In 2022, the number of children in need of humanitarian assistance rose more than 20% in comparison to 2021, to 149 million. As indicated by the Global Humanitarian Overview, the increase can be attri...
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There Can Be No Peace In Ethiopia Without Justice And Accountability
On November 2, 2022, the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed a peace deal towards ending the brutal two year war in Ethiopia. On November 12, 2022, they further...
Heightened Risk Of Genocide Against Tigrayans In Ethiopia
On October 25, 2022, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum issued a warning of a heightened risk of genocide in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. According to the statement, “the situation has deteriora...
Ethiopia Orders Banks to Reject Requests for Foreign Exchange to Buy ‘Non-Priority Products’ – Africa Bitcoin News
The Ethiopian government has instructed banks to reject requests for foreign currency to buy so-called non-priority products. The Ethiopian Minister of Industry Melaku Alebel Addis has defended the mo...
Cardano Founder Shares Update on Ethiopia Initiative
ADA Price at the time of writing – $0.4461 Nearly 24 public schools were selected to take part IOG also took part in an investment round of $11 million Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, has p...
Cardano Founder Shares Update on Ethiopia Initiative, Here’s What To Know
Cardano founder, Charles Hoskinson, has shared an update on the Ethiopian initiative it undertook last year. In 2021, Cardano builder IOG inked a partnership with the Ethiopian Ministry of Education t...
Crypto Exchanges in Ethiopia Offered New Registration Program
Ethiopian authorities now require all crypto businesses to register with the Information Network Security Administration (INSA) in ten days. The crypto registration scheme was made possible by the ame...
What Putin’s War In Ukraine Has To Do With Starvation In Africa
Putin’s war has had a devastating impact on the situation in Ukraine. According to the World Food Program (WFP), in Ukraine, conflict and insecurity are causing the fastest-growing humanitarian crisis...
Ethiopia believes Bitcoin transactions are illegal
The Central Bank of Ethiopia has issued a public statement warning its citizens that Bitcoin transactions are illegal in the country. Ethiopia speaks out against Bitcoin exchanges According to the Eth...
Ethiopia Bans Digital Currencies, Warns Citizens Against Engaging In Illegal Transactions
Ethiopia’s Central Bank has cracked the whip on digital currencies, releasing a statement terming cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin as illegal and prohibiting the use of any other currency except the B...
National Bank of Ethiopia Warns of ‘Illegal’ Crypto Use
Ethiopia’s central bank released a statement today calling Bitcoin “illegal,” prohibiting the use of any other currency except the Birr for all transactions. Unlike its western neighbor the Central Af...
BOSS Money Launches Direct Remittance to Ethiopia Using Ripple’s Partner TerraPay’s Solution
– Advertisement – Fintech company’s adoption of Ripple’s technology for global remittance has continued to soar. Following its partnership with Ripple’s partner and global remittance pla...
Cardano Reaching Closer To Launch Blockchain Educational System In Ethiopia
– Advertisement – The IOG is edging closer to launching a blockchain-based educational program in Ethiopia. The Input Output Global (IOG), the team behind Cardano, said in a recent announ...
Tigray Hospital In Urgent Need Of Assistance With Food And Medical Supplies
The conflict in Ethiopia continues to take new victims. Shortly after it began on November 4, 2020, evidence of mass killings of several hundred people in the western Tigray town of Mai Kadra, started...