The Federal First Insta“The violence was called by extremist Oromo groups who disseminated fake news that activist turned politician Jawar Mohammed contracted coronavirus in a prison cell, the Oromia police said.The federal police and attorney general in a statement said Jawar is “safe and healthy” even though he interrupted Monday’s court proceeding, claiming he was sick.Police accused Jawar of leaving the courtroom now and then and disturbing the proceeding which was scheduled to listen to the prosecutor’s witnesses against the defendant. The team that came to power ousting the TPLF was commonly called "Team Lemma. June 17, 2020. COVID-19 reveals risky life on the buses for Ethiopia's children Thomson Reuters Foundation News 14:10 27-Aug-20 Yassin Juma free of Covid-19, opts to stay in Ethiopia The Star, Kenya 13:43 27-Aug-20 Kabobs and more at StickEm restaurant in Midtown The Commercial Appeal, Tennessee 13:06 27-Aug-20 National Bank of Ethiopia introduces cash withdrawal limits . SEATTLE -- Hundreds of local Ethiopians are joining forces with those in their native country to protest the recent unrest that has rocked the country. Ethiopia generated US 329.3 million from export in April . After conflicting reports, Ethiopia says it is not deliberately filling Blue Nile mega dam, points to heavy rainfall.Development comes as latest round of talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on contentious dam ended with no agreement.Technical and legal disagreements persist as declared window to resolve dispute over giant Nile project closes fast.The shooting of Oromo musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa sparked protests last week in which at least 239 people were killed. According to the survivors, no single Muslim was killed or wounded butEyewitnesses in Ambo town told Ezega.com that police apprehended quite a lot of violent youth groups as they were attempting to instigate unrest.According to eyewitnesses, town residents managed to stop the attempted mob attack ahead of police arrival.The mob is believed to be directed by radical Oromo groups who are mainly based in the US and Canada who are followers of the Oromo Media Network (OMN).The planned mob attack was supposed to run for five days, starting from Monday, August 3, 2020, and intended to obstruct economic and trading activities in Addis Ababa by cutting or blocking linking roads.“Our communication team recognizes the negative impact of our recent media output and apologizes for posting it in error,” it said.Last June, Ethiopia dismissed Amnesty’s May 2020 report regarding human rights violations in Amhara and Oromia regional states as fundamentally flawed.Amnesty International had accused the Ethiopian government of committing “grave violations between December 2018 and December 2019 in some parts of Amhara and Oromia regions".The government had called on the organization to review its report which it dismissed as “lacking impartiality”.Fog enveloped the central capital and its adjoining areas in the morning and the situation deteriorated in the afternoon.According to the airline, the cloudy weather and fog had reduced visibility at the runway of the airport at noon, forcing authorities to reschedule flights leaving the capital.The foggy weather condition has disrupted several scheduled flights until late on Tuesday but the airline did not mention the number of flights interrupted.It also did not specify where the incoming flights are landing in other airports of the country.The office said there has been adequate rainfall and running water from the highlands of Ethiopia and the Abay (Nile) river has begun overflowing the dam.Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has sent congratulatory messages to the Ethiopian public and extended gratitude to former Prime Ministers, engineers, workers, water experts, negotiators, and others who have had roles for such a success.Accordingly, the dam has contained 4.9 billion cubic meters of water and will begin generating power next September with two turbines.He said the dam will be fully completed over the coming three years if joint efforts are exerted and “The dam filling is now underway in conformity with the normal process of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,” Dr. Sileshi told local media.The Minister’s confirmation comes after the African Union (AU) led negotiation between Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt over the filling and operation of the GERD ended without agreement.The three countries negotiated virtually on the first filling and annual operations of the dam for the last couple of weeks as led by the Bureau of the African Union Assembly but ended without an agreement.According to a press release issued by the Ethiopian Ministry of Water, IThe refusal by the three-member states of the Arab League comes after the UN urged Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt to "work together" to resolve differences on the GERD project that Ethiopia is undertaking on the Nile.The three countries refused to follow the Arab League Resolution that supports Egypt stance’s on GERD during the league’s urgent meeting on issues related to the GERD and the standoff between Libya and Egypt.The resolution submitted by Egypt and approved by Arab foreign ministers was passed on Tuesday in a virtual conference requested by Cairo.The Ethiopian Intelligence office said Egypt based hackers namely Cyber Hopes Group, Anubis Hacker, and Security bypass conducted a coordinated attack to disrupt critical infrastructure activities including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project.The Information Networks Security Agency (INSA) in a statement said it foiled all the attempted attacks particularly those which were conducted on June 17, 19, 20, and 21, 2020 by Egypt backed hackers.The attackers were believed to have been working on behalf of the Egyptian government, an indictment the Ethiopian government has made for the first time against the North African nation.In an interview with the state-run Addis Zemen newspaper the deputy chief of staff said “Egyptians and the rest of the world know very well how Ethiopians manage and win war whenever it happens,”The army chief accused Egyptian authorities of holding distorted views and threatening Ethiopia and others who want to make fair use of the Nile water.The general’s comments come after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told lawmakers earlier this week that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project is a matter of life and death to the Ethiopian people and diplomacy should take center stage to resolve outstanding issues.Ethiopia reaffirmed that it would commence filling of the GERD’s reservoir next July during a ministerial meeting chaired by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday.The water filling strategy for the dam has long been the most controversial issue and yet unresolved in the Nile talks between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan.Recently, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sammy Shoukry submitted a 15-page complaint letter to the United Nations Security Council via Mohammed Endris, the Egyptian ambassador to the UN.Cairo once again warned that Ethiopia’s move to fill the dam ahead of the tripartite agreement will potentially pose a seri