Ethiopia will continue building its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile river, its Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, despite continuing protest from Egypt. The comments appeared to respond to Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday calling on Arab nations to step in to settle the dispute over the dam. An Ethiopian statement said that as “the Nile...
Addis Abeba – The Addis Abeba Transport Bureau, under the Addis Abeba City Administration, banned the three and four-wheel rickshaws (commonly called Bajaj) from movements indefinitely endeavoring to oversee and regulate the transport services they provide. The municipal authorities said the bureau is making some operational amendments while bringing the vehicles under its oversight. According to the statement,...
The Hilton Hotel was one of Nairobi’s first skyscrapers. The iconic cylindrical tower was opened in 1969 by President Jomo Kenyatta, six years after Kenya’s independence from Britain. The recent closure of the hotel after more than 50 years of operation comes at a time of vertical transformation in the city’s skyline. As Nairobi grows ever taller,...
China’s debt across numerous African countries has been a hot-button subject as it relates to global economics, so much so that the U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on her visit to Africa in January 2023, spoke fervently on the topic, accusing China of setting a debt trap for impoverished African countries. China was forced to...
From March 1, 2023, China will offer zero-tariff treatment to 98 percent of taxable items originating from Ethiopia, Burundi, and Niger, according to the country’s customs tariff commission of the state council. This move is aimed at strengthening China’s friendship and cooperation with African countries, facilitating the development of the least developed nations, and fostering...
Flydubai has announced service to the Somali capital, Mogadishu. While it’ll initially be daily, it’ll soon jump to double daily. Aside from point-to-point demand, which booking data shows totaled a modest ~18,000 passengers last year, it will also target those going further, who can transit in Dubai to other flydubai flights or to increasingly close partner...
When it was inaugurated in 2015, the Addis Ababa Light Rail was heralded as a banner project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. By then, China had become known for its infrastructure feats at home. And many at the time said it was exporting “China speed” to the world: delivering public goods to underdeveloped countries like Ethiopia with unparalleled scale...
The Ethiopian government announced on Thursday the sale of 45% of the capital of the public operator Ethio Telecom, which lost its monopoly in 2022, a figure up from the 40% sale announced in November. “The Ethiopian government is proposing a partial privatization of Ethio Telecom by selling up to 45% of its capital,” the...
Nairobi — Plans for the reopening of the Kenya-Somalia border in Mandera are nearing conclusion, with the renovation of the Customs Border Control Point set to begin soon. This follows a series of high-level consultations between the two countries with the intent to advance new spheres of shared interests, particularly cross-border trade and regional security. Interior...
Somalia sits at the bottom of the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index by Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International that surveyed 180 countries. The never-ending conflict in the Horn of Africa country remains the leading cause of the runaway corruption, as terrorism, suppression of press freedom, political, social and economic instability, and suppressed freedom of speech have created fertile grounds for...