Ten SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT ETHIOPIA
By Taz Liffman, Interpid Travel Ethiopia may not be the first place you think of when booking your next holiday, but it should be. The country has been at peace for more than 15 years and its economy is one of the fastest growing in the world. Add to this a staggering diversity of landscapes, kaleidoscope […]
Digital platforms are rising in Africa
European Sting Africa’s largely informal economy is digitizing. Improved internet and smartphone penetration have given rise to virtual marketplaces, also known as digital platforms, where millions of workers and enterprises have the opportunity to sell their goods and services digitally. The digital rails created by these platforms provide a unique opportunity for the financial sector […]
Abiy Ahmed is Ethiopia’s best chance of breaking the cycle of tyrannies
Gwynne Dyer The independent Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past year. Last June he escaped unhurt in a grenade attack that killed one and wounded scores at a political rally. In October his office in the capital, Addis […]
“There is no fool like an old fool.”
By Al Mariam, Almariam.com My readers know I don’t tolerate old fools. Of course, there are old fools; and there are offensive and villainous old fools. Herman Cohen is an offensive and villainous old fool. On June 24, 2019, Herman Cohen tweeted: Failed coup in #Ethiopia’s Amhara state was an attempt by ethnic nationalists to restore Amhara […]
Is Turkey distablizing the horn of Africa?
National Review Will the Erdogan regime become to that continent what Saudi Arabia became to the Middle East? When the Carter and Reagan administrations began supporting Islamists in Afghanistan, few policymakers recognized the Pandora’s box they were opening. The great global threat, after all, was Communism. And even if radical Islamism was a threat — as […]
Sharing your favorite food with the world isn’t easy. Ask Ethiopia.
The Christian science Monitor Teff grain is a staple in Ethiopia, used in the spongy injera bread now enjoyed around the world. But its global rise comes with challenges. By Ryan Lenora Brown, An employee piles each injera on top of another at Mama Fresh injera factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Just before midnight every night, […]
Africa’s Wind Project Pipeline Grows to 18GW
Green Tech Media, by Sohaib Malik The wind industry has been slow to take off in Africa. Developers commissioned projects in only four African markets in 2018. However, the policy inconsistency that has held the market back in previous years is beginning to change. The continent’s wind project pipeline stands at 18 gigawatts as of […]
Sudan opposition group and Transitional Military Council accepted Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as a mediator
Sudan‘s main alliance of opposition groups and protesters says it accepts Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as a mediator in their political deadlock with the Transitional Military Council (TMC) under certain conditions. Among opposition demands are that the TMC take responsibility for the deadly dispersal of a protest sit-in on Monday, an international investigation into […]
Ethiopia looks to young technocrats to lead ambitious reform drive
Financial Times, by Tom Wilson in Addis Ababa Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has broken with tradition in Ethiopia by appointing young technocrats with international experience to important economic jobs as he seeks to turn the country’s tightly controlled, state-led economy into a competitive free market powered by private capital. New generation with international experience appointed to […]
Africa Hotel Investment Forum will take place in the coming September at the Sheraton Addis, Ethiopia.
Breaking Trarvel News, The agenda for the Africa Hotel Investment Forum has been also released. The event will take place at the Sheraton Addis, Ethiopia, on September 23rd-25th. Among an impressive line-up of speakers will be Olivier Granet, chief executive, Kasada Capital Management, the new billion-dollar, sub-Saharan investment fund, the first and biggest of its […]
Let’s journeys through a land truly like no other — the place where man first walked on the earth
A colorful nation and home for more than 80 nation nationalities and peoples, believed to be the cradle of human civilization, Ethiopia is one of Africa’s most beguiling destinations. The only country on the continent never to be colonized, it wears its ancient past with pride and has largely shrugged off a turbulent recent history. […]
Older than 2.58 million years flaked-stone tools found in Ethiopia
Penn State University, A’ndrea Elyse Messer UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The origin of flaked-stone tool production is older than 2.58 million years ago, according to an international team of scientists working at the Bokol Dora 1 archaeological site in the Afar region of Ethiopia. Previously the oldest evidence of flaked-stone tools was younger than 2.58 […]
If you want to know what life might look like on the Red Planet, Don’t look further than Ethiopia’s Dallol geothermal area
Science Alert, By MIKE MCRAE Let’s face it – compared to Mars, our planet is a biological paradise dripping with moisture and relative absence of toxic chemistry. If we want to know what life might look like on the Red Planet, we need to go hunting in extreme environments. Ethiopia’s Dallol geothermal area could qualify. […]
Ethiopianism is far above words!!!
BY LEULSEGED WORKU, Ethiopian Herald Lately, the writer of this piece and his friends had a chance to attend a get-together program organized by a group of individual Ethiopians. These senior citizens are found in their late 60s. The reason they are gathered under one roof was to inaugurate one of their friend’s house. Among […]
East Africa
AllAfrica News: East Africa
- Africa: Nationals of Kenya, Liberia, Guinea Face Trafficking Trial in U.S. January 26, 2021[DOJ] Indictment Alleges Conspiracy to Smuggle at Least 190 Kilograms of Rhinoceros Horns and at Least 10 Tons of Elephant Ivory Valued at More Than $7 Million
- Kenya: Poacher and Drug Trafficker Mansour Extradited to the U.S. January 26, 2021[Nation] Infamous ivory, rhinoceros horn poacher and drug trafficker Abubakar Mansur Mohammed Surur alias Mansour was extradited from Kenya to New York over the weekend, coming just months after he was arrested at Moi International airport.
- Ethiopia: Local App Joins CBE to Digitise Agriculture January 26, 2021[Addis Fortune] The partnership between Lersha and CBE Birr, which has five million users spread across the nation, aims to encourage the digitisation of the rural community, financial literacy and inclusion for smallholder farmers, as well as ease deposit mobilisation.
- Ethiopia: Ethio Telecom Hires Business Valuator January 26, 2021[Addis Fortune] "We couldn't fully achieve our plan due to the crisis in the northern part of the country," said Frehiwot.
- Ethiopia: Famine - Terrible Hole in Country's Conscience January 26, 2021[Addis Fortune] The last time the ugly prospect of mass starvation stuck out its head, drought affected at least 20 million people across the country in 2015. Ethiopia was better prepared than at any time before in its history. Catastrophic outcomes were averted, with Ethiopia's own resources paying more than half of the funds required […]
West Africa
AllAfrica News: West Africa
- Nigeria: Funke Akindele's 'Omo Ghetto' Becomes Highest Grossing Nollywood Movie January 26, 2021[Vanguard] "Omo Ghetto" ( The Saga), a movie by Actress Funke Akindele-Bello, popularly known as Jenifa has been declared Nollywood's highest-grossing movie of all time.
- West Africa: Ecowas Raises Concern Over Growing Terrorism January 26, 2021[This Day] The Presidents of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have expressed concern over growing terrorism and piracy violation in West Africa sub-region.
- Nigeria: FCT Police Clash With Shiite Muslims, Arrest Five January 26, 2021[This Day] Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
- Nigeria: Lagos in Talks With Covid-19 Vaccine Manufacturers - Sanwo-Olu January 26, 2021[Vanguard] Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said, yesterday, that his administration is in touch with manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccine.
- Nigeria: U.S. Launches Air-Quality Monitors to Track Lagos, Abuja Pollution January 26, 2021[This Day] The United States Ambassador, Ms. Mary Beth Leonard, yesterday launched Air Quality Monitor to link Nigeria to air quality index information and health messaging from the United States' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
South Africa
AllAfrica News: South Africa
- Relief for Cyclone Eloise Battered Communities January 26, 2021[SAnews.gov.za] With Cyclone Eloise having subsided on Monday evening, the national and provincial governments in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal have activated relief interventions to assist communities left devastated by the cyclone.
- Majority of South Africans in Favour of Being Vaccinated January 26, 2021[SAnews.gov.za] More than 60 percent of adults would definitely or probably take a COVID-19 vaccine, a survey has found, as the country gears up to administer its first doses of the jab in the next coming weeks.
- Labour Dept Tackles Long Queues to Mitigate Covid-19 January 26, 2021[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Employment and Labour is relaxing some of its processes in order to avoid long queues at its centres in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Eloise - Warning to Stay Away From Flooded Rivers, Dams January 26, 2021[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Water and Sanitation has warned residents in those provinces which are likely to be affected by the Tropical Storm Eloise to stay away from rivers and dams to avoid being swept away by the strong currents.
- Drip, Drop, Dry - a Personal Account of the Ethekwini Water Out(r)age January 26, 2021[Daily Maverick] Residents say Durban officials' mismanagement caused a widespread water crisis that lasted more than a week.
North Africa
AllAfrica News: North Africa
- Uganda/Morocco: Head-to-Head Cranes Look to 1978 Feat January 26, 2021[Monitor] The Uganda Cranes will need nothing short of a victory when they face Morocco in a winner-takes-it-all Group C affair at the Chan finals in Douala, Cameroon tonight.
- Algeria: Next Elections, Opportunity to Affirm State's Commitment to Political Action Moralization January 26, 2021[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The next elections will be an opportunity to the State to affirm its commitment to "the moralization of the political action and the promotion of the performance of the people's elected members as part of the transparency and the fight against corruption," Minister of Communication, Spokesman of the Government Ammar […]
- Tunisia: 'Young Protesters, Victim of Educational and Social System's Failure,' Says Ghannouchi January 26, 2021[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The recent protests across the country testify to the citizens' suffereing due to the social and economic fallout of the COVID-19 health crisis, said Speaker of the House of People's Representatives (HPR) Rached Ghannouchi.
- Algeria: Customs - Djerad Urges for Greater Contribution to Anti-Corruption Efforts January 26, 2021[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad called Tuesday the Customs Service to a greater contribution to the State efforts in the fight against corruption.
- Tunisia: Covid-19 - Tozeur Reports Surge in Death Count January 26, 2021[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A one more Covid-19 fatality was reported on Monday in the Tozeur local hospital, pushing the death toll in the governorate to 178 since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Centeral Africa
AllAfrica News: Central Africa
- Angola: UAE to Invest U.S.$190 Million in Port of Luanda January 26, 2021[ANGOP] Luanda -- One hundred and ninety million US dollars will be invested, in the next twenty years, by the DP World Ltd company from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in the exploration, development, modernization and expansion of the multi-purpose terminal of the Port of Luanda, in the Angolan capital.
- Central African Republic: Govt Sends Bangui War Crimes Suspect for Trial January 26, 2021[ICC] The Hague -- Today, 24 January 2021, Mr Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, also known as "Mahamat Said Abdel Kain" and "Mahamat Saïd Abdelkani" ("Mr Said"), was surrendered to the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court") by the authorities of the Central African Republic ("CAR") on account of an ICC warrant of arrest issued […]
- Angola: Angolan President Addresses Cooperation With U.S. Diplomat January 26, 2021[ANGOP] Luanda -- President João Lourenço addressed last Monday, with the US ambassador, Nina Fite, issues relating to the cooperation between the two countries, during an audience granted to the North American diplomat.
- Rwanda: Trial of 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero Rusesabagina Adjourned to February January 26, 2021[East African] A Rwandan court has adjourned the trial of "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina after his lawyers failed to meet him to discuss his case, officials say.
- Rwanda: Rwandans Tipped On Heroism in Fight Against Covid-19 January 26, 2021[New Times] Rwandan have been urged to demonstrate heroic values and avoid to undermine the effort by frontline workers' in the ongoing battle against Covid-19 pandemic that is ravaging the world.
Ethiopia
AllAfrica News: Ethiopia
- Local App Joins CBE to Digitise Agriculture January 26, 2021[Addis Fortune] The partnership between Lersha and CBE Birr, which has five million users spread across the nation, aims to encourage the digitisation of the rural community, financial literacy and inclusion for smallholder farmers, as well as ease deposit mobilisation.
- Ethio Telecom Hires Business Valuator January 26, 2021[Addis Fortune] "We couldn't fully achieve our plan due to the crisis in the northern part of the country," said Frehiwot.
- Education System Can Do With Less Whip Cracking Yanetas January 26, 2021[Addis Fortune] Teachers find children at their most formative. More than the books and tools with which to teach, it is instructors that are better positioned to make the learning process exciting, writes Tadesse Tsegaye (seetadnow@gmail.com), a polyglot with experience in multicultural-cum-institutional settings in resources management.
- Deloitte to Map Out Awash Insurance's Strategic Plan January 26, 2021[Addis Fortune] Awash Insurance Company (AIC) has come to an agreement with Deloitte East Africa for the latter to design a 10-year strategic plan and a 10-year performance road map dubbed "Transforming Awash Insurance - Vision 2030". Awash is the first insurance firm to hire a foreign consultant.
- Ministry Vitiates Oil Importer's Trade Name January 26, 2021[Addis Fortune] The Ministry of Trade & Industry has ordered the cancellation of Muleg Oil Importer's trade name. The company has been in a dispute with Mullege Plc, the nation's fifth-largest coffee exporter, for three years over the trade name.
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