Addis Ababa, June 20, 2018 (FBC) –Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed thanked President Isaias Afworki for the positive response to Ethiopia’s peace and reconciliation overture.

He also expressed his readiness to welcome warmly and with considerable goodwill the Eritrean delegation to Addis, according to Fitsum Arega, Chief of Staff at the Prime Minister office.
President Isaias today announced plan to send a delegation to Addis Ababa for peace talks with Ethiopia.
The announcement was made at the annual martyr’s day celebration in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea.
The war fought between the two countries caused massive damage, pulled back the economy of both nations, and resulted in displacement of people, the President said.
 

Addis Ababa, June 20, 2018 (FBC) -Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed today held discussion with residents of Welkite town in Gurage zone of the SNNP regional state.

The discussion which brought together elders and representatives of the community mainly focused on conflict that occurred last week in the town and its environs.
The city of Hawassa and Wolaita are also among the areas affected by the recent conflict that left 15 people dead in the SNNP regional state.
In today’s discussion, the Prime Minister responded to questions raised by participants, which among others include the cause of the conflict between Gurage and Kebena people in the zone. 
In his reply, the Prime Minister urged zonal and woreda leaders of Sidama, Wolaita, Gurage and Kebena to resign immediately by taking full responsibilities for allowing the conflicts to happen.
“I think they will do so,” he said.
The residents also raised questions related to problems of infrastructure and good governance.
The Prime Minister said the question regarding delay in infrastructure projects will get solution soon.
The Premier also urged the youth in particular, and the community in general to safeguard peace in the region and fight against forces who want to get political benefit by instigating ethnic conflicts.
 
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Addis Ababa, June 20, 2018 (FBC) -The United States has withdrawn from the United Nations' top human rights body accusing it of "chronic bias" against Israel.

The decision to pull out of the UN Human Rights Council was announced on Tuesday by Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN.
"We take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organisation that makes a mockery of human rights," she said alongside US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington, DC.
Minutes later, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, called the announcement by US President Donald Trump's administration "disappointing, if not really surprising".
"Given the state of human rights in today's world, the US should be stepping up, not stepping back," he added.
The European Union said the move "risks undermining the role of the US as a champion and supporter of democracy on the world stage", while British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called it "regrettable".
On the other hand, Israel, a major ally of the US, praised Washington's "courageous" move.
Source: Aljazeera
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(የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር)- የኢፌዲሪ ጠ/ሚኒስትር ዶ/ር አብይ አህመድ የደቡብ ሱዳን ፕሬዝዳንት ሳልቫ ኪርና የተቃዋሚ መሪ ሬክ ማቻር የአገራቸው ሠላም የመጨረሻ ዕልባት እንዲያገኝ ያላቸውን ልዩነት እንዲየጠቡ አሳስቧቸዋል። ጠ/ሚኒስትሩ ትላንት ምሽት በፅ/ቤታቸው ሁለቱን መሪዎች በነጋገሩበት ወቅት በዘመናት ትግል ነፃ የወጡትን ህዝብ ከሞት ፣እንግልት እና ስደት መታደግ አለባቸው ብለዋል። ሁለቱ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ መሪዎች አዲስ አበባ ውስጥ ሲገናኙ ከሁለት […]

(Sendek)- ሕገመንግስታዊ ሥርዓቱ ተከትለው ወደ ስልጣን በመጡት የኢትዮጵያ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አስተዳደር ላይ አሲረዋል ተብለው የተጠረጠሩ ሶስት አምባሳደሮች ሊጠሩ መሆኑን ምንጮቻችን ገለፁ፡፡ በሴራ የተጠረጠሩት አምባሳደር ዶክተር ተቀዳ አለሙ በተባበሩት መንግስታት የኢትዮጵያ ቋሚ መልክተኛ፣ በካናዳ የኢትዮጵያ አምባሳደር ወ/ሮ አስቴር ማሞ እና በአሜሪካ የኢትዮጵያ አምባሳደር አቶ ካሳ ተክለብርሃን ሲሆኑ፣ ግለሰቦቹ የሀገሪቷን ጥቅም በሚፃረር ሁኔታዎች ውስጥ ሴራ አድርገዋል ተብለው […]

( ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ)- የኢፌዴሪ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ዶክተር አብይ አህመድ የኤርትራ ፕሬዚዳንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ ለኢትዮጵያ መንግስት የእርቅና ድርድር ጥሪ ለሰጡት ምላሽ ምስጋና አቀረቡ። በመልዕክታቸውም ኢትዮጵያ የኤርትራን የልዑካን ቡድንን በታላቅ አክብሮት ተቀብላ ለማስተናገድ ዝግጁ መሆኗን ነው ያስታወቁት። የኤርትራው ፕሬዚዳንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ ምላሻቸውን የሰጡት በየዓመቱ በሚከበረው የሰማዕታት መታሰቢያ ቀን ላይ በቀጥታ ቴሌቪዥን ስርጭት ባደረጉት ንግግር ሲሆን፥ በድንበር ጉዳይ ላይ […]

(ኤፍ ቢ ሲ)- በደቡብ ክልል ሲዳማ፣ ወላይታ እና ጉራጌ ዞኖች እና ቀቤና ወረዳ አመራሮች በየአካባቢዎቹ ሰሞኑን ለተፈጠሩት ግጭቶች ኃላፊነት ወስደው ስልጣን በገዛ ፈቃዳቸው ሊለቁ እንደሚገባ እና ያንንም አመራሮቹ እንደሚፈፅሙ እምነት እንዳላቸው የኢፌዴሪ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዶክተር አብይ አህመድ ገለፁ። ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ከትናንት ጀምሮ በሀዋሳ፣ ወላይታ ሶዶ እና ወልቂጤ ከተሞች ከየአካባቢዎቹ ነዋሪዎች ጋር ተወያይተዋል። በዛሬው እለት ከጉራጌ […]

(ኤፍ ቢ ሲ)- ኤርትራ ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር ገንቢ ውይይት የሚያደርግ ከፍተኛ ልዑኳን ወደ አዲስ አበባ ልትልክ መሆኑን አስታወቀች። የኤርትራው ፕሬዚዳንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ በየዓመቱ በሚከበረው የሰማዕታት መታሰቢያ ቀን ላይ በቀጥታ ቴሌቪዥን ስርጭት ባደረጉት ንግግር፥ በድንበር ጉዳይ ላይ የሚነጋገር የሃገራቸውን ልዑክ ወደ አዲስ አበባ ለመላክ ማሰባቸውን ተናግረዋል። በጃፓን የኤርትራ አምባሳደር የሆኑት አቶ እስጢፋኖስ አፈወርቂ፥ ሃገራቸው ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር ገንቢ […]