Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed Abraham Belay as Chief Executive Officer of the Provisional Administration of Tigray Regional State.
Abraham is currently serving as the Minister of Innovation and Technology.
Abraham, who replaced the outgoing Tigray Regional State Provisional Administration CEO Mulu Nega, had served in various government positions.
He also served as board chairman of Ethiopian Communication Authority, Ethiopian Electric Power, Ethio Engineering Group, Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) and Ambo University.He is currently a board member of the Ethiopian Roads Authority and the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia.
Meanwhile, the former CEO of the Interim Administration of Tigray Regional State, Mulu Nega has appointed as State Minister of Science and Higher Education.
Abraham Belay appointed as CEO of Tigray Regional State
Air Force promotes 1,079 military officers
The Ethiopian Air Force gave promotions in ranks and recognition to its 1,079 military officers.
The promotion is in recognition to their best achievements in the law enforcement operation carried out in Tigray and in the institutional reform of the air force.
Chief of the Ethiopian Air Force, Major General Yilma Merdasa said the air force is committed to reverse efforts of internal and external forces working to dismantle the country.
Korea contributes $400,000 for WFP emergency response in Tigray
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$400,000 contribution from the Government of the Republic of Korea to operations in Tigray region to help provide food and nutrition support for thousands of people displaced by conflict.
The Republic of Korea’s donation will contribute to WFP’s emergency response that aims to reach up to 2.1 million people with urgently needed food and nutrition assistance. A total of 5.2 million people, or 91 percent of Tigray’s entire population, are in need of emergency food assistance due to conflict.
“This generous and timely contribution from the Republic of Korea will go a long way to provide life-saving food and nutrition support to the people of Tigray when they most need it,” said WFP Representative and Country Director Steven Were Omamo. “WFP is grateful for the Republic of Korea’s support at this critical time for families across Tigray whose food stocks are expected to be exhausted by now. There is no time to lose in scaling up the collective humanitarian response.”
WFP has so far provided food assistance to 650,000 people in southern and northwestern zones of Tigray as well as nutritionally fortified food to an additional 150,000 vulnerable pregnant or breastfeeding women as well as children. WFP has delivered three rounds of monthly food rations to 29,000 refugees in the two accessible and operational refugee camps in Tigray so far this year.
WFP and other agencies however lack sufficient resources to respond quickly and in full to save lives and livelihoods. WFP needs US$170 million to deliver life-saving food and nutrition assistance for the next six months to people who are affected by conflict in the northwest and parts of southern Tigray.
World Bank analysis recommends Ethiopia’s policy actions to support resilient recovery
The latest World Bank economic analysis shows that Ethiopia seems to have been spared from the worst outcomes and is showing some signs of recovery.
The eighth Ethiopia Economic Update, Ensuring Resilient Recovery from COVID-19, finds that despite the 4.1pct decline in merchandise exports, excluding gold, during the first half of the current fiscal year, most items (except garments) started to recover during October-December, 2020.
Services exports started to recover as well, and remittances rebounded strongly during the first half of the fiscal year, the report says, while foreign direct investment inflows continue to decelerate due to uncertainty.
“These early signs are a good indication that the Ethiopian economy is starting to recover from the COVID-19 crisis,” said Miguel Eduardo Sánchez Martín, World Bank senior country economist and lead author of the report.
