Kenya confirms first Coronavirus case
Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe confirmed the first Coronavirus case, a Kenyan national who recently returned home from the United Sates via London.
Namibia gets $129 loan to boost economy
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $129.4 million (ZAR 2.011 billion) loan to finance the Namibia Economic Governance and Competitiveness Support Programme, EGCSP.
Ethiopia appoints three ministers, commissioner, attorney general
The Ethiopian parliament today approved appointment of three ministers, attorney general and commissioner for the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed also appointed female boss for the Metal Engineering…
Sierra Leone’s new road cuts travel times, transforms lives
For truck driver Joseph Turay, navigating the 120 km Matotoka-Sefadu road in northeastern Sierra Leone used to be a nightmare. On average, he spent between five hours to one day on the…
Japan, U.S. launch innovation competition in Ethiopia
The U.S. government and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) today launch the third round of nationwide innovation competition to encourage young Ethiopians to address community issues through the application of software, hardware…
U.S. airstrike in Somalia kills five al-Shabaab members
The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike killing five al-Shabaab terrorists in the vicinity of Janaale, Somalia.
Ethiopia seizes 18,000 Turkish pistols from traffickers
The Government of Ethiopia said it has seized two containers of weapons including over 18,000 Turkish made Pistols, imported illegally via Djibouti Port by arms’ traffickers.
The floating Sahara, Egypt’s obsession with perpetual dependency
BY TESFU TELAHOUN ABEBE – The current tense state of affairs between Ethiopia and Egypt is a situation which is heightened by the domestic politics of both states, shifting regional rivalries and…
Ethiopian farmers to get mechanization service centers
The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) has signed subgrant agreements with eight cooperative unions and two entrepreneurs for the construction of 10 standardized Mechanization Service Centers (MSC) across Ethiopia. The grant is…
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia gets new boss
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), the state owned financial institution with over half market share in the country’s banking industry, gets a new president.
U.S. provides $10 million to fight locust in East Africa
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $10 million in humanitarian assistance to support regional operations to control locusts in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.…
Ethiopia food inflation rate reaches 21 percent
Moving average inflation rate for food items in Ethiopia for the month of February 2020 has gone up to 20.9 percent from 19.8 percent the previous month, the state agency said.
U.S. launches nationwide media trainings in Ethiopia
The United States Embassy in Addis Ababa launched on Wednesday nationwide media trainings that will help empower both state and private media outlets in the lead to elections in 2020.
Ethiopia launches fundraising to complete Nile Dam
The Government of Ethiopia on Wednesday launched another round of fundraising to complete the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which has the capacity to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity.