Tag: ETHIOPIA

Embattled Nigeria Air: Ethiopian Airlines selected as technical partner, core investor – Report

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has reportedly picked Ethiopian Airlines as a technical partner and core investor for the planned national carrier, Nigeria Air. According to a source at the ministry of aviation who spoke to newsmen yesterday, said that representatives of the ministry had travelled to Addis-Ababa to finalise the agreements, adding that the selection will be announced soon Yes, we have selected Ethiopian Airlines. We have agreed to work with the airline, and we are hoping to make the announcement soon, the source was quoted as saying. The source further…

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Ethiopia closes schools to boost war effort

Aminu Imam

The Ethiopian government said secondary schools will be closed across the country to help support the ongoing national call amid military operations against the rebel forces. The Ethiopian Ministry of Education announced this on Thursday, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) reported. The government said all secondary schools will be closed for one week to help in harvesting plantations of those who are on the frontline in the fight against the rebel fighters. The latest move came as the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) supported by regional allies and the popular…

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Leave Ethiopia as soon as possible, US urges its citizens

Aminu Imam

The U.S. embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has advised all U.S. citizens to leave Ethiopia as soon as possible, a statement on their website said on Friday, after an alliance of anti-government forces threatened to march on the capital city. The security environment in Ethiopia is very fluid. We advise U.S. citizens who are in Ethiopia to leave the country as soon as possible, the statement said. US citizens looking to leave the crisis-struck country can do so from the Bole International Airport, the US Embassy said. US Special Envoy…

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President Buhari departs again to visit Ethiopia today for PM Abiy Ahmeds inauguration

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia today, Sunday, to attend Mondays inauguration of Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, for a second 5-year term in office. At the ceremony, President Buhari is expected to deliver a goodwill message, and thereafter attend a State Banquet in honour of visiting Heads of State and Government. He will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and…

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Sudanese PM vows to protect Ethiopian refugees streaming into Sudan

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The head of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) visited some refugee camps near the Sudanese borders with Ethiopia where over 43,000 Ethiopians fleeing from fighting in their homeland have arrived in Sudan, saying urgent assistance is needed for the refugees, most of whom are children I am in Sudan and visiting areas near the Ethiopian border, where 43,000 refugees from Ethiopias Tigray region have arrived so far,. said UNHCR Commissioner, Filippo Grandi, shortly after landing in Kasala, one of the areas hosing the Ethiopian refugees. Sudan once…

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Tigray Crisis: Ethiopian PM Abiy meets AU Mediation team

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reiterated the federal governments commitment to the protection and security of civilians in the ongoing fighting between the National Defence Forces and the regional Tigray Peoples Liberation Force (TPLF). He was speaking to members of an African Union Mission, in Ethiopia to mediate in the fighting, about the establishment of a high-level committee of federal stakeholders to access and respond to essential humanitarian needs of citizens in the Tigray region. He also briefed the mission on the identification and humanitarian assistance routes for the…

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