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Ethiopia: Willing to strengthen Strategic Infrastructure projects with Djibouti
Djibouti (HAN) April 17, 2014 – A high level delegation from both the neighbouring State of the Republic of Ethiopia and Djibouti arrived in Djibouti to attend a technical framework for the construction of High level Strategic Infrastructure projects through the two countries. The delegation is composed of the State Ministers and permanent secretaries from the…
Ethiopia signed Bilateral Military Diplomacy Agreements with 14 Nations
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 17, 2014 – Ethiopian Defense Ministry fully prepared to protect the The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) from any external attack, according to the Minister of Defence, Siraj Fegessa, giving the Ministry’s six-month performance report to Parliament this week said the country was a policy of co-existence and development which had shown successful results.…
Ethiopia: Italy’s crucial role in bringing peace and stability in Somalia
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 17, 2014 – Ambassador Giuseppe Mistretta, Italy’s newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinaire and Plenipotentiary to Ethiopia, presented copies of his credentials to Dr. Yinager Dessie, State Minister of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Yinager recalled the long diplomatic relations between the two countries and commended their current investment and trade relationship. He hoped this…
Uganda: Opportunities in Ethiopia and the main strategic Areas of Investment
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 17, 2014 – State Minister Dewano Kedir meets with a Ugandan Business Delegation. A Ugandan business delegation met with State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dewano Kedir. The State Minister welcomed the delegation which included representatives from companies involved in commercial farming, irrigation, trade, chemicals and cosmetics trade. He noted that Ethiopia…
Uganda and Britain expands the Peace Support Operations in Somalia
Kampala (HAN) April 17, 2014 – By Pascal Kwesiga – President Yoweri Museveni has halted the eviction of more than 500 people Center in Nakaseke district by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF). The residents from Kisimula parish in Kapeeka Sub County petitioned President Museveni protesting the move by UPDF to annex their land to…
Somalia: British Bank Settles Dispute With Africa's largest money transfer Dahabshiil
London (HAN) April 16, 2014 – Africa’s major remittance company Dahabshiil, was battling for the last two years with the British Bank Barclays for planning to shut down its banking account, as part of a drive to meet stricter money laundering rules. The UK based Financial institution Barclays has defused a legal row with Africa’s biggest…
Somalia: The attack on Villa Somalia a wake-up call for new security strategy
Nairobi (HAN) April 16, 2014 – Opinion BY DRAZEN JORGIC . The new security strategy for Mogadishu, drawn up just days after the Villa Somalia raid, hinges on obtaining more ground-level intelligence from Mogadishu’s rubble-strewn streets. “The attack on Villa Somalia was a wake-up call,” said one Western diplomat. “The president is now taking an active approach…
Ethiopia: Benishangul Region Rebel Group kill nine in Bus Attack
Khartoum (HAN) April 15, 2014 – The bus ambush on Tuesday evening — near the $4 billion-Grand Renaissance Dam — was the second attack on public transportation in the Benishangul Gumuz region in five months. Four people were killed by a bomb on a minibus in November. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project, Benishangul-Gumuz. Ethiopia embarked…
Ethiopia: Egypt's new constitution describes the river Nile's gift to Egyptians
Khartoum (HAN) April, 2014 – The opening sentence of Egypt‘s new constitution describes the country as the river Nile’s gift to Egyptians. It is a grand claim, but one that helps explain Egypt’s indignation at the ongoing construction of a blockage on the Nile, thousands of miles upstream: the $4.7bn (£2.8bn) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam (Gerd).…
Eritrean Refugees in Djibouti Succeeded their Demands
Djibouti (HAN) April 16, 2014 , Djibouti and neighboring Eritrea have twice engaged in border conflicts. In April 1996, they almost went to war after a Djiboutian official accused Eritrea of shelling the town of Ras Doumeira. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, today hailed…
