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Ethiopia & Djibouti reaffirm commitment “strong relations”
State Minister Hirut Zemene met Djiboutian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Ambassador Mohamed Idriss Farah today (January 17, 2017) wherein the two sides have reaffirmed to expedite the already strong relations. The discussions focused on further strengthening the exemplary and multi-range of bilateral ties and solidifying the already existing regional and global cooperation. State Minister Hirut underlined…
Kenya’s economy to grow at a slower pace this year
NAIROBI (HAN) January 17.2017 Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Kenya’s economic growth rate will slow in 2017, from about 6 percent last year, due to sluggish credit growth and as investors take a wait-and-see attitude before a presidential election in August, a senior IMF official said on Monday. Armando Morales, the International Monetary Fund’s…
Eritrea: Alexander Isak become Sweden’s youngest goalscorer
Alexander Isak has had a week to remember. He made his debut against the Ivory Coast on Sunday, becoming the second-youngest player ever to turn out for the national team. On Thursday, he went a step further as his 19th-minute goal against Slovakia made him Sweden’s youngest ever goalscorer. Isak has been making waves around…
Eritrean Journalists Who Have Been Languishing in an Unknown Ethiopian Prison (Letter)
January 6.2017. Open letter to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. Eritrean journalists who have been languishing in an unknown Ethiopian prison Your Excellency, I am writing to you on behalf of Tesfaledet Kidane Tesfazghi and his colleague, Saleh Idris Gama, Eritrean nationals who have been languishing in an unknown Ethiopian prison since the beginning of 2007. Eritrean…
South Sudan President to visit Juba Central prison next week
JUBA. South Sudan President, Salva Kiir is due to visit the country’s main prison next week. Kiir, sources told Sudan Tribune, will in his first ever visit to the prison meet Juba Central Prison authorities as well as inmates, less than a week after his deputy James Wani Igga made a similar visit. Igga had…
Horn of Africa braces for another hunger season
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Tuesday that countries in the Horn of Africa are likely to see a rise in hunger and further decline of local livelihoods in the coming months. FAO said it expects a rise in hunger as farming families struggle with the knock-on effects of multiple droughts that hit…
78 Associate Nurses graduated
Mendefera, 10 October 2016 – The Mendefera School of Associate Nurse in its 8th commencement graduated 78 Associate Nurses on 8 October with certificate. Pointing out that the students have demonstrated excellence in all the training programs provided for about one and half a year, Mr. Bereket Fisehaye, Director of the school, explained that the…
Ethiopia mourns 55 killed during protest at Oromia festival
Renewed protests have hit Ethiopia’s Oromia region, a day after at least 55 people were killed in a stampede triggered by clashes between police and demonstrators at a religious festival. Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters angered at their handling of Sunday’s event, witnesses told the BBC. Protesters say violence by the security forces…
Interveiw: Kenyatta, Kagame and Tumusiime on Agriculture
African governments and private sector players are working on investments in agriculture as a key driver of economic growth. At the recent African Green Revolution Forum in Nairobi, presidents Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Paul Kagame of Rwanda together with African Union commissioner Rhode Peace Tumusiime took to the stage to discuss the potential of…
Ethiopia: Forum Explores Ethio-Singapore Economic Cooperation Potential
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 9.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By Daniel Beyene. Ethiopia and Singapore expressed their readiness to further enhance cooperation in trade and industry sectors. Opening a three-day Ethio – Singapore Business Forum yesterday, Urban Development and Housing State Minister Demisse Shito said that economic cooperation and trade between Ethiopia and Singapore…
