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• Access to sufficient financial resources to implement development projects has been a big challenge among developing countries, although there are unexplored options.

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Dar es Salaam. While banks remain a dominant financing option, economic experts say other alternative modes should be explored to facilitate the implementation of development projects.

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• Adesina calls out developed nations for not honoring $100 billion-a-year pledge

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A lack of adequate financing for tackling climate change in Africa has become dire and is “choking” the continent, African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said on Monday.

June 17, 2022 (ENA) Ethiopia will work to further strengthen its economic ties with West African countries, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

West African Countries Director at the Ministry, Elias Melaku said Ethiopia, being a country with huge impact on the geopolitics of the Horn, will strive to cooperate in strengthening economic integration with the countries in the region.  

The Ethio-Djibouti railway and the Ethio-Kenya road are among the efforts worth mentioning in this regard, he added.

• Mastercard, Gavi, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health and JSI announce their partnership to implement the Mastercard Wellness Pass solution within Ethiopia’s health information system and aim to bring efficiency to healthcare tracking and offline portability of health records in the most marginalized communities
•   Mastercard Wellness Pass will be implemented at selected health facilities throughout the country – including in urban, rural, and pastoral locations – over a 15-month pilot period

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 17 June 2022, /African Media Agency

June 17, 2022 (ENA) World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley said the current humanitarian truce declared by the Ethiopian government has opened greater access to operations in Tigray region.

At the conclusion of his visit to Ethiopia, the executive director told reporters last night that some 2,500 trucks carrying food and other items have entered the region during the last two months.

June 17, 2022 (ENA) Congressman John Garamendi has pledged to maintain his strong support for Ethiopian causes in the US Congress.

Ethiopia’s Ambassador in the United States, Seleshi Bekele  held a constructive discussion with the Congressman.

During the occasion, Ambassador Seleshi briefed Congressman Garamendi on current developments in Ethiopia and the progress made regarding the conflict in the northern part of the country.

Addis Ababa June 17/2022/ENA/ Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has arrived in Wolaita Sodo town of the Southern Nation, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) region today.

On his arrival, Premier Abiy was accorded warm welcome by Ristu Yirdaw, SNNP Region Chief Administrator and other top officials.

Prime Minister Abiy is expected to discuss with different sections of the community, it was learned.

Addis Ababa June 16/2022/ENA/ Understanding one another’s culture and mode of life contributes to the enhancement of peace, and stability, Culture and Sports Minister Kejela Merdasa said at the East Africa Art and Culture Symposium that took place today .

Opening the symposium, the minister stated that the region’s  culture has been increasingly under threat and needs immediate intervention to preserve it.

June 16, 2022 (ENA) The Turkish Chalik Holding company announced that it is interested in engaging in natural gas and fertilizer sectors in Ethiopia.

A 13-person delegation of the holding company visited the mining gallery of Ministry of Mines today.

The Turkish investors, Turkey’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Yaprak Alp, and Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Adem Mohammed, visited the gallery.