Interview Gambella eyes palm cultivation in wake of commercial farming exodus

By Ashenafi Endale October 26, 2024 Ethiopia’s hopes of ushering in a new era of commercial farming ventures rested in large part on the shoulders of the Gambella Regional State. Recent years have seen hundreds of investors granted licenses and credit to establish commercial farms in the southwestern corner of the country, but little has […]

Economic empowerment and reintegration for returnee women critical for social transformation and prevention of human rights violations – United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 12:12 

23 October, 2024 Addis Ababa, 23 October 2024 (ECA) – A significant step towards empowering migrant women economically and protecting their human rights, the United Nations Commission validated findings of a national assessment on returnee migrant women particularly domestic workers from Ethiopia to The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The findings were validated at a meeting […]

Eritrea ditches Chan qualifier soccer game against Ethiopia  – Borkena 

October 26, 2024 borkena Toronto – Eritrea and Ethiopia were scheduled to have a CHAN2024 qualifier game in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on October 31. A return match was scheduled to take place on November 3, 2024.  The game is now canceled after Eritrea announced its withdrawal from the qualifier game which means that […]

Headache for Kenya as Ethiopia, South Sudan yet to fully embrace Lamu Port  – The Star, Kenya

Ethiopia has also entered into a deal to use the main port in Somaliland. by MARTIN MWITA Kenya 26 October 2024 – 08:15 In Summary Continued reliance on the Port of Djibouti and recent deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland has thrown a spanner in the works on Kenya’s push to have the neighbouring country fully embrace […]