Ethiopian Airlines Grounds 60% of Passenger Fleet due to COVID-19
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Ethiopian Airlines Grounds 60% of Passenger Fleet due to COVID-19

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Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s most profitable carrier, has suspended 60% of its passenger fleet in fear of the spread of the coronavirus. The Airlines which has been operating over 125 aircrafts with less than five years of age is also expected to delay its order of over 40 planes. While the measure is taken due to…

African Development Bank approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts ravaging East and Horn of Africa
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African Development Bank approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts ravaging East and Horn of Africa

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The proposed assistance will be channeled to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) AThe Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist nine countries in the East and Horn of Africa on the control of swarms of desert locusts that are threatening livelihoods and…