June 2022

Uganda will not open its doors to anti-peace elements in Ethiopia as it values its brotherly and friendly relationships with the country, Uganda Defense Minister Vincent Ssempijja said. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia’s Ambassador in Uganda, Alemtshay Meseret, had a meeting with Uganda Defense Minister Vincent Ssempijja about regional and bilateral issues

MICHAEL JONGA/ Aviation News Ethiopian Airlines (EA) launched a new passenger route to Washington DC via Lomé, Togo, upping the airline’s current frequency to the destination, to 10 weekly flights. Prior to the launch of new services, EA operated seven weekly flights to Washington DC via Dublin. EA will service the new route with its

IFAD Rome, 2 June 2022. Boosting investments to help small-scale farmers adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis is more urgent than ever, warned the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the United Nations Conference Stockholm+50. Small-scale farmers produce one-third of the world’s food, but receive only 1.7 per cent of climate finance.

The new IAI facility will serve as an extension of Ethiopian’s MRO center, allowing it to convert Boeing 767-300 airliners into cargo aircraft. According to IAI’s press release, the new site is going to become the largest conversion facility in Africa. It is the company’s third such center, the other two being located in Tel

Ethiopia is set to receive 200 million U.S. dollars in financial assistance from the World Bank, an Ethiopian official said Wednesday. “The funds will be used to build skilled manpower and boost the capacity of state-owned technical and vocational training institutes,” Ethiopian Minister of Labor and Skills Development Muferiat Kamil said in a Facebook post.