Ethiopia
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:39:17 GMTShot, Bombed and Knifed - The Children of Tigray
[VOA] Mekelle, Edaga Hamus, Ethiopia -- Fifteen-year-old Beriha lost one eye in the war and was permanently blinded in the other.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 05:50:54 GMTEgypt Fumes as Ethiopia Plans Second Filling of Nile Dam
[Nation] Ethiopian authorities say they are ready to start the second filling of the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), despite warnings from Egypt over the Blue Nile project.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 05:50:04 GMTUN Report Claims Somali Troops 'Fought' in Tigray War
[Nation] A UN report alleges recruits of the Somali National Army 'fought' in the Tigray war alongside Eritrean troops, in what could signal an illegal participation in a foreign war by Mogadishu.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:50:59 GMTSecurity Forces Killed, Thousands Displaced in Fresh Attacks in Bench Sheko Zone
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Bench Sheko zone in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) experienced another bout of violence on June 4, 2021 resulting in killing of security forces and displacement of thousands of people in ...
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:44:02 GMTMoyale Starts Operating As a One-Stop Border Crossing Point
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba/Moyale -- Kenya-Ethiopia Government officials met today and commenced Moyale One Stop Border Post (OSBP) operations, raising hopes to bolster trade and cooperation between the two nations Once operationalized, Moyale One...
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 08:21:49 GMTEnsuring Food Safety From Farm to Table
[Ethiopian Herald] The growing trend of foodborne diseases are good indicators of emerging food safety problems which require unified approach by all countries to protect human health and promote international trade. The issues may vary from country ...
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:19:30 GMTKenyatta Says Safaricom Deal Good for "Mutual Prosperity With Ethiopia
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday said the award of an operating licence to a consortium led by Safaricom in Ethiopia will help improve both countries' economies.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:19:12 GMTKenyatta in Ethiopia to Witness Award of Licence to Safaricom
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for an official visit that will include, among other bilateral issues, the formal award of an operating licence to a consortium led by Safaricom.
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:08:57 GMT'We Must Stop a Colossal Humanitarian Tragedy' in Tigray, UN Warns
[RFI] The UN's humanitarian chief has warned that some 90 percent of people in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia are in desperate need of food aid, with hundreds of thousands living in 'famine conditions'. And yet members of the UN Security Coun...
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:15:37 GMTPM Says Local 'Traitors', 'Outsiders' Pose Threat to Nation's Prosperity
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that Ethiopia is facing challenges from traitors from within as well as outsiders. At an inaugural ceremony of the Tana Beles Sugar factory on Sunday, the PM said 'two enemies of the coun...
Tue, 08 Jun 2021 13:02:36 GMTUS-Based Non-Profit Group Works to Reunite Ethiopian Families Separated By Adoption
[VOA] The letter delivered to Måns Clausen brought startling news. It advised the Swedish actor that his biological mother in Ethiopia, long presumed dead, was alive and searching for him.
Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:15:40 GMTUNHCR Concerned About Reports of Refugees Returned to Ethiopia From Djibouti
[UNHCR] Nairobi, Kenya -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about reports that three individuals, two of whom are recognized Ethiopian refugees in Djibouti were returned against their will to Addis Ababa last week. Upon learning of this acti...
Tue, 08 Jun 2021 05:35:36 GMTWhy Young People in Oromia and Sidama Fought for Change
[The Conversation Africa] Young people have been key drivers of social and political change in Ethiopia going back to the closing decades of the imperial era. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, university students played a crucial role in the massive prote...
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:09:52 GMTThreats to Fish Production Loom Over Lake Hawassa As Fishermen Hope for a Timely Solution
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Lake Hawassa is one of the jewels of the capital of the newly formed Sidama Regional State and former South Nation Nationalities Peoples Region, Hawassa city. The lake is famous for being a recreational venue with the ...
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 08:11:39 GMTEsportsone Now Available On the Canal+ Bouquet in Ethiopia
[NexTVAfrica] The new esports channel eSportsONE is available on the Canal+ Ethiopia bouquet from now on as part of a distribution cooperation between Sport1 GmbH and Canal+ Group. eSportsONE, channel 81, is now accessible through the Desta package.
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 08:23:14 GMTGovt Says Eritrean Troops Withdrawing From Tigray
[Nation] The Ethiopian government says Eritrean forces involved in the Tigray conflict have begun withdrawing from the northern region bordering Eritrea.
Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:35:21 GMTGlobal 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 GMTBahir 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.
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:48:59 GMTDeployment of African Union Long-Term Observers to the General Elections in Ethiopia
[African Union] Following an invitation from the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, approves the deployment of both long- and short-term African ...
Sat, 05 Jun 2021 10:43:39 GMTSour 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 GMTTigray 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.
Sun, 06 Jun 2021 11:53:10 GMTDams and the Technology-Development Nexus - The Case of the GERD
[African Arguments] The business of national economic development is always multi-faceted with blurry lines, with politics, economics, technology and ecology interacting all the time. There is a peculiar additional complexity when we deal with strate...
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:24:53 GMTSafaricom Pays U.S.$850 Million Telecom Licence Fee to Begin Operating in Ethiopia
[Nation] Safaricom consortium has paid the $850 million licence fee needed to start providing telecom services in Ethiopia.
Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:29:41 GMTReporter'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 GMTInstitute 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 GMTEconomic, 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 GMTZamzam-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 GMTEthiopian 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 GMTPartners 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 GMTGeothermal 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...