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PM Appoints Gov't Officials

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has appointed officials to serve as state ministers in newly restructured ministries.

PM Appoints Gov't Officials

Following the government formation kicked off last week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has appointed officials to serve as state ministers in newly restructured ministries. Redwan Hussien has been reappointed as a state minister for Foreign Affairs, and Eyob Tekalign (PhD) was also reappointed as a state minister for Finance. Earlier in the week, former Minister of Water, Irrigation & Energy, Sileshi Bekele (PhD), was named chief negotiator & advisor on Transboundary Rivers and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with the rank of minister. A few new faces were nominated for ministerial posts as well. Taye Dendea was named a state minister for Peace while Meseret Meskele has taken on the role of a state minister for Revenues. In total, the Premier has appointed over 65 officials to oversee the work of 22 ministerial offices.

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LOFTY CONSTRUCTS

A painting depicts traditional farming equipment at the Science Museum around the Arat Kilo area. Since the seizing of power by the current administration, large-scale architectural projects marked by grandeur have proliferated across the capital. The satellite city being built in the Yeka mountains, which is set to cost around 600 billion Br, according to the Prime Minister, is one such project yet to see the light of day. Some estimates put the plot size for the project at around 503hct despit...

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CLEAN BILL

A queue for diagnostics at the nation's largest state-owned hospital, Black Lion. As the health sector is largely funded by development partners from abroad, decreased support as donors shied away due to the war in the North has required the suspension of several new projects. Social health Insurance slated for next year was scraped due to a budgetary shortfall of five billion Birr. With the physician-to-patient ratio titering at around 1:30,000, queues in public hospitals are commonplace in Eth...

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ACRID GROUNDS

A street vendor puts up pepper for sale around the Lideta area. With agricultural produce accounting for the largest share of the nation's GDP at around 40pc, setbacks in the delivery of fertilizer have become a source of strife in rural Ethiopia. Only a third of the scheduled fertilizer of 1.3 million quintals has been distributed into the hands of farmers this year. This is despite the year being one in which the government claims to have met local demand for wheat and started exporting. Low p...

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