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June 6 2018

Profiling Africa, Sudan

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February 23 2021

Grid connection of the Eastern Electricity Highway is awaiting trial operation

Ethiopian Herald BY DARGIE KAHSAY Kenya expected to complete power interconnection with Ethiopia by next June Ethiopia has fully completed its portion of the construction of the Ethio-Kenya power grid and is awaiting the completion of Kenya’s side for trial operation, Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) disclosed while Kenya announced to complete its portion by next […]

Sudan, SPLM-N Al Hilu sign declaration of principles agreement

September 4 2020

Sudan and SPLM-N sign declaration of principles agreement in Addis Ababa

Radio Tamazuj Sudan’s transitional government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North Al-Hilu faction signed a declaration of principles agreement in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Thursday. The agreement was signed by Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Abdul-Aziz Adam Al-Hilu, leader of a faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North. In a joint statement on […]

September 17 2020

Rediscovering the forgotten sounds of Somalia

Arab News In the aftermath of the Ogaden War, Somalia’s Bakaka Band found themselves “somewhat meaningless,” in the words of singer Shimaali Ahmed Shimaali. Founded to sing patriotic songs by the government’s Ministry of Interior in 1978 — the height of the Somali-Ethiopian border conflict — peacetime presented a crisis of identity. After reinventing themselves […]

February 26 2020

Addis Ababa need to stay Neutral as Usual

Middle East Observer Tnsions in Somalia with the help of Ankara and Doha may benefit Addis Ababa temporarily, but threatens to strike stability in the entire Horn of Africa. Abiy Ahmed risks Ethiopia’s reputation and his political credit in making peace Addis Ababa, Ankara and Doha agreed to sponsor Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who […]

January 28 2020

Nairobi’s matatu minibuses are getting a high-tech makeover

CNN By Stephanie Bailey and Briana Duggan In Nairobi, Kenya, an informal network of vibrantly decorated minibuses — known as matatus — zigzags through the streets blaring out music and taking commuters to and from work. Matatus are the most common form of public transport in Kenya, with tens of thousands operating in Nairobi alone. […]

November 22 2018

Ethiopia Preparing Draft Bill To Hoist AU’s Flag Alongside Its Flag

Fana Broadcasting, The government of Ethiopia said it was preparing a draft bill to legalize hoisting the flag of the African Union alongside the National Flag and its anthem being sung along with Ethiopia’s National anthem. Meles Alem, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), told journalists that the decision has come following the […]

November 2 2019

South Sudan opposition parties have invited to attend a consultative meeting aimed at the implementation of the revitalized agreement.

Nyamilepedia South Sudan’s parties to the revitalized peace agreement signed in September last year have been invited to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa over stalled peace implementation. South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, confirmed in a statement extended to Nyamilepedia that its leader Dr. Riek Machar has been invited to the East African country’s […]

January 17 2021

The State of frenemy

Maintaining the status quo, playing the victim card: How border dispute defining Ethiopia, Sudan The Ethiopian Herald BY DESTA GEBREHIWOT In a move that is upping the ante in the Ethio-Sudan border dispute, Khartoum has continued to illegally encroach on the two countries’ borders, said the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating that Ethiopia has […]

November 8 2019

Rwanda’s mountain gorillas are luring upscale visitors, generating funds that help sustain the rare apes.

Wall Street Journal, By Deborah Dunn I’D BEEN IN Volcanoes National Park, a sliver of jungle in northern Rwanda, for all of 30 minutes, when a fur ball the size of an ottoman came barreling toward me. To be fair, I was on his turf. I had been spying on the fur ball’s family—nine mountain gorillas, […]

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