By Godfrey Olukya Three Ethiopian businessmen were on Wednesday severely injured after unknown assailants hurled grenades at their shops in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. The trio is reportedly recovering at Bor Civilian Hospital in Jonglei. According to reports, the three were attacked while sitting in front of their shop near a local market at
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By Niyi Aderibigbe – Africa has had its fair share of crisis, but its current developmental strides are shifting focus from the continent’s troubles to the abundant potentials and opportunities. These positive changes have been reinforced by continuing regional integration in the Eastern, Southern and Western parts of the continent. However, the countries in the
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia on Thursday announced it will send more peacekeepers to Somalia, South Sudan and to Abyei, a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan. According to the Ethiopian International Peace-keeping Training Centre, the horn of Africa’s nation will deploy 600 additional peace keepers in the stated countries
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The United States Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has removed the prohibition that it placed on US carriers and commercial operators from overflying some parts of Ethiopia. The ban was placed in 2000 for north of 12 degrees north latitude during the Ethiopia and Eritrea border conflict, the FAA says. The removal of the ban was
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Djibouti (HAN) February 7, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Press Release from Press Office of the President of Djibouti. Republic of Djibouti to Receive Ethiopian Prime Minister in Historic State Visit. State visit to Djibouti by an Ethiopian Prime Minister, Visit aimed at formalising economic integration The President of the Republic of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, will
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Sanaa (AFP) – At least 35 African migrants went missing after their boat capsized in bad weather off southwest Yemen on Monday, a military official said. Authorities have rescued eight Ethiopians and five Somalis, including a woman, and the body of another Somali has been retrieved from the boat which was carrying 49 people,
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle February 2, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese president Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar partially signed a symbolic power-sharing agreement proposed by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Monday, recommitting themselves to further negotiations on outstanding issues. According to the agreement signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, after
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African leaders tell intl court to drop charges against Sudan’s president, Kenyan VP Ruto By ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The International Criminal Court should drop or suspend charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto until African concerns about the court and proposals to change its
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The US Defence Department has said it is holding talks with Yemen’s Houthi group following the resignation of President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on 22 January. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said on Tuesday during a press conference in Washington that it is “accurate to say that the Houthis, as participants in these events, will certainly have
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese president Salva Kiir was rushed to hospital in the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa, on Wednesday after he fell ill during a meeting. Kiir arrived in Addis Ababa on Tuesday to attend the 24th ordinary session of the assembly of head of states and government of the African
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