Obama plans first presidential trip to Kenya, father’s homeland

By Andrew Beatty Washington (AFP) – Barack Obama will make a long-awaited return to Kenya this July, visiting his father’s homeland for the first time since becoming US president, the White House announced Monday.  During the much-delayed visit, Obama will attend a summit to encourage entrepreneurship and meet the country’s controversial leader Uhuru Kenyatta.

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Ethiopian Airlines Launches Mobile Payment with Commercial Bank of Ethiopia

Press Release Ethiopian Airlines, the largest in Africa, is pleased to announce the commencement of mobile payment for online ticket purchase in Ethiopia. The option was made possible with the cooperation of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) and Flocash, an integration system provider. Ethiopian has already implemented, since last year, the mobile payment option

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Claims China shipping lethal weapons to Juba via Ethiopia

JUBA – A South Sudanese rebel official claimed to have credible evidence showing that China continues to supply the government of South Sudan with lethal weapons through Ethiopia. “We in the SPLM-IO leadership confirm that Chinese flagged vessel Da Dan Xia has brought large quantity of armaments and ammunition to Salva Kiir’s tribal government via

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Arab Leaders Announced The Formation Of A Unified Military Force

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Arab leaders at a summit in Egypt announced the formation of a unified military force to counter growing security threats from Yemen to Libya, and as regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran engage in sectarian proxy wars. Working out the mechanism and logistics of the unified force, an idea floated

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Ethiopia Plans to Introduce Secondary Bond Markets Next Tax Year

By William Davison    (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia will develop a secondary market in government and corporate bonds next fiscal year to expand the country’s fundraising options, a central bank official said. The National Bank of Ethiopia will create the market in the year ending July 7, 2016, Yohannes Ayalew, vice governor of monetary stability, said

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The Israel Delegation led by Ambassador Gil Hajkel in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa– Weekly Security and partnership briefing News. The Ethiopian  Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros met a delegation led by Ambassador Gil Hajkel, Head of ‪‎Israeli‬ Agency for International Development Cooperation. The Ethiopian minister, Dr Tedros welcomed the delegation and underlined the excellent relation this remained a priority for the next Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP2)

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Ethiopia: The Agreement on Declarations of Principles – The GERD

By Teshome Abebe “It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.” Those were the admonitions of philosopher and mathematician W.K. Clifford. I hesitated commenting on the just concluded agreement on the declaration of principles between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan concerning the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) precisely because there

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Egypt signs Nile dam deal with Ethiopia after years of dispute. What changed?

Despite fears of disruption to the Nile’s flow, Egypt agreed to continue negotiations on Ethiopia’s $4.8 billion Grand Renaissance dam. By Johnny Magdaleno ADDIS ABABA, A new agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on a controversial Ethiopian hydroelectric dam is a diplomatic breakthrough that supporters say could fuel economic development in the Nile basin. Egyptian

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Egypt signs Nile dam deal with Ethiopia after years of dispute. What changed?

Despite fears of disruption to the Nile’s flow, Egypt agreed to continue negotiations on Ethiopia’s $4.8 billion Grand Renaissance dam. By Johnny Magdaleno ADDIS ABABA, A new agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on a controversial Ethiopian hydroelectric dam is a diplomatic breakthrough that supporters say could fuel economic development in the Nile basin. Egyptian

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