DR Congo says offensive against Hutu rebels underway
Addis Ababa--Congolese government troops have started their long-awaited offensive against Rwandan Hutu rebels in the east of the country, the DR Congo's foreign minister said Saturday The Kinshasa...
View ArticleZimbabwe: 'Let's Fully Harness Resources'
Full text of the Acceptance Speech by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Chairman of Sadc, Cde R. G. Mugabe, on being confirmed as the Chairman of the African Union at the...
View ArticleAll talk but no peace: South Sudan's stumbling talks
After 13 months of fighting and six failed ceasefires, diplomats are being forced to accept that any deal to end the war in South Sudan will, at best, result in a return to the status quo that...
View ArticleTorture reports and concerns about the current humanitarian and...
The international Community and Western Media have stopped to speak about the genocide that is taking place in Ogaden region by the hands of the Ethiopian Security Forces and its interrogators. Is it...
View ArticleAfrica's First Ladies discuss ways forward in the fight to end polio
The eradication of Polio was the main agenda at a call to action event held by Africa's First Ladies at the African Union today, Saturday, January 31. One of the main aims of the event which was held...
View ArticleKenyan president says ICC case against deputy will fail
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta delivers his state of the nation speech at the State House in Nairobi on December 2, 2014 Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has told fellow African leaders that the...
View ArticleEthiopia: Pre-Revenue Testing of Addis Ababa Light Railway Launched
Pre-revenue testing of Addis Ababa light railway was launched today . Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn, Deputy Prime minister Demeke Mekonnen, Foreign affairs Minister Dr Tedros Adhanom, Addis...
View ArticleBoeing, Ethiopian Airlines, Vital Voices Global Partnership Join Together for...
The deliveries, carried on the ferry flight of Ethiopian's newest 787 Dreamliner, were made to a number of medical institutions via Vital Voices Global Partnership, Horn of Africa Neonatal Development...
View ArticleEthiopia: Work Carried Out On GERD Aborts Planned Gold Project
The expedited work on Africa's biggest hydro power project over the Abay River, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam , has aborted the planned gold production project by an international mining firm,...
View ArticleEthiopia: Ethiopia Announces New Railway Line Connecting Djibouti to Be...
Ethiopia announced on Wednesday this week that the inauguration of the new railway line between Addis Ababa and Djibouti would take place at the start of next year, 2016. This project, being...
View ArticleEthiopia: Fertilizer Blending to Begin in a Month At Four Plants Nationwide
The Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Transformation Agency , together with four cooperative unions located in four regions are constructing four fertilizer blending factories that are...
View ArticleUS hails Museveni on regional peace
By Vision Reporter President Yoweri Museveni has met the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas Greenfield, at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. The...
View ArticleAfrican Union seeks financial independence
African leaders have agreed in principle to impose a flurry of taxes in a bid to finance their pan-African bloc, set up to push the continent's diplomatic agenda but dependent on foreign handouts....
View ArticleEthiopian and Belgium Liege Airport renew 5-year partnership in Air Cargo
Ethiopian Airlines and Liege Airport have agreed to extend for another 5 years their win-win partnership for the transport of air cargo between Africa and Europe. Belgium, Liege Airport has been...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's rival leaders sign power-sharing deal
South Sudan President Salva Kiir arrives to attend the Intergovernmental Authority on Development summit on Thursday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. South Sudan President Salva Kiir arrives to attend the...
View ArticleBible Hill agricultural campus joins Ethiopian project
Dalhousie University's agricultural campus in Bible Hill will be administering an $18-million program funded by Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada to improve agricultural education in...
View Article'Back to the future' medicine man turns frustration into big opportunity
Said Osman found his life's calling after witnessing a tragic scene as a young boy that still haunts him decades later. The pioneering Kenyan doctor was just nine years old when a girl was rushed...
View ArticleGovernment and Industry Leaders Express High Expectations of Africa Hotel...
At todayA s meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, government and industry leaders gathered to brief the local community on the Africa Hotel Investment Forum 2015 , which will take...
View ArticleAl-Sisi, Ethiopia's PM agree on further GE...
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said Egypt does not oppose Ethiopia's right to development through implementation of projects on the River Nile, in last Thursday meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Rebel Leader Hopeful Peace Talks Will Resume
Rebel leader Riek Machar tells TIME that this time "I hope it will be different" - but experts aren't so sure it will be The rebel leader in South Sudan's yearlong civil war says he's hopeful peace...
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