Ethiopia marks World Environment Day by aiming to plant 5bn trees
The global coronavirus pandemic will not deter Ethiopia on its mission to plant 5 billion trees by the end of July, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday, World Environment Day. “Despite #COVID19, we are determined to plant the intended 5 billion trees,” he tweeted on his official Twitter account, adding that planning was under […]
Old thinking over the Nile leads nowhere
Ethiopian Herald Today’s exclusive column guest goes by the name of Dr. Eng. Tilahun Erduno. He is the President of the Ethiopian Surveying Professionals Association (ESPA), General Manager of Joka General Business Association, and board member of Renaissance Dam Addis Ababa Park design and construction. Furthermore, he served as coordinator of the Community Development Association […]
Egypt using it’s old tactics to disrupt Ethiopia
Ethiopian Press Agency, by By wendimagegn ADDISS ABABA – As always, aside from making an effort to make use of Ethiopia and its river as first aid for its internal political disease, Egypt has never endeavored to get to the bottom of the problem concerning the Nile River peacefully with Ethiopia and other upper basin countries, […]
Africa’s cloud computing industry is set to grow as data adoption rises
Techcabal, by Abubakar Idris The African connectivity and cloud computing market is generating a lot of interest and deals as players position themselves for the boom in data services on the continent. Over the last four years, international cloud companies have rushed to develop data centres on the African continent. IBM announced its first Africa […]
U.S Flexing its muscles on wrong places, first the WHO and now the turn is AFDB
Bloomberg Bowing to U.S. pressure might “mean the end of the African Development Bank, as its governance will be hijacked away from Africa,” Olusegun Obasanjo The U.S. and Nigeria are facing off in a dispute over whether allegations against the head of the African Development Bank should be investigated a second time, exposing a fault-line between […]
Ethiopia receives Chinese donation of 520,000 masks, medical supplies
Xinhua Airport workers offload a consignment of medical supplies from an Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, April 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde) Ethiopia received on Tuesday the donation of 520,000 masks and other medical supplies from five Chinese business companies and Dongguan municipal government. ADDIS ABABA, June […]
Ethiopian Airlines CEO: “We want to become Alibaba’s official company in Africa”
The African Report Future Addis Ababa airport, expansion of the fleet and network, diversification… In spite of the crisis, the head of the continent’s leading airline remains focused on his objectives and, strengthened by increasingly privileged links with China, has great ambitions. Tewolde GebreMariam, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, describes himself as “very combative” at […]
Ethiopia unlocks one of the world’s last closed telecoms markets
Digital Journal For delivery man Sisay Alebachew, the difference between a good and bad day depends on Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia’s monopoly telecoms provider. When the internet is down or too slow to use, customers struggle to place orders on the website of Deliver Addis, Sisay’s e-commerce employer, meaning he has little to do. Other times, […]
How Crisis Could Serve as an Opportunity for Pan-African Development
Morocco World News, By Mohammed Ouzzine Rabat – It is fascinating how faith, common destiny, or sheer belonging can bring humans together. This is perhaps motivated by a long-established sociological fact: The social unconscious precedes the emergence of the individual consciousness. I.e., human beings coexist in a complementary distribution and attain their calling in life only […]
Kenya, Ethiopia, DRC ahead of region in benefits of Agoa treaty
The East African, By NJIRAINI MUCHIRA In summary Increase in apparel exports by Madagascar, Ethiopia and Kenya resulted in US imports of apparel from the region under Agoa increasing by 9.9 per cent annually to $1.2 billion from 2016 to 2018. Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda are the only EAC countries that have complete utilisation strategies […]
No lockdown, few ventilators, but Ethiopia is still beating Covid-19
The Financial Times The country has harnessed community healthcare to great effect to fight the pandemic Pick-up the phone in Ethiopia these days and you are greeted not by a ringtone but with a jingle urging the benefits of handwashing, social distancing and face masks. Churches and mosques are closed, with services conducted electronically. According […]
Italian Politician Demand Bill Gates Arrest For Crimes Against Humanity
By GreatGameIndia Days after it was revealed in an intercepted human intelligence report that Bill Gates offered $10 million bribe for a forced Coronavirus vaccination program in Nigeria, now an Italian politician has demanded the arrest of Bill Gates in the Italian parliament. Sara Cunial, the Member of Parliament for Rome denounced Bill Gates as a “vaccine criminal” and […]
10 Things to Know About Africa Day
Africa.com Celebrations on May 25th, crowned as Africa Day, recite the annual commemorations of Africa’s independence, freedom and liberation strife from colonial imperialists. The reinforcement of this liberation was the first union of African countries on African soil; the foundation of the regional integration body; the Organisation of the African Unity (OAU) on May 25, […]
Why the safety net programmes in Ethiopia should support communal access to groundwater
The Conversation Like many countries in east Africa, Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to drought. Since 1965, Ethiopia has experienced 15 severe droughts affecting more than 65 million people and causing serious economic damage. Most recently, in 2015 and 2016, Ethiopia suffered a harsh drought which forced more than 10 million people to rely on emergency aid due to crop and water […]
East Africa
AllAfrica News: East Africa
- Kenya: Wetangula Accused of Intimidating NEC Officials in Battle to Retain Ford-Kenya June 5, 2020[Capital FM] Nairobi -The woes in FORD Kenya party continued to escalate on Friday after the faction that staged Moses Wetangula's ouster as the Party Leader re-filed the contested leadership changes at the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties in Nairobi on Friday.
- South Sudan: Govt Denies Allowing Egypt to Build a Military Base on Its Soil June 5, 2020[East African] South Sudan has rubbished reports that it has agreed to Egyptian request to build military base in Pagak, a town bordering Ethiopia.
- Kenya: COVID-19 - Two Patients Discharged From Meru Hospital June 5, 2020[Nation] Two Covid-19 patients in Meru County were discharged from hospital on Wednesday.
- Kenya: Purge in Jubilee is Justified, CCM Chief Ruto Now Says June 5, 2020[Nation] Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) party leader Isaac Ruto has described the Jubilee purge in the Senate and National Assembly leadership as a normal party disciplinary process.
- Rwanda: Trade Unions Urge Govt to Invest More in Job Creation June 5, 2020[New Times] During the budget presentation of the Ministry of Trade and Industry in parliament, it was heard that the National Employment Programme that operates under the ministry has a one-billion financing gap.
West Africa
AllAfrica News: West Africa
- Africa: What About Africa's Small, Medium Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic? June 5, 2020[allAfrica] Cape Town -COVID-19's impact on big business across the continent is well documented, however, the pandemic's effect on small to medium business enterprises cannot be overlooked. Speaking during an online media briefing, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, said that 70% of Africa's working population earns their livelihoods […]
- Togo: In Togo, a Ministry Helping People Living With HIV Is a Sister's Life Work June 5, 2020[Global Sisters Report] Editor's note: Since this article was reported earlier this year, COVID-19 has now reached Togo, a small country in West Africa between Benin and Ghana, where Sr. Marie Stella Kouak cares for AIDS-HIV patients and orphans through the organization she founded 21 years ago, Vivre dans l'Espérance (To Live in Hope).
- West Africa: Bitter Sweet Experience-West Africa Media in the Throes of COVID-19 June 5, 2020[MFWA] The global community has been battling the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) since November 2019. The pandemic is known to have infected over six million individuals, and claimed more than 350,000 lives across the world as of 3rd June ,2020. As it rages through the globe, the virus has drastically changed our way of life, […]
- Nigeria: COVID-19 - Nigeria Disease Control Agency Says Negative Result No Longer Required to Discharge Patients June 5, 2020[Premium Times] A negative laboratory test result of COVID-19 patients is no longer required for such patients to be discharged, a Nigerian official has said.
- Nigeria: Boko Haram Abducts Soldier, Three Aid Workers in Borno - Official June 5, 2020[Premium Times] At least three humanitarian workers and a Nigerian soldier were on Tuesday abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of Borno State, officials confirmed.
South Africa
AllAfrica News: South Africa
- 'A Bridge for My Sweetheart' June 5, 2020[GroundUp] The footbridge Amos Khumalo built, unpaid and on his own initiative, after his wife injured herself crossing this stream. Photo: Mosa Damane
- COVID-19 - Mother Fears for Disabled Daughter's Life June 5, 2020[GroundUp] Woman with debilitating co-morbidities lives with five people in a shack that has no toilet
- Homeless Sleep Outside 'Incomplete' City Shelter June 5, 2020[GroundUp] A group of about 30 homelss people are sleeping next to the incomplete City of Cape Town Culemborg shelter site in the hope that they will be first in line when it opens. It is not clear when the site will be completed. Photo: James Stent
- Updated - Holomisa Objects to Irene Charnley Being On the PIC Board June 5, 2020[Daily Maverick] In a letter to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, United Democratic Movement leader, Bantu Holomisa, raises questions around the appointment of former trade unionist and businesswoman Irene Charnley to the interim board of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC). Holomisa said Charnley is a former beneficiary of the PIC's funding initiatives, making her ineligible to […]
- Illicit Trade in Cigarettes and Alcohol Has Thrived During Lockdown June 5, 2020[Daily Maverick] Government has under-estimated how much the banning of alcohol and cigarettes boosted illicit trade. With alcohol now back on sale, it would be good for the country if the ban on tobacco products was lifted as soon as possible.
North Africa
AllAfrica News: North Africa
- South Sudan: Govt Denies Allowing Egypt to Build a Military Base on Its Soil June 5, 2020[East African] South Sudan has rubbished reports that it has agreed to Egyptian request to build military base in Pagak, a town bordering Ethiopia.
- Tunisia: Military Courts' Activities Resume June 5, 2020[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -Attorney General at the Military Justice Directorate announced on Friday the total resumption of activities in military courts.
- Tunisia: Lunar Eclipse On June 5 June 5, 2020[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -A lunar eclipse is expected to occur this Friday, June 5, the National Institute of Meteorology announced on its website.
- Africa: Rugby Africa Reinforces Its Support for All Member Federations Through Solidarity Fund June 5, 2020[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -Given the current health crisis, the Rugby Africa Executive Committee has approved the immediate release of ?170,000 (539,140 thousand Tunisian dinars) from a solidarity fund. In a statement published on June 4 on its official website, Rugby Africa said that all member federations are eligible for this financial aid to support […]
- Tunisia: Extension of Maturities Will Result in Shortfall for Banks of 600 Md (AFC) June 5, 2020[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -The impact of the postponement of maturities of loans granted by banks to individuals, for three months, will result in a loss of income on the net banking product (NBP) of nearly 595 million dinars (MD), for the entire Tunisian banking sector (listed and unlisted), over the average duration of outstanding […]
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Ethiopia
AllAfrica News: Ethiopia
- Does Ethiopia Really Need Democracy? Then It Should Draw Resources From Indigenous Virtues June 4, 2020[Addis Standard] "Ethiopia is, once again, in a crossroads. There is a real possibility of heading to the usual authoritarian trajectory. "
- Diaspora Champions Digital Apps in Fight Against COVID-19 June 4, 2020[VOA] In Ethiopia, mobile applications are spreading fast to help health care workers and the public fight against COVID-19, which has claimed 12 lives in the country and affected about 1,100 people. Ethiopian web developers have designed seven apps that do everything from virus tracing to sharing data and patient information among health workers. But […]
- Govt Downplays Amnesty Report on Extrajudicial Killings June 4, 2020[East African] Ethiopia has downplayed an Amnesty International report accusing its security forces of executing 39 opposition supporters in the Oromiya region last year.
- Govt Calls for Truce With Sudan June 3, 2020[Cameroon Tribune] After recent cross border incursions, authorities in Addis Ababa believe diplomacy can lead the search for an amicable solution.
- 5,000 Displaced in El Gedaref After Sudan-Ethiopia Border Violence June 3, 2020[Radio Dabanga] El Gedaref -Residents of Barakat Nourein and El Fursan in Sudan's El Gedaref are reportedly suffering from a humanitarian crisis following cross-border violence involving Ethiopian militiamen on Thursday during which a Sudanese army captain was killed.
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