Nile dam saga: US Trump calls Egypt’s Sisi
US President Donald Trump has spoken with Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with regard to the ongoing dispute over the Grand Renaissance Dam being built in […]
Ethiopia
Moroccan-Ethiopian Cooperation Roadmap Reviewed in Addis Ababa
Moroccan-Ethiopian cooperation roadmap was reviewed at a meeting Monday in Addis Ababa between Head of the Moroccan Government, Saad Dine El Othmani, and Ethiopian Prime […]
Ethiopia: New investment law to attract FDI
Ethiopia has passed a new investment law on Thursday as part of the Horn of Africa nation’s economy and drive progress toward a middle-income status. […]
Seven million Ethiopians in need of food aid
Some seven million people in Ethiopia are in need of humanitarian aid, including emergency food assistance, according to the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC). […]
Ethiopia: parliamentary elections scheduled for May or June
Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election in May or June, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Sunday. Abiy Ahmed, who took office in April, has […]
Ethiopia secures $3 bln funding from World Bank
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday announced the Horn of Africa nation had got $3 billion funding from the World Bank. The World Bank […]
Ethiopia’s Sidama votes overwhelmingly for autonomy
Ethiopia’s Sidama region has voted overwhelmingly to form a self-governing administration as many of the country’s ethnic groups demand greater autonomy. More than two million […]
Ghana to host African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) has selected Ghana as the host country for the Secretariat of the […]
Ethiopia: call for tenders on phase I of 520 MW geothermal project
Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations has just launched a bidding process to select a partner to carry out the first phase of the Tulu Moye geothermal […]
New legislation to ease geothermal investment in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Council of Ministers is considering a bill to encourage independent power producers (IPPs) to invest in geothermal power generation in the east African […]