Ethnic clashes displaced 2.8 million people in Ethiopia
The number of internally displaced people (IDP) in Ethiopia due to ethic clashes has reached 2.8 million from…
What to expect from Ethiopia’s ruling party upcoming assembly
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – The Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democracy Front (EPRDF), the ruling coalition in Ethiopia with…
BASF acquires Bayer’s vegetable seeds business
BASF, a German chemical company with businesses across the world, today closed acquisition of Bayer’s global vegetable seeds…
Mastercard announces Next-Generation African Leaders
Fifteen teams of a total of 32 emerging African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the…
Africa launches continental innovation award for SDGs
The President of Ghana and Co-Chair of the Group of Eminent Advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),…
Mozambique makes journalism difficult with exorbitant accreditation fees
The introduction by Mozambican authorities of exorbitant media accreditation fees is an assault on freedom of the press…
Marrakesh to host Francophone hotel investment forum
Marrakesh set to host the first hotel investment forum, Forum sur l’Investissement Hôtelier Africain (FIHA), which focuses on…
Nile countries to hold regular Heads of States Summits
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – The 26th Nile Council of Ministers has agreed to institutionalize and regularize the…
Weapons trading in the Horn of Africa
The reluctance of western and other powers to act against Djibouti’s increasing arms trafficking activities poses an existential…
Ethiopian Airlines registers record success amid fuel price hike
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest Airline Group, announces registering record success in the just ended 2017/18 fiscal year amid…
African Development Bank calls for Africa’s green revolution
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has made an urgent call to give farmers…
Ethiopia re-plans development programs involving civil societies
By actively involving civil societies, Ethiopian government is set to re-plan its development programs to attain sustainable, quality…
UN agency urges Africa to combat money laundering
The Executive Secretary of UN Economic Commission for Africa, (ECA) Vera Songwe, said that combatting bribery, money laundering…
Alibaba Group Founder provides $10 million to Africa Entrepreneur Prize
Alibaba Group founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma today launched the Jack Ma Foundation ‘Netpreneur’ Prize, a new…
Ethiopia to host regional harmony, security talks
In Ethiopia, where a number of casualties after a bomb attack that was presumably caused by ethnic conflicts…
Ethiopia’s Paradoxical Narratives of Sanitation
By Mekonnen Teshome Tollera – Ethiopia, through its unique Health Extension Program (HEP), has registered quite impressive results…
U.S. to assist Ethiopia reduce pollution, save fuel
The United Sates Embassy in Addis Ababa is to host a demonstration event to showcase efficient cook stoves…
Cape Town conference to discuss building conflict-free Africa
Recognising the African Union’s 2018 theme – “Winning the Fight against corruption: A Sustainable Path to African’s Transformation”,…
Phanes Group kicks off Solar Incubator program for Africa
Phanes Group, an international end-to-end solar provider headquartered in Dubai, UAE, has announced the 2nd edition of its…
Red Cross delivers emergency assistance to Ethiopians displaced by violence
The International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) and Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) begun delivering emergency assistance…
African Development Bank calls for provision of new technologies for farmers
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has made an urgent call to give farmers…
Disruptive technology set to enhance financial inclusion in Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant…
Japan manufactures, Ethiopia makes money
By Andualem Sisay Gessessse (a kind of tax policy brief) – David Ruppi is a Ugandan journalist. I…
UN agency awards community conversation facilitators in Ethiopia
The UN Migration Agency, IOM awarded 12 Best Performing Community Conversation (CC) Facilitators and kebeles in Ethiopia this…
Breastfeeding jumpstarts future generation wellbeing
As World Breastfeeding Week kicks off this year, the African Development Bank calls on African countries to push…
AU pleas donors to sustain Greet Green Wall program
The Africa Union Commission (AUC) urges international development partners of the continent to finance its Greet Green Wall…
Ethiopian Airlines launches new packages to promote Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines rolled out stopover packages without any additional airfare that cater for all leisure needs with a…
UN provides assistance to displaced people in Ethiopia
United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provides live saving non-food items (NFI) to 500 displaced households in…
Moses in Egypt’s Pharaoh Palace and Rise of Ethiopia’s Moses in EPRDF
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – It was about a year ago, I visited a village in Tigray Region…
Djibouti Seizes Doraleh Terminal Illegally, says London Court
An Arbitral Tribunal of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) today confirmed the illegitimacy of the Government…