(ENA) Scholars have called on Egypt and Sudan to financially support the natural resources conservation works carried out in the Nile Basin. One of the contributions that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) makes to Sudan is minimizing the recurrent flooding and sedimentation on its hydro-power dams. And unless countries cooperate in jointly protecting trans-boundary […]
Day: June 9, 2021
Some Addis Residents Reaffirm Commitment to Support GERD Till Completion
(ENA) Residents of Addis Ababa told the Ethiopian News Agency that they will continue supporting the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) until its completion. According to them, the downstream countries have been trying hard to disrupt and stop the construction of the dam since its commencement. Its construction has, however, been carried out through own […]
Ethiopia, Russia Agree to Enhance Cooperation in Intelligence, Security
(ENA) Ethiopian and Russian agreed to enhance cooperation in the field of intelligence and security as well as other multifaceted areas. This was disclosed during the meeting held today between Director of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) of Ethiopia, Temesgen Tiruneh and Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia Yevgeny Terekhin. The two officials have exchanged […]
Ministry, Internet Society Sign Agreement to Advance Digital Economy in Ethiopia
(ENA) Ministry of Innovation and Technology, and the Internet Society announced a new collaboration agreement today that will help advance the digital economy and drive economic transformation. Ministry of Innovation and Technology State Minister Ahmedin Mohammed and Africa Internet Society Regional Vice President Dawit Bekele signed the agreement during the Advanced Data Science and Visualization […]
Global Partnership for Ethiopia to Prioritize Telecom Infrastructure Development
(ENA) Global Partnership for Ethiopia, a consortium awarded license to operate telecom services in Ethiopia, said it will focus on the development of world-class telecom service infrastructure in the first phase of its work. The consortium includes Vodafone, Vodacom, Safaricom, Sumitomo Corporation, and the CDC Group. Chief Executive Officer of Safaricom, which owns 56 percent […]
Desert locust upsurge: Progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen | January–April 2021
The fight against desert locust in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen has been raging for sixteen months – since January 2020. Governments, FAO and partners are responding to the worst upsurge in seventy years. An extraordinarily effective system has been put in place, from forecasting to responding, and from short-term coordinating to preparing […]