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Egypt-Ethiopia: Dam redesign request turned down

January 14, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Egypt’s request to increase the water outlets of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) from two to four has been rejected by Addis Ababa. During […]

Egypt tries to reassure population over Ethiopian dam

December 14, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Foreign minister and Water minister of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia met in Khartoum on Friday and Saturday to discuss the Grand Renaissance Dam being constructed […]

Ethiopia inaugurates first modern light rail line in sub-Saharan Africa

September 21, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The first modern light rail line in Sub-Saharan Africa constructed by the China Railway Group (CREC) was inaugurated on September 20 in Ethiopia, when passenger […]

Revamped Air Djibouti to start Africa wide freight service

September 3, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

One month after resuming activities, Djibouti’s national airline, Air Djibouti, is looking to remake itself as an Africa-wide air freight service, it said on Wednesday. […]

Obama’s talks in Ethiopia focus on security, human rights

July 27, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

After a landmark trip to Kenya, his father’s birthplace, the US President Barack Obama flew to Addis Ababa late on Sunday on the first visit […]

Obama leaves US for new Africa trip

July 24, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

President Barack Obama left the US for Kenya on Thursday in a trip that will also include a stop in the Ethiopian capital and a […]

Ethiopia to double its sugar plants by November 2015

June 10, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Addis Ababa aims to become Africa’s biggest sugar producer and exporter with plans to double the number of its sugar estates to six by November […]

South Sudan: Government “an unfaithful partner,” rebels’ spokesman

November 10, 2014 Steven Addamah 0

Rebels in south Sudan have questioned the government’s determination to end the war just few hours after signing an agreement to end hostilities between them. […]