Ethiopia and South Korea have signed two concessional loan agreements amounting $93 million today. The loan would be used to finance the Addis Ababa Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and land information management system (LIMS). Of the total, $63 million will be channeled for the BRT project. The BRT corridor will have five essential services out […]
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed said the country will begin filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir in the upcoming rainy season. He made the remake following the 9th year anniversary of the commencement of the dam. “We will start filling the dam in the next rain season,” he said. Financing the project with […]
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed held phone conversation with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. The discussion focused on the need for collective leadership to overcome the impact of coronavirus (COVID19) together, according to a twitter post by the Prime Minister “We agreed that withstanding the economic damages that the pandemic introduces requires the support of […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held a virtual conference today with the sub-committee heads of the high-level National COVID-19 Ministerial Committee to assess activity performance and determine if additional assignments are required. According to the Office of the Prime Minister, COVID-19 prevention and containment efforts have progressed with incremental actions through each of the sub-committees. One such initiative […]
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Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed held phone talks with Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of EU Commission. The Prime Minister said on Twitter that they discussed challenges faced due to coronavirus (COVID-19).
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed held phone talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on ways to induce international support for Africa’s fight against coronavirus (COVID-19). In a 17-minute conversation, Dr Abiy pointed out that responding to COVID-19 has emerged as one of the biggest problems in Africa and the continent needs to learn from […]
The Ministry of Health and Ethiopia Public Health Institute unveiled a suite of new digital health tools that are built on top of DHIS2 to enhance surveillance, monitoring and tracking of coronavirus cases in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new systems were developed with support from USAID’s Digital Health Activity, the Bill and Melinda […]
Ethiopia and United Kingdom agreed to deepen cooperation in the fight against corona virus following phone talks between Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. Premier Abiy has phoned British Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab on ways of strengthening cooperation to avert the spread of COVID-19. The two sides discussed wide range of issues […]
Addis Ababa City Administration on Sunday has disinfected the city’s main streets as part of prevention and containment of the spread of COVID-19. As health workers and governments around the world work to slow the spread of COVID-19, large-scale disinfection efforts are becoming commonplace. According to Office of the Mayor, in an effort to fight […]