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NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Successfully Flies by Asteroid "Donaldjohanson"
(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: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update (15 April 2020)
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within twenty-four hours are 431; of this three (3) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19. The Details of the cases are presented below; S. NO Citizenship Residence Age sex Travel history of...

Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update (14 April 2020)
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within twenty-four hours are 447; of this eight (8) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19. The Details of the cases are presented below; S. NO Citizenship Residence Age sex Travel history of...

P!TCH ETHIOP!A - Lions@frica and Africa Fintech Summit partner to showcase Ethiopian Startups
Innovation events will usher in a new wave of opportunities for the Ethiopian Startup ecosystem ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, ETHIOPIA, November 17, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Lions@frica and African Fintech Summit are joining forces to present the...

Ethiopian Airlines Canada marks five years in “The 6ix” with an increase to five non-stop flights to Africa a week
Toronto, Ontario, Sept. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toronto, Ontario, Canada (September 27, 2017) - Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest airline in Africa, is marking five years of service between Toronto, Canada and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by...

Coronavirus - Ethiopia: International Monetary Fund (IMF) reaches a Staff-Level Agreement for the First Review of the Extended Credit Facility-Extended Fund Facility for Ethiopia
Download logo End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a virtual visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily...

IMF Reaches a Staff-Level Agreement for the First Review of the Extended Credit Facility-Extended Fund Facility for Ethiopia
August 21, 2020 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a virtual visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily...

Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Notification note on additional COVID-19 Confirmed Cases (March 29, 2020)
Download logo Ethiopian Public Health Institute conducted additional laboratory tests and two (2) additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, making the total cases twenty-one (21). The confirmed cases are a 38 years old male and 35 ram old...

Foreign minister receives congratulations from Ethiopian counterpart
Luanda, ANGOLA, May 18 - Angolan minister of Foreign Affairs Téte António received from his Ethiopian counterpart Gedu Andargachew a message of congratulations on his recent appointment to the post, according to a note from Angolan Embassy in that...

Coronavirus – Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update - 8 May 2020
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within 24 hours are 1861; of these three (3) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today are One-Hundred-Ninety-Four (194). All of the cases confirmed...

Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update - 13 May 2020
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within 24 hours are 2,650; of these two (2) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today are Two-Hundred-Sixty-Three (263). Both cases confirmed positive...

Coronavirus – Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update - 5 May 2020
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within 24 hours are 1047; of these five (5) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today are One-Hundred-Forty-Five (145). The tests were conducted at the...

Coronavirus – Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update – 30 April 2020
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within twenty-four hours are 1,408; of this one (1) of them is confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today are 131. The tests were conducted by The Ethiopian Public...

Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update – 2nd June 2020
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within 24 hours are 3,932; of these eighty-seven (87) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today are 1,344. Among the confirmed cases, 59 of them are...

Coronavirus: Ethiopia steps up Health Spending with help from International Monetary Fund (IMF) Emergency Assistance
Download logo The IMF has approved $411 million in emergency assistance for Ethiopia to help fight the coronavirus pandemic in the east African country. It also approved Ethiopia’s request for a suspension of debt service payments of about $12...

Coronavirus – Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update – 25 April 2020
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within twenty-four hours are 1019; of this five (5) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed case as of today is 122. The laboratory tests conducted in 24 hours are...

Coronavirus – Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update – 26 April 2020
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within twenty-four hours are 957; of this one (1) of them is confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today are 123. The tests were conducted by The Ethiopian Public...

Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update - 31 May 2020
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within 24 hours are 2,836: of these 109 of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today are 1,172. Among the confirmed cases. 61 of them are male and 48 are...

Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update (19 April 2020)
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within twenty-four hours are 667; of this three (3) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today is one hundred eight (108). The Details of the cases are...

Coronavirus - Africa: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ethiopia assists hundreds of returning COVID-19 affected migrants
Thousands of irregular and undocumented migrants in Lebanon have lost their livelihoods due to COVID-19 and the economic crisis. Many have begun to return home to Ethiopia. Sewasew Gereme is among the returnees. She chose to return from Lebanon...