MENA Press Releases

Moroccan wind + sustainable computing project continues development under a new name

Soluna Technologies Ltd. is now called Harmattan Energy, Ltd. NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Soluna Technologies, Ltd., known for the 900 megawatt (MW) wind farm and blockchain computing center under development in Dakhla, Morocco, is now called Harmattan Energy, Ltd.  The Chief Executive Officer, John Belizaire renamed the company after Mechanical Technology, Inc. (MTI) acquired Soluna Computing — […]

Business

The fiscal year 2021 saw a number of challenges, but the results were impressive.

Regional and City Administration Trade and Industry Bureau officials held a discussion with senior officials of the Ministry on the implementation of the 2013 budget year plan. Melaku Alebel, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE), who chaired the forum, said that despite the 2021 budget year, many activities […]

Business

It is also said that we have started to change the gear shift policy that has helped the economy to recover.

The Minister of Trade and Industry of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Melaku Alebel, on the occasion said the country has overcome the global cholera epidemic of over three billion US dollars last year. Moreover, the fact that we have registered 3.64 billion USD in the 2021 fiscal year is an indication that better […]

Medicine

Tigrayan rebels denied allegations that they killed scores of villagers in a neighbouring region of northern Ethiopia earlier this month, a spokesman said Wednesday. “We categorically reject claims of our forces’ involvement in the killing of civilians,” Getachew Reda, spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, said on Twitter. His comments came in response to reports that at least 125 civilians were killed by TPLF forces in the village of Chenna in the Amhara region which lies to the south of Tigray. Mulugeta Melesa, head of the hospital in nearby Dabat town, told AFP he had seen a mass grave and that there were 125 dead, with a search still going on for more bodies. The death toll could not be independently verified and AFP was not able to confirm whether those killed were civilians or combatants. “We reiterate our call for an independent investigation into all atrocities and our willingness to facilitate media access to areas under our control for independent verification of any allegations,” Getachew added. — AFP Source: National News Agency

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the high‑level event on mental health interventions for peacebuilding in conflict and humanitarian settings, held today: Vulnerability and mental health problems are part of our collective human experience and should be treated as seriously as physical health issues, including during a global pandemic. Peacebuilding, mental health and […]

Education

ECSU Graduates Summer Youth Trainees

Ethiopian Civil Service University (ECSU) graduated the second round two hundred trainees of the special summer youth public servants capacity enhancement training programs on September 7, 2021 at Abay Hall. The trainees were recruited from different federal government institutions. In his keynote address His Excellency Ato Bezabih Gebreyes, Commissioner for Civil Service Commission, congratulated the […]