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Ethiopia

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:35:21 GMT
Global Health Governance From the Grassroots
[Reporter] The World Health Assembly met last week amid a slew of proposals most recently from the United Nations Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response to create stronger, enforceable global rules for tackling future infectious dis...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:27:43 GMT
Bahir Dar FC Signs Sponsorship Deal With Dashen Beer
[Reporter] Bahir Dar City football club signed a five-year sponsorship deal worth 78 million birr with Dashen beer in a ceremony held at Sheraton hotel.

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 10:43:39 GMT
Sour Colonial Past in 'The Shadow King'
[East African] The failed invasion of Ethiopia by Italy in 1935 is focus of novelist Maaza Mengiste's book, The Shadow King, and she recently used events from that time to address inclusion at a global virtual conference held to discuss pluralism and...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:07:22 GMT
Tigray Rebels Say They Intend to Fight Until Victory
[VOA] Hawzen -- Shops remained shuttered, some government workers hadn't been paid and the town's main hospital was laid to waste. But the Tigrayan fighters still claimed victory, swaggering through the streets of Hawzen with their guns.

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:29:41 GMT
Reporter's Notebook - Breezy Regional Capital Belies Horrors of Tigray Conflict
[VOA] The breezy, cool markets are moderately crowded on Wednesday afternoon, and blue tuk-tuks whiz through the streets. Sidewalk juice and coffee shops are busy, in what appears to be a relaxed regional capital.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:16:32 GMT
Institute Formulates Policy to Dissemination of Geospatial Data
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Geospatial Information Institute disclosed that it has formulated a policy to regulate dissemination of environmental and geographical data via a single account. Institute Director-General Tullu Besha (PhD) told The E...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:16:32 GMT
Economic, Diplomatic Ties With China Invigorating - Mofa
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The 50-year-old diplomatic and political relations between Ethiopia and China have now been transformed to the level of strategic cooperation partnership and the latter has become the leading foreign investor in the E...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:16:29 GMT
Zamzam-First Full-Fledged Non-Interest Bank Goes Operational
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - ZamZam Bank, the nation's first fully-fledged, interest-free bank (IFB) to obtain operating license from the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), officially launched yesterday its main branch that makes the firm the pione...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:16:28 GMT
Ethiopian Cities Missing the Environmental, Health and Economic Gains of Cycling
[Ethiopian Herald] Located some 273 KMs south east of Addis Ababa, Hawasa city rests on a vast plain land adjacent to the beautiful lake Hawasa. Coupled with its conducing weather for cycling, its residents for many years used to ride bike both as a ...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:16:27 GMT
Partners Launch Green Jobs Project in Leather Tannery
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - People in Need (PIN Lead), International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Solidaridad (SOL) have commenced a three-year green jobs project in a leather tannery in Modjo town.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:16:27 GMT
Geothermal Energy to Support Country's Future Economic Well-Being
[Ethiopian Herald] "Coupled with its suitability for investment, Ethiopia is one of the best places for foreign investors. The government of Ethiopia is highly dedicated to support every foreign investor that is engaging in different investment secto...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:16:31 GMT
Lake Afdera - a Hypersaline Lake in the Danakil Depression
[Ethiopian Herald] Sunken into a deep depression, surrounded by a cascade of mountains and the active Tat Ali volcanic ridges, Lake Afrera shimmers in emerald green. One of the two hypersaline lakes of the Danakil Depression, taking a dip here provid...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:13:36 GMT
University Vows to Credible Elections
[Ethiopian Herald] DEBRE BERHAN- Debre Berhan University expressed desire to contribute share for the national efforts to conduct a democratic and credible elections through in inculcating innovative ideas and solve problems democracy building has be...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 04:58:19 GMT
Protests at U.S. Sanctions A Sign of Deteriorating Relations - Observers
[DW] Thousands of Ethiopians demonstrated against new US sanctions this week. The US announced visa restrictions in response to the ongoing Tigray conflict. Observers fear relations between the countries have hit rock bottom.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 15:23:47 GMT
Regional Govt Denies Allegations of Torture by Eritrean Troops
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Oromia Regional Government denied the allegations made by the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), as well as residents of wollega about Eritrean soldiers committing atrocities in the Oromia region. In an interview with B...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:16:31 GMT
Stem Power Program in Generating Energetic Youths
[Ethiopian Herald] STEMpower has exerted its maximum effort to boost Science ,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education to empower women and creating generation of problem -solver youths, so disclosed by STEMpower.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:16:19 GMT
Ethiopia Envisions to Be Model of Water Development
[Ethiopian Herald] ARBA MINCH - Ethiopia aspires to become the model a model of water development and energy production in East Africa with a view to uniting countries in the region in one energy power bank, Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy s...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:13:32 GMT
Interim Administration Disburses Fertilizers to 22 Woredas
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- Tigray Interim Administration Agriculture and Rural Development Bureau disclosed that it has distributed 102, 267 quintals of fertilizers to 22 Woredas in Tigray State of Ethiopia for the coming rainy season.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 04:42:42 GMT
KenGen Commences Drilling Works for Ethiopia Electric Power Geothermal Well
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has started drilling the first geothermal well for Ethiopia Electric Power (EEP) company, setting in motion Phase II of the Sh7.6 billion contract.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:06:47 GMT
Pre-Election Successes Signals Credible Polls
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The success witnessed in the pre-election period and government's commitment to enshrine democratic culture guarantees credible and successful elections, according to experts. The experts told local media that establi...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:06:47 GMT
Upgrading Credit, Saving Associations in a Way to Outpace the Economy
[Ethiopian Herald] Widely acceptable that Ethiopia, as one of the world's fastest growing economies, is seeing carefully laid plans to boost its economy. And in order to strengthen the national economic growth better than ever, the government of Ethi...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:06:46 GMT
GERD Second Filling to Take Place As Per Schedule
[Ethiopian Herald] ARBA MINCH - Activities to the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir are being carried out without any interruption and through the schedule, Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Sileshi Bekele (Ph...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:06:46 GMT
Ethiopia's Green Legacy Bolsters Regional Integration - Mofa
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia has made ready to distribute one billion seedlings to the neighboring countries and the move would play an important role in strengthening regional integration, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (M...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:06:42 GMT
Engineers Striving to Expand Local Off Grid Energy Access
[Ethiopian Herald] Zenebu Abraha and her family live in Tsetsera, Raya Alamata Woreda of Southern Tigray Zone, and a village found around 8 kilometers from Alamata town. Zenebu's village has no access to energy. As a result Zenebu and her neighbors h...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 06:13:32 GMT
Ethiopian Leader's Claim About Building 100 New Dams Provokes Anger in Egypt
[VOA] Cairo -- Egyptian media broadcast an angry statement by Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Hafez criticizing Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed's declaration about building "100 new small and medium-sized dams" on waterways across his country dur...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 05:11:38 GMT
UN Warns 90% of People in Tigray Need Food Aid
[DW] The UN's World Food Program has sounded the alarm over the high number of people it says require emergency food assistance in the conflict-hit region of northern Ethiopia after seven months of fighting.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:12:10 GMT
Ethiopia to Construct Four Expressways to Connect With Region
[Ethiopian Herald] Adama -- In a bid to enhance intraregional trade and people-to-people relations, Ethiopia plans to construct four expressways that connect the capital Addis Ababa with neighboring countries in the coming ten years, the Ministry of ...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:06:47 GMT
Moh, Efda Toiling to Ensure Smoke Free Areas
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Ministry of Health (MoH) and Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) disclosed yesterday that they have been working on creating smoke free areas and healthy citizens across the country. Observing "World No Tobacco D...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:08:40 GMT
Electoral Board Issues Updated List of Places Where Elections Cannot Take Place
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Three weeks to the 6th national election the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) issued the updated list of constituencies where it said the election cannot take place on June 21.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:04:22 GMT
Stop Violence Against Women in Tigray - A Solution Is Urgently Needed
[Agenzia Fides] Mekelle -- "The residents of the Tigray region are calling for an end to violence", denounces the leadership of the Europe External Program with Africa and Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA) in a statement at the end of a series o...



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