By Danilo Desiderio Africa’s demographic surge presents both an extraordinary opportunity and a formidable challenge. By 2050, the continent’s least developed countries will need to absorb...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu After decades of severe drought and concomitant famine and socio-economic challenges in the Horn of Africa, the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and...
By Gregory Simpkins It is said that necessity is the mother of invention but that desperate times call for desperate measures. Well Ethiopia has a desperate...
By Gregory Simpkins Djibouti is viewed as a small country on the northeastern edge of the African continent. It is little known globally despite its advantageous...
Reuters | Djibouti launched a 60 megawatt MW windfarm on Friday, increasing the Horn of Africa country’s power production by almost 50 percent and reducing its...
By Gregory Simpkins On April 23, 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken proudly announced the appointment of Jeffrey Feltman as the U.S. Special Envoy for...
Rebellious young people aren't a threat - they're the key to democratic reform
East African governments are betting big on new railway and port projects to boost the regional market’s competitiveness with Asia. After years of neglect, East Africa’s...
Despite Africa’s rich oil and gas reserves, environmental concerns and the high cost of the infrastructure needed to extract and refine hydrocarbons are driving a push...
East African states agreed on Thursday to deploy troops in South Sudan by mid-April to help enforce a ceasefire deal between government forces and rebels, the...
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, right, reviews an honour guard with Chinese President Hu Jintao. PHOTO/Alexander F. Yuan/AP The president of the world’s newest nation, South...
Abdirashid Duale CEO of Dahabshiil. PHOTO/File The story behind international money transfer Dahabshiil truly is one of rags to riches. The company, now one of the...
The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) as met with its African member states, as part of its continental fundraising efforts. The consultations on the fringes of...
(Reuters) – Ethiopia signed an agreement with a Chinese state-run firm to build the final section of a railway line that will link its capital Addis...
Two units of France’s Total have appealed a Djibouti court sentence to pay 204 million euros (US$ 317 million) in damages and fines in a pollution...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali rapper K’naan has brought his waving flag back home to help his countrymen as they struggle with a devastating famine. The Somali-Canadian...
