In cold, wet conditions, 24-year-old Kitata edged clear in the final metres to win by one second over Kipchumba in a relatively slow two hours, 05.41 minutes. Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia was third in 2:5.35, with Kipchoge, the hot favourite, who in his last race a year ago became the only man to break the […]
Business Wire Gebeya, a Pan African Education Technology and Online Job Placement Companyand the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group through the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, or We-Fi program, today signed a $500,000 advisory services agreement to implement the Digital Gender-Ethiopia Program aimed at solving the issues of gender disparity […]
The massive Ethiopian dam is a flash point for tensions in Africa—and is now sowing confusion and discord within the U.S. government, with many officials concerned Washington is too much in Egypt’s corner. Foreign Policy BY ROBBIE GRAMER The Trump administration is weighing withholding some aid to Ethiopia over a Nile dam project that has severely strained […]
The Ethiopian Herald Ethiopians have continued swallowing two poles apart morsels since the induction of the reform following Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s taking over the National Palace: the scrummy and the gloomy facets. The scrummy is portrayed by the commitment of the government and its people to push the country steps forward and citizens […]
The Sun United States President Donald Trump’s ‘invitation’ to Egypt to “blow up” the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is both reckless and provocative, and merits the strongest possible condemnation on two grounds. It is ethically reprehensible and against international law for a sitting American president to incite a country to attack another. Secondly, the […]
The World Bank has suspended the $500 million it had pledged for Ethiopia as emergency financial support. Local media reported that the Bank cited two reasons to suspend financial support; the first was the country’s sluggish effort to improve its currency exchange rate against the dollar. Both the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) […]
Ethiopia News Agency Ethiopian federal forces have taken “full control” of the Tigray region’s capital Mekelle, the military’s chief of staff Birhanu Jula said in a statement posted on the military’s official Facebook page on Saturday evening. In a press conference he gave this evening, General Birhanu said the army was carrying out a courageous […]
Master Card News Room MINT and Mastercard to work together to create and implement digital solutions to drive financial inclusion, support small businesses and enhance digital transformation readiness in the country Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 16 October 2020: The Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MINT) and leading global technology company Mastercard will partner to develop […]
Ethiopian lawmakers ruled Tuesday that federal officials should cut off contact with leaders of the northern Tigray region, which defied Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last month by holding elections his government deemed “illegal”. The decision by the House of Federation, the upper house of parliament, furthers the breakdown in relations between Abiy and the Tigray […]
Ethiopian Herald By Tsegay Hagos As more than 80 percent Ethiopians lean on agriculture, the government has been striving to enhance the agricultural sector through implementing feasible irrigation mechanisms. As part of this bid, many dams have been put in place in different parts of the country to tackle drought. But the irrigation potential is […]
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