By Allan Olingo Two years ago, at a breakfast in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, hosted by Kenya-based Equity Bank, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said his country...
The Ethiopian government says the country’s economy will grow by 11.3 percent this year. Ethiopia’s economy grew by 9.7 percent during the 2012/13 financial year and...
The eruption of fighting in South Sudan brought East Africa’s political crises into sharp focus at a time of optimism about the region’s economic take-off. Undaunted,...
(Reuters) – Ethiopia has commissioned Africa’s biggest wind farm – Ashegoda Wind Farm, and in the process diversified electricity generation from hydropower plants and places the...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. PHOTO/File Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was elected by African heads of state as chairman of the African Union today, replacing...
Omar al-Bashir and Salva Kiir try to push forward on stalled security, oil and border agreements.
Newly sworn in Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. PHOTO/Khaled Elfiqi/EPA Ethiopia’s parliament swore in a new prime minister on Friday. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn succeeds former...
Ethiopia Prime Minister-designate Hailemariam Desalegn. PHOTO/Khaled Elfiqi/EPA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s ruling coalition on Saturday approved Hailemariam Desalegn’s appointment as prime minister to replace Meles Zenawi, who...