Bringing transparency, efficiency to renewable energy in Kenya
The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) is a State Corporation headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ethiopia avails $154 million to combat COVID-19
The Government of Ethiopia today announces availing 5 billion birr (about $154 million) to combat the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and to undertake preparedness tasks.
African finance ministers agree to fight COVID-19 impacts
African finance ministers met in a virtual conference to exchange ideas on the efforts of their respective governments in dealing with the social and economic impacts of COVID-19, which disrupted … Read More
Eritrea reports first COVID-19 pandemic case
The Ministry of Health of Eritrea on Sunday announced this evening the first confirmed case of a Coronavirus patient (COVID-19).
Emirates suspends flights to stop COVID-19 spread
In response to COVID-19 pandemic Emirates suspends most its passenger flights by 25 March 2020, while retaining its cargo operations.
IOM releases Ethiopia migrants flow survey
Tens of thousands of Africans seek passage every year to the Middle East, crossing hundreds of desert miles towards the continent’s eastern coastline on trails as old as mankind itself.
COVID-19 infected people in Ethiopia reaches 11
The total number of people who acquired COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia has increased to eleven, says Ethiopian Ministry of Health.
Five million facemasks from China arrive Ethiopia to stop COVID-19
With the aim of stopping the spread of coronavirus in Africa, an Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight loaded with medical supplies including over five million face masks and over a million … Read More
World Bank provides $500 million to Ethiopia
The Government of Ethiopia secured $500 million grant and loan from the World Bank. The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Thursday approved the finance of which $250 million … Read More
Niger, Chad join Africa’s COVID-19 victims list
Niger and Chad became the latest countries in Africa each reporting one confirmed COVID-19 patients, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
IGAD Secretary urges member states fight COVID-19 together
The Executive Secretary of Inter-Governmental Authority of Development (IGAD), whose member are in the Horn of Africa namely, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda, urges member states fight COVID-19 … Read More
Ethiopian Airlines suspends flights to 30 destinations
In an attempt to reduce the spread of pandemic coronavirus, Ethiopian Airlines has suspended flights to 30 countries, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia said.
Ethiopia confirms 3 new COVID-19 infections
The Ministry of health of Ethiopia announced that it has found three more individuals infected by the global pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19).
Four more African countries reported COVID-19
Seven new countries /territories/areas including four African countries (Djibouti, Gambia, Zambia, Mauritius) have reported cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.