Addis Ababa, 21 April 2017 (ECA) – A Swiss delegation met on Friday with Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdalla Hamdok, to discuss Switzerland’s support for the Africa Hall renovation project.

By Idris Ibrahim

Nigeria: The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has formally reopened for operations after six weeks of closure.

ISIS claims responsibility for the bombings

EZ: At least 43 people died and 119 injured after two explosions at two Coptic churches in two cities of Egypt on Palm Sunday (April 9, 2017), one of the most important days on the Christian calendar. ISIS claimed responsibility for bombings.

By Ethiopia Zare Reporter, Stockholm

Stockholm (EZ): A truck has smashed into a crowded store on street called Drottninggatan in central Stockholm the capital of Sweden, at least three killed and eight injured.

The Economist: And why critics think it an odd use of scarce resources

The ancient holy town of Lalibela, perched some 2,500 metres above sea-level in Ethiopia’s northern highlands, boasts some of the clearest night skies imaginable. Ethiopian stargazers dream that the mountains around Lalibela may one day host a world-class observatory to rival the big ones in Chile and Hawaii. And in time Ethiopia hopes to do more than just gaze at the stars. It would like to launch its own satellites, too.

EZ (Ethiopia Zare): The Ethiopian government dominated by the ruling party, EPRDF, has extended the State Of Emergency by four additional months, which was declared six months ago, in October 2016, and was due to end in April 2017.

Tampere University of Technology in Finland was about to appoint Ethiopia's controversial Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn an honorary doctorate in May at the university. The press release on the appointment has been removed from the website, and the president of the university said there will be no appointment - as the prime minister cannot come.

EZ: Four people including a police officer have been killed after a knifeman brought terror to the heart of London, reported UK media. An attacker stabbed a policeman and was shot by police just outside Britain's parliament building Westminster on Wednesday. The police described it as a "terrorist incident."