The Real Fact about Ethiopia
By J.A Rogers 1936 Ethiopian history goes back so far into the past that what is said of its beginnings cannot be proved. But neither can it be disproved. The name of its founder, according to the most reliable records, was Cush. The date of its founding is set at 6280 B.C., which is three […]
Africa’s Cities Are About to Boom – and Maybe Explode
The West seems unaware that Africa’s future is urban. Bloomberg, By Judd Devermont and Todd Moss Africa is rural. Or that’s what senior Western officials envision when they talk about the continent. America’s top diplomat for the region, Tibor Nagy, recently said that Africa is “by and large an agricultural society.” He isn’t alone: Germany’s recent Marshall Plan with […]
Ethiopia tourism industry expects to expand by a whopping 48.6 per cent in 2019.
Breaking Trarvel News Ethiopia prepares for return of Africa Hotel Investment Forum Prominent figures from Ethiopia’s public and private sectors have spoken out publicly to welcome the return to Addis Ababa of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum. The event attracts many prominent international hotel owners, investors, financiers, management companies and their advisers. It will return […]
A mosaic of 5000 history grows as Ethiopian Cultural Garden nears complition
By Lynn Ischay, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — From across the street, Ernesto “Ernie” Spinelli looks like a 20-something kid: black pant legs pulled up unevenly to the knees, ball cap on backward with curls spilling everywhere, well-defined calf muscles ending in fashionable work shoes. The 70-year-old on the scaffolding at Cleveland’s new Ethiopian Cultural Garden would laugh at that notion. […]
The decline of Aksumite Empire and the rise of Worrior Queen Yodit (እሳቶ) The Fire
The date and manner of Aksum’s decline is a topic surrounded by controversy. Ethiopian tradition is often interpreted as indicating its survival as a political capital into the tenth century, and the Aksumite coinage was formerly interpreted as having continued until that date. A more detailed study has, however, suggested a significantly shorter coinage chronology […]
Haile Selassie’s Vision of a African Unity is the Key for Our Collective Prosperity
BY LIJ TEODROSE FIKREMARIAM On this day that we celebrate the life and legacy of Emperor Haile Selassie, it is worth revisiting the vision of a United Africa that Selassie articulated. Though the last king of Ethiopia had many achievements to his name—including stitching my homeland back together again after Italy committed a chemical holocaust […]
Africa’s Working-Age Population to Top Asia’s by 2100
Bloomberg, By Alexandre Tanzi and Wei Lu Africa’s potential workforce will likely be larger than that of Asia by the end of the 21st century as both continents wrestle with different demographic and economic challenges. The number of 15-to-64-year-old Africans today is a quarter of the size of Asia’s working-age population. By 2100, however, Africa will surpass […]
WOMEN OF POWER IN ETHIOPIAN LEGEND AND HISTORY
By Rita Pankhurst “Highly placed Ethiopian women, who combined worldliness, politics and religion are seen again and again in Ethiopian history. Rita Pankhurst recalls how women have been as important and influential as any man.” Lucy, alias Dinknesh – literally “you are lovely” – is the first woman in Ethiopian history, indeed in the history […]
Africa could be about to benefit from dovish policy shifts in the US, experts predict
By Elliot Smith, CNBC The recent shift to a more dovish tone from the Fed has allowed African central banks to begin a cautious easing of their domestic monetary stances, with rate cuts so far this year in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. African leaders are hoping the recent creation of a colossal 54-nation […]
Did you know the other Lava Lake on Mount Michael, Ethiopia?
Earth observatory Even with modern scientific tools, there are still some parts of our planet that stay mostly hidden from human eyes. The crater floor of Mount Michael, an active volcano in the South Sandwich Islands of the South Atlantic Ocean, is one of those places. On most days the crater on Saunders Island is […]
Bole international Airport sees record upsurge in number of passengers
Travel Daily News ADDIS ABABA – A record number of international passengers are traveling through Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, the major gateway into Africa, this summer. Wednesday, July 17, 2019 was one of the busiest days for the Airport with 310 flights and 29,528 travelers (21,028 departing and 8,500 arriving passengers, respectively) which marked a […]
Orange, MTN, Vodacom lead companies eager to access Ethiopia’s Telecom industry
Bloomberg, By Thomas Seal, Nizar Manek, and Angelina Rascouet Yabsira Tadesse had no trouble getting a new SIM card when he popped into an Ethio Telecom store in northern Addis Ababa the other day. He still thinks it’s terrible that the state-owned behemoth is the only option for phone and internet users in a country of 100 […]
East Africa
AllAfrica News: East Africa
- Tanzania: Civil Society Workers Run Afoul of Tanzania Security Officials in Sign of Increasing Clampdown August 20, 2019[VOA] African civil society campaigners attending a conference in Tanzania were questioned and warned over the weekend, in what human rights activists say is part of a continuing clampdown on free speech in the East African nation.
- Africa: Coach Scouts for Major League Baseball Talent in Africa August 20, 2019[VOA] George Wilson Mukhobe has worked as a baseball coach in Uganda for the last decade, and for the last three years as a Major League Baseball scout in Africa.
- Somalia: Under Pressure, Islamic Militants Look to Ethiopia August 20, 2019[VOA] Islamic State militants in Somalia say they will release jihadist materials in Amharic -- a step unmistakably aimed at winning recruits in restive, neighboring Ethiopia.
- Southern Africa: SADC Summit 2019 - SADC Leaders Sign Protocol On Industry Development August 20, 2019[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Heads of State and Government yesterday signed a protocol on industry.
- Tanzania: Tanzania to Auction Crocodiles and Hippos Near Villages August 20, 2019[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -The minister for Tourism and Natural Resources, Dr Hamisi Kigwangalla (pictured), revealed on Saturday that the government was planning to sell ten per cent of crocodiles and all hippos in water bodies, which are located near villages.
West Africa
AllAfrica News: West Africa
- Nigeria: Wizkid Becomes First African to Hit 8 Million Monthly Spotify Listeners August 20, 2019[Premium Times] Afropop star, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, has become the first African artiste to hit eight million listeners on Spotify's monthly streams.
- Nigeria: #BBNaija - Team Cruisetopia Make Nomination List August 20, 2019[Vanguard] The battle to stay one more week in the Big Brother Naija 'Pepper Dem' house continued Monday night with the nomination challenge between the housemates of Team Cruisetopia and Team Icons.
- Liberia: Outgoing UN Resident Coordinator Urges Liberians to Keep the Peace August 20, 2019[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -Amid the controversy emerging from the just-ended Montserrado County by-elections, outgoing United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and resident Coordinator for Liberia has urged Liberians not to take the peace the country is enjoying granted.
- Liberia: Celebrating 16 Years of Liberia's Hard-Earned Peace, Stability August 20, 2019[allAfrica] Once referenced as a war-country, Liberia on August 18, 2019, observes and celebrates exactly 16 years since long-sought and hard-earned peace and stability returned to our dear country. That followed almost 14 yours of civil conflict that destroyed almost every sector of the country, if not all. Worst of all, 300,000 lives were reportedly […]
- Sierra Leone: With Reservoirs At Risk, Freetown Confronts Water Crisis August 20, 2019[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Freetown -Half the year, Iyatunde Kamara worries torrential rains will wash her house off its hillside and into the rivers of waste that flow through Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.
South Africa
AllAfrica News: South Africa
- 'Private Healthcare Is Not All Rosy' - Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku Backs NHI August 20, 2019[News24Wire] Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku says the perception that quality healthcare lies in the private system is a myth and that true quality will be delivered in the public system through the introduction of the much debated National Health Insurance (NHI).
- Cape Town Dam Levels Now At 81.7 Percent August 20, 2019[News24Wire] Dams supplying the City of Cape Town are 81.7% full, according to the municipality on Monday, with dams in the Western Cape breaking through the 65% average level.
- Khayelitsha Cop Shoots Home Intruder Dead August 20, 2019[News24Wire] A policeman shot dead an intruder in his home in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, an action which was being probed by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid).
- Driver Investigated After Bus Overturns in Tzaneen, Injuring 21 Pupils August 20, 2019[News24Wire] Police in Tzaneen have opened a case of reckless and negligent driving after the driver of a bus transporting schoolchildren lost control and overturned the bus along the R36 road on the outskirts of Tzaneen.
- A Year On, State Capture Inquiry Continues to Hear Testimony August 20, 2019[News24Wire] The Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture officially began its hearings on this day in 2018.
North Africa
AllAfrica News: North Africa
- Africa: U.S. Envoys Assume Key Africa Posts – But Not South Africa August 19, 2019[allAfrica] Washington, DC -Career U.S. ambassadors are taking up key diplomatic assignments across Africa following confirmation by the Senate earlier this month. These include envoys to Nigeria, Egypt, Libya, Cote d'Ivoire and the African Union, as well as Malawi and Cape Verde.
- Tunisia: Battle of Carthage - Tunisia Demolishes Homes to Protect Ancient Site August 19, 2019[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Carthage, Tunisia -Sessi's house and nine other buildings were razed to the ground in a government operation to clear illegal homes from the area that used to be a battleground for gladiators
- Libya: Sending Migrants From Libya to Rwanda 'Short-Sighted' August 19, 2019[The New Humanitarian] 'The new plan comes with a serious political price.'
- Libya: Coast Guard Rescues Over 270 Europe-Bound Migrants August 19, 2019[Deutsche Welle] The Libyan coast guard says it has rescued 278 migrants on four different boats in recent days. The migrants, including 18 women and two children, had been trying to make their way to Europe.
- Libya: Ongoing Atrocities Reveal the Trouble With International Military Intervention August 16, 2019[The Conversation Africa] It's been eight years since the NATO-led military intervention in Libya. Many analysts consider the action a crucial step forward in protecting civilians from looming atrocity. But today, Libya stands further from peace than ever.
Centeral Africa
AllAfrica News: Latest
- Africa: Why You Should Donate to Africa's First Community Radio Project - Bush Radio August 20, 2019[allAfrica] Cape Town -August 2019 marks 24 years of legal broadcasting by Africa's oldest community radio station project, Bush Radio, but all is not well in the community media sector.
- Cameroon: Ambazonia President Gets Life Sentence August 20, 2019[allAfrica] The president of the self declared federal state of Ambazonia, Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.The verdict was handed down on August 20 at the military court of Yaoundé in Cameroon, according to reports.
- Africa: Afropunk Joburg Lineup Just Got Even Hotter - Who is Ready? August 20, 2019[allAfrica] Cape Town -Afropunk Joburg has announced the official stellar lineup for the 2019 festival. It boasts both local and international artists. U.S. singers Solange Knowles, Miguel and Masego will be headlining the festival.
- Gabon: President Bongo in First Live Public Appearance After Stroke August 20, 2019[Vanguard] President Ali Bongo of Gabon on Friday made his first live appearance in public nearly 10 months after suffering a stroke, attending ceremonies in the capital Libreville, an AFP reporter saw.
- Zambia: Hunger Looms in Southern Province August 20, 2019[Times of Zambia] About 70,000 Pemba constituency residents are stalked by hunger while 1,000 residents of Mapampi village in Chief Nyawa's chiefdom in Kazungula are sharing one borehole with livestock following drought in southern province.
Ethiopia
AllAfrica News: Ethiopia
- Under Pressure, Islamic Militants Look to Ethiopia August 20, 2019[VOA] Islamic State militants in Somalia say they will release jihadist materials in Amharic -- a step unmistakably aimed at winning recruits in restive, neighboring Ethiopia.
- The United States Welcomes Sudan's Adoption of the Constitutional Declaration August 19, 2019[State Department] The United States congratulates the people of Sudan on the August 17 signing of the Constitutional Declaration and political agreement between the Forces for Freedom and Change and the Transitional Military Council.
- Celebrated Coach 'Micho' Caught in Sex Scandal After Quitting Orlando Pirates August 19, 2019[Nairobi News] Serbian coach, Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic, is staring at a sex scandal just days after he sensationally quit his coaching job at top South African club Orlando Pirates.
- Abiy Ahmed - a New Era of Peace and Prosperity in Sudan August 19, 2019[SNA] Khartoum,August 18 (AUNA)- Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said, Saturday, that signing of transition period documents would lead to to a new era of peace, development and prosperity in Sudan, if Sudanese people has the will.
- Abiy Ahmed - Agreement Will Lead Peace and Progress By Determination August 19, 2019[SNA] Khartoum -The Prime Minister of Ethiopian and head of the IGAD, Abiy Ahmed, said that the transitional period's document which were signed Saturday in Khartoum will move Sudan to a new era of peace , development and progress if will and determination are available, expressing his pleasure to attend this important occasion.
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