Tag: Ethiopia
Ethiopia buys Chinese Artillery as Regional Tension Persists
Ethiopia buys Chinese Artillery as Regional Tension Persists
The Ethiopia-Kenya Electricity Power Deal
The Ethiopia-Kenya Electricity Power Deal
When Ethiopia announced plans to build Africa’s biggest dam- the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD)- in 2011, it came as a bad joke for downstream African countries like Egypt and Sudan. But on Thursday, 17th of November 2022, the Ethiopian government announced its first commercial export of electricity to Kenya. Continue reading “The Ethiopia-Kenya Electricity Power Deal”
The Dark Side of Ethiopia’s Hawassa Industrial Park
In 2016, then-Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn inaugurated the $250 million, 300-hectare Hawassa Industrial Park that the government hoped to transform and expand the country’s economy. It was a bold social and economic experiment with big ambitions: to make Ethiopia the new link in the global supply chain for Western apparel. Continue reading “The Dark Side of Ethiopia’s Hawassa Industrial Park”
Somalia Plotting Competition to Berbera Port
Somalia Plotting Competition to Berbera Port
Fighting in Ethiopia Stalls Somaliland’s Trade Ambitions
Fighting in Ethiopia Stalls Somaliland’s Trade Ambitions
Tedros Remarks Racism Underpins Responses to Global Conflicts
Tedros Remarks Racism Underpins Responses to Global Conflicts
“Maybe the reason is the colour of the skin of the people in Tigray.” Dr Tedros confronted world leaders last week for their neglect of “the worst disaster on earth”—a storm of conflict in Ethiopia, extreme weather across the Horn of Africa, and soaring food, fuel, and fertiliser prices exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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