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Ethiopia

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:09:42 GMT
Ethiopia Conducts a Reactive Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign to Protect Communities Around an Affected District
[WHO] A yellow fever vaccination campaign targeting 700 000 people in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) and Oromia regions was conducted in November 2020, achieving 93% of the target. The campaign aimed to stop the spread of an outbr...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:07:23 GMT
Patent Right Encourages Innovation
[Ethiopian Herald] Besides the legal aspect, patent rights have an important role in boosting productivity by giving confidence for innovators and hence encouraging innovation. Patent rights give confidence to innovators to pursue new ones and come u...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:57:11 GMT
Will the Ten-Year Development Plan Foster Quality Growth Unlike Paper Tiger Ones?
[Ethiopian Herald] Over the years, Ethiopia has been effectuating long-term economic plans that brought socioeconomic improvements in the country. But these consecutive development schemes have failed to bring tangible changes in the lives of the peo...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 20:24:26 GMT
Ethiopian Dam Negotiations in Deadlock
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- A digital meeting of the Sudanese, Egyptian and Ethiopian ministers of Foreign Affairs and Water Resources yesterday failed to reach agreement on a formula to continue negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:34:31 GMT
Very Difficult to Participate in Polls Under Current Conditions - Oromo Federalist Congress
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Opposition party Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) has released yet another statement last night saying that the party will find it "very difficult" to participate in the coming general elections scheduled to take place ...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:31:08 GMT
Ministry to Establish Language Research Authority
[Ethiopian Herald] Various efforts have been undertaken to establish the first language research authority to develop and administer the language resources in the country, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced.

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:25:00 GMT
Ethiopia Urges Sudan to Withdraw Army From Occupied Territories
[Nation] Ethiopia's Border Affairs Committee (EBAC) has urged Sudan to urgently pull its forces from forcibly occupied "Ethiopian territories".

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:22:35 GMT
Amhara Region Police Chief Reveals How Region's Police Force Guided Federal Steel-Clad Mechanized Forces to Join 'War' in Tigray
[Addis Standard] A speech delivered by Commissioner Abere Adamu, Chief Commissioner of the Amhara Regional State Police Commission, added a new dynamic into a cascade events leading up to the armed conflict in Tigray regional state, which broke out t...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:29:54 GMT
Kenyans Make Debut As Great Ethiopian Run Marks 20th Anniversary in Style
[Capital FM] Addis Ababa -- The Kenyan trio of Solomon Boit, Evans Kipkemei and Kennedy Kimutai had a taste of the Total Great Ethiopian Run that celebrated its 20th Anniversary on Sunday in the Ethiopian Capital.

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:29:08 GMT
The 20th Edition GER Supports Birds' Conservation in Ethiopia
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The 2020 Great Ethiopian Run (GER), which is Ethiopia's flagship annual event, has supported bird conservation in the country.

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:14:05 GMT
States Must Join Hands to Resolve Regional Issues
[Nation] For many years, the peace and security in the Horn of Africa has remained delicate due to lack of a binding collective action by the member states, who share the region's prosperity.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:00:48 GMT
African Union Commission Chair 'Undermined' Peace Effort
[African Arguments] The Ethiopian civil war broke out following the November 4 attack by Tigray regional forces on the base of federal troops in Mekelle, capital of the northern Ethiopian regional state. Although the relationship between Addis Ababa ...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:26:42 GMT
Railway Corporation, Chinese Company Sign MOU to Develop Infrastructures
[ENA] Ethiopian Railway Corporation and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop infrastructures connecting the national railway line with Awash Petroleum Depot.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 18:30:49 GMT
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - Sudan 'Deeply Concerned'
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan's Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Yasir Abbas, has expressed "deep concern" over the Ethiopia's intention to proceed with the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the absence of bilat...

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:38:26 GMT
Africa's Road to Recovery in 2021 Is a Fresh Start
[Chatham House] The continent now has a chance to reshape its relations with the global economy to create greater pan-African prosperity and resilience for future generations.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:09:52 GMT
AU's Peace and Security Council Played 'Marginal Role' in 2020 Crises
[ISS] The African Union Peace and Security Council's (PSC) response to emerging crises in 2020 was marginal. This is primarily because the AU's ability to intervene in crises is restricted by its principles of national sovereignty (non-interference) ...

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 08:53:25 GMT
Eritrea in the Tigray War - What We Know and Why It Might Backfire
[African Arguments] The war against the TPLF will not be quick or easy, and it already looks to be going badly for Eritrea's president.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:39:55 GMT
With Schools Closed, a Glimmer of Hope in a Coding Boot-Camp
[Africa Renewal] In early December 2020, a 10-day coding boot camp, organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the International Telecommunication Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, brought together over 2,000 young girls from around Africa.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:36:36 GMT
AfCFTA Stepping Stone to Continental Prosperity
[Ethiopian Herald] 'Merkato', the largest open market in Ethiopia, is filled with products imported from China, India, Singapore, Italy, and Malaysia, among others. One can, sometimes, find produces locally secured. And the reason for the retailers t...

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:14:32 GMT
The Ethiopian Taste of Christmas (Genna) Celebration
[Ethiopian Herald] January 7th, is the day when the historically Ethiopian Christmas has been celebrated and Ethiopians are not the only ones who do so. Russian orthodox and other orthodox celebrate Christmas on January 7.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:36:37 GMT
Haddis Alemayehu and Dagnachew Workuethiopian Short Stories in English - the Great Pioneers
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopian literature has been characterized for many centuries by the unchallenged sway Ge'ez or the language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church held over all aspects of intellectual life including literature. Ge'ez literature largel...

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:36:35 GMT
Monetizing Mining Industry
[Ethiopian Herald] It appears clear that Ethiopia is inundated with a wide spectrum of worthwhile minerals that can transform the lives of the general public and create more jobs at the earliest possible opportunity if utilized in the appropriate man...

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:36:31 GMT
Amhara State Preparing 10-Year Investment Plan
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- Amhara State Investment Bureau is preparing a ten-year investment plan in a bid to create more jobs and facilitate technology transfer in agro-processing, agriculture, and infrastructures as well as power supply, accor...

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:36:30 GMT
Commendable Efforts for Safeguarding Consumers
[Ethiopian Herald] Artificial price hike and hoarding goods and services taking advantage of special circumstances like annual festivities is becoming common phenomenon in Ethiopia.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:36:29 GMT
Ethiopia - Origin of High Quality Gemstones
[Ethiopian Herald] Gemstones have never played any significant economic role in the long history and rich culture of Ethiopia. It is only in the last two decades that Ethiopia has emerged in the gem trade. Rondeau et al. reported the discovery of lar...

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:36:28 GMT
Reflecting On the Year 2020
[Ethiopian Herald] Gregorian 2020 will be remembered for many things in Ethiopia leaving aside whatever may have happened abroad. In many ways, it was a defining year for us.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:17:06 GMT
Utilizing Opportunities, Overcoming Challenges to Encourage Small and Medium Scale Industries
[Ethiopian Herald] The government in its poverty reduction scheme emphasizes on broadening job-creating opportunities and eyes on the manufacturing sector to take the lion's share of the economy. So far, hundreds of thousands could benefit from the s...

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:15:58 GMT
'Genna' Christ's Birthday Anniversary, Indispensible Part of Ethiopian Cultures
[Ethiopian Herald] 'Genna' Ethiopian Christmas is one of religious ceremonies that is celebrated to memorialize the birth of Jesus Christ the Son of Man. Grand ceremonies are held where Christians remember that Jesus was crucified for us before resur...

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:36:37 GMT
Gondar City, Surroundings Lure About 3.8 Billion Birr Investment
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA (ENA) - Some 75 Investors with close to 3.8 billion Birr registered capital have obtained licenses to operate in Gondar city and the surroundings during the past five months, according to the city administration.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:36:32 GMT
Introducing Capital Market - What Is At Stake?
[Ethiopian Herald] Weeks ago, the Council of Ministers sent the draft law regarding the establishment of capital market to the House of Peoples Representative for debate and to be ratified.



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