In his early days after assuming power two years ago, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), on his tour around North America and Europe, urged the diaspora community to contribute “a dollar a day” in support of alleviating Ethiopia’s socio-economic quagmires.

The cargo entrance of Ethiopian Airlines has been busy these days past few weeks. It has been hosting thousands of migrants originating from Saudi Arabia who have suddenly been transported to Addis Ababa with little regards to their wellbeing.

The Addis Ababa City Administration Labor and Social Affairs Bureau received a street children and youth rehabilitation center built and donated by the Tewodros Ashenafi Foundation.  

The US, through its State Department and its developmental agency, the Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has pledged USD 37 million to Ethiopia to fight COVID-19 pandemic.

With global fear mounting as the COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll all over the world, vulnerable Ethiopian migrants in the Middle East, where some 220,000 live, are facing deportation in the remaining months of 2020, while thousands are feared to be potential targets of flash floods, with 110,000 victims already been displaced.

Netflix has acquired a new documentary about the Boeing 737 Max disasters from a renowned filmmaker, Rory Kennedy.

These are no ordinary times. In the midst of COVID-19 that has devastated every corner of the world, the Ethiopian society and the nation is getting used to changing its habits to help stop the spread of the virus.

While boarders remain closed to curtail the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, as many as 9,400 deported and repatriated Ethiopians are receiving basic safety materials and health services across make-shift facilities.

African diplomats this week received more medical supplies from the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation to be used in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

As one of the five pillars of Islam, Ramadan is a time when the faithful take time to cleanse the body and soul by fasting all-day long and doing only good deeds for their fellow men.