Recovery plan for tourism industry in the pipeline: ETO

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Tourism Organization (ETO) disclosed that it has been preparing recovery plan for the tourism industry that is hit hard by COVID -19. ETO Communication Director Fitsum Kassahun told... Read more »

Nation exerting efforts to increase wheat production

ADDIS ABABA – Nation exerting efforts to expand irrigation to increase wheat productivity in order to ensure food self-sufficiency along with import substitution. Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (OARI) said that farmer’s interest... Read more »

Facebook expands its Third-party Fact-checking Program to African countries

In partnership with Pesa Check, Facebook has announced the expansion of its third-party fact-checking program to cover Ethiopia, Burundi and Mali. This program has Joining 15 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, Facebook’s third-party... Read more »

Ethiopian Airlines finalizes transporting Jack Ma’s 2nd round donation

ADDIS ABABA – The Ethiopian Airlines announced that it has completed the flight and delivery of the second round shipments of life saving medical supplies to fight COVID-19 donated by Jack Ma... Read more »

Migration from Africa to Arabian Gulf decreases, risks facing migrants increase as countries grapple with COVID-19

NAIROBI/CAIRO – Migration on the world’s busiest maritime route from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Gulf has dropped dramatically since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while stigmatization and ill-treatment... Read more »

Ministry conducts massive door-to-door COVID-19 surve

ADDIS ABABA (FBC) – More than three million households have been accessed through the door-to-door COVID-19 survey conducted thus far, said the Ministry of Health. Health Minister Dr. Lia Tadesse said the... Read more »

Ministry inks agreement to commercialize gas

ADDIS ABABA – The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum signed gas commercialization agreement with Chinese firm-Poly GCL Petroleum Investment Ltd, to develop the Ogaden basin’s Calub, Hilala and Shibola gas reserves. The... Read more »

Institute donates anti-epidemic materials, develops safe hand wash machine

ADDIS ABABA – The Ethiopian Water Technology Institute (EWTI) says the institute in collaboration with other non-governmental organizations has handed over COVID-19 protection materials worth of over half a million Birr. The... Read more »

Ministry expediting efforts to preempt Desert Locust amid COVID-19 pandemic

ADDIS ABABA – Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) discloses that it has taken various measures to mitigate COVID-19 effects on the ongoing activities of preventing and controlling desert locust. Plants Protection and Quality... Read more »

PM Abiy visits seedlings raised in Oromia

ADDIS ABABA (FBC) – Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed along with Chief Administrator of Oromia Regional State, Shemelis Abdissa, visited the status of tree seedlings raised for planting at the Sodere nursery... Read more »