Kiptum breaks world record
CHICAGO: Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum shattered the men’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday, winning in two hours and 35 seconds to beat compatriot Eliud Kipchoge’s previous mark by more than 30 seconds. Kiptum shattered the London Marathon course record this year. Kiptum broke the tape three minutes and 27 seconds ahead of compatriot Daniel Mateiko while Belgian Bashir Abdi finished third in 2:04:32. The 30-year-old Ethiopian-born runner set a course record. Her time was second only to the women’s world record of 2:11:53 set by Ethiopian Tigist Assefa at last month’s Berlin Marathon.
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October 10, 2023 05:41 UTC
Ethiopia: religious tension is getting worse – 5 factors driving groups apart
Fourth, the response from the Ethiopian Orthodox church to a loss of influence. Such incidents have eroded trust between Ethiopia’s religious communities. Since its establishment in the fourth century, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church had been intimately tied to the state. The Orthodox church has also sought to reclaim its lost space by, for example, celebrating religious holidays through highly visible ceremonies. Doing this will require political and religious leaders to communicate across religious boundaries to accommodate Ethiopia’s plurality.
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October 10, 2023 05:32 UTC
Confucius Institute promotes Sino-Ethiopian ties
By promoting language exchange programs, Ethiopia can create an environment conducive to meaningful dialogue and collaboration with other BRICS countries. It also reflects the continued efforts of Ethiopia and China to promote Chinese language learning at the higher education level, and a trend to impart Chinese language education to younger students. Apart from language instruction, the Confucius Institute also serves as a hub promoting cultural exchanges between Ethiopia and China. In the area of educational cooperation, the Confucius Institute facilities academic exchanges through Ethiopian and Chinese universities. The Confucius Institute at Addis Ababa University is a shining example of such an initiative.
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October 10, 2023 05:30 UTC
Ethiopia: Kerchanshe bets on mechanised farms to increase coffee exports
Ethiopia’s Kerchanshe Trading is aiming to increase its coffee exports through the creation of mechanised farms, CEO Israel Degafa tells The Africa Report. There's more to this story Get unlimited access to our exclusive journalism and features today. Our award-winning team of correspondents and editors report from over 54 African countries, from Cape Town to Cairo, from Abidjan to Abuja to Addis Ababa. Subscribe Now cancel anytime Already a a subscriber Sign In
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October 10, 2023 04:03 UTC
Barely three percent of Ethiopia high school students pass exams
ADDIS ABABA: Only three percent of Ethiopia´s high school students passed their university entry exam, the education ministry announced on Monday. “Of the 845,188 students who participated in the matriculation examination, only 27,000 students have achieved the 50 percent required for admission to university,” the Ethiopian News Agency quoted Education Minister Berhanu Nega as saying. “This means that only 3.2 percent passed the exam, a decrease of 0.01 percentage points compared to the last school year.” Nearly half of the schools had no student score the pass mark. Addis Ababa University lecturer Meseret Assefa said the poor results were in part due to “lack of adequate teaching materials and limited learning and teaching methods”. According to the United Nations children´s agency, Unicef, Ethiopia has made “significant progress” towards universal primary education with at least 88 percent of the country´s children enrolled in primary school in 2021-2022.
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October 10, 2023 01:10 UTC
Ethiopia US Food Aid
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October 09, 2023 22:51 UTC
Ethiopia eyes 7.9 pct economic growth in current fiscal year
ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia's economy is expected to grow by 7.9 percent in the current 2023/2024 Ethiopian fiscal year that started on July 8, the country's President Sahle-Work Zewde has said. Zewde said the East African country has registered a 7.5 percent national economic growth over the past 2022/23 fiscal year that ended on July 7, 2023, state-run Ethiopian News Agency quoted Zewde as saying. She said the economic growth was achieved despite challenging circumstances emanating from natural and manmade calamities. According to Zewde, the service sector in particular expanded by 7.8 percent, while the tourism sector posted encouraging gains despite challenges. According to the president, the positive economic growth will enable the creation of over 3.5 million new jobs during the course of the current Ethiopian fiscal year.
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October 09, 2023 18:20 UTC
Ethiopia to give refugees digital ID to improve living conditions
Ethiopia is planning to issue digital ID to refugees, in what could be the first program of its kind to ease access to government services and benefits, The Ethiopian Herald reports. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the National Identification Program Office, the Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS) and the United Higher Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) stipulates the provision of Ethiopia’s national digital ID, Fayda, to refugees and returnees in the country. Ethiopia plans to issue about 90,000 Fayda digital ID numbers to refugees and returnees over the next three years. Cameroon launched a pilot to issue biometric ID cards to 6,000 refugees from the Central African Republic a year ago. Article TopicsAfrica | biometrics | digital ID | Ethiopia | government services | refugee registration
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October 09, 2023 17:40 UTC
Ethiopian High School Leaving Exam Result Highlights Ongoing Education Disaster
Dr Berhanu Nega announcing Ethiopian High School Leaving Exam result, October 9, 2023 (Photo : MoE)borkenaEthiopia’s Ministry of Education on Monday announced the results of this year’s grade 12 examination, shedding light on the persistent failure of the education system in the country. Observers mainly link the challenge to ethnic-based governance structure, which has been in place for over three decades now. According to the Ministry’s official statement, a mere 3.2% of students who took the exam managed to attain a score of 50 percent or higher. Out of the 845,188 students who wrote the grade 12 leaving exam across Ethiopia, only 27,000 managed to secure a passing mark or higher. Berhanu Nega, Minister for Education and leader of the Ethiopian Citizen’s Social Justice (EZEMA), an opposition political party, commented on this year’s results.
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October 09, 2023 17:02 UTC
NDLEA arrests 67-year-old man for ingesting cocaine to fund new marriage
The NDLEA arrested a 67-year-old drug trafficker, Clement Chukwuemeka at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Oct. 3 for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine. They located and destroyed 10.38 tonnes of Indian hemp covering more than 4.152 hectares in the town, Babafemi stated. “A search of the container led to the recovery of two bags of Indian hemp, weighing 20kg. Babfemi stated also that on Oct. 1, NDLEA operatives raided Obi Camp in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo. Babafemi stated also that NDLEA operatives nabbed one Anuoluwapo Iyanu (32) on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Oct. 4 with 52 blocks of compressed Indian hemp shaped like pawpaw.
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October 09, 2023 16:54 UTC
Springfield residents in Israel during terror attack escape, worry about friends and conflict
“We were in bed at around 6:30 or 7 (a.m. Saturday) and heard sirens and big booms, like the finale at fireworks,” Kim Fish said. Dr. Mubin Syed and his wife, Afshan, traveled from their Springfield home to Israel about a week before the wedding. Their Israeli friends drove to the hotel, took the Fishes to Ben Gurion Airport and helped them get inside. “We Facetimed our daughter in Chicago, who was in tears worried about us,” Kim Fish said. “The outpouring of concern for our safety from friends via text and social media has been very heartening and helpful,” Kim Fish said.
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October 09, 2023 16:42 UTC
Ethiopian Farmers
A lack of reliable and affordable access to farming inputs like commercial fertilisers and drought-tolerant seed had been constraining farmers’ productivity and therefore profits. To overcome this, the project established and strengthened three private agro-dealers and three farmers’ cooperatives so that product ranges could be diversified and supplied to farmers at a fair price in a timely way. Yields were also declining due to farmers struggling to adapt their farming practices to more frequent droughts. Farmers were encouraged to track which crops were in high demand, produce crops collectively to strengthen negotiating power, and develop their links to buyers. A new digital system called Farmer App was developed, enabling 1300 farmers to monitor market selling prices from their phones.
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October 09, 2023 14:53 UTC
Vodafone to Create Open RAN Chip Sets With Intel
Vodafone underlined its commitment to Open RAN networks on Monday by confirming it would create purpose-built chipset architecture for the nascent technology with Intel INTC.O. Open RAN allows mobile operators to mix and match equipment from various suppliers, potentially increasing flexibility. Vodafone agreed in 2022 to work with U.S. chipmaker Intel on the potential to design its own chip architecture. Vodafone and Orange said on Monday they had successfully made 4G calls over a cluster of sites in a rural area near Bucharest based on Open RAN technology. In Italy, Vodafone said a pilot with Nokia aimed to prove that Nokia's Open RAN solution could achieve the same functionality and performance as its purpose built RAN.
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October 09, 2023 14:21 UTC
67-Year-Old in NDLEA Custody For Ingesting 100 Wraps of Cocaine At Abuja Airport
Operatives from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) apprehended a 67-year-old individual named Chukwuemeka Clement at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja. While under close observation, he excreted a total of 100 cocaine wraps, amounting to 2.195 kilograms, in four separate instances. On the same day, Tuesday 3rd October, NDLEA operatives at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, intercepted a 45-year-old woman, Bilkisu Mohammed Bello while preparing to board a Saudia Airlines flight to Saudi Arabia. While being interviewed, she confessed that pellets of cocaine given to her to swallow before her flight were kept in a house in Farawa area of Kano. When she led NDLEA officers to the house, 52 wraps of the illicit substance with a total weight of 767grams were recovered.
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October 09, 2023 14:08 UTC
Ethiopia: Oromos celebrate their formerly oppressed traditions
Representing about a third of Ethiopia's approximately 120 million people, the Oromo are the largest of Ethiopia's approximately 80 peoples. Crowned in 1889, Emperor Menelik and his successors gradually imposed the Amharic language and culture as the Ethiopian national model, denying the Oromo their traditions. “Previous generations paid a high price so that our generation could come here to celebrate” Irreecha, Sabkeba Gezu recalls. But his popularity has fallen as far as Oromia and many Oromos are struggling to hide their disappointment. However, it is a little better, we can come here and freely celebrate our culture,” said Ababa Korsa, a 30-year-old accountant.
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October 09, 2023 12:21 UTC