Ethiopia seeks to rake in more through cross-border electricity interconnections by John Green State-owned electricity producer, Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has announced that it has earned $28.4 million from exporting of electricity to Sudan and Djibouti The figures covering between … Continued
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations appealed for $2.7 billion to help South Sudanese refugees on Tuesday, saying a funding shortfall for Africa’s biggest refugee crisis had left many short of food, water and medicine. The appeal follows … Continued
ADDIS ABABA, (Xinhua) — Inter-clan clashes in Ethiopia’s Southern Regional State has left 43 people dead since September, state affiliated media outlet Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) reported on Tuesday. In a press statement, Police Commission of Southern Regional State, said … Continued
ABU DHABI, (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has received Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Workneh Gebeyehu, currently visiting the country, and discussed ways of consolidating cooperation in areas of … Continued
EU announces new humanitarian package for those most in need in Ethiopia. On an official visit to Ethiopia, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides has announced today €89 million in humanitarian support for 2018-2019 whilst visiting EU aid projects … Continued
Since Mohammed bin Salman became crown prince in 2015, Saudi Arabia at the centre of a spate of regional crises. by Sayid Ahmed al-Khidr Mohammed bin Salman launched Operation Decisive Storm in Yemen only two months after his father became … Continued
Magie Fick Fitsum Tekele, an Ethiopian farmer, harvests their staple Eragrostis tef, also known as teff grain in his field northeast of the Mekelle, Tigray region, Ethiopia December 10, 2018. REUTERS/Maggie Fick MEKELLE, Ethiopia (Reuters) – In the birthplace of … Continued
President Joseph Kabila at his personal ranch near Kinshasa, the capital of Congo. He has been in office since his father’s assassination in 2001.CreditCreditJohn Wessels/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura KINGAKATI, Democratic Republic of Congo — His favorite … Continued
Mogadishu – The Special representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia (SRCC) and Head of AMISOM, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, has been following closely the events in South West State of Somalia that culminated in the arrest of … Continued
Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A military court in Ethiopia on Saturday jailed 66 soldiers for between five and 14 years for marching on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s palace in October, ruling they had broken military ethics, officials said. … Continued
US National Security Adviser John Bolton thinks China could take control of the Doraleh Container Terminal, critical for supplying the Pentagon’s Camp Lemonnier Djibouti is thought to be heavily in debt to China, making US interests in the tiny African … Continued
At least 21 people have been killed in two days of fighting between ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia, the state-affiliated Fana radio reported Friday, The violence broke out near the town of Moyale, on the border with Kenya, in a … Continued
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