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Delegates Point to Heightened Violence against Women, Curbing Their Access to Sexual and Reproductive Rights, as Third Committee Discusses Advancement of Women

October 5, 2022October 6, 2022User2

Attempts to control what women and girls say, think and wear as well as to deny women access to sexual and reproductive rights are on the rise, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today, as it commenced its debate on the advancement of women. In opening remarks, Åsa Regnér, Deputy Executive Director for Policy, […]

Drought pushes more and more girls into child marriage, but not for girls like Fiinxee

October 5, 2022October 6, 2022User2

Meet 17-year-old Fiinxee. She was married off at the tender young age of 13. She does not even know how old her husband was. “My family married me off because of the drought and they had no income,” said Fiinxee. “They needed the dowry, so they sold me off.” Fiinxee is from an area in […]

Ethiopia’s Focus on Technology Infrastructure Helps tailor African digital solutions to Africa’s problems: Prof. Tommy Meyer

October 5, 2022October 6, 2022User2

The priority given by Ethiopia to expedite technological infrastructures in the country will help to find ways in addressing African problems through African digital solutions, said Professor Tommy Meyer, a computer science teacher and researcher at the Center for Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The first Pan African Artificial Intelligence […]

Exploiting Ethio-Somali Relations for Wider Regional Repercussions

October 5, 2022October 6, 2022User2

On September 30, 2022, the Office of the Prime Minister disclosed a joint communique issued at the end of the official state visit by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia to Ethiopia. President Hassan Sheikh paid his first official visit to Ethiopia on the 28th and 29th of September 2022. It is to be noted […]

Ethiopia’s Election To ICAO’s Governing Council Membership Indicates its Outstanding Results in Aviation

October 5, 2022October 6, 2022User2

Ethiopia’s election as a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council indicates the outstanding results the country has achieved in the field, Minister of Transport and Logistics, Dagmawit Moges said. Ethiopia has been elected to the governing Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The election for 36-member council took place at […]

Ethiopia, Somalia Need to Galvanize Security, Economic Cooperation, Somali Scholar

October 5, 2022October 6, 2022User2

Ethiopia and Somalia need to have a common stand in regional security issues and strengthen cooperation, Somalia’s Institute for Federalism and Security Analysis (IFSA) Chairperson said. The chairperson, Professor Sonkor Geyre, told Ethiopian News Agency that he hopes the current visit of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to Ethiopia will open a new chapter in the relationship between […]