Ethiopia has unveiled its first locally assembled electric cars in a joint venture between Olympic champion Haile Gebreselassie’s Marathon Motor and Korean auto giant Hyundai. The launch aims at giving the necessary impetus to the country’s greening and climate-resilient aspirations. Gebresselassie on Monday delivered the vehicle to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, local media reports. Fully charged, […]
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COVID-19: 100 girls raped in Addis Ababa during pandemic
Ethiopia reports a surge in sexual violence since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak Officials in Ethiopia have said that more than 100 girls were raped and treated in the capital, Addis Ababa, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease. The privately owned Walta TV reported the news. The abuse includes cases of incest. The head of […]
Ethiopia: Pastor killed by crocodile during baptism
A crocodile has killed a Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in southern Ethiopia. Docho Eshete was conducting the ceremony for about 80 people on Sunday morning at Lake Abaya in Arba Minch town’s Merkeb Tabya district. Residents and police told BBC Amharic a crocodile leapt from the water during the baptism […]
Ethiopia elects Sahle-Work Zewde as first female president
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president. Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa’s only female head of state. Her election to the ceremonial position comes a week after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed a cabinet with half the posts taken up by women. […]
Gov’t and Ethiopian Airlines agree on a deal to establish a National Carrier
Africa’s largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, and the government of Ghana have signed a strategic partnership agreement to set up a new national carrier in Accra, Ghana. Ethiopian and the Ghanaian government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) last December. The proposed airline will be a home based airline that would be established by Ethiopian Airlines in […]
Ethiopia, Somalia and Egypt are top 3 African countries with the most beautiful women, Ghana is number 8
10. Tanzania Tanzanian women are famed for their beauty and homemaking skills. The latter emanates from their ancient tradition where women pass these skills to the young teenage girls. If you are looking for a beautiful woman to take back home and introduce to your parents, Tanzania is most likely the place. The “kanga” is […]
Meet the Hamar tribe of Ethiopia where women beg to be beaten to show their love for their husbands
Women from the Hamar tribe in Ethiopia are whipped to show their love for men going through a Rite of Passage ceremony. The beatings go on until their backs turn bloody. They are not allowed to scream. They even beg the men to do it again and again. Located among the bush covered hills on […]
Ethiopia calls for increased trade with Ghana ahead of trade facilitation conference in Addis Ababa
The Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce says it is looking forward to revitalize trade relations between Ghana and Ethiopia as two countries who have historically engaged in commercial partnerships. The President of the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce, Mesenbet Shenkute said this when she led a delegation to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority ahead […]
I am deeply saddened by the loss of 157 lives-Akufo-Addo consoles Ethiopia, families of deceased on Airline crash
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has sent a message of condolence to the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, on the news of the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday, 10th March, 2019, which killed all on board. In his message, President Akufo-Addo stated that “Like all […]
Akufo-Addo rallies support for implementation of SDG’s
President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed the need for African Countries to strive to implement the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). According to him, this will guarantee the prospects for success for the goals and the countries. The president who made the call during the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the […]
President Akufo-Addo to attend fundraising event in aid of National Cathedral in America on February 7
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left Accra today for a three nation visit that will see him spend eight days in South Africa, the United States of America, and Ethiopia. In his absence, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia assumes his role in an acting capacity in accordance with Article 60(8) of the 1992 Constitution. […]
Sex for job scandal breaks at African Union as 37 female staff sign petition against sexual harassment
Sexual harassment is a major problem for women who work at the African Union Commission (AUC), an internal investigation has found. Most of the victims are short-term staff, youth volunteers and interns looking for jobs, the report said. Those responsible “position themselves as ‘gate-keepers’ and ‘king-makers’”, it added. The inquiry was launched in May and […]