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And from Jamaica’s People’s National Party (PNP) we adapted our party’s constitution, structure and organization.’ Clearly, Jagan showed no interest in naming the party the BG Communist Party nor adapting the party’s constitution to what obtained in that of the Communist Party of the USA. It is therefore plausible to conclude, that Jagan avoided dogmatism and pursued his beliefs based on Guyanese and West Indian realities. Infection by ideology of the anti-colonial, nationalist struggle led by Jagan was probably unavoidable. While Anglo-American imperialism plotted to get rid of Jagan, they could not agree how to do it. Whether liberal socialism can become a popular political ideology and concrete reality in Guyana is a hard question.

The MOU outlines potential areas of collaboration between DidaTravel and Visit Oman, which include DidaTravel offering Visit Oman’s varied portfolio of contracted properties, transfers, and experiences to their extensive B2B network through API integration. The MOU outlines potential areas of collaboration between DidaTravel and Visit Oman, which include DidaTravel offering Visit Oman’s varied portfolio of contracted properties, transfers, and experiences to their extensive B2B network through API integration. As a result of this agreement Visit Oman will also be able to access DidaTravel’s consolidated portfolio of high value, yet hard to reach, Chinese travel trade customers. The two companies will embark on joint marketing initiatives to increase brand awareness and drive travel demand from China to Oman. Jinyan Li, VP Global Account Management at DidaTravel commented “We are thrilled to partner with Visit Oman and leverage our B2B distribution network to introduce the beauty and cultural richness of Oman to our extensive network of travel partners in China.

The company expects the number of passengers in Spain to be around 294 million in 2024 and expects to close 2026 with around 310 million passengers. Based on these figures, the airport operator expects to close 2024 with around 294 million passengers. Consequently, Aena brings forward to 2025 the target of 300 million passengers in Spain, one year earlier than expected in the Strategic Plan presented in 2022. In 2026, at the end of the Plan period, Aena expects to reach a figure of approximately 310 million passengers. That year, Aena will also handle more than one million passengers per day at all the airports it operates worldwide.

Photo Credit : Abbay MediaBy Taddesse S Solomon aka Dogo Aba BoraOn February 16th, 2004, Eskender Negas’s two visits to the United Nations office to appeal for intervention were validated. A statement, delivered by the Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience, a non-governmental organization with special consultative status, was presented to the United Nations Secretary-General. Shemelese Assefa and I waited outside the United Nations Office, sitting on a curbside bench near the visitors’ entrance. I had seen one of the individuals before; he was the Ethiopian ambassador to the United Nations, Taye Atske Selassie. Yet, over the past 30 years, numerous genocides have occurred across Africa, Asia, and Europe, with the United Nations often appearing powerless to intervene.

A National Logistics Project, Cool Port Addis is Ethiopia's central value chain facility for perishable import and export goods, located at Modjo Dry Port the country's principal inland terminal. Cool Port Addis offers a wide range of value chain services such as packing and grading to farmers of all sizes. Cool Port Addis is fully integrated in the Modjo Dry Port railway terminal and has a direct connection to the Addis-Djibouti railway line. Cool Port Addis will enable a competitive and sustainable supply chain to export markets via the Port of Djibouti. Cool Port Addis is located at Modjo, Oromia.

The grant will support research to validate the improved semi-dwarf tef in Ethiopia under greenhouse and multi-location field conditions and generate lodging resistance traits in already improved breeding lines. "By harnessing the genome editing technology, it was possible to achieve semi-dwarf lodging resistant lines that breeders have been looking for decades," said Getu Duguma, PhD, senior research scientist and principal investigator at the Danforth Center. Tef (Eragrostis tef) is the largest cereal cultivated by area in Ethiopia. To address the issue of tef lodging, Duguma and his collaborators deployed gene editing to generate semi-dwarf tef lines that are 10-50% shorter than the original. These improved lines have demonstrated lodging resistance in the Danforth Center's greenhouse and Field Research Site.

The UN Environment Program’s (UNEP) International Resource Panel (IRP) has published the second edition of its Global Resources Outlook which argues that for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to succeed, better resource management is essential, and provides recommendations to “bend the trend” on material extraction and use. With resource use projected to go up 60% from 2020 levels by 2060, unsustainable levels of production and consumption could derail efforts to achieve much of the 2030 Agenda. According to Global Resources Outlook 2024, high-income countries use six times more materials and generate ten times more climate impacts than low-income countries. It uses scenario modeling to illustrate the possibility of reducing resource use while at the same time growing the economy, reducing inequality, improving well-being, and reducing environmental impacts in wealthy and poor countries alike. “We should not accept that meeting human needs must be resource intensive,” said IRP Co-Chair Janez Potočnik.

A recent defense deal between Somalia and Turkey has great significance for Somalia and the region’s security. The agreement, which covers both land and sea, aims to enhance defense cooperation between Turkey and Somalia. Turkey, the more powerful partner, signed the agreement to bolster its reputation as a security partner and an important actor in sub-Saharan Africa. These two recent deals in the Horn of Africa, however, are driven by the national interests of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Somaliland. This was similarly the case with the 2017 Berbera Port deal between Ethiopia, Somaliland, and Dubai’s DP World.

Ethiopia-focused roasted and green coffee company Lucy Coffee (Instagram link) recently opened its first retail cafe in Aurora, Colorado, completing a full circle of coffee and cultural connections. A coffee-toned mural showing a map of the Bean Belt with a producer’s hands and a cup of Lucy Coffee fills an entire wall. “I want the people to see how the process went, for coffee,” Lucy Coffee Co-Owner Mickias (Micki) Alamirew told Daily Coffee News. Lucy Coffee Founders Micki and Mehret Alamirew met as members of the Ethiopian expat community in Aurora in the 1990. Lucy Coffee has invested in equipment and training on the farm, with a particular emphasis on building incomes for women and for workers with families.

Ethiopia’s largest church has condemned the LGBTQ community’s existence. According to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, which is one of the world’s oldest religious denominations, the LGBTQ community is synonymous with the West and not with Ethiopia or Africa. The church in a statement said the right to various gender identities, what it describes as gender conversion therapy and allowing same-sex relationships leads to complex religious, social and cultural problems. According to the Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia, the federal government should withdraw from the agreement because of terms and conditions that seek to uphold LGBTQ rights. LGBTQ Ethiopians have faced increased online attacks and at times even arbitrary arrests.

Habtamu Belayneh (Photo : from VOA Amharic)borkenaToronto – Habtamu Belayneh, member of Amhara Regional Council and Member of the House of Federation, has reportedly been missing since Friday last week. The politician is a member of National Movement of Amhara (NaMA). According to a VOA Amharic report, published on Wednesday, Mr. Habtamu did not return home since he left his residence last Friday. They have contacted police headquarter in the capital Addis Ababa and other places “where they detain people,” as his friend told VOA Amharic. Habtamu Belayneh is the first parliamentarian to be reported missing.

A Facebook page claiming to represent the Ethiopian embassy in Canada claims 10,000 such opportunities are on offer for Ethiopians and Eritreans, implying their visa and travel costs would be covered. The official stamp reads “Embassy of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia Ottawa”, not “Embassy of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia Canada”. Non-existent programmeThe Ethiopian embassy in Canada has not made any announcements regarding free work opportunities in Canada on any of its platforms. “The claim is incorrect; no such programme exists,” the ministry’s spokesman Erin Kerbel told AFP Fact Check. AFP Fact Check has previously debunked similar posts promising free travel and job opportunities in Canada and the US here, here and here.

The Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) announced that Ethiopia exported a significant amount of flowers for Valentine's Day this year. This year's Valentine's Day flower exports represent a notable increase compared to last year. In 2023, Ethiopia exported over 2,165 tons of flowers during the same period, generating over USD 3.28 million in revenue. This destructive pest poses a potential risk to European markets, which account for a large portion of Ethiopian flower exports. The EU Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has also reported findings of FCM on Ethiopian flowers since 2018.

From February 27 to 29, 2024, Vietnam Airlines played a lead role in shaping the future of aviation by hosting the International Airline Symposium (IAS) 2024 in Hanoi. Charting Course in a ‘Never Normal’ WorldThis year’s symposium, themed “Navigating Aviation in a Never Normal World,” featured four dedicated discussion sessions. Image Credit: BoeingThe Road Ahead for Vietnam AirlinesAs the host airline, Vietnam Airlines gained valuable insights into the evolving challenges and opportunities shaping the aviation industry. The International Airline SymposiumThe International Airline Symposium was organized by the Ohio State University Center for Aviation Studies. Click the photo to join our WhatsApp channel so then you can stay up to date with everything going on in the aviation industry!