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Ethiopian Airlines begin weekly service

between Addis Ababa-Copenhagen

n 12th March 2023, Ethiopian
OAirlines, the leading airline in
Africa, began a weekly freighter service
from Copenhagen to Addis Ababa. The
airline has commenced the services important role in boosting trade between service to Copenhagen starting from
with its B767-300F aircraft which has Europe and the rest of the world,” said May 2023, which will expand its cargo
a capacity of 45 tonnes of cargo per the LinkedIn post. Ethiopian also plans capacity using the belly hold of its
flight. “The new route will play an on launching a five-weekly passenger passenger aircraft.

Mozambique, Sierra
Political will not there to improve Leone shows importance

drivers' working conditions: IRU of peace for globalisation

nternational Road Transport Union there. Pretto said, “Our drivers are our
I(IRU) secretary general Umberto heroes. Whether that be during the
de Pretto has outlined key challenges Covid-19 pandemic or now, they must
facing the road transport sector at be recognised as essential workers
the global road transport trade union providing indispensable services.” The
conference held in Johannesburg, Road Transport Section Conference,
South Africa in March and noted organised by the International
that the political will to improve the Transport Workers' Federation, was
working conditions of drivers is not held on March 14, 2023.
he DHL Global Connectedness
TIndex (GCI) released in March
rebutted the notion that a major retreat
from globalization is underway and
highlighted the 10 countries where global
connectedness increased the most from
2001 to 2021 which included Mozambique
and Sierra Leone. “Mozambique and Sierra
Leone exemplify the importance of peace
and security for global connectedness.
Both countries experienced a marked
rise in connectedness following the
conclusion of civil wars,” it reads. DHL
and New York University’s Stern School
of Business released the new DHL
Global Connectedness Index 2022 which
shows that international flows have been
remarkably resilient in the face of recent
shocks such as the Covid-19 pandemic and
the war in Ukraine.

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