Source: Fana Broadcasting Corporation
The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) said it has sold Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) bonds worth $6.4 million in the…
Ethiopian authorities have announced a set of rules as part of the ongoing state of emergency in the country, which was declared last week in…
Anti-government protesters in Ethiopia’s Oromia region have attacked a cement factory belonging to Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa.
The demonstrators were protesting…
Ethiopian authorities have announced plans to raise 1.8 billion Birr (about $58 million) for the construction of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD).
The Office…
Somali authorities on Thursday announced that about $530,000 has been stolen from the country’s central bank. The government confirmed reports of the theft via Twitter.…
Ethiopian officials announced on Tuesday that two turbines have been installed at the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD). The turbines would allow the dam to generate…
Ethiopian officials have announced the winners of the Grand Renaissance Dam Lottery, which was created to allow Ethiopian nationals to contribute to the construction of…
Eritreans in Europe have gathered in Switzerland to protest in support a new United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) report that accuses Asmara of committing…
A former employee of the Ethiopian Shipping Lines & Logistics Services Enterprise (ESLSE) has been charged with masterminding a scheme to defraud the company of…
Authorities in Congo have discovered the bodies of 19 Ethiopian migrants who died of suffocation in the back of a Zambian registered truck used for…
The Governor and the Senator of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, engaged in a fist fight after a heated argument during a Senate Public Accounts Committee session…
Police in Britain and Italy are currently investigating the possibility that a suspected Eritrean human smuggler, who was extradited to Europe this week from Sudan,…
Uber has launched its online transport network service in Uganda following its success in other African countries.
Kampala is the 10th city in Africa where…
Eritrea’s government has blamed the mass migration of its citizens on a politically-sponsored conspiracy designed to destabilize and isolate the country by tarnishing its image.…
An Ethiopian woman in Washington, D.C. is suing a former U.S. diplomat and her late husband’s estate for sexual abuses suffered while she worked for…
Officials in Britain have arrested 28 illegal African immigrants who were found hiding in the back of a refrigerated lorry.
Police reportedly discovered the truck…
Eritreans across the globe are celebrating 25 years since their country attained independence. Thousands in the diaspora are expected to travel to Asmara for the…
Eritrea has released nine Filipino fishermen who were arrested in February for illegally fishing in the waters of the East African country.
The Filipino fishermen…
Kuwaiti officials are pursuing a proposal for the government not to renew the work and residence permits of all Ethiopian maids as a short-term approach…
A new study has revealed that climate change and aggressive farming may make growing coffee impossible by the end of the century.
The study, complied…
Ethiopia hosted another tripartite meeting over the technical studies of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Addis Ababa this week.
The irrigation and foreign…
Ethiopian coffee farmers are in a tug-of-war with the government over the amount and quality of coffee beans to be exported and consumed locally.
The…
An Ethiopian man in his 30s has been found dead from gunshot wounds in his Chickasaw, West Louisville home on Tuesday morning following an overnight…
Ethiopia has announced the construction of a 2,000 MW capacity dam, which would be funded by an Italian credit firm.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn…
Egypt has questions for Ethiopia regarding the construction of a new 2,000-megawatt dam which was announced by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn during a speech in…
An investigation to discover why the nose gear of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-800 aircraft collapsed before takeoff last week, has revealed that the accident…
An Ethiopian maid, who was facing manslaughter charges in Kuwait for killing the daughter of her sponsor while the victim was asleep, died on Friday,…
Eritrea has reiterated its commitment to maintaining its controversial conscription policy, which analysts say is one of the main reasons why Eritreans make up a…
The Presidents of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed to join forces on Saturday after a meeting regarding updates on the construction of the Ethiopia Grand…
An Ethiopian maid is facing manslaughter charges in Kuwait for allegedly killing the daughter of her sponsor by slitting her throat while the victim was…
Ethiopian Airlines has announced plans of resuming its operations in New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after a 12-year hiatus.
The multi-award winning airliner…
The ongoing El-Niño induced drought — the worst Ethiopia has experienced in three decades — is worsening and has left about 400,000 children suffering from…
An amateur video showing the plight of a group of Ethiopian women in a Kuwaiti prison has gone viral, leading to calls for their release.…
Police in Kuwait have arrested a 22-year-old man who was beaten by an Ethiopian woman after he offered her money for sex.
According to Kuwait…
Ethiopia is experiencing power cuts and this may become a frequent phenomenon as low rainfall has left dams with depleting water levels.
This week, there…
The African Union (AU) has reiterated its plan of creating a single passport to ease the movement of people and goods across the continent.
AU…
The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has announced that by the end of this fiscal year, Ethiopians would be able to use one ATM and…
Eleven European Union (EU) diplomats including representatives of Britain, the United States and Japan warned on Thursday that widespread corruption is destroying Kenya’s economic growth…
The Kenyan military has allegedly been smuggling sugar and charcoal from Somalia since 2011 when it invaded the war-thorn country to fight militant Islamist group,…
A Swizz judge has suspended the auction of an 18 karat gold wristwatch which allegedly belonged to Ethiopia’s last Emperor Haile Selassie. The judge made…
In a new spate of violent xenophobic attacks to hit South Africa, six Ethiopian nationals have been killed this past week in separate incidents.
On…
Ethiopia’s agriculture-dependent rural population has been affected by severe weather patterns. This year, the worst drought in a decade is expected to hit a large…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has expressed optimism about the country’s chances of winning the bid to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).…
By PSCU/O’brien Kimani
NAIROBI (KBC) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law the Finance Bill 2014 introducing sweeping changes to the administration of taxes…
KIGALI – The Rwandan government has commissioned the country’s first utility scale solar plant, which is also the biggest in the region.
The solar photovoltaic…
(The East African) – East African economies are feeling the pinch of inflation as their currencies continues to weaken against the dollar.
By Allan Olingo…
Standard Digital-(Addis Ababa)-African Union chiefs held an emergency meeting Monday to hammer out a continent-wide strategy to deal with the Ebola epidemic, which has killed…
By Christabel Ligami and Adam Ihucha
Kenya has secured $113 million from the African Development Bank for the construction of a transit route from the…