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.
Ethiopia opposition criticizes U.S. statement on Nile dam
Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (Ezema), the major opposition party in Ethiopia has criticized the statement issued by the United Sates Government in relation to the ongoing negotiations among Ethiopia, Egypt and…
UN agency advises Ethiopia to continue school feeding program
Stressing that well-fed children are key to fueling Ethiopia’s economic growth and development, economic development, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) advises the Government to continue its school feeding program.
Ethiopian CEO urges African governments to cut taxes
Ethiopian Airlines Group, CEO, Tewolde GebreMariam, urges African governments to cut taxes to help the development of aviation industry of the continent.