Addis Standard
Getting Around in Addis
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- Getting Around in Addis
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- 5:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Getting around in Addis Ababa has become increasingly difficult due to a shortage of public transportation and congestion, making mobility in the city quite challenging.
With increasing fuel prices and living costs skyrocketing, it is making people's day-to-day lives difficult.
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- The Innovator
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- 8:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Meet Fedasa an ambitious innovator who struggled with life and unfavorable conditions to bring his ideas to life.
He worked in a bakery and put his siblings through school while sacrificing his own education.
His life is both incredible and inspirational
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- "They demand cash and intimated us with threats of confiscating our goods"
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- 6:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Although, they supply affordable commodities for their customers who can't afford to buy products from shop owners, life for irregular vendors in the streets of #Addis_Abeba has increasingly became near unbearable due largely to constant harassment from law enforcement bodies, which includes confiscations of their items and physical abuses.
Watch our video report on the daily ordeals of irregular street vendors to survive!
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- Meet Ezedin Kamil:
- Runtime
- 10:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ezedin is a young innovator who is making a significant impact on digitalization in Ethiopia. Despite his young age, he has already achieved remarkable accomplishments. He aspires to become a billionaire.
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- A Facebook post "killed" my father and younger brother
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- 7:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Social media platforms have been facing allegations of exacerbating violence in Ethiopia. Facebook, in particular, is facing a lawsuit in Kenya by Abrham Meareg, the son of an Ethiopian academic who was tragically killed following calls made for harm against him on the platform.
Freweyni Hetsay, too, experienced the devastating loss of her father and brother due to the propagation of hate speech and the incitement of violence on this social media platform.
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- #Shorts War In Amhara
- Runtime
- 3:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
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- #Shorts Gedu Andargachew parliament
- Runtime
- 3:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Green Legacy initiative
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
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- #Shorts Prime Minister Abiy Meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi 13/07/2023
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Exciting News from team AS!
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Exciting News from team AS!
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- Ethiopians suffering in Saudi prisons
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Addis Standard has been following the conditions of Ethiopian citizens who are languishing in prisons in Saudi Arabia for several months.
This exclusive video shows the continued suffering of Ethiopian prisoners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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- Pekka Haavisto responds to questions from EU Parliament members on June 15/2021
- Runtime
- 12:55
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- An alarming video with claims from Pekka Haavisto, Foreign Minister of Finland and EU's envoy to Ethiopia, has emerged in which the top EU diplomat alleged that Ethiopian leaders told him in February of their intents to "wipe out the Tigrayans."
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- Maj Gen Belay Seyoum at Mekelle town hall meeting
- Runtime
- 24:26
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Video Credit: Ethio App
In a speech that lasted for more than 20 minutes and delivered as part of his responses to questions raised by the residents of Mekelle, the capital of Tigray regional state, Major General Belay Seyoum Commander of the Northern Command, said the the army knows "the problems being raised" with regard to the Eritrean forces in Tigray and "it's painful."
Video Credit: Ethio App
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- Medical interns, students and professionals stage protests in multiple cities
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- There were protest demonstrations today by medical interns and students of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital and St Paul General Specialized Hospital in Addis Abeba. Video: Tikur Anbessa
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- IDPs in Basketo
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The conflict that erupted around the boundaries of Melekoza and Basketo Special woreda of Gamo Gofa zone has left more than 37,000 people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
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- Gov OLF SG peace committe presser
- Runtime
- 7:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Freshly back from "a medical trip abroad", Lemma Megerssa, president of Oromia regional state, expressed his support to the recent peace deal signed between the government and the rebel group OLF-SG, according to the committee organized to oversee the peace deal.
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- 2018 in review by Addis Standard
- Runtime
- 6:09
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- By all standards, the year 2018 can be categorized as Ethiopia’s extraordinary year. Each month was packed with eventful events: from the pleasing to the shocking, from the utopian to the daunting. For Ethiopia and Ethiopians, 2018 was a year like no other. Here are some of the major events that led as, at Addis Standard, to call the year “Ethiopia’s extraordinary year.”
Declaimer: The events featured in this video are not by any means exhaustive, but capture the events that define PM Abiy's EPRDF.
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- Addres at the 73 UN General Assembly by Workneh Gebeyehu
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- 9:49
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Speech delivered at the 73rd UN General Assembly by Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu. He "highlighted the major developments in the Horn of Africa region and underscored the aspirations for regional integration that would benefit all countries in the region," according to Workneh's Facebook post.
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- Addis Abeba Police commissioner Major General Degefe Bede
- Runtime
- 22:02
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The Addis Abeba police commission commissioner, major General Degefe Bede gave a presser. According to him 28 people were killed in Addis Abeba alone due to the violence in the city following flag confrontations between city youth and youths who came from Oromia regional state during the welcoming ceremony of OLF's homecoming. The victims were killed either by stoning, stabbing and beating in a span of three days.
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- Flag confrontations
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A video sent to Addis Standard yesterday by an eye witness who was at the scene near St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College shows a group of young people waiving the unofficial green, yellow and red flag and shouting "this is the flag" while a voice in the background indicates of the use of "teargas."
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- Gedeo Guji crisis
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Schools. Factories. Courthouses. These are just a few of the buildings that now act as shelters for displaced families in southern Ethiopia after a wave of inter-communal clashes along the border areas of Gedeo and West Guji zones drove nearly one million people from their homes.
This is a short video prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross
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- Ministry of defense says its Military justice branch is discharging its constitutional duty.
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- 4:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Ministry of defense says its Military justice branch says it is discharging its constitutional duty in overseeing cases in its military court in order to guarantee the respect for the rule of law. In a rather unusual, yet detailed interview with the state TV, Major Fanta Salile, defense ministry military justice prosecutor, and Major Desalehgn Daka, defense ministry military court defense attorney, explained about military court procedures, rules and regulations within the context of the constitution and that of the criminal law. They have also explained how and when members of the army are brought to the military court. A curious news bulletin?
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- Volunteering to help the Mentally ill
- Runtime
- 5:35
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- This video was shared with Addis Standard by a member of the Addis Standard Facebook pages. It was posted by the St. Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital in Addis Abeba, the only hospital in Ethiopia treating people with mental illness. A group of volunteers in Addis Abeba came together to help fellow citizens who suffer from mental illness but abandoned! One of those moments that restore hope in humanity!
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- On the lifting of terrorist lebels
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- 3:55
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Addis Standard's editor Tsedale Lemma gave interview to Africa54 of the Voice of America TV on the importance of the lifting of terrorist labels by the Ethiopian parliament from the three political organizations Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), Patriotic Ginbot 7 (PG7) and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). Its importance is not only confined to these three organizations but to the thousands of Ethiopians who have been charged with terrorism for alleged connection with these organization. With the lifting of terrorist labels from these organizations, the practice of charging civilians with terrorism because of these organizations seems to clearly come to an end, she highlighted.
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- Questions and answers session between PM Abiy Ahmed and the Ethiopian community in Minnesota
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- 2:12:45
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Questions and answers sessions between PM Abiy Ahmed and Lemma Megerssa, President of the Oromia regional state and the Ethiopian community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Diverse and complex questions as well as answers.
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- Rare footage following the bomb blast on Saturday
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- 3:48
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- This rare footage showing the police car driving straight into the crowd gathered at the rally to support PM Abiy Ahmed. The video is filmed by former journalist Issayas Mekruria and was posted on his Facebook page. He said he has seen this moment and decided to film it from what looks like a balcony in a nearby apartment.
The same police car was later on set on fire. It is not clear why the driver decided to speed the car through the crowd, angering many who started smashing its windows.
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- Tendaho Sugar Factor y and sugar cane farmers controversy
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- 6:18
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Ethiopia: Farmers who were producing sugar cane input for Tendaho Sugar factory in #Afar Regional State say they were neither payed for their produce, nor able to work & weed is invading the land. The factory says it is working to solve the problem.
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- የኢፌድሪ ምክትል ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ክቡር አቶ ደመቀ መኮንን በዛሬዉ ዕለት በአምቦ ከተማ ያደረጉት ንግግር ! ሚያያ 201
- Runtime
- 4:27
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Deputy PM Demeke Mekonnen, also spoke to the crowd in #Ambo, a city he called a proud city of diversity where everyone lives in peace together. He referred to the day as "historic" & called on all to work towards building an Ethiopia where its citizens can live in peace.
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- Haasaa Mummichi Minstra FDRI kab Dr Abiy guyyaa har'aa Magaalaa Ambootti ta
- Runtime
- 6:51
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Full speech in Afaan Oromoo delivered by Ethiopia's Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed in the historic city of Ambo, 125 km west of Addis Abeba and the epicenter of the four years #Oromoprotests
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- Fleeing the violence in Ethiopia
- Runtime
- 6:43
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The BBC Emmanuel Ingunza report from the Kenyan border where thousands of people have taken refuge amid warnings of a growing humanitarian crisis
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- Emotional moment between Dr .Fikru and his daughter
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- "What I thought would end up as the last day of injustice, became yet another pointless court date. Adjourned to 6th of October and the judges didn't even bother to explain what os in what count dad has to defend himself. I was devastated at first, but then I visited him in prison. He was stronger than ever, and he reminded me to be strong as well. The fight never stops to #freefikru" Emy Fikru
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- Crows are going to AFRICA!!! It is with bursting at the seams excitement that
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba has finalized preparations to bring the American music band “Crow and Canyon,” to perform in Ethiopia.
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- Abadula Gemeda apologizes
- Runtime
- 2:45
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Ethiopia's House speaker Abadula Gemeda apologizes for erring vote counting on state of emergency as decision sparks fresh protests
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- Did Ethiopian Parliament rig state of emergency vote?
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- "Out of the members of parliament we have, eight are not available in their duty due to death and other reasons. The total number of members of parliament we have is therefore 539. Of these 539, according to the proclamation, two-third of it will be 339. The vote we have got in support of is 346; against is 88; and 7 have abstained.” Abadula Gemeda
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- AS-Snap
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
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