Economy & Business | Horn Affairs

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…

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 7:53 pm

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

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 7:49 pm

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

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 7:39 pm

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

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 4:56 pm

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

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 @ 4:07 am

Quotes from the text: * According to recent estimates, in addition to creating employment for women in the economic sectors,…

Monday, May 28, 2012 @ 11:47 pm

Highlights: * .....losing the coastline has not scuppered Ethiopia’s merchant fleet. The state-owned Ethiopian Shipping Lines (ESL) has eight ships…

Sunday, May 27, 2012 @ 11:56 pm

Ethiopia’s Gibe III Hydropower dam will be operational by mid-2013. The Gibe III dam project, with about 1,870 MW installed…

Thursday, May 24, 2012 @ 3:00 am

Camp David has been the home to many historic moments, from triumphs in Middle East diplomacy to steely Cold War…

Thursday, May 24, 2012 @ 2:20 am

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to…

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 @ 11:52 pm