The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) announced the establishment of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) that could reach 30 billion USD. The facility is dedicated to providing African governments with a liquidity structure on par with international standards so as to address the African Continent’s specific Eurobond issuance needs. A Eurobond is […]
Month: November 2021
House of People’s Representatives Approves State of Emergency
The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) has endorsed the six month state of emergency that was declared by the Council of Ministers last Tuesday. The House, in its first regular meeting held today, endorsed the state of emergency after deliberating on the proclamation drafted with a view to averting the threat against the national existence […]
Nat’l Stakeholder Workshop on UN IGIF, Country Action Plan Underway
A three-day national stakeholder workshop on UN’s Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) and the country action plan that could facilitate the socio-economic transformation of the country is underway here in Addis Ababa. It is to be recalled that the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management adopted IGIF implementation guide to strengthen national […]
Ethiopian Owned NOC Launches 1.3 Mil USD Project in Djibouti
Ethiopian owned NOC has launched a 1.3 million US dollars project in Djibouti on Wednesday. As part of expanding investments in neighboring countries, NOC Djibouti has signed an agreement with a China Construction to significantly renovate and modernize a service station worth 1.3 million dollars on Wednesday, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djiboutian Minister […]
Tigray: the devastating toll of Ethiopia’s vicious year of war – podcast
A year since war broke out in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, conflict in the country is intensifying. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to two experts about the worsening humanitarian situation in Tigray and the international community’s response to the conflict. And we hear from a researcher who found that reusable food […]
Pasha 130: The Ethiopia and Tigray conflict is worsening hunger in the region
Ethiopia and its northern region of Tigray have been in conflict for about a year now. The political power struggle that had been going on for decades escalated a year ago when Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military offensive. The conflict is putting hundreds of thousands of people in Tigray at risk of starvation […]