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CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2018: HERE IS HOW SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FARED
ADDIA ABABA (HAN) 30 January, 2019. Regional Financial Institution and Digital Tech for 21 century.The 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International(TI) was released yesterday, January 29, 2019. The index draws on 13 surveys and expert assessments to measure public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories, giving each a score from zero (highly corrupt) to…
AFRICAN TECH STARTUPS SECURED A RECORD BREAKING $334.5M
ADDIA ABABA (HAN) 30 January, 2019. Regional Financial Institution and Digital Tech for 21 century Last year was remarkable for the African tech space as startups smashed funding records by securing over $300 million in investments. This is according to the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report 2018 released by news and research portal Disrupt Africa, which is…
Ethiopia: Why Turkey is Building the Biggest Industrial Park in Tigrai?
Djibouti (HAN) December 26, 2018 . Regional infrastructure Investment. Turkish company will invest 3 billion Euros in three phases to build the biggest industrial park in Adi Gudem, Tigrai state. Manufacturing company Turkish Industry Holding is planning to invest €750m in the first phase of a world class great industrial park in Ethiopia’s Tigrai state.…
Ethiopia: Eritrea Peace Agreement Brings Cautious Hope
Djibouti (HAN) December 25, 2018 . Regional Diplomacy and Peace Initiatives for the Horn of Africa. In a shocking diplomatic thaw that reshaped the Horn of Africa, this year 2018 Ethiopia’s prime minister HE Aby Ahmed Ali announced his country would fully accept a deal ending a 20-year border war with Eritrea. Coletta Wanjohi talked…
Sell Ethiopian Airlines minority stake to African governments, CEO urges
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) AUGUST 08.2018. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By ANDUALEM SISAY. Ethiopian Airlines should be co-owned by African governments, suggested its Group chief executive Mr Tewolde Gebremariam on Friday. Commenting on the recently announced privatisation plan by the government for the national carrier, Mr Tewolde said it “would be good if African countries such…
Uganda MPs reject ‘bribe’ linked to age-limit Bill
Some Ugandan legislators have rejected money released by Parliament to facilitate consultations on the Bill seeking to scrap the presidential age limit. So far, 10 of 445 MPs have returned the Ush29 million ($8,000) deposited into their accounts, with the latest being the Leader of Opposition in Parliament Winnie Kiiza. Ms Kiiza, Kasese Woman MP, on Thursday said…
ERITREA: 28 Killed 100 people were injured in the protests
Security forces killed at least 28 people in rare protests in the Eritrean capital, an opposition group has claimed, raising concerns from human rights groups and activists. The violence witnessed in demonstrations in Asmara on Tuesday also prompted a safety warning from the US embassy in Eritrea, which confirmed receiving reports of gunfire and advised people…
Ethiopia: Three People Killed In Oromia regional state
Addis Abeba BY: Etenesh Abera In what’s is increasingly becoming a violent turn of events in recent weeks, three more people were killed today in Nekemte, east Wolega zone of the Oromia regional state in western Ethiopia. According to Addisu Arega Kitessa, the Oromia regional state communication bureau head, the three people were killed “in a violence…
Somali PM visits terror victims receiving treatment in Turkey
ANKARA (HAN) October 27.2017. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre on Thursday met the injured victims of of the recent Mogadishu blast who have been receiving treatment in a hospital in Ankara. Thirty-five Somalis, including three children, injured in the terror attack were airlifted to Turkey for medical treatment…
Somalia: Puntland troops seize Parliament HQ “Unpaid Salaries”
GAROWE. Puntland forces have staged a munity and seized the region’s Parliament compound in the administrative capital of Garowe on Sunday, Garowe Online reports. Heavily armed soldiers arrived at the area in large numbers and blocked all streets near the Parliament building, where reports said several numbers of Puntland lawmakers are inside the compound. The troops…
