The #NoMore Movement Is Revolutionizing The Global Activist Community
Through leaps and bounds, the #NoMore movement is taking the world by storm. It’s focused on the principled mission of opposing neo-imperialism in all its manifestations so as to support all those who’ve been victimized by this across the world while remaining decentralized enough to flexibly adapt to rapidly changing circumstances. Ethiopian Citizen By Andrew […]
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a Site of Cooperation; Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
A statement released by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ethiopia has an ambitious plan to build a modern economy based on agriculture, manufacturing, and industry. By doing this the country is committed to developing the social infrastructure with quality education, health systems, and the provision of clean water for its people. Here is Prime Minister […]
Alibaba Partenerd with Ermias Amelga to Open E-World Trade Platform in Ethiopia withen six months
Two years after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ethiopia, following the visit of its chairman Jack Ma in Ethiopia, the game-changing e-commerce company is slated to join Ethiopia’s digital economy within the next six months according to Reporter Ethiopia. The e-commerce company, which is nearing implementation, is birthed from the partnership […]
Ethio-Kazakh Detached geographies, connected values
The Ethiopian Herald BY KFLEEYESUS ABEBE Although nearly 5,500 kilometers apart, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan have common features, both of them are multicultural, religiously diversified, landlocked, vast, and geopolitically significant in their respective regions. Both countries have also similar challenges and opportunities as they pursue development and peace. Taking the similarities into consideration, both nations seek […]
Airline tie-up for Kenya and South Africa: possible rewards, and risks
The Conversation by Eric Tchouamou Njoya, University of Huddersfield Africa has 357 airlines, the top 10 of which carried more than 60% of traffic. This reflects the fact that many airlines on the continent are very small: some have as few as two aircraft. Between them the airlines carried 95 million passengers in 2019, according to Routes, an […]
The History of Africa Cup of Nations
The CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), it also called in French as Coupe d’Afrique des Nations (CAN), also referred to as Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations after its headline sponsor, and sometimes as also called the African Cup of Nations and African Nations Cup, is the most prestigious football (soccer) competition in Africa. It is contested by national teams and is organized by the Confédération Africaine […]
Why Timnit Gebru Isn’t Waiting for Big Tech to Fix AI’s Problems
Time BY BILLY PERRIGO Three hundred and sixty-four days-after she lost her job as a co-lead of Google’s ethical artificial intelligence (AI) team, Timnit Gebru is nestled into a couch at an Airbnb rental in Boston, about to embark on a new phase in her career. Google hired Gebru in 2018 to help ensure that its AI […]
Changing Disastrous US Foreign Policy In Horn Of Africa
“Lemme go. I am an American” used to mean a lot for any American who announces his US citizenship in order to get out of a “tight spot” in any African country just a couple of decades ago. Even us, as Naturalized Ethiopian-American citizens were able to call upon our US citizenship when it warranted. […]
African countries are stuck on the free movement of people. How to break logjam
The Conversation Alan Hirsch, University of Cape Town Most African countries signed onto the Free Movement of Persons protocol in Addis Ababa in January 2018. Its rationalewas set out clearly: the free movement of people – as well as capital goods and services – would promote integration and herald in a host of other benefits. These included improving science, […]
A Rare, Isolated Script from a Language in Liberia Invented From Scratch Holds Clues to The Evolution of Writing
Science Alert TESSA KOUMOUNDOUROS A rare script from a language in Liberia has provided some new insights into how written languages evolve. “The Vai script of Liberia was created from scratch in about 1834 by eight completely illiterate men who wrote in ink made from crushed berries,” says linguistic anthropologist Piers Kelly, now at the University of […]
Five Lost Civilizations
Conflict, climate and economic collapse often brought these mighty empires down. A civilization is defined as “an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry and a government have been reached.” According to the National Geographic Society, this includes large population centers, division of labor, a class system, a communication system and monumental […]
Modern Humans lived in Eastern Africa 38,000 years earlier than thought
Live Science By Ben Turner The remains were buried under a massive layer of soot from a gigantic volcanic eruption. Modern humans emerged in eastern Africa at least 38,000 years earlier than scientists previously thought. That conclusion was drawn from traces of a colossal volcanic eruption used to date the earliest undisputed Homo sapiens fossils. The remains, dubbed […]
Ten African Countries Which Produces the Largest Crude Oil Output in 2021
For many years,c crude oil has been a major revenue driver for most African countries. Across the continent, crude deposits are abundant. The African continent is home to five of the top 30 oil-producing countries in the world. It accounted for more than 7.9 million barrels per day in 2019, which is about 9.6% of world output. This level […]
Ethiopia Urge WHO to Investigate its Director-General for his Misconduct and Dereliction of Professional Duties
The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry has responded to criticism of its conduct in the Tigray region by the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this week with a letter containing multiple allegations of misconduct by the WHO head. The Foreign Ministry drew attention to how he’s consistently abused his high office to meddle in his […]
East Africa
AllAfrica News: East Africa
- Mauritius: Chrystold Chetty - "We need to remain conscious that we live with a hybrid concept of corruption" January 28, 2022[L'Express] The Seychelles Islands for the first time have taken the leading role in Africa in the fight against corruption. The archipelago scores 70 out of 100 in 2021 as compared to 66 in 2020 and ranked 23rd amongst 180 countries worldwide (Mauritius is 49th) and first in Africa in Transparency International's 2021 Corruption Perception […]
- Kenya: EABL Reaps Big as Digital Sales Trigger Drinking Spree January 28, 2022[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The digital shift brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to drive alcohol sales for EABL, playing a major role in the firm's earnings in the first half of the year.
- Kenya: Man Kidnaps, Kills 3-Year Old Son Before Committing Suicide January 28, 2022[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A man has killed his three-year old son who he had kidnapped before committing suicide in Embakasi, Nairobi.
- Kenya: Kibera-Born Social Innovator Mounts Civic Education Campaign to Mobilize New Voters January 28, 2022[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) Founder and CEO Kennedy Odede kicked off his tour of Nairobi region's SHOFCO Urban Network (SUN) sites on Wednesday to mobilize eligible persons to register as voters as he launched community projects.
- Kenya: Private Hospitals to Halt Services to NHIF Patients January 28, 2022[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Private hospitals will from Tuesday cease offering services to patients using the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) cover.
West Africa
AllAfrica News: West Africa
- Nigeria: Covid-19 - Nigeria Records 87 New Infections Thursday January 28, 2022[Premium Times] The country's infection toll from the disease has increased to 252,840 cases, while the fatality toll remains at 3,134.
- Nigeria: Fire Razes Another Market in Anambra January 28, 2022[Premium Times] The fire started when a tanker carrying fuel fell down along a deplorable road, a witness said.
- Africa: NBA Crossover to Take Place in Africa for the First Time in Lagos January 28, 2022[Premium Times] Africa will witness a first-ever floating basketball court at the Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos
- Nigeria: Reconsider Direct Entry Ban in the Interest of Nigerian Pilgrims, NAHCON Tells Saudi January 28, 2022[Vanguard] The Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan has told the Saudi Arabian authorities to reconsider the direct entry ban in the interest of Nigerian intending pilgrims for Hajj and Umrah who are NAHCON's primary constituency.
- Nigeria: Inflation to Rev Up Commodities' Prices This Year - AFEX January 28, 2022[Premium Times] AFEX said the situation could be complicated by 2022 being a pre-election year in Africa's most populous nation, hinting at the risks that could bring.
South Africa
AllAfrica News: South Africa
- Mental Health in This Time of Virus Capitalism - Now More Than Ever, We Need Revolutionary Acts of Love January 28, 2022[Daily Maverick] Dale T McKinley is a long-time political activist, researcher-writer and lecturer who works at the International Labour, Research and Information Group.
- MEC Anroux Marais Commits to the Continuity of Safety Programmes January 28, 2022[Govt of SA] Minister Marais commits to the continuity of safety programmes at DOCS
- Media Statement - Human Settlements Committee Intervention Leads to Plans to Resolve Sewage Spillage in Bonaero Park in Ekurhuleni January 28, 2022[Parliament of South Africa] Through the intervention of the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, plans are afoot to implement long-lasting solutions to the raw sewage spillage in Bonaero Park, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng. The committee visited the area as part of its week-long oversight visit to Gauteng and welcomed the plans being implemented to […]
- Crumbling Philippi Station On Cape Town's Central Line Highlights Prasa's Enormous Challenges January 28, 2022[Daily Maverick] Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula recently said he hoped the Central Line in Cape Town would be fully operational by July. But Philippi station, a key station on the dysfunctional line, is a reminder of the issues that need to be addressed: vandalism, theft and security.
- The SSA Can Improve, but Misconceptions About the Role of Intelligence Services Need to Be Cleared Up January 28, 2022[Daily Maverick] The past few weeks have seen a lot of comment about the role and mandate of the civilian intelligence service, which is often wrongly conflated with that of law enforcement agencies. Arising in the main from the decision of President Ramaphosa to appoint the current incumbent of the State Security Agency as a […]
North Africa
AllAfrica News: North Africa
- Egypt: Egypt - Forcibly Returns Eritrean Asylum Seekers January 28, 2022[HRW] Beirut -- Children, Adults Arbitrarily Detained, Denied Access to UN Refugee Agency
- Morocco: Covid-19 - Reopening of Morocco's Airspace From Feb. 7 (Statement) January 28, 2022[MAP] Rabat -- The government announced Thursday the reopening of the airspace to flights to and from Morocco as of February 7, 2022.
- Egypt: Egypt Holds Consultations Ahead of Hosting COP27 January 28, 2022[Egypt Online] Egypt's Foreign Ministry has held consultations with a group of countries and parties on their visions on different topics pertaining to climate change, as part of ongoing preparations for hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) later this year in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh.
- Egypt: FM - Funding Allocated for Int'l Climate Action Still 'Not Enough' #AfricaClimateCrisis January 28, 2022[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister and President-designate of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) Sameh Shoukry said Thursday that funding allocated for international climate action is still insufficient.
- Egypt/Cote d'Ivoire: Salah Scores Winning Kick, Bailly Misses as Egypt Sail to Afcon Quarters January 27, 2022[Capital FM] Douala -- Mohamed Salah scored the winning penalty while Eric Bailly missed for Ivory Coast as Egypt beat The Pharaohs 5-4 on post-match penalties to sail to the quarter finals of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Douala on Wednesday.
Centeral Africa
AllAfrica News: Central Africa
- Rwanda: Cycling - Heroes Day Race Due January 30 January 28, 2022[New Times] The Rwanda Cycling Federation (Ferwacy) in collaboration with the National Heroes, Medals and Rings of Commendation (CHENO) are organising a race to celebrate the 2022 Heroes Day.
- Rwanda: How Next of Kin Can Claim the Deceased's Mobile Money Funds January 28, 2022[New Times] The use of mobile money transactions has significantly increased among Rwandans, since its introduction in the country in 2010.
- Rwanda/Burundi: Kiyovu Sign Burundian Forward Gasongo January 28, 2022[New Times] SC Kiyovu have acquired Burundian striker Benjamin Gasongo from his home club Aigle Noirs on a two-year deal.
- Rwanda: Leverage Digital Skills for European Job Market - Kagame to African Youth January 28, 2022[New Times] President Paul Kagame has said that young Africans should leverage available technology to create jobs and integrate into the European labour market without necessarily migrating to other countries.
- Tanzania: TIC Woos Investors From Burundi January 28, 2022[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) on Thursday welcomed investors from Burundi to invest in Tanzania, saying investment opportunities abound in agriculture, industry and other sectors await prospective Burundians investors to exploit.
Ethiopia
AllAfrica News: Ethiopia
- Some of 27 New Appointees Will Be Non-Resident Ambassadors - Foreign Ministry January 28, 2022[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Some of the ambassadors appointed by President Sahlework yesterday are going to be non-resident ambassadors based in Addis Abeba, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said. At today's biweekly press briefing, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) ambassador Dina Mufti defended the government's decision, "They will serve […]
- Court Grants Bail to Former NISS Deputy and Anti-Terrorism Task Force Chief January 28, 2022[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Judges at the Federal High Court, Lideta Division 1st Corruption Crimes bench have today granted a bail 30, 000 birr each for 22 defendants charged under the file name of the Getachew Assefa, the former Director General of National Intelligence and Security Service(NISS). The defendants were facing charges of gross […]
- 'It's Like a Mafia State' - The Daunting Task of Reporting the Tigray Conflict January 28, 2022[DW] Ethiopia's Tigray conflict erupted in November 2020 and later spread to neighboring regions. Yet, covering the war is a huge challenge, with press freedom severely constrained and journalists facing intense pressure.
- President Appoints 27 New Ambassadors, List Includes 2 Army Generals, Veteran GERD Negotiator January 27, 2022[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- President Sahle-Work Zewde has today appointed a total of 16 ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary, and 11 ambassadors to represent Ethiopia to various countries, the President's Office said in a statement to state media.
- Ahadu Radio and TV Editor Released From Detention January 27, 2022[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Kibrom Worku, the editor and head of the news department of Ahadu Radio and TV was today released from prison after 70 days of detention. His lawyer Tigabu Desalgn told Addis Standard he was relased on the guarantee of a national ID card.
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