Tuesday, November 17, 2015

China provides emergency food aid to Ethiopia

(Nov 15 2015, (CCTV))--China and Ethiopia have signed an agreement that will see China give about 7.93 million U.S. dollars for emergency food aid to Ethiopia. Qian Keming, Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce, and Abdulaziz Mohammed, Ethiopian Minister of Finance and Economic Cooperation, signed the agreement at a ceremony held in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia to be first African country to operate Airbus plane

(Nov 16, 2015, (CCTV))--Ethiopia will be the first African airliner to operate the latest Airbus passenger plane A350 - 900. The Ethiopian flag carrier has ordered 10 of these planes with the first delivery to be made mid 2016. The bird, with a capacity of more than 300 passengers, was taken to Addis Ababa on Wednesday for a test flight.

Promised land? Rastafaris struggle in Ethiopia