Ethiopian lawmakers ruled Tuesday that federal officials should cut off contact with leaders of the northern Tigray region, which defied Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last month by holding elections his government deemed “illegal”. The decision by the House of Federation, the upper house of parliament, furthers the breakdown in relations between Abiy and the Tigray […]
Chebera Churchura National Park (CCNP) is located on the western side of the central Omo-Gibe basin, in between Dawro zone and Konta Special Woreda of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State of Ethiopia. The Omo River provides the boundary between the south and the West. The natural vegetation of the park is diverse. […]
Bloomberg, By Bella Genga Safaricom Plc and parent Vodacom Group Ltd. plan a joint bid for an Ethiopian telecommunications license that they expect to cost as much as $1 billion. The Horn of Africa state is expected to invite bids for two new licenses this month to compete with its monopoly Ethiopian Telecommunications Corp., which is also […]
The Guardian by Tom Gardner in Addis Ababa “Here there used to be a lot of shops, you know, women selling bread and tea,” says Woinshet Fanta, shuffling past the rusted railway track in a long floral skirt. On the other side of the road is a field littered with assorted machinery. “There used to […]
The Ethiopian Herald BY DESTA GEBREHIWOT With some super powers trying to unleash economic pressure and hand twist Ethiopia in relation to the ongoing Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a project which many describe it as ‘hallmark of self-reliance’, experts argue African countries need to explore domestic capacities to curtail foreign dependency and ensure evolutionary […]
The Daily Nation, By MICHAEL KURIA In Summary We have the good fortune of living next door to a friendly nation of more than a hundred million souls that is liberalising sections of its economy that had been closed to foreigners for all eternity. These are sectors in which we have extensive experience and success: […]
By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN)Despite South Africa averaging more than 2,500 hours of sunshine a year, solar energy generates less than 1% of its electricity. By contrast, the UK produces 4% of its electricity from solar, with considerably less sunshine. South African supermarket Shoprite sees a missed opportunity. The chain is the continent’s largest food retailer, with 140,000 employees and […]
The words, “NoMore”, and “Hands off Ethiopia”, are echoing immensely in every corner of the globe to denounce the interferences of western against Ethiopia’s internal affairs. Twitter disabled the accounts of at least a dozen Ethiopians and Eritreans accounts that help promote the #NoMore hashtag campaign decrying US intervention in the two nations’ affairs. US-based […]
After 21 years tucked away inside a Rotterdam flat, a priceless 18th century crown is finally being repatriated to Ethiopia with the help of a Dutch art detective. For more than two decades, the crown has been guarded by Dutch-Ethiopian national Sirak Asfaw in a secret location in his Netherlands home. A former refugee, Sirak fled Ethiopia during […]
BBC by Peter Mwai captionMillions of Ethiopians took part in a tree planting day across the country Ethiopia undertook a major national reforestation programme this year, with the ambitious target of planting four billion trees in just three months. The highlight was a single day in July, on which people across the country turned out […]
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