The prominent Ethiopian athlete, Haile G.Sellassie has urged black people to join the “No More” campaign against neocolonialism. Ethiopians at the moment are fighting the neocolonialism mentality and principle, he added. Speaking to ENA, the athlete said some Western countries are interfering in the internal affairs of Ethiopia by taking democracy, humanity and other issues […]
Continue ReadingUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate end to the fighting in Ethiopia, as the United States warned there was “no military solution” to the African nation’s civil war. The calls came as Ethiopian media reported that Abiy Ahmed, the country’s prime minister, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was at the […]
Continue ReadingPublished by Relaxnews Boeing’s new long-haul 777X airliner made its first flight on Saturday, a step forward for the company whose broader prospects remain clouded by the 737 MAX crisis.The plane took off from a rain-slicked runway a few minutes after 10:00 am local time (1800 GMT), at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, home to […]
Continue ReadingPublished by AFP Tokyo (AFP) – Birhanu Legese of Ethiopia won the virus-hit Tokyo marathon reduced from a mass participation event of 38,000 runners to just elite athletes on Sunday because of the COVID-19 outbreak.The race, which doubled up as an trial for Japanese athletes hoping to run in their home Tokyo Olympics later this […]
Continue ReadingPublished by AFP Nairobi (AFP) – African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness.Here is a snapshot of the situation on a continent plagued by weak health systems and shortages of doctors […]
Continue ReadingPublished by AFP Johannesburg (AFP) – Sub-Saharan Africa recorded its second coronavirus death on Friday as infections rose in South Africa, where the government warned bluntly of a long haul in the fight against the disease.Despite stringent restrictions ranging from flight bans to school closures, countries south of the Sahara have recorded two deaths in […]
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