Malawi police arrested 159 Ethiopian migrants

03 April 2014 Nyasa Times Police in Northern Malawi have arrested 159 Ethiopian nationals who were found in Mzimba district and Mzuzu city after entering the country illegally. The Police also apprehended a Malawian man; James Gondwe aged 21, from

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Islamic banking booming in Ethiopia

Apr 3, 2014  World Bulletin / News Desk The newly-introduced Islamic banking is booming in Christian-majority Ethiopia, the head of a private bank said. “The Oromia International Bank managed to mobilize 300 million Birr within two months since it introduced

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Egypt Offers to Finance Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam

3 APRIL 2014 Egypt State Information Service During his speech before the Royal Institute for International Relations, Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said that Egypt offered to finance the construction of the Ethiopian Renaissance dam and suggested that the dam would

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Islamic banking booming in Ethiopia

03 April 2014 World Bulletin / News Desk The newly-introduced Islamic banking is booming in Christian-majority Ethiopia, the head of a private bank said. “The Oromia International Bank managed to mobilize 300 million Birr within two months since it introduced

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US ‘secretly built Cuban Twitter’

April 3, 2014 BBC ZunZuneo was reportedly introduced with information about everyday topics such as sport and weather The US created a text-message social network designed to foment unrest in Cuba, according to an investigation by the Associated Press news

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Using Ethiopia’s Healthcare Gaps to Do Good and Make a Profit

03 Apirl 2014 By James IPS Ethiopians waiting inside a hospital in Addis Ababa on the weekend. The capital has only four stationary MRI scanners, providing services to 30 government- and private-run hospitals. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPS ADDIS ABABA, Apr 3 2014

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EU: Cut aid to African countries with anti-gay laws

02/04/2014 euractiv Gay Pride marchers. South Africa, October 2013. [Niko Knigge/Flickr] Imprisoning gays and lesbians for their sexuality is a “disgrace” that should disqualify offending countries from EU aid, the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, told a joint

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SA flavoured condoms to fight HIV

April 2, 2014 BBC The condoms will be given out for free at universities and colleges South Africa’s government will distribute coloured and flavoured condoms among students to end “condom fatigue”, the health minister has said. Aaron Motsoaledi’s comments came

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Egypt and Ethiopia’s FMs discuss Renaissance dam in Brussels

Wednesday 2 Apr 2014 Ahram Online Egypt’s foreign minister Nabil Fahmy met on Wednesday with his Ethiopian counterpart Tedros Adhanom at the two-day EU-Africa summit in Brussels. According to Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website, Fahmy said that his meeting with Adhanom

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Ethiopian Airline extends operations to Kano, Nigeria

APRIL 2, 2014  By Nan Punchng.com The General Manager, Ethiopian Airline Nigeria, Mr Solomon Yadeta, on Tuesday said the airline would soon extend its operations to Kano State. Yadeta made this known at the Ethiopian Airline’s stakeholders meeting in Abuja.

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