Economy & Business

Land Grab: The Ethiopian land giveaway (By Graham Peebles)

Graham Peebles, director of a UK based charity, wrote an article claiming that injustices and hardships are caused to ordinary…

Extension service: The driver of Ethiopia’s agricultural revolution (Abraham Dereje)

Transforming Ethiopian agriculture from its current subsistence state to market oriented production system forms the basis of agricultural development strategy…

World Bank approves $200 mil for Ethiopia’s electricity network

The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank approved a US$200 million credit to Ethiopia, according to the press…

Ethiopia: S.Sudan detained 15 for killings in Saudi-Star farm, Gambella

The Gambella Regional State authorities have announced that fifteen people have been detained in Jonglei Region of South Sudan on…

Below average rain in Somalia, but famine unlikely

The UN’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) in Somalia has said that Somalia’s most recent main rainy season…

Ethiopia: Poor rains prompt calls for more food assistance

Aid agencies are calling for more food assistance for areas in southern and northeastern Ethiopia where erratic rains have adversely…

Briefing | Doing Business 2012 in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti

The World Bank released its Doing Business 2012 report that ranks some 183 economies against 10 benchmarks deemed suggestive of…

May 2012| Food Security update for Kenya, Somalia,

The US-funded FEWS Net (Famine Early Warning Systems Network) released Food Security updates for Kenya and Somalia. Here are the…

China brings jobs to Ethiopia but at what cost?

China has fast become Africa's largest trading partner - but who exactly is reaping the benefits? While Europe is struggling…

Interview| Meles Zenawi: I’ll probably teach at the leadership academy

A certain man named Richard Dowden, Director of the Royal African Society, apparently met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi this…

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