U.S. African Affairs official to visit Ethiopia
Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Tibor Nagy is set to arrive Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this week for an official visit which includes other African countries.
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South Sudan invites international companies for oil field audit
The Government of the Republic of South Sudan through its Ministry of Petroleum invites international companies to take part in a tender for a comprehensive environmental audit of all the country’s producing oilfields.
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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 aged between 15-45, a report indicates.
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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) agreement signed by African leaders on March 21, 2018, can create two million jobs every year and doubles growth of the continent, a UN official said today.
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Regional integration experts’ meeting opens in Asmara
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE - Asmara, Eritrea -
Experts from across the 14 eastern Africa courtiers have gathered in Asmara, Eritrea to discuss regional economic integration of the courtiers in the region.
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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 the world– lived in seven East African countries namely - Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda.
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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 on the move worldwide - the highest number ever recorded.
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Will Ethiopia’s PM Abiy tame the Janjaweed?
Melakou Tegegn, Kampala- The Janjaweed is a militia force set up by Bashir in the late 1990s to terrorize the population of Southern Sudan from supporting the SPLA. They committed untold crimes against the civilian population ostensibly for harbouring the forces of SPLA, a liberation movement at the time.
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Who rescue Sudan from foreign powers proxy war
UPDATED_By Andualem Sisay Gessesse _ This week the military has overthrown one of the long standing President of Sudan, Al Bashir. President Al Bashir who also came through peaceful military coup has navigated Sudan through economic and political hardship for the past 30 years. From allowing the separation of the southern part of the country, to become an independent nation, South Sudan, President Al Bashir has been under pressure from both the international community and his people.
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Eritrean President, Ethiopian PM visit South Sudan
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia and President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea arrive at Juba Airport, South Sudan this morning to consult on economic and political affairs.
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Ethiopia opens aviation, energy for Kenyan investors
The Government of Ethiopia has invited Kenyan companies to invest in Ethiopia’s energy and aviation sector.
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Nile Basin Initiative marks 20th anniversary in Kigali
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is set to mark its 20th anniversary tomorrow in Kigali, Rwanda. NBI has brought together the Nile Basin countries, Ethiopia, Uganda, Sudan, Egypt, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Eritrea and South Sudan.
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