IOM urges funds to help migrants in Horn of Africa and Yemen

BY informigrants.net ADDIS ABABA — The UN migration agency, regional governments and 38 partner countries have launched an appeal for 99 million dollars in aid for over half a million migrants in... Read more »

Guterres urges ‘decisive action’ to stave off debt crisis in developing world

BY un.org ADDIS ABABA — More than a year into the pandemic, the fiscal impacts of the crisis are triggering debt distress in a growing number of countries and is severely limiting... Read more »

Kenya, Tanzania enable multinationals evade taxes

Kenya and Tanzania are among the world’s 70 countries notorious in helping multinational corporations to underpay corporate income tax, leading to lower revenue collections and persistent budget deficit, according to the latest... Read more »

Ethiopia rolls out AstraZeneca jab, says no evidence of harm

Ethiopia on Monday announced that it will not ban the use of AstraZeneca vaccine despite concern in some European countries over blood clotting after receiving the shot. Some eight European countries last... Read more »

Why Africa should have a unified voice at the COP 26

BY STAFF REPORTER Africa has been suffering the worst consequences of climate change. This has been a widely held fact for a long time. Similar reports indicate that there are still many... Read more »

Haavisto’s statement doesn’t reflect Ethiopia’s current reality: Ambassador Hirut

BY TSEGAYE TILAHUN ADDIS ABABA – The statement and the facts given by the Finish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto are purely unverified said Hirut Zemene Ethiopian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and EU... Read more »

Junta’s Tweeting Stooges: Reviewing their big lies

BY GETAHUN LEGESSE  ADDIS ABABA – Some paid lobbyists in the West have conspired and executed extensive disinformation and misinformation campaigns against the Ethiopian government and produced misleading information about the law... Read more »

Access, funding stand in Africa’s path to getting Covid-19 vaccine

As many countries around the world are making important decisions about who gets vaccinated against Covid-19, Africa is in­creasingly on a razor edge as access to the vaccine is not guaranteed. The... Read more »

Kenya, Tanzania , Rwanda rank top for rapid digital growth, demand

Kenya ranked top within the region in digital growth and demand, according to the latest Digital Intelligence Index payments firm Mastercard and the Fletcher School at Tufts University. In the survey titled... Read more »

International flights to and from many African nations resume following COVID-19 halt

Kenya is one of several African countries that are recommencing international flights suspended since March because of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The country’s international airline, Kenya Airways, has resumed flights to 30 different... Read more »