The National Meteorology Agency said it is going to install modern weather forecast radar station around Tana Beles to prevent threats of flooding in the River Nile basin. Agency Meteorological Forecast and Early Warning Director, Dr. Diriba Koricha, told ENA that the radar was bought at a cost of about 80 million birr obtained from […]

Ethiopia plans to expand industry, sugar factories and power production using proceeds from its oversubscribed debut Eurobond that raised $1 billion, the finance minister said on Tuesday. Ethiopia is the latest African state to receive a strong response on its first foray into the international debt markets. Investors have been eyeing Africa’s sturdy growth rates […]

Scores of Ethiopian health workers arrived in Liberia on Tuesday to bolster the response to an Ebola outbreak that the government says it wants to stamp out before Christmas. The 87 doctors and nurses will join an African Union (AU) mission against the worst Ebola outbreak on record, which has killed more than 6,800 people […]

The Committee to Protect Journalists identified 220 journalists in jail around the world in 2014, an increase of nine from 2013. The tally marks the second-highest number of journalists in jail since CPJ began taking an annual census of imprisoned journalists in 1990, and highlights a resurgence of authoritarian governments in countries such as China, […]

Arup South Africa has won the contract to prepare a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) master plan for ten of the key stations that are part of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system being built in Addis Abeba. The 34.24 km network, based on two initial lines, one running north-south from Menelik Square to Kaliti and […]

Ministry of Urban Development and Construction told  that an international bid has been issued to get foreign contractors involved in the housing program in Addis.Minister Mekuria Haile said the need to involve foreign contractors is due to the need to build new houses as quickly as possible for the city’s dwellers.The involvement of foreign contractors […]

Ten suspected terrorists who are said to have taken political and military training in Eritrea and killed people in an effort to create the independent state of Benishangul Gumuz are charged yesterday. They are also said to have tried to sabotage the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The charge document prepared by the […]

Israeli rabbis of Ethiopian origin yesterday accused the Israeli rabbinate of racially discriminating against them despite all the challenges they have fought to transfer tens of thousands of Jews from Ethiopia to Israel and to preserve the Jewish faith in Ethiopia. Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper released a report yesterday claiming that Ethiopian rabbis are racially […]

Kifiya Financial Technology, a subsidiary of the US based Global Computing Solution Plc (GCS), has been hired by Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporate (EBC) to collect license fees from television owners. Kifiya is the company that has been running a United Billing System (UBS) called Lehulu. Via Lehulu, Kifiya has been collecting fees of telephone, electric and […]

Egyptians waste 20 percent of the country’s share of water from the Nile, a water resources expert has said in comments reported by Al-Ahram Arabic news website. Diaaeddin El-Qousi, a professor at the National Institute for Water, said on Sunday that Egyptians “misuse” water by leaving taps running and while washing cars, among other reasons. […]

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) is on the process of establishing its own banknotes and security printing factory to print cash locally. The Bank announced a tender two weeks ago to hire an international consultancy firm to conduct a feasibility study for the printing plant on the state owned daily newspaper, The Ethiopian Herald. […]

Police has announced that it has finalized its investigation on the suspects of the fatal gang rape case of Hana Lalango yesterday. The case has been held in a closed court at the Addis Ababa’s Kirkos subcity court. Police has been probing the five suspects who were held in connection with the abduction, rape and […]

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia has finalized preparation to distribute voting materials such as voter registration and voter ID documents to regional electoral offices throughout the country. The Board will also distribute Constituency Stamps, Result Announcement Forms, etc. Demisew Benti, Director of Public Relations Directorate at the Board told fanabc.com that they have made […]

With part of the international community’s support for the Ebola affected countries coming as loans, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said it is crucial that the current health crisis should not spark debt distress for the three affected countries. “Loans provided for Ebola affected countries to help them deal with the crisis […]

The European Commission (EC) has decided to upheld its previous decision banning Eritrean Airlines from flying over its skies. The decision came as the European Commission updated the European list of airlines subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union (EU air safety list). All airlines from Libya have now been […]

The first Pasta Fair, a convention and exhibition about durum wheat and its products, has been held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. The event followed the success of the Italian Cooperation project “The agricultural sector in Oromia” which has done exceptionally well, with an increase in production from 500 tons in 2012 to […]