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Construction: Building Africa’s Future As the global economy restarts its upward trend and African governments continue to create ambitious development plans, there will be more room for co...

Ethiopia: Calls for an African green economy at Addis meet Activists attending the annual Conference of African Ministers responsible for Finance and the Economy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia have called for concre...

US$1 billion Chinese railway line for Ethiopia Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) and the China Railway Group Limited (CREC) on Tuesday sealed a US$1 billion deal to build railway infrastructure i...

Fashionista Presidents Gaddafi’s politics aside, the cheap jabs that some writers took at his wardrobe were insensitive.

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© Farmers harvest wheat to increase local production of wheat and compensate for the shortage of wheat in Egypt. April 28, 2023. (Photo by Mahmoud Elkhwas / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

harsh consequences

Premium badgeEgypt: Farmers bear brunt of climate change and dam project The Egyptian government has included small-scale farmers in its fight to counter the food crisis as it tries to feed over 100 million people amid a wo...
© File photo of Getachew Reda (L), leader of the new interim administration in Tigray, and former advisor and spokesman of the Tigray Region. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

Tigray turbulence

Premium badgeEthiopia peace deal offers Tigrayans hope but dilemmas persist Tigray’s political parties are determined to restore peace, rebuild the war-torn society, and strengthen democracy, but they don’t all share the same ...
© Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (l) walks alongside Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (C) at Khartoum Airport during a welcome ceremony on January 26, 2023. (Photo by – / AFP)

BALANCING ACT

Premium badgeWhy Ethiopia’s Abiy opts for neutrality in Sudan’s war of the generals Just five days after Sudan’s rival generals started their war on 15 April, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed dismissed what he called “false allega...

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© Farmers harvest wheat to increase local production of wheat and compensate for the shortage of wheat in Egypt. April 28, 2023. (Photo by Mahmoud Elkhwas / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

harsh consequences

Premium badgeEgypt: Farmers bear brunt of climate change and dam project The Egyptian government has included small-scale farmers in its fight to counter the food crisis as it tries to feed over 100 million people amid a wo...
© File photo of Getachew Reda (L), leader of the new interim administration in Tigray, and former advisor and spokesman of the Tigray Region. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

Tigray turbulence

Premium badgeEthiopia peace deal offers Tigrayans hope but dilemmas persist Tigray’s political parties are determined to restore peace, rebuild the war-torn society, and strengthen democracy, but they don’t all share the same ...
© Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (l) walks alongside Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (C) at Khartoum Airport during a welcome ceremony on January 26, 2023. (Photo by – / AFP)

BALANCING ACT

Premium badgeWhy Ethiopia’s Abiy opts for neutrality in Sudan’s war of the generals Just five days after Sudan’s rival generals started their war on 15 April, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed dismissed what he called “false allega...

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Ethiopia moves to bar foreign lawyers Ethiopia is set to introduce a new law barring foreigners from practising as lawyers, which critics say is targeted at professionals with dual citizen...

Guilty plea in Swede journalists’ Ethiopian trial The two Swedish journalists who were arrested in a battle between Ethiopian troops and rebels in July on Thursday pleaded not guilty to terrorism but ...

Two Swedish journalists back in Ethiopian court The two Swedish journalists arrested in July after they were caught entering Ethiopia with rebels appeared in court for the second time on Tuesday cha...

Ethiopia: Foreign firms invest over US$6 bn in potash mining Five foreign companies have invested about US$6.5 billion in the Ethiopian potash mining industry, the country’s Ministry of Mines has revealed.

South Sudan: East Africa’s Pipeline Politics The newly created state of South Sudan sits on nearly 7bn barrels of proven oil reserves.

Inflation will slow Ethiopia growth: IMF The International Monitory Fund Thursday said rising inflation in Ethiopia will slow down economic growth, which the government had projected will hit...