Horn of Africa

U.S., E.U. diplomats shuttling between Ethiopia and Egypt to restart talks

Diplomats from the U.S. and E.U. are shuttling between Ethiopia and Egypt in hopes of persuading the two countries to…

Ethiopia: Crackdown of protests taints higher education success

(Paul O'Keeffe) Over the past 15 years, Ethiopia has become home to one of the world's fastest-growing higher education systems.…

Ethiopia’s Life Expectancy Rises To 64 Years

Ethiopia's average life expectancy has improved significantly and achieved the second biggest gain in average life span, says the World…

Egypt: Hosini Mubarak sentenced to 3 years for embezzlement

(Peter Snyder) An Egyptian criminal court in Cairo convicted former president Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday of embezzling millions of dollars…

Special report| Ethiopian Sugar Corporation’s “May Day Dam”

[HornAffairs staff Fetsum Berhane visited the project sites of Ethiopian Sugar Corporation this month. This is the first of his…

Ethiopia threatens to withdraw peace-keeping troops from Abyei

The Ethiopian government has warned it may not continue to provide military support to the peacekeeping mission in the oil…

Can Kenya Replicate Ports Success in micro and small enterprises?

(Ben Kiragu) One of the things Kenya’s new government succeeded in doing within its first year was to reduce the…

Ethiopia, Djibouti embarking on major Geothermal Power Schemes

(Shem Oirere) Djibouti and Ethiopia are developing new geothermal power capacities that are intended to enable them meet increasing demand…

U.S. has Higher Income Inequality than Britain, Bangladesh, Ethiopia

(Eric Chemi and Joshua Green) This month, Bloomberg Rankings dove into U.S. census data to measure the level of economic…

Ethiopian Bloggers, Journos to stay in custody till mid-June

Federal Court remanded the recently detained nine bloggers and journalists to further twenty-eight days in police custody in the weekends.…

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