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Beautifying Sheger
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched the ‘Beautifying Sheger’ section of the project to be built by the Chinese construction giant CCCC. The 12km section...
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US supports ongoing GERD talks
In preparation for tripartite technical committee discussions made up of delegations from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, in Khartoum the White House announced support for...
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New law fights overloading
The amendment of a proclamation for trucks, known as the ‘vehicle size and weight regulation’ has been tabled to the Council of Ministers.
The draft...
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Warehouse problem delays trucks
The closing of the weighed facility at the Bure Warehouse at the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) forced traders to load their products on trucks...
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Plastic bag ban imminent
The Environment Forest and Climate Change Commission is taking steps to completely ban the production and import of single use plastic bags in an...
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Over 80,000 women die from cervical cancer in Africa
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a group of viruses that are extremely common worldwide, kills more than 80,000 women in Africa.
This figure was reported at...
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PM launches Chinese funded beautifying Sheger project
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has officially launched the 12km section of the 56km ‘Beautifying Sheger Project’ funded by Chinese government on October 1, 2019.
The...
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Huge Chinese genomics firm starts up in Addis
The Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute (EBTi), Ethiopian Academy of Sciences (EAS) and Beijing Genomics Institute Group (BGI), a genome sequencing company or DNA sequence, signed...
