The Ethiopian government’s efforts to reduce the amount of fluoride in water consumed by millions of Ethiopians have proven unsuccessful, according to a report by the Federal Auditor General. The report found that highly fluorinated water severely impacts many areas in three rift valley regions: Oromia, Afar, and the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region […]
The prolonged foreign currency retention rule the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) put in place a year and a half ago crippled chemical input import-dependent leather industries, their lobby group decries. Repetitive attempts by the industries and their association to be exempted from the mandatory rule that forces them to surrender 70 percent of the […]
Nairobi — Wim Vanhelleputte will take over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC starting September 1. He will replace Anwar Soussa, whose over two-year leadership will be ending on Saturday. Vanhelleputte joins the telco from MTN Group, where he has been serving as Operations Executive since August 2022. “We are pleased […]
Ethiopian runner Tadu Nare continued her impressive form when running in the streets of South Africa. She produced a time of 31:26 to win the Spar Women’s Durban 10k race on Sunday. Nare’s country woman Selam Gebre followed with 31:37 in second place, and Glenrose Xaba finished third in a personal best time of 31:55. […]
Addis Abeba — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said critical infrastructures including health facilities and water systems have been seriously affected in the Oromia region due mainly to the ongoing violence. The Committee said on 22 June, nearly all 42 existing health posts have been looted or damaged in Begi, a district […]
Addis Abeba — The first-ever film in the Awi language, titled “Antagu,” has been released after more than a year of production, according to state broadcaster, ETV. The film’s premiere at the Awi Cultural hall in Injibara town, in Awi administrative zone in the Amhara regional state was attended by government officials, renowned artists, and […]
Addis Ababa — Boeing Co. has settled another case with the relatives of those killed in a 2019 Ethiopian Airlines jet disaster, delaying a trial that was scheduled to start yesterday. The development comes after Boeing attorney Dan Webb informed US District Judge Jorge Alonso that there are now just 68 cases remaining in litigation, […]
Addis Abeba — With the conclusion of consultation on the second Home Grown Economic Reforms Agenda with the executive committee of the Development Assistance Group (DAG), Ethiopia moves a step closer to securing the much-needed foreign currency from the Bretton Woods Institutions. In 2019, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved close to $3 billion to […]
Addis Abeba — Amb. Bankole with Field Marshall Berhanu Jula. Photo: Amb. Bankole Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, met on Monday with Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and discussed about the AU-led Pretoria Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement. […]
Addis Abeba — The committee established by the interim regional administration of Tigray to investigate diversion of humanitarian food in the region has revealed that the Ethiopian federal government entities and Eritrean forces had higher roles in the widescale food aid diversion. General Fiseha Kidane, coordinator of the investigation committee who is also interim head […]
TrustAfrica and Urgent Action Fund-Africa have officially launched the Pan-African and Feminist Initiative for Philanthropies, in partnership with the Coalition for the Dialogue about Africa (CoDA). The event was held on Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The event included remarks by Dr Ebrima Sall, Executive Director of TrustAfrica, Ms Tsitsi Midzi of […]
The organization cited reports that supplies are being diverted to the Ethiopian military. The announcement comes a day after the US also suspended deliveries. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday that it has suspended food aid assistance to Ethiopia. The organization cited reports that supplies are being diverted to the Ethiopian […]
The Washington Post reports the U.S. government is suspending food aid to Ethiopia after an investigation uncovered a scheme to divert the food from the poor to the Ethiopian military. The Post quoted a statement from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) which said: “After a country-wide review, USAID determined, in coordination with the […]
Johannesburg — The agency’s aid into Tigray has been suspended since an internal investigation – due to deliver its findings any day – was launched in May. The senior leadership of the World Food Programme in Ethiopia has resigned, shortly before the findings of a probe into the misappropriation of food aid in the country […]
The Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) has announced that the 10,000-meter trial race will be held on June 23 at the Enrique Lopez Cuenca stadium in Nerja, Spain. The EAF reached an agreement to host the trial races for both the men’s and women’s categories. The race is expected to feature various world champions, Olympic winners, […]
Addis Abeba — Heavy rainfall in Metema over the last few days has exacerbated an already challenging situation of refugees crossing to Ethiopia from war-torn Sudan, according to a recent UN report. The rainfall has resulted in significant damage to temporary shelters and personal effects of newly arrived refugees, while also flooding local healthcare facilities, […]
Addis Abeba — Ethiopian Airlines Group refuted as “false allegation” a report that its services was blocking Tigrayans from travel to and the the Tigray regional state. On Wednesday 31 May, The Guardian newspaper published a story that “a civil society organization has launched a lawsuit against Ethiopian Airlines, accusing the state-owned carrier of discriminating […]
Addis Abeba — The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said following complaints filed to the commission by Eritrean refugees and Asylum seekers in Addis Abeba, it observed that hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers, mostly Eritreans have been imprisoned in several sub-cities in the capital on the basis of failing to present documents revealing their […]