Eastern African sub-region to grow 4.9 percent in 2021
A new report produced by the African Development Bank says the Eastern African sub-region’s economy will grow by…
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Eastern Africa experts discuss COVID-19 economic impacts in Kigali
Experts assembled in Kigali, Rwanda to reflect on COVID-19 economic impacts and resilience experiences at the sub-continental 25th…
Several African leaders attend Ethiopia’s PM inaugural
Several African countries leaders including presidents of Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Prime Minister of…
Ethiopia PM urges African leaders to cooperate
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia urges African leaders mainly Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, and Nigeria to cooperate…
TPLF’s favor to Ethiopia
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – It has been about ten months since the Ethiopian national defense force was…
Significance of Ethiopia’s election 2021
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – On Monday some 37 million registered voters in Ethiopia voted to elect their…
COVID-19 worsens plight of Africa’s least developed countries
Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia and Sudan are in debt distress while 11 other African countries are…
IFC appoints new country manager for East Africa, Malawi
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has appointed Amena Arif as its new Country Manager for…
Ethiopia to convert cloud into rain using iodine
To boost its agricultural production and become food self-sufficient, the Government of Ethiopia is set to use the…
$456 million asphalt roads to connect Ethiopia with neighbors
The Government of Ethiopia has awarded several asphalt road projects worth close to $456 million that connect the…
Sudan arrests senior TPLF militia leader
The Government of Sudan on Monday arrested a senior militia leader of Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) in…
Somalia to strengthen private sector growth, encourage investment
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed its first formal agreements with the Federal Government…
Djibouti host Somalia, Somaliland leaders consultation
By Sisay Woubeshet – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia and President of Djibouti Ismail Guelleh on Sunday…
Ethiopia reports largest daily coronavirus positive
The number of people infected by coronavirus (COVID-19) has dramatically increased over the last two days increasing the…
Conflicts in Greater Karamoja worsen food insecurity
Armed conflicts in cross-border areas in the Greater Karamoja Cluster that encompasses the south-western parts of Ethiopia, north-western…
U.S. says al-Shabaab spreads false information after airstrike
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) issued a statement indicating that al-Shabaab is releasing false information following April…
AFRICOM airstrike kills al-Shabaab senior leader
United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) post-strike assessments confirm that one of the three terrorists killed in the command’s…
Desert locust to hit Ethiopia again
The desert locust, which has been damaging crops in some east African countries, is now moving from Somali…
China donates face masks to Gabon, Ghana, Congo
With a the aim of helping African countries combat the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese giant online trading company Alibaba…
IGAD Secretary urges member states fight COVID-19 together
The Executive Secretary of Inter-Governmental Authority of Development (IGAD), whose member are in the Horn of Africa namely,…
U.S. airstrike in Somalia kills five al-Shabaab members
The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike killing five al-Shabaab terrorists in the vicinity of Janaale, Somalia.
U.S. provides $10 million to fight locust in East Africa
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $10 million in…
Ethiopia to host agriculture ministers’ forum on locust outbreak
Agriculture ministers of from locus outbreak affected eastern African countries Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are set to meet…
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia leaders met in Asmara
Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed has arrived Asmara, Eritrea, On Sunday to discuss regional cooperation with…
Somalia President Abdullahi Farmajo visits Eritrea
Along with senior officials Somalian President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmajo) arrived Asmara, Eritrea this morning for an official…
Somalia government makes progress in addressing internal displacements – report
The Government of Somalia has been making efforts to provide lasting solutions to the increasing number of internally…
Ethiopia ranks top in illiteracy in eastern Africa
Ethiopia ranks top in eastern Africa having the largest number of illiterate people – over 57% illiterate women…
African free trade can create 2 million jobs, doubles growth
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Asmara, Eritrea – The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)…
Regional integration experts’ meeting opens in Asmara
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Asmara, Eritrea – Experts from across the 14 eastern Africa courtiers have gathered…
Extreme weather displaces 273,000 Somalis
More than 273,000 people have been left displaced due to severe flooding across Somalia as more extreme weather…