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Jun 18 , 2022

COSTUME WELCOME

A strange sight was observed at the headquarters of the Bole Sub City, where Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse and Elmo, worn as costumes greeted people coming in and out of the compound. Barney, the purple...

Jun 18 , 2022

World Bank Grants $210m for Water Supply Projects

The World Bank Group has granted 210 million dollars in support of a nationwide water project. Part of the funding will be used to carry out assessments and expansion projects in 67 weredas by expe...

Jun 18 , 2022

Prime Minister Confirms Fuel Subsidy Lift Begins Next Month

Fuel subsidies are sapping a vast amount of resources," Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) told parliamentarians last week. He confirmed the federal government would go ahead with its plan to lift th...

Jun 18 , 2022

Germany Provides 500m Br in IT Support

The German government has provided information communications technology (ICT) equipment valued at half a billion Birr as part of efforts to improve vocational schools in the country. The equipment...

Jun 18 , 2022

Coffee Exports Top $1.2b

Revenues from the export of the country's most valuable commodity have topped 1.2 billion dollars this year, according to the Ethiopian Coffee & Tea Authority. Revenues have well surpassed the...

Jun 18 , 2022

COVID-19 Jab Campaign Nears 50m Doses

Health professionals have administered over 47 million doses of various COVID-19 vaccines since the Ministry of Health began its first jab campaign last April. Over 15 million doses were administer...

Jun 18 , 2022

Fed Pledges Finance for Qality Road Project

During an address to Parliament last week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) said the federal government would cover the cost of a road corridor between Qality and Tulu Dimtu from its own coffers if the...

Jun 18 , 2022

WFP Warns Drought, Conflict Threaten Severe Food Insecurity in Horn

The World Food Programme (WFP) warns the Horn of Africa could face "unprecedented" levels of food insecurity in 2023. The UN agency says armed conflict, climate change, a crippling drought, and sup...

Jun 11 , 2022

SOS Response

Wilfried Vyslozil, executive at Hermann Gmeiner Fonds Deutschland, a supporting association within SOS Children's Village, speaks at a press briefing to launch a humanitarian relief project, Complex H...

Jun 11 , 2022

Leaning

The challenge with consistent access to electricity in Ethiopia is as much generation capacity as it is transmission. A good example is this electric pole, in Bole, which seems to no longer be able...

Jun 11 , 2022

Sponge Vending

A street vendor on Debre Zeit Road, aka Sierra Leone Street, is carrying sponges he plans to sell. He is trying to entice customers at eateries nearby who are on their lunch break. Selling three spo...

Jun 11 , 2022

Private Banks Eye Djibouti Market

The executives of the Bank of Abyssinia and the newly-formed Siinqee Bank look to establish a presence in neighbouring Djibouti. Abyssinia's executives say they have completed preparations to open...

Jun 11 , 2022

Central Bank Renounces Digital Currencies

Regulators at the central bank released a statement last week, calling cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin illegal and prohibiting the use of any currency other than the Birr for financial transactions....

Jun 11 , 2022

Ethio telecom Inks Immigration Services Deal

The state-owned Ethio telecom and the Immigration & Citizenship Service have signed an agreement to facilitate service payments through the former's Telebirr mobile money platform. Applicants c...

Jun 11 , 2022

Health Ministry to Undertake Third COVID-19 Jab Campaign

Officials at the Ministry of Health say they have finalised preparations for a third round of COVID-19 vaccinations. Health professionals have administered close to 30 million doses of COVID-19 jab...

Jun 11 , 2022

Ethiopia Cedes Stake in Berbera Port

The federal government has lost a 19pc stake in the Berbera Multi-Purpose Port, according to Somaliland officials. It effectively voids the terms of a deal struck in 2017 between the government, DP...


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