Ethio telecom’s profit grows 109% to 18.7b br in last fiscal year
Ethio telecom has seen its unaudited profit grow by 109 percent to reach 18.7 billion birr in the last fiscal year, according to the company’s chief executive officer. Speaking to journalists at Skylight Hotel in the capital while announcing the results, Frehiwot Tamru, CEO of ethio telecom, said the state-owned telecom operator registered a total revenue of 75.8 billion birr and USD 164.1 million in foreign currency revenue in the last fiscal year ended July 2022 amid challenges due to internet restrictions. The consistent profit growth is attributed to the expanding subscriber base and improvement in service offerings, Frehiwot said, adding that Ethio Telecom’s total subscribers have reached 72 million, encompassing mobile data, 3G and 4G LTE services. - Advertisement -The telecom is undertaking various measures to expand network coverage, improve customer service and boost productivity, according to Frehiwot.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 18, 2023 11:47 UTC
Ethiopia ends social media blockade after four months
The Ethiopian government has lifted internet restrictions on major social media platforms after months of blocking access. The Media Council of Ethiopia had also called for the restrictions to be lifted. During the shutdown, Ethiopians resorted to using VPNs to access the internet and social media. The state-owned ethio telecom, which will announce its annual report tomorrow, had previously said the closure was beyond its control. The CEO of ethio Telecom, Frehiwot Tamiru, told Parliament in June that the social media curbs create “disappointing experiences” for customers and that the company would work to resolve the issue, though acknowledged the decision was beyond its control.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 18, 2023 10:14 UTC
Kenyan authorities seize illegal shipment of doping materials
Kenyan authorities seized a smuggled shipment of medication which can be used by athletes as performance-enhancing drugs, the country's national anti-doping body said on Monday. A woman was arrested on suspicion of smuggling and will appear in court this week, the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya said. It said the illegal consignment contained 150 boxes of triamcinolone acetonide and other "doping" materials, including more than 500 boxes of other medications. However, it also has a serious doping problem and is classed as a high-risk country by track and field's international anti-doping body. Triamcinolone acetonide is among the most commonly used substances for Kenyan athletes who fail doping tests.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 18, 2023 09:05 UTC
Egypt: Building collapse in Cairo kills eight, including seven members of one family
Eight people including seven members of one family were killed in Cairo on Monday when a residential building in Egypt's capital collapsed, the public prosecution and state media said. A statement from the public prosecution said the building in the city's Hadayek al-Qubba district "completely collapsed", killing eight people. The prosecution ordered the arrest of the building's owner, the contractor in charge of the works and one of his employees for questioning. Government newspaper Al-Ahram, quoting a resident of the area, reported that seven members of one family had been killed. Egypt has seen a number of deadly building collapses in recent years, both because of the poor state of some and also because of non-compliance with building and town-planning regulations.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 18, 2023 08:18 UTC
An indifferent world looks on as Ethiopia obstructs justice for Tigray | Aaron Maasho and Martin Witteveen
Atrocities that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity include intentional starvation, widespread extrajudicial killings, sexual slavery, rape, torture and mass arbitrary detentions. The joint investigation, while rightly establishing the commission of war crimes by all parties, was an inadequate exercise that did not meet international standards. Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters also committed war crimes. During a recent Q&A session on social media, the army’s General Bacha Debele presented peace and accountability as mutually exclusive. Tigrayans continue to be subjected to human rights violations while conflict simmers in Amhara and Oromia, with the potential to engulf the country in violence.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 18, 2023 06:08 UTC
Israel bolsters integration efforts for Ethiopian citizens
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July 18, 2023 05:54 UTC
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Can Egypt recycle a way out from under its notorious black cloud?
Studies found Egypt’s farmers were releasing the equivalent of 11 tonnes of carbon dioxide per hectare of rice straw burning. Delta residents all agreed that the skies after last autumn’s rice harvest were clearer than usual. But they also said that rice straw burning is still regularly visible. “I planted two acres of rice, so of course I had a lot of rice straw. India developed a system to spray enzymes into the soil after the rice harvest, turning the rice husks into useful fertiliser.
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July 18, 2023 03:59 UTC
Newlywed couple shot dead in Cameroon attack
Unidentified gunmen have carried out a deadly attack, resulting in the loss of nine lives, including that of a recently married couple in the city of Bamenda in Cameroon. Authorities are attributing the attack to separatist rebels, who struck at a busy junction. A day before these latest shootings, troops attacked a residence in the same neighbourhood of Nacho, killing five young men. Amnesty International recently published a report detailing alleged murders and rapes by both sides in the Anglophone armed conflict and urging the government to investigate. Although no group has claimed responsibility for the killings, some separatist Ambazonia leaders in the diaspora have been urging their fighters to go after those they brand as "black legs", without mercy.
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July 18, 2023 03:38 UTC
Hundreds of Wagner fighters arrive in Central Africa: Russian security group
Several hundred "experienced" Wagner fighters have arrived in the Central African Republic to "ensure security" ahead of the July 30 referendum, a group linked to the Russian paramilitary group said on Sunday. "Another aircraft has arrived in Bangui with instructors to work in the Central African Republic. Several hundred experienced professionals from the Wagner company are joining the team working in the CAR," the Officers Community said on Telegram for international security (COSI). According to the United States, COSI is a front company for the Wagner group in the Central African Republic. But its interventions abroad, particularly in Syria and several African countries ( Sudan , Central African Republic, Mali ) have not been publicly questioned.
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July 18, 2023 00:32 UTC
Angola’s plan to improve oil industry yielding fruit – New Business Ethiopia
Since then, the country has worked its way up through the ranks to become one of the biggest crude oil producers in Africa. The country’s crude yields peaked in 2008 at slightly less than 2 million barrels per day (bpd) and now stand at around 1.10-1.15 million bpd. The government has said it wants to push production levels up to 1.3 million bpd, but it will not necessarily have an easy time doing so. But they do offer two examples of the work that the country has been doing to counter the long-term decline in oil production levels. But the point is not just to increase crude production and keep an existing industry afloat.
Source:News Business Ethiopia
July 17, 2023 23:46 UTC
World Needs New Way to Develop
As part of that discussion is its latest dossier, “The World Needs a New Socialist Development Theory,” which surveys the terrain of development theory from 1945 to the present and offers a few gestures towards a new paradigm. The International Research Centre DDR and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research will be working on a comprehensive study of NCD theory. Prior to colonialism, African and Arab scholars in West Africa had already begun to work out the elements of a development theory. He is an editor of LeftWord Books and the director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. This article is from Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.
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July 17, 2023 23:05 UTC
Jamaica Welcomes United Nonstop from Denver to Montego Bay
Operating weekly on Saturdays, it will be the only carrier serving Jamaica non-stop from the Denver gateway. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica. With the addition of this new service, the carrier will now serve 5 routes from the US to Jamaica, complementing its existing non-stop service from Newark (EWR), Washington D.C. (IAD), Chicago (ORD), and Houston (HOU) to Montego Bay (MBJ). ABOUT JAMAICA TOURIST BOARDThe Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), founded in 1955, is Jamaica’s national tourism agency based in the capital city of Kingston. For details on upcoming special events, attractions and accommodations in Jamaica go to the JTB’s Website or call the Jamaica Tourist Board at 1-800-JAMAICA (1-800-526-2422).
Source:Ethiopian News
July 17, 2023 20:36 UTC
Monday briefing: Thousands killed, millions displaced – the conflict in Sudan, three months in
Today’s newsletter examines the state of play in Sudan, three months into the conflict. Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/ReutersThe conflict in Sudan began in the middle of April, with a power struggle between two rival military factions. This dissolved in 2021 after a military coup involving the Sudanese army and the RSF, which derailed Sudan’s short-lived move into democracy. Sudanese refugees who fled the conflict in Sudan gather 1 July 2023 at the Zabout refugee Camp in Goz Beida, Chad. Neither the RSF nor the Sudanese army attended the summit, but they did praise the gathering on social media.
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July 17, 2023 18:30 UTC
Abeba Embiale Elected into African Union Anti-Corruption Board – Ethiopian Monitor
ADDIS ABABA – Abeba Embiale, Vice President of the Ethiopian Federal Supreme Court, has been elected into the African Union Advisory Board against Corruption. The AU Executive Council over the weekend elected and appointed members of several AU organs in its Nairobi meeting. The Advisory Board against Corruption was one of the five organs that saw four new members elected and one other reelected to serve for a two-year term. Meanwhile, the AU executive council also voted four commissioners in for the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). Headquartered in the Gambian capital Banjul, ACHPR is entrusted to lead continental efforts to protect and promote human rights and interpret the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
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July 17, 2023 18:27 UTC
Ethiopian PM pleas for peaceful resolution of dispute over land
Abiy Ahmed making speech after tree planting campaign, July 17, 2023. (Photo : screenshot from EBC video)borkenaEthiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday made a plea for a peaceful resolution of the dispute over land. As you all know, economically Ethiopian inherited poverty. In peace, [Ethiopian inherited ] conflict and war. In the video below, you can listen to what more Abiy Ahmed had to say.
Source:Ethiopian News
July 17, 2023 18:22 UTC