Scholars have urged the media to employ knowledge-oriented reporting strategies in the face of the information warfare Ethiopia has been exposed to. This was disclosed at the a public lecture where officials and experts presented their perspectives of the ongoing media psychological warfare against Ethiopia and the diplomatic pressures. Speaking about digital diplomacy, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson […]
Day: December 7, 2021
Gov’t Making Preparations to Welcome One Million Ethiopian Diaspora Home: PM Office
Preparations are underway to receive one million Ethiopian Diaspora invited to come home to attend this year’s Christmas in their motherland, Press Secretary Billene Seyoum said. In her press briefing today, she said the Office of the Prime Minister extended the invitation to Ethiopians living in the diaspora and the response of Ethiopians worldwide to the […]
Terrorist TPLF Damages, Loots Several Manufacturing Industries in Amhara, Afar
Terrorist TPLF has looted and destroyed several manufacturing industries during its invasion of areas in Amhara and Afar regions, according to Minister of Industry. State Minister of Industry, Shisama Gebresilasie told journalists today that the terrorist group has caused immense damages on small, medium and large scale manufacturing industries located in areas it carried out […]
Tanzania at 60: a model of co-existence held back by political rigidity
Tanzania gained its independence on 9 December 1961 after 71 years of colonial administration, first under Germany and later Britain. At independence the country had only 11 indigenous university graduates and 71% of the senior civil service were expatriates. Like other newly independent African countries, Tanzania faced numerous socio-economic challenges. These included low agricultural productivity and a low industrial and […]
How much meat do we eat? New figures show 6 countries have hit their peak
Eating meat comes with an enormous environmental footprint, with food systems responsible for an estimated 34% of global emissions. And yet, in most countries, meat consumption is continuing to rise. Our new study investigated whether meat consumption increases as income increases. We specifically tested if there’s a point at which improvements in GDP per capita are no longer associated with […]
Navigating complex peace and security challenges together: Grandi
Conflict, climate change and COVID-19, have created a perfect storm of challenges facing refugees, displaced people and their hosts, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, told the Security Council on Tuesday. The deadly mix has increased forced displacement and increased hardships, while the climate emergency has fuelled conflict in Sahel, he said. Underlining the importance […]