Safaricom reveals ownership of Ethiopia venture The East African09:20
Tuesday May 25 2021 Safaricom Plc CEO Peter Ndegwa during the telco’s 20-year celebration at the Nairobi Serena Hotel on October 27, 2020. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Advertisement https://f7e299f4f1ad9cd0c3bb1e4b355ff267.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html By VICTOR JUMA Safaricom will own a majority stake in a series of companies formed for entry into Ethiopia’s telecoms market, giving the firm effective ownership […]
Africa is America’s greatest geopolitical opportunity. Does the US know it? – Atlantic Council 11:42
Africa is America’s greatest geopolitical opportunity. Does the US know it? Tue,May 25, 2021 AfricaSource by Rama Yade Vegetable sellers are seen in a market amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Adjame a neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 18, 2020. Photo via REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon. Today the world celebrates Africa Day, which commemorates the founding of […]
Kenya’s Lamu Port is Complete, But its Value Remains an Open Question – The Maritime Executive 14:43
[By Jan Bachmann and Benard Musembi Kilaka] Kenya’s newest mega infrastructure project, the Lamu port, has received its first ship. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Jan Bachmann and Benard Musembi – who study the environmental, socio-economic and security dynamics along the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor – to provide insights into the history of the port, the […]
Ethiopia denies it’s begun second filling of giant hydro dam – BNN Bloomberg 15:51
Mohammed Alamin and Simon Marks, Bloomberg News AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedInShare to EmailShare to More (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia’s government denied starting the second phase of filling its giant hydropower dam on a tributary of the Nile River. Sudan has evidence to suggest Ethiopia began the second phase of filling the […]
Bad omens for twice-postponed elections as Western states mull more sanctions – Africa Confidential 14:50
25th May 2021 Prime Minister Abiy’s opponents will focus on disrupting the elections in every way possible The announcement by Birtukan Mideksa, chairwoman of The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), that the national elections are to be postponed until 21 June risks producing the worst of all possible worlds. The new date still doesn’t […]
Ethiopia began second filling of GERD dam in early May, says Sudan official – The National 11:33
Countries have spent years locked in talks over the project The National May 25, 2021 Ethiopia began the second phase of filling its Grand Renaissance Dam in early May by holding back water to fill its reservoir, a senior Sudanese official said on Tuesday. The main phase of the second filling of the controversial dam […]
በኢትዮጵያና ሱዳን ድንበር ላይ …ቪኦኤ አማርኛ
ሜይ 25, 2021 አስቴር ምስጋናው ባሕር ዳር — በአማራ ክልል ምዕራብ ጎንደር ዞን መተማ ወረዳ ቱመት መንዱካ ቀበሌ ካለፈው እሁድ ጀምሮ የሱዳን ታጣቂዎች በተደራጀ መልኩ ጥቃት እየፈፀሙ ነው ሲሉ የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ገለፁ። የኢትዮጵያ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ቃል አቀባይ አምባሳደር ዲና ሙፍቲ ዛሬ በሰጡት መግለጫ ላይ ተጠይቀው መረጃ እንደሌላቸው ገልፀዋል። አቶ እያዩ ፈቃደ በምዕራብ ጎንደር ዞን መተማ […]
የኤርትራ የውጪ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ለአሜሪካን የቪዛ እገዳና ማእቀብ ውሳኔ መልስ ሰጥቷል።
May 25, 2021 የኤርትራ መንግስት የ አሜሪካ ውጪ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ባወጣው የጉዞ እገዳ ላይ መግለጫ ማውጣቱ ተሰምቷል። የኤርትራ የውጪ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር የአሜሪካ መንግስት እርምጃ ዋስትና የሌለው ነው ሲል ገልጾታል። የኤርትራ የውጪ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ለ አሜሪካን የቪዛ እገዳና ማእቀብ ውሳኔ መልስ ሰጥቷል። US State Department Latest Action is not Warranted Press Release Last Sunday, May 23rd, […]
የሩስያ አፍሪካ ግንኙነትን እናጠናክራለን – ፕሬዝዳንት ቭላድሚር ፑቲን
May 25, 2021 በተለያዩ መስኮች የተጀመረውን የሩስያ-አፍሪካ ግንኙነት ይበልጥ ለማጠናር እንደሚቻል እና ሀገራቸው ለዚህ ዝግጁ መሆኗን የሩስያ ፕሬዚዳንት ቭላድሚር ፑቲን ገለጹ፡፡ ፕሬዚዳንቱ ዛሬ እየተከበረ ያለውን የአፍሪካ ቀን በማስመልከት ለአፍሪካ ሀገራት የእንኳን አደረሳችሁ መልዕክታቸውን አስተላልፈዋል፡፡ ፕሬዝዳንት ፑቲን በመልዕክታቸው አፍሪካውያን በቅኝ ግዛት ላይ የተቀዳጁት ድል ለነጻነት፣ ሰላም እና ብልጽግና ያላቸውን ፍላጎት ያሳየ እንደሆነ አስታውሰዋል፡፡ አፍሪካውያን በማህበራዊ እና […]
በሰሜን ሸዋ 3 ወረዳዎች ብቻ 281 ሰዎች ተገድለዋል 4 ትምህርት ቤቶች ሶስት የጤና ተቋማት 7 የእምነት ተቋማት ወድመዋል
May 25, 2021 በአማራ ክልል “ሰሜን ሸዋ ዞን” በቅርቡ በተከሰተው የፀጥታ መደፍረስ አካባቢውን መልሶ ለማቋቋም በክልል ደረጃ የተዋቀረው የቴክኒክ ኮሚቴ የምልከታ ሪፖርቱን ለአማራ ክልል ከፍተኛ አመራሮች አቅርቦ ነበር። በሪፖርቱ መሰረት ፦ – በሰሜን ሸዋ 3 ወረዳዎች ብቻ 281 ሰዎች ተገድለዋል። – 197 ዜጎች ላይ ከባድ የመቁሰል አደጋ ደርሶባቸዋል። – 246 ሺህ 818 ሰዎች እርዳታ ፈላጊ […]