Activities underway to restructure Human Rights Commission

ADDIS ABABA – “Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been carrying out quite a lot of effective works intending to restructure the inside out of the commission and achieve its desired goal... Read more »

Sheger bread plant 95% complete

ADDIS ABABA – A 600 million Birr Sheger Bread Project, taking shape to a capacity of manufacturing 1.5 million loaves of bread per day, is 95 percent complete. The plant is slated... Read more »

East African nations join forces to fight desert locust swarm

ADDIS ABABA – The Ethiopian government announced that it has been cooperating with East African nations in the fight against desert locust swarm which has posed potential threat to the sub-region. In... Read more »

Deputy Premier says Ethiopia working for continental economic integration

 ADDIS ABABA (ENA) – Ethiopia will continue exerting efforts to create a strong continent-wide economic integration in order to ensure peace and stability in Africa, Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen said. He... Read more »

PM Abiy confers with community representatives

ADDIS ABABA (ENA) – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held public consultation with over two thousand community representatives drawn from various zones of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ State (SNNPS) at the Office... Read more »

Financial constraint confines cardiac service to third of capacity

ADDIS ABABA – Cardiac Center-Ethiopia said 7,000 cardiac patients are in a waiting list while resource constraints have confined the services to only 500 patients a year. “A third of the Center’s... Read more »

Timket: Demonstration of Ethiopia’s potential for festival tourism

Whenever one thinks of tourism in Ethiopia, the first thing that pops into the mind is the ancient tangible heritages such as the Aksum Obelisk, the Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela and The... Read more »

New swarms of locusts threaten regional food security

– Heavy rains contribute to crisis ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are dealing with desert locust swarms of “unprecedented size and destructive potential” that could spill over into more countries... Read more »

Ethio telecom undertaking broadband network expansion

ADDIS ABABA – Ethio telecom said that it has been carrying out broadband internet network expansion and upgrading to deliver quality services. Responding to the media while presenting Ethio telecom’s six months... Read more »

Patent on teff to be terminated, but problem of biopiracy is far from solved

ADDIS ABABA – A controversial patent on Ethiopia’s national cereal teff is about to be terminated, but the problem of biopiracy is far from solved, according to a report by DW. Farmers... Read more »