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President Sahle-Work to Attend Regional CEO Forum

Mar 23 , 2019

President Sahle-Work Zewde will be attending the seventh African CEO Forum in Rwanda, Kigali on March 25 and 26, 2019. During her attendance, the President is expected to address the forum on continental free trade and the continent’s economic integration. Organised by Jeune Afrique Media Group and Rainbow Unlimited, the Forum brings African private sector decision makers and financiers together. The last two-day forum was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in March 2018, bringing together 1,500 business leaders, public decision makers and investors from Africa and around the world.

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HOLY REFRESHMENTS

A young deacon baptises an eager crowd at Timket festivities around Janmeda field. Immersion in water represents a rebirth in initiation ceremonies in history. It symbolises the breaking of amniotic fluid (a liquid that surrounds the fetus) during birth, hinting towards a second birth on the planet. Water has had deep sociopolitical significance for Ethiopia as the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been proceeding under three Prime Ministers. Exeeding the initial bud...

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BARKING SPOT

On a scorching hot afternoon, a pack of stray dogs take shade under a tree on Debrezeit road. A third of Ethiopia's landmass was reported to be covered in trees in the 19th century, deforestation has put that number at around 10pc. Emperor Minelik II was the first leader of Ethiopia to engage in reforestation as he imported the Australian Eucalyptus in 1895. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) also is enamoured by lush greenery to the degree he launched the Green Legacy Initiative three years ago...

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GREEN GLAZE

A street vendor sells fresh-cut grass around Kera for the holiday season. Most households embellish the holiday atmosphere at home, by spraying 'Qetema' in the house. A green glaze is expanding across the capital, with a new public park being announced every few months. Lemi Park in the recently formed Lemi Kura sub-city is the latest of these projects scheduled for a 10 months construction period. Friendship and Entoto parks, with the Prime Minister Office overseeing the construction, have beco...

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