Year: 2022
- Africa
Analysis: Skepticism, higher prices drag government’s effort to encourage use of EVs in Ethiopia, as a new directive set to tackle infrastructure issues
EV at a charging station in Addis Abeba – Photo: Ethiopia Electric Power/Faceboob By Mihret G Kristos @MercyG_kirstos Addis Abeba – Electric Vehicles (EV) are slowly gaining momentum on the roads in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Abeba, as the government exempted them from value added tax and excise tax since September, to encourage importers and local assemblers as well as improve…
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News: WHO Director General says Eritrean troops “murdered” his uncle, more than 50 people in Tigray village
Dr. Tederos during Wednesday’s presser. Photo: Screenshot/AS Addis Abeba – Tedros Adhanom (PhD), Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said Eritrean troops have killed his uncle and “more than 50” others in a village in the Tigray regional state, in Northern Ethiopia. Dr. Tedros revealed his loss at a press briefing to journalists about COVID-19 pandemic, in Geneva.…
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Business: Akobo Minerals makes a third gold discovery at Segele
Akobo Minerals anticipates that the drilling will start likely in January 2023. Photo: Akobo Minerals Addis Abeba – Akobo Minerals, the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and boutique mining company, today announced that it has made a new gold discovery at Segele. “This is the third distinct style of gold mineralization in the area,” the company said in a statement sent…
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News: WB emphasizes importance of ending Ethiopia’s internal conflict, full implementation of peace agreement; Board approves $745 m grant
Meeting between PM Abiy with World Bank President David Malpass. Photo: David Malpass Addis Abeba – In a meeting held with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the World Bank Group President David Malpass “emphasized to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed the importance of ending internal conflict and achieving lasting peace. President Malpass also “stressed the importance of fully implementing the recent peace…
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#ASDailyScoop: Jigjiga court hands death sentence to police officer who shot dead Somali MP
The late Juweria Subcis. Photo: Social media Addis Abeba – High court in Jigjiga, the capital of Somali regional state, sentenced to death on 12 December a member of federal police who shot and killed Juweria Subcis, a member of the ruling Prosperity Party Central Committee and the Somali regional parliament. “Justice has rightfully been served with no delay: though…
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News: Abiy, Blinken discuss urgent need for withdrawal of Eritrean forces, US wants access by international human rights monitors
The first ever in-person meeting between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Picture Credit: PM Abiy Addis Abeba – In the first ever in-person meeting held between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the two “discussed the urgent need for all Eritrean forces to leave Ethiopia,” as the US urged…
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