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Uganda: Refinery Will Take Five Years to Complete
Kampala (HAN) May 1, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. Repairs to the railway network operated by RVR in Kenya and Tanzania. Transport infrastructure remains a challenge as Uganda readies itself for oil production. Uganda’s planned crude oil refinery will take five years to complete, a representative of the firm that won the bid…
Ethiopia: Plans Underway to Build Ethiopia's Tallest Building, No Pie In The Sky
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 1, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. The largest commercial bank in Ethiopia, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), has inked a deal with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) to build its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city. The building is will become the tallest structure in…
Ethiopian Jews accuse Israeli police of brutality (VIDEO)
Tel Aviv May 1, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. At least 13 people have been injured in anti-racism protests in Jerusalem. Israeli Jews of Ethiopian origin accuse the police of brutality. The protests were sparked after a video emerged of policemen beating a black soldier. Al Jazeera HAN & Geeska Afrika Online…
Eritrea: President Isaias Afwerki made a two day visit to Saudi Arabia To improve bilateral relations .
Riyadh (HAN) April 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. President Isaias Afwerki made a two day visit to Saudi Arabia this week (April 28-29). He held talks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on bilateral relations and regional developments, and also Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince, Prince Mohammad bin Salman, and other senior…
Eritrea Denies Barring President Uhuru Kenyatta's flight
Nairobi (HAN) April 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. Eritrea has denied reports that it played a role in events leading to President Uhuru Kenyatta cutting short his trip to the United States midair last Thursday night. The Republic of Eritrea’s Ambassador Beyene Russom said his country had given the Kenya government the…
Ethiopia continues evacuating its citizens from Yemen.(Update)
ADDIS ABABA(HAN) April 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News.Ethiopia continues evacuating its citizens from Yemen. This morning a group of evacuees from Yemen have arrived in Addis Ababa. Officials from Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the evacuees at Bole International Airport. Ethiopian Embassy in Sana’a is currently registering and evacuating Ethiopians back home.…
Ethiopia Ponders Stiffer Penalties for Human Smuggling
Djibouti (HAN) April 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News.Ethiopia is drafting a new law to stiffen punishments for human trafficking in an attempt to stem a wave of dangerous migrations to Europe, the Ministry of Justice said. Ethiopian officials said they are working through their embassies in Khartoum, Sudan, and in Cairo…
African countries fail to make top 25 investment destinations
Djibouti (HAN) April 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. None of the African and Middle Eastern countries made it to the Top 25 foreign direct investment (FDI) destinations this year, according to this year’s FDI Confidence Index released earlier this week. This clearly shows that this region’s economic growth which is often talked…
Africa: 6 Myths About Travelling Africa
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) April 29, 2015 –Geeska Life Style. By:Valerie Bowden After the spate of xenophobic attacks, the warnings to South Africans in ‘foreign’ African countries and the general anxiety expressed about travel in Africa I thought this newsletter written by Valerie Bowden who traveled from Cape Town to Cairo, on her own, using only public…
Eritrea: Ambassador Girma Asmerom Presents Credentials
Asmara (HAN) April 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News.Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Girma Asmerom, presented credentials to Vice President Gladys Maria Bejerano Portela as Eritrea’s non-resident Ambassador to Cuba. During the ceremony, Vice President Portela asserted that Eritrea-Cuban relations has been steadily growing. She further expressed her country’s readiness…
