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Road linking Kenya to Ethiopia to be completed in six months
Addis Ababa, February 8, 2016 (FBC) – The construction of the 121km road from Merille to Marsabit and the 122km stretch from Turbi to Moyale will be completed in 6…
H&M launches industrial relations program in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, February 8, 2016 (FBC) – Swedish clothing major H&M, International Labour Organization (ILO) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) have launched an industrial relations project aiming to…
Somalia plane blast: airport worker ‘handed device to bombing suspect’
Video footage analysed as part of Somalia’s investigation into an explosion that blew a hole in a passenger plane shows two men handing what looks like a laptop to the…
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies
The past year has been difficult for many markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Dramatic currency fluctuations, depressed prices on commodities such as oil and copper, and sluggish demand from China…
Abune Petros statue reinstated today
Addis Ababa, February 7, 2016 (FBC) – The statue of Abune Petros, which was removed from Menelik II square due to the construction of the Addis Ababa light rail project,…
Freedom House’s index of freedom in the world is flawed — but the story it tells is indispensable.
It’s January, which means we’ve just learned that freedom around the world is declining. This — for the tenth year in a row — is the conclusion of an annual…