Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Oct. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sweegen is expanding its extensive sweetener portfolio in early 2022 with the zero-calorie, high-intensity sweetener brazzein. The product was developed in collaboration with long-term innovation partner Conagen, which has scaled it to commercial production. Brazzein is a small, heat-stable protein, 500 to 2,000 times sweeter […]
Day: October 4, 2021
Ethiopia’s PM Sworn in For Second Term As War Spreads
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in for a second five-year term running a country in the grip of a nearly year-long war. Abiy’s Prosperity Party was declared the winner of parliamentary elections earlier this year in a vote criticized and at times boycotted by opposition parties but described by some […]
Police Arrest Ethiopia Insider’s Founder
WASHINGTON — Journalist Tesfalem Waldyes, the founder and editor-in-chief of Ethiopia Insider, an Ethiopian news and analysis website, is in police custody, according to media reports. Tesfalem’s colleagues and friends said his whereabouts hadn’t been known since Saturday, but federal police confirmed his detention to the BBC, saying there is nothing to be concerned about. Police didn’t […]
UN Aid Officials Expelled by Ethiopia Depart for ‘Safety’ Reasons
UNITED NATIONS — Seven U.N. humanitarian officials expelled by Ethiopia are no longer in the country, the world body confirmed Monday. “They have been moved from the country to ensure their safety,” U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said. “Our priority is to make sure that our staff can go about their work safely,” he said when questioned […]
Secret Wealth of High-Profile Individuals Revealed in ‘Pandora Papers’ Leak
LONDON — World leaders, politicians and pop stars are among the thousands of individuals revealed to be concealing huge wealth through a network of anonymous companies. The documents, known as the Pandora Papers and published Sunday, are part of a leak of almost 12 million files from the archives of several legal firms, which shed light […]
Abiy Ahmed sworn in as Ethiopian Prime Minister for a new 5-year-term
ADDIS ABABA, Ahmed Ali has been sworn in in front of Parliament as Prime Minister of Africa’s second-most populous nation, Ethiopia. The PM who had been in office since 2018 begins a new five-year mandate after his party won majority seats in the Parliament. “After a landslide victory in June’s Ethiopian elections which […]