(Press Release) – Easy Taxi, Kenya’s fastest growing taxi hailing mobile phone application has launched their newest payment option – Easy Taxi Pay (ET Pay), an in-app cashless payment option. With Easy Taxi Pay, customers can add their credit/debit card… Read more ›
Ahram Online published a translated version of the “Declaration of Principles” signed by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on Nile water sharing arrangements among Nile Basin countries. Ten principles are outlined in the document signed by the three countries. Introduction Valuing… Read more ›
By Minga Negash, Seid Hassan, Mammo Muchie, Abu Girma, Aklog Birara and Getachew Begashaw In our April 30 2014 commentary which appeared on several media outlets, we outlined the fallacies of the Egyptian policy towards GERD. It appears that the… Read more ›
By Washington Post Editorial Board | February 9, 2015 WHILE ENJOYING its status as an international development darling, Ethiopia has been chipping away at its citizens’ freedom of expression. The country now holds the shameful distinction of having the second-most… Read more ›
(CNN) With the discovery of a gray, fossilized jawbone in a remote corner of Ethiopia, an Ethiopian student at Arizona State University may have changed our understanding of our earliest ancestors. The partial lower jaw is the oldest known fossil… Read more ›
Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi has lost $5 billion in 2014 and dropped to #116 in Forbes Magazine’s 2015 World Billionaires List. Billionaires 2015 List #61 Mohammed Al-Amoudi, $10.9 billion Billionaires 2014 List #116 Mohammed Al-Amoudi, $15.3 billion In… Read more ›
By Cynthia Corral Q: Tell us a little about the origins of Zemene, from concept to financing. I never set out to make a film in Ethiopia. Actually, I was working as a cinematographer on another project and following Dr… Read more ›
Three African writers are among the nominees for the 2015 Folio Prize: Damon Galgut, Kenyan Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor and Ethiopian-American Dinaw Mengestu. The £40,000 prize was initiated last year, unofficially as a more literary alternative to the Man Booker Prize.… Read more ›
EthiopiaList.com has released its first annual least of top 20 largest private and share companies in Ethiopia. The website issued a disclaimer that due to lack of corporate transparency in Ethiopia, the ranking may not be completely accurate. According to… Read more ›
People making the journey from the Horn of Africa often come to Yemen to escape poverty, persecution, war and state violence. Efrata Kasassa, 22, came to Yemen from Ethiopia to be a writer. Her first book, which she hopes to… Read more ›
Solar energy is an ideal solution for the power needs of the developing world – except for one problem: It stops working when the sun goes down, at precisely the time power is needed to turn the lights on. The… Read more ›
Scientists have created a computer system that will help predict malaria outbreaks in northwestern Ethiopia. The advance warning system, which uses local epidemiological information and real-time environmental data, will allow public health officials to transport resources to high-risk areas and… Read more ›
(AFP) – RIYADH: Guards on Saudi Arabia’s southern border with Yemen have killed two Ethiopians trying to smuggle drugs and alcohol into the kingdom, the official SPA news agency reported. The agency said late Saturday that another three smugglers were… Read more ›
Ethiopia’s significant mineral commodities include tantalum (a corrosion resistant metal used in alloys and electronics), potash (a potassium salt, the source of the ‘K’ part of NPK fertilizers), and gold. Although gold exports alone were worth US$456 million last year… Read more ›
(ALJAZEERA) – At least 70 Ethiopians have drowned after a boat used by smugglers to transport migrants to Yemen sank in the Red Sea in rough weather, according to security authorities in the western part of Yemen. The authorities in… Read more ›
Six Ethiopians were arrested on suspicion of immigration offenses in Bulphan, East of England, on November 5. The three men and three women, who were arrested yesterday morning, have since been transferred to immigration detention. Essex Police were contacted at… Read more ›
MONROVIA, Liberia (FoxNews) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in her country and has brought it to “a standstill,” noting that Liberia and two other badly hit countries were already weakened by… Read more ›
Prominent Ethiopian-American Professor Mohammed Tahiro has filed all necessary paperwork with Texas Secretary of State to run for US Senate as a write-in candidate in upcoming elections. Candidate Tahiro is an economist by profession. He has studied the US deficit… Read more ›
SIERRA LEONE (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — A Sierra Leone soldier has tested positive for Ebola but he is not a member of, and had no contact with, a battalion of peacekeepers waiting to deploy to Somalia, a government spokesman said Tuesday.… Read more ›
By William Davison An Ethiopian editor is facing as many as 10 years in prison after being convicted of inciting the public against the government through his newspaper articles, his lawyer said. Temesgen Desalegn, the former editor of Feteh, a… Read more ›
The Afar Rift in eastern Ethiopia is marked by enormous gashes that signal the breakup of the African continent and the beginnings of a new ocean basin, scientists think. The fractures appear eerily similar to seafloor spreading centers, the volcanic… Read more ›
By Olive Burrows NAIROBI (Capital News) – International pressure is mounting on Kenya to resume flights to West Africa with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the East African Community Civil Aviation Safety and Security… Read more ›
By Zerihun Getachew ADDIS ABABA (EBC)-The first Science Museum of Ethiopia, which is said to help promoting science and research in the country, has been opened Monday at the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University. The University has established the… Read more ›
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has expressed optimism about the country’s chances of winning the bid to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). This past week, he assured the press of his government’s support and preparedness to meet… Read more ›
NAIROBI (Xinhua) — African governments are due to meet in Nairobi from Tuesday for a regional conference on Ebola preparedness, Kenya’s health ministry said on Monday. The Sept. 16-17 regional conference will be attended by ministers in charge of transport,… Read more ›
By PSCU/O’brien Kimani NAIROBI (KBC) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law the Finance Bill 2014 introducing sweeping changes to the administration of taxes in the country. The bill was passed by Parliament on 28th, August, 2014. The new… Read more ›
KIGALI – The Rwandan government has commissioned the country’s first utility scale solar plant, which is also the biggest in the region. The solar photovoltaic project is expected to increase the nation’s capacity to generate electrical power by about 7%.… Read more ›
(The East African) – East African economies are feeling the pinch of inflation as their currencies continues to weaken against the dollar. By Allan Olingo Uganda and Rwanda managed to ensure the inflation rate remained below 5 per cent. Rwanda’s… Read more ›
Ethiopians all over the world have marked the beginning of a new year on Thursday, Sept. 11th. Unlike most countries in the world, Ethiopia continues to follow a dating system based on the ancient Egyptian Coptic calendar, which predates the… Read more ›
(Nairobi) – Throngs of residents and mutatu drivers from Githurai 45 have lined up along Thika Highway for a second day to protest against the arrest of a police officer. Constable Titus Musila (popularly known as Katitu) was taken into… Read more ›
Ohio University paleontologists have identified a new species of titanosaurian, a member of the large-bodied sauropods that thrived during the final period of the dinosaur age, in Tanzania. Although many fossils of titanosaurians have been discovered around the globe, especially… Read more ›
Standard Digital-(Addis Ababa)-African Union chiefs held an emergency meeting Monday to hammer out a continent-wide strategy to deal with the Ebola epidemic, which has killed over 2,000 people in west Africa. “Fighting Ebola must be done in a manner that doesn’t fuel isolation or… Read more ›
China has agreed to send about 700 combat forces to South Sudan as part of the United Nations peace keeping mission in the country, the government said. “We will be happy to receive 700 combat troops from the People’s Republic… Read more ›
Ghana were forced to come from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with Uganda in their opening Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday. After a dismal World Cup, riddled with off-field problems, Kwesi Appiah’s men made an unconvincing start to… Read more ›
By Christabel Ligami and Adam Ihucha Kenya has secured $113 million from the African Development Bank for the construction of a transit route from the Indian Ocean to Bujumbura in Burundi, heightening competition between the ports of Indian Ocean to Bujumbura… Read more ›
By Nigel Wilson Egypt’s foreign minister returned from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa confident that the two countries would work together to protect Egypt’s water rights as the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam goes ahead. Sameh Shoukry said his Ethiopian counterpart showed understanding towards Egypt’s concerns… Read more ›
Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) disclosed the Hawsewa-Abeala-Arbeti asphalt road, which it is constructing at the cost of a Billion Birr, is 93 percent over. The road is expected to be fully completed by the coming November. According to Samson Wondimu,… Read more ›
By Ivan Ngoboka The New Times–(Kigali)-Medical tourism has for long been a preserve of a few countries such as South Africa, India, Saudi Arabia and to some extent Kenya – those countries with a long tradition of a developed health… Read more ›
-Associated Press- (Mogadishu)-US military forces have attacked the Islamic extremist al-Shabab network in an operation in Somalia, the Pentagon said, in a strike a Somali official said targeted the group’s fugitive leader. Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm John Kirby said the… Read more ›
African Business Panel-(Arusha)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the East African Community (EAC) this week launched a collaborative program to improve the compilation and dissemination of Government Finance Statistics (GFS) for Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. The inaugural workshop… Read more ›
BERNAMA-NNN-PANA (Nairobi) – Today six Presidents are meeting in Kenya for the one-day African Union (AU) Peace and Security summit on terrorism. The Presidents of Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda, Burundi’s Vice President as well as the Prime… Read more ›
By Joyce Namutebi & Agencies Newvision-(Kampala) – A team of Ugandan doctors and health workers have been deployed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide medical support for an Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia, Liberia. The team comes with vast… Read more ›
Xinhua (Addis Ababa) — On Monday Ethiopian Airlines will commence its flights to Madrid, Spain, which has become the 10th European destination of the airliner. Ethiopian flights to Madrid is operated through Rome and has brought the number of the airline’s international… Read more ›
By Yohannes Anberbir The Reporter-(Addis Ababa)-Water affairs ministers of Ethiopia and Sudan rejected their Egyptian counterpart’s latest proposal on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) while agreeing unanimously to hire an international consultant that will conduct a study on the… Read more ›
By Emmanuel Iruobe VENTURES AFRICA –(Kampala)- As Africa continues to attract solutions to its infrastructure challenges, the Barclays group has indicated its readiness to fund some of the huge infrastructural projects in Uganda. This was disclosed at a meeting between… Read more ›
BY Peter Kiragu Standard Digital-(Nairobi)-The Government has maintained that it has almost concluded most of the negotiations with Delta Airlines for them to launch direct flights between Kenya and the United States. Foreign Affairs and International Trade CS Amina Mohamed,… Read more ›
African manager-Ethiopia is intensifying the hunt for new markets within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), a significant step that is expected to usher in a new era of trade liberalisation. Ethiopia, which last March pledged to… Read more ›
Xinhua(Djibouti City) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Djibouti’s Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed at the closing ceremony of the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing on Thursday. During the meeting, Li said China is willing to support Djibouti’s… Read more ›