Tag: Ethiopia
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Buhari, Magu, others off to Ethiopia for AU summit
President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday depart for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). The highlight of the President’s engagements during the visit will be his Statement under the historic theme for the AU Summit, namely: “Winning the…
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AU launches dotAfrica Internet domain
More than 50 African countries have created an internet domain fully owned by Africa, which they named dotAfrica, APA report on Wednesday. This happened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the 29th ordinary session of the African Union Assembly. “DotAfrica will bring the continent together as an internet community under one umbrella and create an opportunity…
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Video: Ethiopia introduces first smart parking system in Africa
Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa has introduced a first for Africa, a smart parking system to solve the lack of parking space for the hundreds of thousands of cars in the city. The system uses modern Chinese technology to park vehicles inside a steel structured building using an automated lift. Many people are already excited to…
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Ethiopia jails 20 Muslims on terrorism-related charges
An Ethiopian Court on Tuesday sentenced 20 alleged Islamists to five and a half years in prison on terrorism-related charges, the state-affiliated agency reports. “The defendants were found guilty of harbouring an extremist religious view, thereby opposing any other religious teachings, and also trying to establish an Islamic state in the country that will be…