The airline maximised on freight operations due to restrictions on air travel

Acting 'fast' saved Ethiopian Airlines

Business Sep 30
Quick adaptation has enabled Ethiopian Airlines weather through coronavirus restrictions and "saved the airline", its CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has told the AFP news agency.
A satellite shot of the Panguna mine
Mining giant accused of poisoning rivers in Papua New Guinea
Politics Sep 30
Mining giant Rio Tinto is facing accusations that a mine it abandoned in Papua New Guinea two decades ago is leaking poisonous waste into rivers.
The vaccine is called Self Replicating RNA
Uganda 'to begin human trials' of coronavirus vaccine
Health Sep 29
Uganda will begin human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine in November, the Daily Monitor newspaper reports quoting ministry of health officials.
Disney will be the sole distributor of Disney-owned films in Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia
Disney magic arrives in Nigeria
Entertainment Sep 29
Disney is joining forces with a Nigerian production and distribution company-FilmOne Entertainment.
South Africa’s lockdown – one of the strictest in the world
South Africa reports record job losses
Business Sep 29
South Africa’s economy lost 2.2 million jobs in the second quarter of 2020, according to the government's statistics agency, which is the largest fall on record.
Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba to receive 2020 UEFA President’s Award
Sports Sep 29
Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been selected for the 2020 UEFA President’s award for his ‘commitment to excellence on and off the pitch’.
The next UN representative to Libya is yet to be elected
Who will become the next United Nations representative in Libya?
Politics Sep 29
The country is still awaiting the nomination of a special envoy to succeed to Ghassan Salamé, and to Stéphanie Williams, who has been replacing him on the job.
Senator Abbo was also ordered to apologise to the victim in a daily newspaper (SENATOR ELISHA)
Nigerian senator fined for sex toy shop assault
Politics Sep 29
A Nigerian senator has been fined $130,000 (£100,000) and told to apologise to a woman he physically assaulted in a sex toy shop last year.
Victoire Tomegah Dogbé is the first woman Prime Minister in Togo
Historic appointment of woman as Togo prime minister
Politics Sep 29
Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé has appointed the country's first ever female prime minister.
The massacre led to the murder of at least 157 people with more than 1,200 injured
Guinea commemorates September 28 massacres
Politics Sep 28
On Sept. 28, 2009, the Guinean Security Forces attacked its own population during a large pro-democratic protest in a stadium in Conakry, the capital.
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