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Soldiers from 2Rifles on standby to evaluate britons from. Ethiopia

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  Soldiers from 2 Rifles on standby to evacuate Britons from Ethiopia Larisa Brown The aftermath of an airstrike in Mekele, capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. Thousands of people have died and two million have been displaced during the year-long conflict AP More than 100 soldiers are on standby to move into Ethiopia to help evacuate British citizens caught up in the country’s spiralling conflict. Troops from 2 Rifles are on “notice to move” in neighbouring Kenya as part of government contingency planning, according to army sources. It is unclear exactly how many Britons are in the country, but officials suggest the number is in the hundreds. Thousands of people have been arrested across Ethiopia. The government is targeting those suspected of supporting forces from the Tigray region, who are approaching Addis Ababa BEN CURTIS/AP The source said they were on standby for a “potential evacuation similar to the one in Kabul” where thousands of Afghans and British citize...

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  Biden administration The 202s Polling How redistricting works Debt ceiling Politics Ethiopia's Oromo protest, demand freedom for jailed leaders Oromos protest against the government and call for the release of prominent opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and others, during the annual Irreecha festival in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, on Saturday celebrated the annual Thanksgiving festival of Irreecha, marking the end of winter where people thank God for the blessings of the past year and wish prosperity for the coming year. (AP Photo) (Uncredited/AP) By  Associated Press Today at  10:13 a.m. EDT 0 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, protested Saturday against the government and called for the release of jailed opposition figures as they gathered in the capital for their annual Thanksgiving festival of Irreecha. Scores of people in the center of Addis Ababa c...

NEW PROTESTS BREAKING OUT AT IRREECHA HORA FINFINNE FESTIVAL IN ETHIOPIA CAPITAL

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  Ethiopia / Horn Of Africa / News / Irreechaa / Culture / Africa NEWS: PROTESTS BREAK OUT AT IRREECHA HORA FINFINNE FESTIVAL IN ETHIOPIA’S CAPITAL   addisstandard   /     October 2, 2021 /   5.2k Ireecha Hora Finfinne celebration Source: EBC  By Addis Standard Staff   Addis Abeba, October 02/2021  – Protests calling for the release of political prisoners, PM Abiy Ahmed downfall and praising the Oromo Liberation Army commander widely known as Jaal Maroo broke out in Addis Abeba today in the midst of Irreecha (The Oromo Thanksgiving) 2021 celebrations.  In a heavy presence of federal police,  people gathered in the early hours of the morning at Hora Finfinne in the center of the Capital Addis Abeba to perform rituals. Not long after,  protesters started shouting slogans like “Jawar, Jawar, Jawar”, “Down Down Abiy”, and “Maroo”. Sources on the ground told  Addis Standard  that although the security apparatus response ha...

Namtichi ‘baduun’ barbaadamaa ture osoo ofi barbaadu namoota jidduutti argame

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  Sa'aatii 7 dura Ibsa waa'ee suuraa,  Namtichi ‘bade’ jedhame barbaadamaa ture namoota isa barbaadan giddutti argame Tarkiitti namtichi 'badeera ykn dhabame' jedhamuun barbaadamaa ture tokko, namootuma isa barbaadaa turan jidduutti argamuun dhagahame. Namtichi barbaadamaa ture sunis, kan baramaadamaa jiru isa ta’uu osoo hin hubatiin namoota gareedhaan isa barbaadaa turanitti akka tasaa dabalamee argame jedha miidiyaan Tarkii. Namtichi kunis  Beyhan Mutlu  kan jedhamuufi ga'eessa umuriiin isaa ganna 50ti. Kibxata darbe ture kan hiriyoota isaa wajjin dhugaatii alkoolii osoo dhuguu ka'ee bosona bulchiinsa Bursaa jedhamutti argamu keessa seenee kan dhabame. Inni deebi’uu diduun kan ishee yaaddesse haati warraa isaa fi hiriyoonni isaas qondaaltota mootummaa naannichaatti gabaasan. Gabaasa isaanii hordofees gareen namticha barbaadu gara bakka namtichi itti badee jedhamee sanatti ergame. Namni umuriin isaa ganna 50, Aab Mutluun, warra isa barbaadan argee isaanitti dab...

Antooniyoo Guteereez Itoophiyaan qondaaltota UN ari’uusheetti 'rifachuu 'himan’

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  30 Fuulbaana 2021, 18:05 EAT Haaromsameera Sa'aatii 2 dura MADDA SUURAA,  GETTY IMAGES Barreessaan Ol-aanaa Mootummoota Gamtomanii (UN) Antooniyoo Guteereez, ''Itoophiyaan qondaaltota Dhaabbatichaa biyyaa ari'uu dhagahu kiyyatti naasuu guddaan natti dhaga'ame,'' jechuun ibsan. Antooniyoo Guteereez oduun Itoophiyaan qondaaltota gargaarsa namoomaa ol-aanoo dabalatee hojjattoota UN torba biyyattii keessaa sa'atii 72 keessatti akka ba'aniif ajajje jedhameen naasuun itti dhaga'amuu ibsa Kamisa galgala baasaniin himan. Barreessaa ol-aanaan kun ibsa isaaniitiin, hojiiwwan namoomaa UN hundumtuu ulaagaalee namoomaa, walabummaa, loogii maleessaafi madaalawaan hojjatamu jedhan. ''Itoophiyaa keessatti, UN nyaataa, qoricha, bishaaniifi dhiyeessiiwwan qulqullinaa dabalatee namoota gargaarsi qaqqabuufiin barbaachisuuf deeggarsa lubbuu oolchuu taasisa. ''Hojjattoonni UN Itoophiyaa keessa hojjatanis kana akka hojjataa jiran amantaa guutuun qaba,...

Shakiira: Bineensi karkarroo jedhamu lama weellistuu beekamtuu Kolombiyaa taate Shakiiraa haleelan

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  Shakiira: Bineensi karkarroo jedhamu lama weellistuu beekamtuu Kolombiyaa taate Shakiiraa haleelan Sa'aatii 6 dura MADDA SUURAA,  GETTY IMAGES Ibsa waa'ee suuraa,  Shakiiraa [ 2020 kan kaate] osoo paarkii Ispeen, Baarseloonaa keessa deemtuu bineensotni dhaanan Weellistuu beekamtuu Kolombiyaa fi haati warraa taphataa Baarseloonaa Jeeraard Piiqee, Shakiiraan mucaa ishee waggaa saddetii waliin osoo paarkii magaalaa Baarseloonaa keessa deemtuu karkarroodhaan dhaanamte. Shakiiraan akka jettutti bineensotni kunneen ishee dhaanuun borsaa harka ishee fudhatanii bosona galan. Waan ishee mudate kana gaafa Roobii fuula Inistaagiraamii ishee irratti qoodde. Borsaa irratti tarsaasan garuu amma sirresiteettu gara kaameeraatti qabdee akkas jette.. Ilaalaa akkatti bineensoni boor [karkarroo] jedhaman paarkii keessatti na dhaanuun borsaa koo kan godhan,'' jette. Borsaakoo moobaayila keessa jiru waliin fudhatanii bosona galan,'' jette weellistuun kun. ''Waan hundumaa ba...

EXCLUSIVE Afghan central bank drained dollar stockpile before Kabul fell - document

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The Afghan central bank ran down most of its U.S. dollar cash reserves in the weeks before the Taliban took control of the country, according to an assessment prepared for Afghanistan's international donors, exacerbating the current economic crisis. The confidential, two-page brief, written early this month by senior international economic officials for institutions including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, said the country's severe cash shortage began before the Taliban took control of Kabul. It criticised how the central bank's former leadership handled the crisis in the months before the Taliban's conquest, including decisions to auction unusually large amounts of U.S. dollars and move money from Kabul to provincial branches. "FX (foreign exchange) reserves in CB's (central bank) vaults in Kabul have depleted, the CB cannot meet ... cash requests," the report, seen by Reuters, said "The biggest source of the problem is the mismanage...