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    Addis Ababa, November 05, 2021 — Ethiopia State of Emergency (SoE) task force officially began its operation today as per the State of Emergency Proclamation No. 5/2014. One of its first decisions is to ensure businesses pay their taxes on time without paying attention to disinformation campaigns. "This is the time of paying your taxes. We want to inform businesses to pay their taxes properly and on time to help the country they love in the same way others are sacrificing their lives for their country," said the task force. Accordingly, during the SoE meeting held today, the task force made three key decisions. The task force suspended indefinitely the provision of National IDs throughout Ethiopia. The task force came to this conclusion because it said it found out counterfeit IDs being produced in Amhara, Oromia and Addis Ababa. The SoE task force ordered all unregistered weapons to be registered and licensed within a week.  The task force warned businesses not be sway

  Addis Ababa, November 05, 2021 — Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) terrorists have been looting schools during their invasion of North Wollo of Amhara region while destroying or burning stuff they could not carry to Tigray. And in some places, they were forcing residents to purchase them. They even 'sold' by force school computers and laboratory equipment, said witnesses who spoke to Ethiopian Press. "They came to my home carrying broken computers and asked me to purchase them. But I told them I didn't know how to use a computer and they just forced me to give them the money I had in my pocket. I gave them what I had and they threw the computer and left", said Aynachew in an interview after his town, Kokit, was freed by Ethiopian forces. One of the witnesses also said he was forced to purchase the school items such as printers after he saw another person getting executed for refusing to purchase them. According to witnesses, who fled from TPLF occupie

Addis Ababa, November 03, 2021 — Yesterday, November 02, was a difficult day for Ethiopians. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) was capturing new cities closer to Addis Ababa and conducting mass killings and spreading terror on its path. At the same time, the US was steering panic among Ethiopians when it asked its citizens in Ethiopia to leave the country. As if to add insult to injury , the US had announced on the same day that it was kicking out Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a US trade program that has created livelihood for millions of poor Ethiopian women. The day came to an end with most Ethiopians almost feeling hopeless as if no one in the world is understanding their pain. It was also exactly a year ago that members of Ethiopia's National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the Northern Command were slaughtered in Tigray by forces loyal to the TPLF and those who made it out felt hopeless. When they knew they were attacked by their very o

Addis Ababa, 03 November, 2021 – A joint investigation by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the UN Human Rights Office said that there are "reasonable grounds to believe that all parties to the conflict in Tigray have, to varying degrees, committed violations of international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law, some of which may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity".    The report made no mention of the repeatedly sounded "Tigray genocide" and "starvation as a weapon of war" allegations against Ethiopia. However, it mentioned that the conflict was instigated by none other than forces loyal to Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) such as the Tigray Special Forces and the allied militia. "On 3 November 2020, the Tigray Special Forces (TSF) and allied militia attacked the Northern Command of the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) and took control of the bases and the weaponry. On 4 November 2020, the f

  Addis Ababa, November 02, 2021 - Ethiopia decided to declare a State of Emergency (SoE) after today's emergency meeting conducted by the Council of Ministers, announced Dr. Gideon Timothewos , Minister of Justice this evening. The decision was made to allow Ethiopia's security structures to take a stern measure against the threat made on Ethiopia's national sovereignty, Dr. Gideon Timothewos said in the press release .    In addition to defending against the national threat on Ethiopia's sovereignty, the SoE is declared intending to maintain the country's peace, the safety and security of citizens and to prevent acts that may lead to further unrest and instability. The SoE comes amid President Biden's announcement of Ethiopia's exclusion from the AGOA, a US trade program, which has been supporting millions of poor Ethiopian women. The decision also comes at the time Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) executed 100 youth in Kombolcha town, so

  Addis Ababa, November 01, 2021 — While Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was addressing senior government officials, he made many shocking revelation including the involvement of foreign mercenaries, white and non-Ethiopian blacks. The following is a partial verbatim translation of of the PM's speech. --- "This group of Ministers and Deputy Ministers should analyze and act to understand the process of war. First we need to understand what constitutes a war. War means a last resort to fulfill a political goal. When a group becomes incapable of putting forth an idea through dialogue or debate, it chooses the path of war to impose its idea.   War is not aimless. It has an aim. We need to understand this politically. This group [TPLF] suffering from superiority, first-class citizen disease knew that it could not win through political debate or election. It knew it cannot win through democracy. So now it wants to sacrifice everything to get onto power.   This group is a thief. It steals

  Addis Ababa, October 31, 2021 — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed responded to the current state of the conflict in Northern Ethiopia. Below is the English verbatim translation of the statement PM Abiy Ahmed shared on social media. --- "We will fight the bitter war and we will enjoy the sweet victory –   Just as a wicked son would unleash a mountain of agony on his mother, the TPLF terrorist group continues to be Ethiopia’s source of suffering. It has continued to dismantle the country by waging war on four fronts with the forces it brainwashed with hatred. Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and those who care about their motherland are lined up on all fronts. The enemy is using up its last effort and our forces are breaking it by air and by ground.   Because the TPLF terrorist believed the three fronts are no longer viable, it brought all its forces to the Wollo front. The group, which feels no compassion even for its own people, has lined up from a 12 year old child up to a 65

Addis Ababa, October 31, 2021 – Amhara Regional State Council held an emergency meeting today and announced a State of Emergency in all of Amhara. The SoE states that all government resources, except those for basic needs, should be directed towards pushing out the existential threat posed by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) which controls vast portions of Amhara region and has been committing atrocities throughout. The decision from the Amhara Regional State Council declares all government services to be halted and all resources including vehicles to be dispatched in the fight against the TPLF. It also calls upon the private sector to provide their vehicles when the need arises. The SoE also calls on all government officials in the region to organize and lead the people to the war front. It threatens those officials who do not follow this order with legal and administrative measures. Furthermore, the Amhara Regional Council called on all those who own weapons to use it in

    Addis Ababa, October 30, 2021 — Tedros Adhanom is likely to continue his term as the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) uncontested. This unchallenged run comes amid European Commission's suspension of funding to WHO over major sexual abuse scandal committed by WHO staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the recent Ebola outbreak. According to an exclusive from Reuters, the letter from the Commission voices "extreme concern" at WHO handling of Congo scandal. The abuses, which included nine allegations of rape, were committed by both national and international WHO staff between 2018 and 2020, during Tedros' reign as the Director-General of the UN agency. The report comes after more than 50 local women reported sexual abuse. Earlier this month, the Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi called for a "frank judicial collaboration in the case of sexual violence committed by WHO agents in the Democratic Republic of Congo during t

    Addis Ababa, Ocotber 30, 2021 — The Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) released a statement yesterday night banning all foreign radio programs from being broadcasted via local radio stations. " Radio waves are very few in our country. Therefore, licensed radio broadcasters should deliver content that takes into account the country's social, economic and political context," said the statement from EMA. "Although radio broadcasters are licensed through a competitive bid, we have recently witnessed some foreign radio programs being broadcasted through direct links via this local broadcasters. This shows that they are operating outside of their scope", said the statement from the Director of EMA, Mohammed Idriss. "When local radio stations broadcast the foreign radios, they have no control over their content and this could harm the country's national interest. The media authority even does not have the power to comment on what the foreign radio broadcast