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Without women, the world would go hungry

(Ranjitha Puskur) Today, agriculture is still considered a man’s world despite the 602 million women across the globe who are…

Statement: Ethiopia’s response to US Human Rights Report

The Ethiopian government officially responded to the Human Rights and Practices Report released last month by the Bureau of Democracy,…

Belgians on trial charged with Al-Shabaab ties

Brussels - The trial of 19 Belgians on terrorism charges began on Monday under tight security amid concerns the 15…

Nile: Ethiopia’s Renaissance dam will start power generation by 2015

Ethiopia's multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam project will become partially-operational by September 2015, according to Zadig Abraha, head of the project's supervisory…

Kenyan President to cut top officials’ salary by 20%

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta continued Monday (March 10th) to announce slashes to salaries of top officials in an effort to…

Eritrea’s Army: Miserable and Useless | The Economist

When Isaias Afewerki, Eritrea’s president, introduced compulsory military service in 1995, he said it would be good for the emerging…

Egypt hopes for Arab pressure on Ethiopian dam

Highlights:* “Any change in the amount or terms of monies given to the Addis Ababa government will greatly contribute in…

African Gays: Casualties of a power struggle

(By Richard Dowden) Uganda’s war over homosexuality threatens to spread to other African countries and has further damaged the increasingly…

How Western aid to Somalia finances Al-Shabaab

(Abdirazak Fartaag) Donor funds to Somalia are being diverted for personal use or to fund militia, thereby undermining the war-torn…

FDI in Ethiopia, Uganda Hotels surpasses Kenya’s

Uganda and Ethiopia have overtaken Kenya as key investment destinations for global hotel chains scouting for investment opportunities in the…

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