Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said “summer wheat cultivation through irrigation has been promising thus far.”
“If we continue capitalizing on these gains, our wheat import substitution aspirations will be within reach,” he said in a tweet.
The Ministry of Agriculture recently told the Parliament that cultivation through irrigation this year will help the country to cut wheat import by more than half.
According to the Ministry, Ethiopia imports 17 million quintals of wheat annually.
Summer wheat cultivation through irrigation promising: PM
Ministry to launch six-month anti-COVID19 campaign next week
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced plans to launch a campaign which focused on prevention of COVID19 pandemic.
The six-month campaign will begin as of next Monday, Jan. 11, said the Ministry during a consultation it held with members of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR).
The campaign will be carried out at higher education institutions and schools, service institutions, bus stations, market places, religious institutions, and public spaces.
Members of the House will join the awareness raising campaign that focuses on how to effectively prevent the spread of the pandemic, including wearing facemasks, according to the Ministry.
Boeing to pay $2.5bn over 737 Max conspiracy
Boeing has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle US criminal charges that it hid information from safety officials about the design of its 737 Max planes.
The US Justice Department said the firm chose “profit over candor”, impeding oversight of the planes, which were involved in two deadly crashes. About $500m will go to families of the 346 people killed in the tragedies. Boeing said the agreement acknowledged how the firm “fell short.”
5 killed, 14 wounded in suicide attack in Somali Capital
A suicide bombing near the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killed five people including two Turks, Turkish and Somali officials said. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack in a post by its Shahada News Agency. … Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted that 14 people, including three Turks, were wounded and are being treated in a Mogadishu hospital named after Turkey’s president. Turkish security sources said the suicide attacker used a motorcycle. They said the attack took place 15 kilometers (8 miles) from a Turkish military base, which was not affected. The base is Turkey’s largest military installation abroad. … Separately on Saturday, the U.S. military said it had carried out two airstrikes against al-Shabab compounds near Qunya Barrow.
