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Nominations for Africa Food Prize 2022 opens

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022BEHAK

The Africa Food Prize committee today announced the launch for 2022 nominations for the Africa Food Prize, which awards $100,000 for the winner.

Four secrets to boost tourism earnings of Ethiopia

January 15, 2022January 15, 2022BEHAK

Weekend Reading – BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Thanks to the Ethiopian Airlines, which is Africa’s largest aviation group in Africa, Ethiopia attracts several hundreds of thousands of people every year. Though some of these international travelers pass through the capital Addis Ababa as transit passengers, significant number of them come as business travelers and to […]

Ethiopia Deputy PM discusses with Norway Foreign Minister

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022BEHAK

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen of Ethiopia exchanges phone call with Foreign Minister of Norway, Anniken Huitfeldt.

Ethiopia joins Africans call for permanent seat at UNSC

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021BEHAK

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia today announced joining other African leaders struggle to get a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Kenya ordered to accept 300MW wind power project

November 19, 2021BEHAK

Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and the Energy Regulatory Commission have been ordered by the High Court to include the 300MW wind power project in the approved list of power projects in a move that opens Kenya’s electricity mix to cheaper green energy sources.

Eastern African sub-region to grow 4.9 percent in 2021

October 31, 2021November 1, 2021BEHAK

A new report produced by the African Development Bank says the Eastern African sub-region’s economy will grow by 4.9 percent in 2021.

Eastern Africa experts discuss COVID-19 economic impacts in Kigali

October 27, 2021BEHAK

Experts assembled in Kigali, Rwanda to reflect on COVID-19 economic impacts and resilience experiences at the sub-continental 25th meeting of the intergovernmental committee of senior offcials and experts in Eastern Africa.

Several African leaders attend Ethiopia’s PM inaugural

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021BEHAK

Several African countries leaders including presidents of Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Prime Minister of Congo, and Foreign Affairs Minister of Algeria, among others gathered in Addis Ababa to attended the inaugural ceremony of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia.

Policy to fortify foods transforms Ethiopia’s health, GDP

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021BEHAK

Ethiopia’s Government spending of $3.8 million over the next 10 years could save tens of thousands of lives, reduce healthcare costs, and raise the country’s productivity, stemming losses of $520 million a year that are being caused by vitamin deficiencies, a new report says.

Ethiopia, Kenya sign operations manual for Moyale One Stop Border Post

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021BEHAK

The Government of Ethiopia and neighboring Kenya through the Ethiopia Customs Commission and the Border Control and Operation Coordination Committee respectively today signed the Moyale – Moyale One Stop Border Post (OSBP) operational procedure manual in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Research Institute wins 2021 Africa Food Prize

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021BEHAK

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize, for work that has improved food security across 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ethiopia PM urges African leaders to cooperate

September 2, 2021BEHAK

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia urges African leaders mainly Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, and Nigeria to cooperate pooling together their resources and knowledge to get out of poverty.

An NGO accuses Ethiopian Airlines for unsafely transporting animals

August 31, 2021BEHAK

Ethiopian Airlines is shipping live wild animals around the world unsafely for luxury use as exotic pets from West Africa, says new investigation by a nongovernmental organization (NGO).

Ethiopia to help small scale traders across Moyale border

August 20, 2021August 21, 2021BEHAK

BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – The Government of Ethiopia is set to introduce a protocol that will allow small scale traders to legally trade across the Moyale border with their neighbors in Kenya.

TPLF’s favor to Ethiopia

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021BEHAK

BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – It has been about ten months since the Ethiopian national defense force was dragged into war by Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF). TPLF, which came to power in Ethiopia in May 1991, was the dominant in the ruling coalition – Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Party (EPRDF).

Ethiopia can’t undermine Geopolitics Press investigation

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021BEHAK

The Press Secretary of the Prime Minister Office of Ethiopia, Billene Seyoum said she can’t undermine the latest investigative report by Geopolitics Press about the covert operation based in Nairobi, Kenya that is reportedly working for a regime change in Ethiopia and is engaged in tarnishing the image of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Why Ethiopians denounce TPLF aggression, foreign interference

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021NBE

Denouncing the ongoing military aggression of Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) to destabilize Ethiopia and interference of some countries in the internal affairs of Ethiopia, Ethiopians living in Sudan organized public rally over the weekend.

Report unveils key factors for successful job creation in Africa

July 2, 2021BEHAK

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and NKC African Economics (an Oxford Economics company) launched today a joint report on “Best Practices in Job Creation, lessons from Africa.”

Infrastructures key for Africa trade, security, UN official says

July 1, 2021BEHAK

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will continue to support the LAPSSET Corridor Infrastructure Project linking the East African countries of Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan with the potential of increasing trade, peace, security and women’s development, its Executive Secretary Vera Songwe said on Monday.

Significance of Ethiopia’s election 2021

June 21, 2021June 24, 2021BEHAK

BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – On Monday some 37 million registered voters in Ethiopia voted to elect their next leader and political party that will government the country for the coming five years. Today’s voting matters not only to the some 115 million plus population but also to regional stability and global power’s scramble in […]