Category: Ethiopia

  • Ethiopia: U.S. Stops Drone Operations

    Ethiopia: U.S. Stops Drone Operations

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) January 5, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The United States has stopped flying drones from southern Ethiopia in its campaign against militants in Somalia and Yemen, at the request of the Ethiopian government, officials said. Washington spent millions of dollars in 2011 on upgrading an airfield in the town…

  • Ethiopia: Using Technology to Tackle Misinvoicing

    Ethiopia: Using Technology to Tackle Misinvoicing

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) January 4, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Ethiopia has installed a new system to tackle trade misinvoicing that costs the country an estimated $2 billion every year. Ethiopia Customs and Revenue Authority (ERCA) director Sisay Bikaru said the taxman has installed a new Customs database that is linked…

  • Ethiopia: Addis is One of the Most Expensive Cities in the World

    Ethiopia: Addis is One of the Most Expensive Cities in the World

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) January 4, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. A mere 449 square meters plot of land located in Addis Ketema Sub-City commonly known as Berbere Terra fetched an astounding 307,000 birr (around USD 15,500) per square meter at the 11th round of Addis Ababa City Administration land lease auction.…

  • Ethiopia: Police Raid Moyale Village

    Ethiopia: Police Raid Moyale Village

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) January 3, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Commissioner Moffat Kanga said an unknown number of people believed to be Ethiopian police reservists struck Bori near the Kenya-Ethiopia border at around 8am and staged the attack. He said security agencies were investigating the incident with an intention of seeking audience…

  • Ethiopia: President Warns Saudi Arabia and UAE of Consequences if Eritrea Attacks

    Ethiopia: President Warns Saudi Arabia and UAE of Consequences if Eritrea Attacks

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) January 2, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has warned Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that there will be consequences if their military operation around Eritrea’s coast leads to the latter advancing plans to destabilize Ethiopia. A United Nations (UN) report published…

  • Ethiopia: US Demands to Stop Using Anti-Terror law to Jail Journalists

    Ethiopia: US Demands to Stop Using Anti-Terror law to Jail Journalists

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) December 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The White House demanded that Ethiopia stop using its controversial anti-terror law to jail journalists Wednesday, in an unusually stark rebuke for a key US ally in Africa. National Security Council spokesman Ned Price did not name the reporters the United States…

  • Eritrea: The Red Sea Is Slipping into Total Arab Control

    Eritrea: The Red Sea Is Slipping into Total Arab Control

    ASMARA (HAN) December 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. By: Amb. Cohen, The former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Hey, all you Abyssinians out there. While you are wasting time squabbling with each other and not talking to each other, the governments of the Arabian Peninsula are eating your…

  • Ethiopia: Good Will Nile Policy With Egypt Has Failed

    Ethiopia: Good Will Nile Policy With Egypt Has Failed

    CAIRO (HAN) December 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. African affairs experts have differed on Egypt’s strategy for dealing with the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam problem and predicted the outbreak of war in the region. Some said Addis Ababa is pursuing a fait accompli policy while Egypt is dealing with the situation in…

  • Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Sign New Deal on Nile Dam

    Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Sign New Deal on Nile Dam

    KHARTOUM (HAN) December 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have signed an agreement finalising the two firms tasked with carrying out studies on the potential impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam on the flow of the Nile, their foreign and water ministers said. Cairo and Addis Ababa had…

  • Geeska Afrika Year End Analysis

    December 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Geeska Afrika year end analysis revealed topics that our readers cared about the most over the past year. Clear trends can be traced in what have been the most important stories like trade finance in the Horn of African countries; Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and…

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