting on it. To meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the world is going to have to ‘act local’. This story is an example of that. It’s about hardships faced by farmers in Sidama, one of Ethiopia’s leading coffee-producing zone, which lies south of the capital, Addis Ababa, and in the country’s Southern Nations, Nationalities and People region. Farmers and farming systemsin the once extremely fertile midland regionhere are stressed by an increasing human population. A high proportion of children here are malnourished and the farming systems are still more subsistence- than market-oriented. With the rise of Ethiopian markets for cash crops and dairy products, farmers here are specializing in such crops as coffee and chat, which are replacing the region’s traditional food crops like ‘Enset’ ( Enset vetricosum ). A modest, unlik