UN Archives - Ethio Negari

28 Dec

UN warns Ethiopia’s Justice for past abuses must be victim-centred

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UN announced that justice for past abuses must be victim centred and include criminal prosecutions, reparations, truth-seeking and institutional reforms. New report issued today by the UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) calls on the Government of Ethiopia to ensure that ongoing efforts to address the country’s legacy of human rights violations and abuses are grounded in applicable international human rights law, and consistently focus on the rights and needs of victims and their families.The 91-page report sets out findings of 15 community consultations held from July 2022 to March this year with more than 800 participants,…

22 Sep

Somalia asks UN to delay withdrawal of AU forces

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Somalia is seeking a delay in the withdrawal of African Union peacekeeping forces in the country. BBC reported that the country has asked the UN to delay by three months the next phase of departure of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) troops. "Somalia formally requests a technical pause in the drawdown of the 3,000 ATMIS uniformed personnel by three months," the AFP news agency quotes a letter written to the UN by Somalia’s national security adviser Hussein Sheikh-Ali as saying. A total of 3,000 troops of the 17,000-strong force were due to leave by the end of…

19 Sep

Ethiopia is heading towards a catastrophic national conflict- UN

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The United Nations condemns that the government is carrying out drone attacks in the Amhara region. The United Nations (UN) has announced that Ethiopia is heading towards a national catastrophic disaster. The UN said that the conflict in the Amhara and Oromia region has increased and this could lead Ethiopia to a large-scale national conflict. In addition to this, referring to the current situation in the Amhara region, announced that mass arrests and torture of civilians are taking place. The organization added in the statement that in the region, there has been at least one drone attack by the government.…

01 Sep

Ethiopia Briefs the situations of Amhara region to UN organizations

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ethiopia Briefed the situations of Amhara region to UN humanitarian organizations representatives. Ethiopia briefed the current national issue to the representatives of the United Nations humanitarian institutions, who were stationed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Minister of State for Political and Economic Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mesganu Arga briefed the delegates on the current issue in Ethiopia, especially the humanitarian situation in the Amhara region. In this way, he expressed the determination of the Ethiopian government to improve the overall humanitarian situation and accelerate the delivery of aid, including food, together with aid…

29 Aug

UN says more than 183 killed in Ethiopia

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UN expressed its concern by the deteriorating human rights situation in some regions of Ethiopia. In Amhara region, following a flare-up in clashes between the Ethiopian military and the regional Fano militia, and the declaration of a state of emergency on 4 August, the situation worsened considerably. At least 183 people have been killed in clashes since July, according to information gathered by the UN Human Rights Office. The wide-ranging state of emergency gives the authorities broad powers nationwide, to arrest suspects without a court order, impose curfews and ban public gatherings. We have received reports that more than 1,000…

31 Jul

Kenya agrees to send 1,000 policemen to Haiti

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Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, is one of the most unstable countries in the Caribbean. Haiti is home to dangerous drug traffickers, gangsters, rapist and even the country's president was killed by gangs two years ago. Currently 80 percent of the country is under the control of gangs where extortion, kidnapping and robbery are openly committed, according to the United Nations. Following the UN's recent call to support Haiti, many countries are pledging their support. Among these countries, Kenya has announced that it has agreed to send one thousand policemen to Haiti. In addition to sending…

29 May

UN Mine Action Service announces to open new office in Mekele ,Tigray

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The war in northern Ethiopia ended after the signing of the peace agreement brokered by Africa Union in South Africa, Pretoria. The African Union, UN, Ethiopia’s federal and regional state governments are working to restore services that were interrupted due to this war. However, the explosives that were buried everywhere during the war disrupting efforts to continue education and other services. The mission of the United Nations (UN) Mine Action Service (UNMAS) to remove explosives and other weapons remnants in northern Ethiopia, including Tigray region, has been authorized by the Federal Government of Ethiopia. According to the statement of the…

08 Feb

UN High Commissioner Visits War-affected areas and IDPs in Ethiopia

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Addis Ababa, Ethio Negari:-U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi traveled to Ethiopia's Tigray region this week to meet with families displaced by conflict. Since arriving in Ethiopia on February 5, Grandi also has met with the president of Ethiopia and with Eritrean refugees in Alemwach camp in Amhara. Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia have faced targeted attacks over the past two years of war. In December, the UNHCR collaborated with partners to relocate 7,000 Eritrean refugees from Tigray to Alemwach. Though access for aid to Tigray has improved since a peace deal was signed in November between the federal government…

31 Oct

Over half a million people newly displaced in Tigray, Afar and Amhara since militarized conflict resumed in August: UN

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A new report by UNICEF says since fighting resumed in late August in Northern Ethiopia, approximately 574,000 people have been additionally displaced in conflict affected Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions. According to the report the total number of people in need of humanitarian assistance throughout Ethiopia stands at 29.7 million out of whom 12.5 million are children. In the most affected Tigray region, due to “continued airstrikes and shelling on multiple fronts, more than 210,000 people have been newly displaced since the resumption of fighting in late August”, the report added. Additional 163,709 people in Afar, in conflict-affected zones bordering Tigray have…

25 Oct

Africa: 91mln Children Under-5 Don’t have Birth Certificate

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More than half of the world’s 164 million unregistered children under the age of five live in Africa, according to a new statistical update on birth registration. The joint report, published by UNICEF and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), puts the number of unregistered children under 5 in Africa around 91 million. The update was launched on Monday at the Experts Group Meeting of the 6th Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration in Addis Ababa. The report says nearly half of all African children under 5 are unregistered, but levels vary widely across countries and regions. Around 20…