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Why Egypt is concerned about Sudan-Turkey deal over Suakin island?

(Mohamed Abdel Maguid - Egypt Today) Egypt has watched very carefully Sudan’s decision to lease its Suakin Island in Red…

Egypt and Ethiopia clash over huge River Nile dam

(Heba Saleh and John Aglionby - Financial Times) Nothing illustrates the extent of Egypt’s dependence on the Nile as much as an…

A house divided: How Saudi Crown Prince purged royal family rivals

(Samia Nakhoul, Angus McDowall, Stephen Kalin - Reuters) The first hint that something was amiss came in a letter. On Saturday Nov.…

Oromia-Somali conflict | Ethnic violence displaces hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians

(James Jefferey - IRIN) Lifting her robe the young woman revealed undulating scar tissue blanketing her breasts, stomach, and extending…

Ethiopian Birr devalued by 15%

In the midst of a Forex currency crisis, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has devalued Birr by 15pc and raised…

Ethiopia to start storing water from Grand Renaissance Dam

(​Middle East Monitor - Sept 29, 2017) Ethiopia will start storing water from the Grand Renaissance Dam in a reservoir next…

Ethiopia: Ethnic clashes, floods displaced 250,000 people from Oromia, Somali regions

(International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC) Description of the disaster In Ethiopia, rainfall attributed to…

Leaked document: South Sudan infiltrates Ethiopia’s Gambella political system

(South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) South Sudanese government agents have penetrated Ethiopia’s Gambella region political system by bribing politicians, civil servants,…

Sekota Mining Plc to extract Iron Ore in Wag Himra Zone

(The Capital) Ethiopia is going to extract iron ore on a large scale for the first time, after an agreement…

New gold mines in Shire, Wollega, TuluKapi, as illicit trade rises

 (Kaleyesus Bekele - The Reporter) Three foreign and local mining firms are developing large scale gold mines in different parts…

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