“Upping the Ante against the Silent killer”, goes an article published on June 6, 2020 issue of this paper, accompanied by a generous and spacious advert, ostensibly against tobacco product and smoking.

“These are hard times for many of us and we are barely pulling through,” a 63-year-old woman Almaz Tadesse said in a sobering voice echoed by many of her neighbors as she joined a line of people to collect perishable food inside the factory of Heineken in Kilinto.

From the very beginning, Donald Trump’s election campaign for the US presidency, almost four years ago, has targeted one nation— China—as the source of most of his country’s economic problems.

As the community spread of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates in Ethiopia with devastating effects it portends an even heavier humanitarian and economic toll.

Ministry of Culture and Tourism and stakeholders discussed on Tuesday tourism recovery strategy that enables the industry to bounce back. 

The giant state-owned bank, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has rolled out a new organizational structure, the second one since the administration of Abiy Ahmed (PhD) took office in 2018.

Ethiopia’s first online career expo is coming to the capital. A partnership of Dereja.com, a subsidiary of Mind Solutions PLC, and Mastercard Foundation and the Jobs Creation Commission of Ethiopia (JCC), it is to replace the one held in the capital and in person, now forced to go virtual in the midst of COVID-19.

Geeta Pasi, an Indo-American, has been nominated by President Donald Trump as the next ambassador to Ethiopia. An election year appointment, it has been sent to the United States Senate for approval and if selected, she will be replacing Michael Raynor, a career diplomat who was appointed in 2017.

Africa forged cooperation and partnership with major economies like the US, China, Japan, France, Germany, other EU member states, Russia, the Arab League, India, Turkey, South America, and Korea, among others.

Food insecurity is one of the major concerns throughout the continent. According to the latest FAO report, 256 million people remain hungry in Africa, an increase by 44 million from 2014.