US vs China in Djibouti
The tiny country of Djibouti sitting at the strategically critical entrance from the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea is quickly turning into the latest confrontation between the USA and China in Africa....
View ArticleEconomic Growth and Governance in Ethiopia: An Observation
Ethiopia has shown a dramatic increase in its economic growth. When compared to the regional average of 5.3 percent, Ethiopia's Gross Domestic Product has grown at the rate of 10.8 percent per year.
View ArticleReflection after my return from Ethiopia - Agerbet
It is irresistibly urging feeling to talk about the motherland, especially on return, and I would like to share the feel I and my family had during our stay in Ethiopia in the months of June and July...
View ArticleEthiopian cardinal: let episcopal conferences adapt Church teachings to...
An Ethiopian prelate has suggested that the Synod of Bishops should encourage episcopal conferences to adapt Church moral teachings to the circumstances of their own societies. "The Catholic Church is...
View ArticleRenaissance Dam tripartite meetings to resume in Ethiopia - Tuesday, 18...
The tripartite committee, which includes representatives and experts from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, are set to meet to set a new deadline for the French BRL group and Dutch Deltares consultancy firm...
View ArticleEthiopian War Planes Strike Alshabab Base - Tuesday, 18 August 2015 07:11
Addis Ababa, 18 August 2015 - The reports that are coming from Masagawaye location in Galgadud region in central Somalia say that Ethiopian troops who are part of the African Union Mission in Somalia...
View ArticleKEFI sees gold prices squeezing out Tulu Kapi's high-cost competitors
Raising funds for an Ethiopian gold mining project with prices near a five-year low is not easy, but Harry Anagnostaras-Adams, executive chairman of In an interview with SNL Metals & Mining on Aug....
View ArticleThe steady progress of Ethiopia's diplomatic stature on the global stage
The Annual Conference of Ambassadors, Consuls General, and Directors General, opened this week in Addis Ababa, underlining the successes of foreign policy in the just-ended 2007 fiscal year, which had...
View ArticleTeff is a healthy wheat alternative - Tuesday, 18 August 2015 07:11
Addis Ababa, 17 August 2015 - Teff is a warm season annual grass native to Ethiopia. It is known by other names, such as Eragrostis tef, Williams lovegrass, annual bunch grass and taf.
View ArticleInstitute releases 155 animal species improving technologies - Wednesday, 19...
Addis Ababa, 18 August, 2015 - The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research said it has distributed about 155 new animal species improving technologies during the concluded GTP period. Institute...
View Article#South Sudan: Information Lost in Conflict
South Sudan's neighbors are getting more frustrated with the ongoing conflict between the democratically elected government of President Salva Kiir and the increasingly fractionating rebels groups. The...
View ArticleOver 60 percent of Yalo-Abala road construction project competed - Wednesday,...
Addis Ababa, 19 August, 2015 - The Ethiopian road authority says more than 60 percents of Yalo-Abala road construction project is completed. Communication Director with the authority, Samson Wendimu,...
View ArticleWhy Africa should increasingly look inwards to raise capital for...
The expansion project is the one of the most significant engineering undertakings conducted on the Suez Canal since it opened in 1869. The expansion means that much larger ships will be able to...
View ArticleKenya cuts Uganda power imports by more than 50%
Nairobi/kampala. Kenya has cut electricity imports from Uganda by more than half following the injection of additional geothermal power into the national grid.
View ArticleSelling cooking gas by the rucksack
Inside a large ramshackle shed a struck match is held to the end of a metal pipe, and a faint blue flame springs into life. Zenebech Alemayehu smiles, puts her finger tips to her lips, then towards the...
View ArticleBureaucratic Bottlenecks in the Ethiopian Embassy
A momentous re-union of families and friends was planned to take place in Washington DC. After that those members of the families interested in the festivities of Tigrai Festival 2015 had planned to...
View ArticleCommemorating PM Meles' Extraordinary Legacy
The late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who transformed Ethiopia, has been widely praised both in life and in death. Three years ago this month, Ethiopians from far and near paid their last respects to...
View ArticleZenawi Foundation Outstanding Inaugural in Rwanda
The Meles Zenawi Foundation in partnership with the African Development Bank and the Government of Rwanda is holding its inaugural symposium on August 21, in Kigali, Rwanda, under the theme " The...
View ArticleOver 200 Investment projects commence production - Friday, 21 August 2015 11:12
Addis Ababa, 20 August 2015 - The Ethiopian Investment commission says over 200 investment projects undertaken with the cost of 20.7 billion birr have started production. In his exclusive interview...
View ArticleEPRDF 10th meeting aims to lay foundation for further renaissance - Friday,...
Addis Ababa, 21 August, 2015 - The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's says its 10th meeting that is to take place in the city Mekelle, from August 28 up to sep.2,2015, is expected to...
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