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Ethiopia

Newly arrived Eritrean immigrants wait to be registered as refugees at the Endabaguna reception and registration centre for the newly arrived Eritrean refugees in Shire town, Tigrai region

toxic rivalry

Eritrean refugees: Still caught in a game of “political football”

Ethiopia is planning to shut a camp and is refusing prima facie acceptance of Eritrean refugees ensnared in toxic rivalries between Addis Ababa, ... Tigray, and Asmara.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

Catch 22

Ethiopian economic liberalisation threatened by looming crisis

The process of economic liberalisation in Ethiopia risks grinding to a halt as postponement of elections raises the prospect of a constitutional ... crisis.

Virus Outbreak Zimbabwe

DISTRESS CALL

Coronavirus: Ease sanctions for Zimbabwe and Sudan pleads AU Chair

African Union (AU) chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa has implored the international community to lift economic sanctions against Zimbabwe and Sudan ... to enable the countries to fight the spread of COVID-19.

Article 4/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 27 April – 30 April"

Somali families flee to capital, fearing U.S. airstrikes

record displaced

Record 50.8 million internally displaced persons in 2019 – report

In its annual report, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) says nearly 46 million people, almost twice the global number of refugees, ... have been uprooted within their own countries due to conflict and violence, and more than five million more as a result of natural disasters.

WHO coronavirus Outbreak

pandemic priorities

Coronavirus: Bill Gates defends WHO from Trump, gives $11m

Under criticism for his handling of the Covid-19 outbreak at home, US President Donald Trump lashed out. ...

Article 3/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 27 April – 30 April"

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Strategy Reset

Coronavirus: Sanlam delays plans to enter Ethiopia and Egypt until pandemic weakens

The COVID-19 pandemic means Sanlam’s plans to expand into Ethiopia and Egypt have been put on the back burner, Heinie Werth, CEO of Sanlam’s ... emerging markets unit, told The Africa Report.

South Africa Ethiopia

tragic opportunity

Coronavirus: Ethiopia’s opportunity to reboot its troubled transition

Ethiopia has postponed elections scheduled for August and declared a five-month state of emergency to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. If managed ... well, this time could be used to put the country’s democratic transition back on track.

Article 3/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 13 April – 17 April"

Ethiopia Saudi Arabia Deportees

Not even coronavirus stops Saudis from deporting Ethiopians

Not even the global COVID-19 pandemic has stopped the deportation of thousands of Ethiopian expatriates from the Gulf countries. ...

Article 9/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 13 April – 17 April"

Water flows through Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda

fueling flames

Nile dam still raging, despite global pause for COVID-19

On 1 April, the ninth anniversary of the start of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD project, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed affirmed the country's ... plan to start filling the dam in July. "The current coronavirus outbreak should not hinder us from completing the project," he added, calling the dam a symbol of "sovereignty and unity."

Virus Outbreak South Africa

Cleaning up

Post-coronavirus, Rentokil to expand in Africa to meet new hygiene demands

Rentokil Initial, the global hygiene and pest control company, aims to expand in Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia once the coronavirus pandemic has ... been brought under control, Nkosinathi Solomon, the company’s managing director for sub-Saharan Africa, told The Africa Report.

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