Ethiopia pardons additional 1, 559 inmates

 ADDIS ABABA (FBC) – The Federal Attorney General has granted pardon for 1, 559 inmates today. This is in addition to the 4,010 inmates who were pardoned last week to curb the... Read more »

Finance Ministers call for 100 bln USD to avert COVID-19

 ADDIS ABABA – (ENA) The African Ministers of Finance have called for 100 billion USD support to halt the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the continent. According to the UN Economic Commission... Read more »

Filling GERD will begin this rainy season: PM Abiy

 ADDIS ABABA (ENA) – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said filling the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will begin this coming rainy season, and urged all Ethiopians to fully implement the preventive measures... Read more »

NBE issues new directive to license, authorize payment instrument issuers

 ADDIS ABABA (FBC) –The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has issued a new directive that is important to promote the safety and efficiency of the payment system. The directive “Licensing and Authorization... Read more »

PM Abiy, President Ramaphosa Discuss COVID-19

 ADDIS ABABA (ENA) – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wrote he had good conversation with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa on the need for collective leadership to overcome the impact of COVID-19. Writing... Read more »

The New Nile Order: Ethiopia won’t sleep with old pigs in the sty

The COVID-19 pandemic that took lives of close to forty thousand people and left a million others in dire situations has changed news headlines all over the world. In Ethiopia, however, the... Read more »

Pulling the ethnic card

My cell rings late into the night while watching some action film. No one I know calls at that time of the night. I don’t know the number calling. Having expected too... Read more »

The whole picture and nothing less!

A few days back I was having this chat with a relative of mine about the virus problem which seems to be redefining everything. The strictly religious soul she was, she told... Read more »

Ethiopians should stick to coronavirus dos, don’ts

Nobody denies the fact that COVID-19 is claiming thousands of lives worldwide paying no heed of age, sex, ethnicity, religion and other related aspects. At first, nobody had expected such unanticipated pandemic... Read more »

What is required from stakeholders to halt spread of COVID-19?

Coronavirus has been spreading rapidly across the world. The coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March, 2020. As a means to control its... Read more »