Forum discusses logistics challenges in East Africa
A forum by the Nairobi – based Africa Logistics Properties (ALP), discusses logistics challenges in East Africa mainly…
Somalia
27 million food insecure people live in East Africa
New report says an estimated 27 million people – or 24% of the total food insecure people in…
United States to conduct joint military exercise in Ethiopia
The United States military and the Ethiopia National Defense Force, militaries from the nations of Brazil, Burundi, Canada,…
Ethiopian Airlines to launch flight to Garowe, Somalia
Ethiopian Airlines Group, is set to launch flight to Garowe, Somalia, via Bossaso, Somalia effective 15 July 2019.
Highest number of people displaced since World War II – Ethiopia tops
Ethiopia has the highest number of new displacements globally, as new figures reveal over 70 million people are…
Ethiopian police captures $182,000 cash at Somalia border
UPDATED _ The Ethiopian customs office at Togochale border to Somalia has captured $182,247 (United States dollar notes)…
Kenya, Somalia leaders met to resolve oil dispute
Initiated by the reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, the leaders of Somalia and Kenya met today…
Police seizes 4 machine guns, 46,000 bullets in Addis Ababa
The Addis Ababa Police Commission says it has seized four illegal machines guns with over 46,000 bullets smuggled…
Regional block calls for Somalia Debt cancellation
The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Ambassador Mahboub Maalim, expresses support for the African…
Towards Singapore of Bab el Mandeb
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Following the recent restoration of ties between Ethiopia and Eritrea, many speculated that…
Over half a million babies die in conflict zones, report says
At least 550,000 babies are thought to have died as a result of armed conflict between 2013 and…
50 Africa countries finance peacekeeping operations
With the objective of financing the peacekeeping operations in Africa by Africa countries, 50 Africa Union (AU) member…
Ethiopian helicopters kill 35 Al Shabaab fighters
UPDATED: Ethiopian Air Force helicopters hit Al Shabaab targets in Somalia, 75 kilometers east of Baidoa city, killing…
UN applauds Ethiopia’s new refugees law
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) describes Ethiopia’s historic new refugee law, as ‘one of the most progressive refugee…
Ethiopia says 66 Al Shabaab insurgents killed in Kismayo
UPDATED: Ethiopian troops in Somalia along with the Somalia government forces have killed 66 Al Shabaab insurgents in…
Ethiopia to send volunteer doctors to Eritrea
The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia says the country is set to send its medical doctors to Eritrea.
Two fuel filled trucks captured leaving Ethiopian border
The customs authorities of Ethiopia caught two fuel trucks filled with over 93,000 liters of fuel while leaving…
IGAD expresses readiness to support Somalia regional election
The Inter-Governmental Authority on the Development (IGAD) expresses its readiness to support the ongoing regional election process in…
Leaders welcome end of UN sanction on Eritrea
Following the United Nations Security Council decision on Wednesday, which ended the sanction on Eritrea, leaders express their…
New clinical trials for neglected diseases in Eastern Africa in progress
By Mekonnen Teshome – Kampala, Ugannda – Scientists working for the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) say…
Djibouti, Eritrea set to resolve border dispute
In an attempt to peacefully resolve the border dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti, a delegation led by the…
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia presidents sign cooperation agreement
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia,…
Ethiopia, South Sudan at risk of flooding
BY GETU TEMESGEN – There is likely to be more rainfall in Ethiopia and South Sudan, which has…
UN official calls for Africa’s intellectual property rights protection
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe calls on Africa leaders for…
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…
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…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia visits Somalia
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia today met with Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” Mohamed. Below is the…
Experts set to discuss regional fisheries, aquaculture strategy
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is set organized a two days meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to…
Mogadishu set to host conference on illegal charcoal trade
Mogadishu is set to host a government-led conference to stop the illegal trade, and unsustainable production and use…
United States Conducts Airstrike in Somalia
In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike destroying an al-Shabaab vehicle-borne improvised…