Etiopia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Today, Africa has emerged from this dark path. Our Armageddon has passed
— Haile Selassie I
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How to solve Somalia's refugee and IDP crisis
Source: Peace Direct Country: Kenya, SomaliaThe Somali refugees and IDPs, born and raised in camps and settlements, continue to struggle with normalising their status and integrating with the host community.A combination of human and natural disasters has generated a repeated wave of refugees in Somalia. Abdiwahab M. Ali and Badra Yusuf ...
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Flooding affects over 7,000 people in North Darfur
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: South Sudan, SudanOver 300 latrines and 500 houses were destroyed and more damaged in Shangil Tobaya locality, North Darfur, affecting over 2,750 of an estimated 20,500 people in Nifasha camp for IDPs. HIGHLIGHTS Heavy rain and flash floods observed in many states. New sites ...
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Promoting Emerging Investment Opportunities in Light Manufacturing
[Ethiopian Herald] Presently, Ethiopia's top priority is to change the agrarian based economy to the industry driven one in the shortest time possible. That is why, at this particular time, the nation is so busy building world class industry and agro-parks in various states of the country. Moreover, some industry ...
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Japanese Office to Assist in Attracting Investors, Promoting Export
[Ethiopian Herald] The presence of the Office in Ethiopia is instrumental in strengthening Ethio-Japan relations and investment ties between them and the rest of the world
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Ethiopia's Growing International Involvement
[Ethiopian Herald] In global politics, having a healthy and active relations with actors is very crucial to increase influence and presence, and become champion in international politics. Thus, states' foreign policy and behavior matter.
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Foreign Competition Deficiency Clogging Financial Sector
[Addis Fortune] One of the fundamental defining characteristics of the Revolutionary Democrats and their developmental state approach to government is the zeal with which they shield the country's financial sector from foreign ownership. Ethiopia's policy of barring all foreign nationals, including Ethiopian natives with foreign nationalities, from owning shares in ...
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Half a Billion Br Rise in Ethiopia's Tourism Earnings
[Addis Fortune] Ethiopia secured foreign exchange to the sum of 3.4 billion Br from the tourism sector during the last fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Culture & Tourism. The figure has increased by half a billion birr compared to the 2014/15 fiscal year.
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DBE Extends 7.5 Billion Br in Loans to Industries
[Addis Fortune] The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) have availed 7.5 billion Br in loans for industrial projects over the past 11 months. Local investors take the biggest share of the loan, with 75pc, while foreign companies took the remaining quarter.
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Was Dam Agenda Behind Netanyahu's East African Trip?
[Addis Fortune] The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's east African visit is said to be the first high official setting Prime Minister visit paid to these four upper Nile countries in recent times. The visit comes at a time when the construction of the Hidasse Dam on the Blue Nile ...
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Australian, New Zealander Investors Urged to Utilize Investment Opportunities
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is the most preferable foreign investment destination as it is endowed with abundant and diverse renewable energy resources,works for strong regional integration and has strong internal market as it is the second most populous country in Africa and the like.
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Liberia, Ethiopia Sign Cooperation Agreement
[LINA] Liberia, Africa's oldest independent republic and Ethiopia, Africa's oldest country, have signed an agreement to cooperate in the execution of projects and programs in various areas, including trade, industry, agriculture and fisheries, energy and infrastructure.
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Century: Exhibition Veteran Back to Bring in the New Year
Century Promotion is back on the scene to organise the New Year’s Exhibition, after more than three months of confrontation with the Addis Abeba Exhibition Centre & Development Enterprise. Following…
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El Niño and La Niña events need earlier responses and a renewed focus on prevention
Source: Oxfam Country: Ethiopia, Haiti, Malawi, Philippines, WorldThis crisis was predicted, yet overall, the response has been too little, too late. The looming La Niña event may further hit communities that are already deeply vulnerable, says Oxfam. The devastating impacts of the 2015–16 El Niño will be felt well into 2017. This ...
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Promising Journey Towards Industrialization
[Ethiopian Herald] Public investment in Ethiopia has been playing a major role in realizing key development programmes. Suffice to mention that since 2013, public investment has constituted well over one third of the nation's GDP - higher than the African average of 22 per cent. Such investments were of crucial ...
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EU, Ethiopia, Germany Launch 3.8 Million Euro Project to Support Agricultural Investments
[Addis Standard] Today, the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources with support from the European Union and Germany launched a 3.8 million euro project to support responsible agricultural investment in Ethiopia.
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Good Governance to Ensure Ethiopia's Renaissance
[Ethiopian Herald] Many Ethiopians believe that the government is committed enough to fight rent collection activities so as to enhance good governance in the country. However, this is a serious task where the rent-seekers have been changing their tactics and strategies to maintain their position. As a result, this is ...
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CS Amina Mohamed Clarifies Kenya-Ethiopia Pipeline Deal
[Nation] Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has moved to clarify the agreement Kenya signed with Ethiopia following confusing statements that the two countries agreed to construct an oil pipeline.
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Govt Affirms Its Keenness to Consolidate Economic Cooperation With Ethiopia
[SNA] Khartoum -The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Badr-Eddin Mahmoud, has affirmed Sudan keenness to consolidate its relations and economic cooperation with Ethiopia.
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Lack of Legal Framework Deters Joint Ventures
[Addis Fortune] The Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce hosted a forum under the theme "Challenges and Prospects of pursuing business on joint venture arrangement".
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Non-Holistic Reforms in Business Law Just Part of the Solution
[Addis Fortune] Making some overdue legislative reforms on the commercial registration and business license proclamation is not going to make Ethiopia the best place in the world to do business overnight. It should be complimented by a holistic approach by government executive agencies across the board to ease bureaucratic hurdles ...
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South Sudan conflict lays bare regional failures
Source: Amnesty International Country: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, ZimbabweAmnesty urges the African Union, ahead of its 27th summit, to address the growing repression of dissent, attacks on civil society, human rights defenders and political opponents.As a renewal of violence in South Sudan ...