Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading carrier, announced that it has been awarded the Global Recognition and Appreciation Award at the First International Post-COVID Conference held in Toronto. This accolade acknowledges Ethiopian Airlines’ pivotal role in distributing emergency gear throughout Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring the delivery of essential medical supplies and saving countless lives. While receiving the recognition award Ethiopian Airlines GCEO, Mr. Mesfin Tasew, expressed his admiration saying, “We are honored to receive this prestigious recognition for our significant contribution worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ethiopian Airlines played a crucial role in re configuring approximately 25 passenger aircraft into dedicated cargo freighters. In collaboration with governmental entities, non-profit organizations, and international agencies, Ethiopian Airlines facilitated the transportation of millions of tons of personal protective equipment, medical apparatus, vaccines, and other essential supplies across Africa and beyond.

The education and programming agenda for WORLD24 focuses on enhancing travel agency profitability through four educational tracks. The education and programming agenda for WORLD24 focuses on enhancing travel agency profitability through four educational tracks: Business Management, Marketing and Sales, Travel Advisor Skills, and Growth Strategies. The 2024 Questy Awards ceremony marks the awards program’s fourth year. The 2024 award recipients will be honored at the Questy Awards, taking place at Harrah’s Resort Southern California, September 12. To learn more about the 2024 Questy Awards, visit www.travelquestnetwork.com/questy-awards.

Ethiopia attracted USD 3.82 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the recently concluded fiscal year, according to the Ethiopian Investment Commission. Ethiopian Investment Commissioner Hanna Arayaselassie highlighted efforts to improve the business climate, promote investment, facilitate activities, provide one-stop services, and work on regulations as key areas of focus during the fiscal year. These efforts resulted in USD 3.82 billion in FDI, representing 80% of the target and an 11.5% increase from the previous year. Hanna mentioned the commission's participation in 10 international forums and exhibitions, as well as organizing nine high-level investment forums in Ethiopia, to promote the country’s untapped investment opportunities. For the current fiscal year 2024/25, priorities include implementing recently approved regulations, improving logistics and investment incentives, and enhancing investment promotion through digitalization, with a target to increase FDI inflow to USD 4.52 billion.

The U.S. has seen a decline in Americans who have chosen to do without life insurance, according to MarketWatch. From 2011 through 2023, life insurance policies dropped from 63% to 52%.The 52% happens to be up from 50% in 2022. Whatever the reason for the overall decline, half of adult Ameri…

A Bristol man has been arrested in Ethiopia after travelling there to plan a demonstration against the transportation of monkeys. Jason is PETA’s Hawaii-based Asia Senior Vice President, and had travelled to Ethiopia with his son to meet up with Reuben. PETA’s senior vice president for the US, Kathy Guillermo, said Ethiopian Airlines were one of the few international airlines still prepared to transport monkeys around the world. “Ethiopian Airlines is contributing to this misery, and it’s one of the few airlines in the entire world willing to do so. Ethiopian Airlines has been approached for comment.

(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s official creditors have granted financing assurances to the country to help fast-track approval of a new loan by the International Monetary Fund’s executive board, according to people familiar with the matter. Financing assurances mean that bilateral creditors such as the Paris Club and China provided certainty that they will restructure their loans to Ethiopia in a way that’s consistent with the fund’s program. Creditor countries usually provide financing assurances after a staff-level agreement on a new program is publicly announced by the Washington-based IMF. The assurances are required per IMF rules for a loan to be approved by the fund’s executive board and kick off the disbursements. An IMF spokesman said that fund has made progress with Ethiopian authorities and development partners on a program, without commenting on financing assurances or a staff-level agreement.

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Addis Ababa July 18/2024( ENA) Ethiopia has signed a Host Country Agreement with the UN to host the first preparatory session for the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development which will be held in Addis Ababa from July 22-26, 2024. Ambassador Tesfaye Yilma, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations while Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs inked the agreement representing the UN. The Under-Secretary-General on his part appreciated Ethiopia's commitment and role in hosting the UN preparatory Conference on Financing for Development. Both underscored the importance of the conference in setting the right tone to galvanize the international community to mobilize finance for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and for Sustainable Development. In 2015 Ethiopia hosted the Third Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa which adopted the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, a landmark outcome document that outlined a comprehensive global framework for financing the Sustainable Development Goals.

No shade to chicken wings, but they can't monopolize the culinary itinerary of every out-of-towner visiting Buffalo. A well-rounded taste of the local food scene involves more flavors than hot sauce and blue cheese, or au jus and caraway seed (essential ingredients of Buffalo's other famous food, beef on weck). If you're looking to feed out-of-town guests and already have your wing and weck spots secured, then try dining at one of the following suggestions. Continue driving along the lake to SunCliff on the Lake (6892 Lake Shore Road, Derby) for a more remote lakeside dinner in a historic mansion. A taste of the growing international cuisine sceneYou can travel to a lot of countries through food within Buffalo.

Previously, air transport tickets for international travellers could be bought using Birr, Ethiopia’s currency, if they come to Addis Ababa. The new policy will affect companies with the issue of limited dollar availability. Concerns have been raised about the potential impact of this decision, with sources indicating that it could significantly affect their operations. However, under the new system implemented by Ethiopian Airlines, these purchases must now be made in dollars. This represents over 13% of the total $880 million in blocked airline funds across the African continent.

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a felony fraud charge in a new deal with the Justice Department. The department said Thursday that it expects to file the detailed plea agreement no sooner than the middle of next week. Prosecutors made the appointment of such a monitor a condition of the plea deal, which also calls for Boeing to pay a new $243.6 million fine. They want a trial, not a plea deal, and they say Boeing should pay a $24 billion fine. The January 2021 decision by the Justice Department not to prosecute Boeing came in the final days of the Trump administration.

IHG Hotels & Resorts launches Low Carbon Pioneers programme, uniting energy-efficient hotels powered by renewable energy to advance sustainability across the industry. LONDON – IHG Hotels & Resorts, a global leader in hospitality, announces the launch of its Low Carbon Pioneers programme, which brings together energy efficient hotels that have no fossil fuels combusted on-site* and are backed by renewable energy. To track and measure their energy data, Low Carbon Pioneer hotels will use IHG’s Green Engage environmental platform. Elie Maalouf, CEO of IHG Hotels & Resorts, said:“We are excited to launch our Low Carbon Pioneers programme as another innovative way in which we’re meeting evolving guest expectations, helping our hotel owners future-proof their businesses and reducing carbon across our estate. The Low Carbon Pioneers programme builds on IHG’s heritage in creating ambitious and innovative solutions to drive progress across the industry.

Africa File, July 18, 2024: Sudan Spillover Threatens EthiopiaAuthor: Liam KarrContributor: Lilya YatimData Cutoff: July 18, 2024, at 10 a.m. [4] The offensive has caused over 125,000 refugees to flee to areas in Sudan near the Ethiopian border and created a potential RSF presence on its border. Source: Liam Karr; Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project; Sudan War Monitor. The influx of weapons and fighting on the Ethiopian border risks a growth in illicit weapon flows into parts of Ethiopia with a Fano presence. [16]The deteriorating situation on the Ethiopian border also poses various risks to the ongoing peace process in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

(WASHINGTON) — Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal offenses for leaking sensitive information online, will now face a military court-martial, according to the U.S. Air Force. No trial date has been set yet for the military legal proceedings, which will take place at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. Teixeira faces charges alleging he violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to a statement from the Air Force. The U.S. military reserves the right to separately prosecute a service member who has already been convicted in a federal court. An Air Force evidentiary hearing was held in May to determine whether his case should move forward to an Air Force court-martial.

(WASHINGTON) — Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal offenses for leaking sensitive information online, will now face a military court-martial, according to the U.S. Air Force. No trial date has been set yet for the military legal proceedings, which will take place at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. Teixeira faces charges alleging he violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to a statement from the Air Force. The U.S. military reserves the right to separately prosecute a service member who has already been convicted in a federal court. An Air Force evidentiary hearing was held in May to determine whether his case should move forward to an Air Force court-martial.