The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and the national public health institute today confirmed the first case of coronavirus.
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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.…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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