AllAfrica News: Ethiopia

31 oktober 2020

• Nebe Proposes End of May for Election Day
  [Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA (ENA) - The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) on Friday proposed possible dates for the 6th upcoming general elections in the country.
• How Trumps Belligerent Remarks Bring Ethiopians Together
  [Ethiopian Herald] Nine years have passed since Ethiopia started constructing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) just to minimize women's burden of domestic work in firing wood to cook, to help children to stop using candle or oil lamp while they are reading, to address electricity for its citizens properly. And the country is also negotiating with the neighboring countries about the fair benefit of the GERD for several years.
• Trump's Dangerous Rhetoric Toward Ethiopia Is Indicative of a Larger Problem
  [Council on Foreign Relations] Last week President Trump invited reporters to listen in on a call intended to celebrate the normalization of relations between Sudan and Israel, a diplomatic achievement that comes with more than a few complications. During the course of the conversation with the Sudanese and Israeli prime ministers, the president of the United States took it upon himself to casually issue a bellicose threat to Ethiopia on behalf of Egypt and its president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a man Trump has referred to as "my favorite
• CBE Contributes 1.1 Billion Birr for Dine for Ethiopia
  [Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The state-owned financial giant Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), through its Board, President and staff members has contributed 1.1 billion Birr for Dine for Ethiopia program, the largest sum that has so far mobilized for the national greenery initiative.
• Politicians Highlight Political Dialogue National Significance
  [Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Both the ruling and opposition parties have to discharge their respective responsibilities in building a democratic state through dialogue, negotiation and other plausible means, politicians underscored.
• Positive Stride for Revamping Local Tourism
  [Ethiopian Herald] Endegena Desalegn, Acting Communication Director with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT) has elucidated the overall activities that have been put in to practice to stimulate the tourism sector. Of all the major economic sectors, tourism is one of the sectors massively hit by spread of Coronavirus in Ethiopia and across the world as well.
• Lawyers With Disabilities Unite to Safeguard Rights
  [Ethiopian Herald] The Law Society is committed to promoting inclusion in the legal profession. Lawyers with Disabilities Division members come from a wide range of backgrounds and include law students, retired solicitors, paralegals, law lecturers, practicing solicitors and their allies.