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Ethiopia Appoints New Defense and Foreign Ministers
African Press Organization
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April 19, 2019
Download logo The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) approved the nominations Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed put forward for three ministerial posts on April 18, 2019. The House approved the appointment of Gedu Andargachew as Minister of Foreign...
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF): Health facilities targeted in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
African Press Organization
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March 15, 2021
Download logo Health facilities across Ethiopia’s Tigray region have been looted, vandalised and destroyed in a deliberate and widespread attack on healthcare, according to teams from international medical organisation Médecins Sans...
African Ministers of Air Transport adopt Common Position regarding International Travel
African Press Organization
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April 21, 2021
Download logo H.E Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy convened an extra ordinary meeting of Ministers of Air Transport and key stakeholders on 15th April 2021 to discuss this issue of green vaccine passport/certificates...
Gems from the wife of a U.S. President and a gift from an Emperor come to auction in London on May 2
EIN Presswire
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April 29, 2025
DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, April 29, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Three Art Deco gems for sale in Sloane Street Auctions’ May 2 Early Summer Auction come from the personal collection of the wife of a US President. Each dating to around 1925, the...
Ethiopia surpasses Dubai as major transit hub to Africa.
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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December 5, 2018
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ethiopia, the base for Africa’s largest Aviation Group Ethiopian Airlines, has overtaken Dubai as the top transit hub for long-haul passengers to Africa, Reuters has reported citing...
Xu Shaoshi, Special Envoy of President Xi Jinping, to Attend Ceremony Marking Start of Service of Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
African Press Organization
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October 3, 2016
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang announces: At the invitation of the Ethiopian government, Chairman Xu Shaoshi of the National Development and Reform Commission will travel to Ethiopia as the Special Envoy of President Xi Jinping for a...
UNHCR relocates first Ethiopian refugees to a new site in Sudan
African Press Organization
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January 5, 2021
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues to register new refugee arrivals at the Sudanese-Ethiopian border. Some 800 people crossed from Ethiopia’s Tigray region into eastern Sudan in just the first few days of the new year. Since early November,...
Committee on Tourism welcomes the Uplifting of Restrictions on International Travel
African Press Organization
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October 2, 2020
Download logo The Portfolio Committee on Tourism welcomes the uplifting of travel restrictions imposed on international travel due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism, Mr Supra Mahumapelo, said:...
Ethiopian to Resume Flights to Asmara
EIN Presswire
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July 10, 2018
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES, July 10, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has finalized preparations to resume...
Coronavirus - Ethiopia: COVID-19 Unaccompanied Child Migrants Reunited with Their Families in Ethiopia by International Organization for Migration (IOM)
African Press Organization
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October 16, 2020
The issue of unaccompanied migrant children in Ethiopia has been a challenge for the authorities, and the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on just how serious a problem it is. Over 8,300 unaccompanied migrant children have returned to...
Coronavirus - Ethiopia: First Group of 116 Ethiopian Migrants arrive safely from Sudan
African Press Organization
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September 8, 2020
Download logo The first 116 Ethiopian migrants to voluntarily return from Sudan since the onset of COVID-19 are back in the country. The returnees were supported by the government of Ethiopia which paid for the charter flight in July, and the...
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia : Technical Assistance Report-Financial Soundness Indicators Mission
International Monetary Fund
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December 18, 2020
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept. Publication Date: December 18, 2020 Electronic Access: Free Download. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s)...
Ethiopian Holidays Launches New Website
EIN Presswire
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May 11, 2018
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, May 11, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ethiopian Holidays, the tour operator wing of Ethiopian Airlines, is pleased to announce the launching of its newly revamped website. The new website avails accessible, affordable...
Global Coffee Market Size Forecast to Reach USD 174.25 Billion by 2030 – Says Mordor Intelligence
EIN Presswire
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May 28, 2025
The key trends driving the coffee market are ethical sourcing, sustainable production, plant-based RTD innovation, and AI-driven personalization in retail. HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, INDIA, May 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The coffee market is...
Ethiopia: Free Trade Zone implementation pleases Angola
Angola Press Agency
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January 31, 2018
Addis Ababa, ANGOLA, January 31 - The Angolan Foreign Affairs minister, Manuel Augusto, last Monday hailed African leaders for approving the report on the implementation of the Free Trade Zone in Africa, which the diplomat deems crucial for the...
Ethiopia / UA: Angola, Mozambique tune up cooperation mechanisms
Angola Press Agency
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January 26, 2018
Addis Ababa, ANGOLA, January 26 - Angola and Mozambique will continue to work to consolidate bilateral cooperation and identify new areas such as economy with particular attention to the tourism and agriculture sector., The fact was stressed...
Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Flow Monitoring Survey Report
African Press Organization
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August 24, 2020
Between 1 April to 30 June 2020, DTM Ethiopia surveyed a total of 907 migrants across 5 Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs). These FMPs are located in Humera, Metema, Galafi, Dawale and Tog Wochale. For the first time in 27 months of flow monitoring...
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Successfully Flies by Asteroid "Donaldjohanson"
MENAFN
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April 21, 2025
(MENAFN) NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently conducted a close flyby of a small asteroid in the main belt on Sunday. The spacecraft passed within 960 kilometers of the asteroid, named "Donaldjohanson," at 1:51 p.m. ET (0551 GMT), traveling at a speed...
Coronavirus: Ethiopia Country Office - Humanitarian Situation Report
African Press Organization
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August 17, 2020
Highlights Ethiopia’s humanitarian situation became increasingly precarious in April and May 2020 due to increased spread of COVID-19, cholera and measles outbreaks, decimation of food crops by locusts, and flooding. Nearly 320,000 people in seven...
Africa: Counselor Thomas Shannon Travels to Addis, Ababa for IGAD Plus Summit
U.S. Department of State
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August 15, 2015
Ambassador Thomas Shannon, Counselor of the U.S. Department of State, will travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 17 to represent the United States during the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Plus Heads of State Summit on South...