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Your wealth is measured by the amount of people you help not by your valuables. Touching as David Beasley the president of the World Food Program praises the generosity of  Sheik Mohammed Bin Zayed of #UAE

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has that it is essential to avoid further escalation and to find an “urgent and mutually beneficial solution” to the dispute around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Borrell spokes with the Commissioner of the African Union Peace and Security Commission Smail Chergui on Thursday by phone and the pair exchanged views on the latest developments, according to a press release by European External Action Service. The high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy said that the bloc welcomes the decision to resume technical talks between the irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. He stressed that it is now important to “avoid further escalation and find an urgent and mutually beneficial solution.” He stressed EU’s willingness to support the parties in this endeavour and to share its expertise with them. “Resolving the Nile dispute is a matter of stability for the whole region,” read

An  Ethiopian  soldier gunned down a 32-year-old businessman during a security crackdown last year because his phone went off during a public meeting, Amnesty International revealed Friday. The shocking killing was carried out as  Ethiopia  was trying to suppress an armed uprising by the Oromo Liberation Army, which formed in a region where members of an ethnic group had been complaining they were being marginalized from political and economic power, the  BBC  reports. “During the meeting, one of the phones collected rang and the soldiers asked who the owner of the phone was,” Amnesty International  wrote in a report  about the August 2019 incident in the Oromia regional state, citing testimony from a witness. “Ariti Shununde responded saying that the phone belonged to him.” ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE   “The EDF soldier ordered him to come to the front and he obeyed. Then the soldier told Ariti to turn around,” it continued. “As soon as Ariti’s 

For delivery man Sisay Alebachew, the difference between a good and bad day depends on Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia's monopoly telecoms provider. When the internet is down or too slow to use, customers struggle to place orders on the website of Deliver Addis, Sisay's e-commerce employer, meaning he has little to do. Other times, when the phone network is jammed, Sisay can't reach customers to complete deliveries -- he wastes precious time standing outside their homes, dialling in vain. Sisay is thrilled, then, that after years of build-up, change finally seems to be coming to Ethiopia's stunted telecoms sector, one of the last closed markets in the world. Last week the government regulator invited firms to submit "expressions of interest" for two new telecoms licences that would break up Ethio Telecom's monopoly. Officials also plan to sell a 40-percent stake in Ethio Telecom, a move they hope will make the firm more efficient. "For a business

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to resume the technical discussions on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Khartoum and Addis Ababa announced jointly on Thursday. The agreement came following virtual talks between Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday. According to the official Sudanese news agency and Ethiopian news agency, the online meeting was attended by the foreign and irrigation ministers and intelligence chiefs of both countries. During the online session, Sudanese and Ethiopian officials agreed on the importance of resuming the talks to complete "the easy part left of the negotiations on the filing and operations of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam according to what was agreed in Washington." Abiy responded to "concerns raised by the Sudanese side; clarity was provided on environmental issues, dam safety and data exchange facilitation," according to a statement from the office

Ethiopia said it’s unlikely to hold elections before April due to logistical and budgetary constraints caused by the coronavirus outbreak.The electoral board, in a document on its Facebook account, outlined two scenarios, saying it will need either 10 months or 13 months to organize the vote, which was initially scheduled for August 29. The highly anticipated election is seen as a test of the popularity of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who rose to power almost two years ago following the resignation of Hailemariam Desalegn. The board estimates that more than 50 million people in Africa’s second-most populous nation will vote, requiring 50,000 polling stations and 250,000 election officials. Earlier this month, Parliament voted to assess the constitution and establish how the government can avert potential instability caused by the delay.

Ethiopia has said it will continue with its plans to fill its $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) from July, despite Egypt's claim that the move could be lead to regional instability. In a letter to the UN Security Council on Monday, Ethiopia's Foreign Affairs Minister Gedu Andargachew said that Addis Ababa "does not have legal obligation" to seek Egypt's approval to fill GERD. Gedu was responding to Egypt's recent complaint to UNSC in which Cairo sought the intervention of the UN executive body to stop Ethiopia's plan to start filling what would be Africa's largest power dam. Egypt said Ethiopia's move to fill the dam before reaching a final agreement with riparian states "potentially poses a serious threat to peace and security throughout the region". "This [filling the dam] would jeopardise the water security, food security and indeed the very existence of over 100 million Egyptians who are entirely dependen

Khartoum — Prime Minister Dr. Abdullah Hamdouk held today a sphere meeting with the Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Moustafa Madbouly, with the participation of the ministers of foreign affairs, irrigation and intelligence chiefs of the two countries. The meeting comes in the framework of Sudan's initiative to urge the three countries to continue negotiating on the outstanding issues regarding the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam. The two sides asserted during the meeting the need for reaching a tripartite agreement that takes into account the interests of the three countries, and to continue negotiations on the basis agreed upon in the Washington track. Meanwhile, Prime Minister, Dr. Abdullah Hamdouk, in the same context, will contact the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, to deliberate on the resumption of the tripartite negotiation as soon as possible.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has donated 100 food packages to vulnerable refugee children mostly from Eritrea. The refugees were selected from among 122 unaccompanied and separated children who are now placed under foster care arrangements by UN refugee agency, UNHCR and JRS. The food packages, each containing 10kg of flour, 5kg rice, 5 liters of cooking oil and 1kg of dates, were given to the children and their caregivers at a brief ceremony held in Addis Ababa today. Some 11,000 of the refugees in Addis are children, many of whom require additional support during the COVID19 pandemic. Wafa Alkatheeri, representing the UAE Embassy was joined by officials from UNHCR, government officials in the symbolic handover of the donation to the beneficiaries. Representatives of the three agencies appreciated the Embassy’s generous support. Out of the nearly 11,000 refugee children in Addis Ababa, 1,234 are unaccompanied and separated children. JRS and UNHCR placed 122 of them

QuantLase Imaging Lab, the medical-research arm of the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange-listed International Holdings Company, IHC, announced that it has developed novel equipment which enables for much faster mass screenings, with test results available in seconds and allowing testing on a wider scale. The technology will reinforce the UAE’s position as a hub of research and innovation, as scientists around the world scramble to devise a faster method of testing for patients suspected to have been infected with the coronavirus and potentially identifying carriers before they become infectious. This break-through will enable ‘Mass-scale screening’, changing the whole dimension of tracing and the speed with which workforces can be approached. Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, expressed hope over the discovery saying: "We are always following innovations related to the early and rapid detection of COVID–19. The government is keen on sup

Dubai: Last week’s announcement by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai to award 10-year visas to 212 doctors who had risked their lives to treat coronavirus patients in the emirate has sent out a thrill of gratitude across the medical community. Dr Paul Businge with his wife Jenny Image Credit: Supplied One of those awarded, Dr Paul Businge, 67, a consultant Radiologist at Rashid Hospital, told Gulf News, “It’s incredible, am delighted beyond words, my heart fills up with pride that my hard work, dedication and efforts have been recognised.” The Swedish national moved to the UAE from Gothenburg five years ago, while his wife and four daughters live between Sweden and the UAE. Doctors speak of pride at receiving their 10-year visas Sonia Shah, Videographer “My wife Jenny is a banker in Sweden, my eldest daughter Nina, is employed, second daughter Julia is in un