First batch of EU Support against COVID -19 reaches IGAD
The EU support will enable a program to establish the IGAD Emergency Coordination Unit as well as the Rapid Regional Response Team to be deployed […]
Month: August 2020
Poor households across Ethiopia experience sharp declines in income amid COVID-19 control measures
(FEWS NET) – The COVID-19 pandemic, and measures implemented in Ethiopia to slow its spread, have significantly constrained many poor households’ access to cash income. […]
Ethiopian Airlines opens new passenger terminal at its hub Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s largest aviation group, announced that it has successfully completed a new passenger terminal at its hub Addis Ababa […]
Development Bank of Ethiopia registers a record profit of Birr 1.13 billion
ADDIS ABABA (DBE) – Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has registered outstanding net profit in the fiscal year 2019/20. Its total income generated is Birr […]
Ethiopia’s open air markets are redesigned with SIDA support to limit COVID-19 spread
The new guidelines promote physical distancing, controlled access to the markets, crowd control in markets as well as the observance of personal hygiene. BAHIR DAR […]
Africa is declared polio-free ― one of the greatest public health achievements in the continent
BRAZZAVILLE (WHO Africa) – The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication officially declared on Tuesday, 25 August 2020, that the World Health Organization […]
The crisis of contempt as a result of ethnic strife is the biggest crisis of our time, says Obang Metho
The biggest crisis of our time is the crisis of contempt – created by ethnic-based politics, which is detracting Ethiopia, says human rights defender and […]
Ethiopian avocados exported for the first time, by train
Shipment of Ethiopian avocados, packed by KogaVeg Agricultural Development, marks a major milestone in the development of a cool logistics corridor for fresh produce exports […]
Ethiopian Music (Amharic): Abinet Agonafir – Yetri Dewel (የጥሪ ደወል)
Amharic Music: Abinet Agonafir ‘AB’ – Yetri Dewel (የጥሪ ደወል)Singer: Abinet Agonafir ‘AB’ (አብነት አጎናፍር ‘ኤቢ’)Title: Yetri Dewel (የጥሪ ደወል)Lyrics & Melody: Abinet AgonafirArrangement: Kamuzu […]
Demka Textile and Investment PLC, a new Turkish textile manufacturing factory, to start production
ADDIS ABABA (Anadolu Agency) – Demka Textile and Investment PLC, a brand new Turkish textile manufacturing factory, is mulling ways of starting production amid the […]