Economy & Business | Horn Affairs

Briefing: Somaliland, oil and security

The proposed deployment of armed contingents to protect oil installations in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland risks further destabilizing a…

Friday, August 8, 2014 @ 1:21 am

Ethiopia, Africa’s fastest-growing economy, is looking to its capital to help sustain an expansion that averaged more than 10 percent…

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 @ 1:17 am

(Hu Jianlong) In the evening of 18 May, the Africa Philanthropy Forum, held at a congress hall near the Lingshan…

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 @ 12:50 am

Devaluation means decreasing the value of the country’s currency in terms of other currencies. Devaluation largely applied to exchange rate…

Monday, August 4, 2014 @ 12:05 am

(Kevin Hamlin, Ilya Gridneff and William Davison) Ethiopian workers strolling through the parking lot of Huajian Shoes’ factory outside Addis…

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 @ 10:24 pm

(William Davison) Ethiopia’s birr is overvalued and the country would benefit from a devaluation to boost export revenue and accelerate…

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 @ 9:33 pm

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegne held a press conference on Friday, for a third time in ten months. Here are five…

Sunday, July 20, 2014 @ 8:41 pm

(By Indian Ocean Newsletter) THE plan for economic integration devised by Djibouti and neighbouring Ethiopia could ultimately lead to a…

Sunday, July 6, 2014 @ 9:45 pm

(Astewaye Beyene) How is the continent of Africa rated on peace? Is it the most peaceful, somewhere in between or…

Thursday, July 3, 2014 @ 1:21 am

Last month, at the 23rd anniversary of the downfall of the Dergue regime, Prime Minister Hailemariam declared that Ethiopia's have…

Friday, June 20, 2014 @ 6:27 pm