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Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan sign new Grand Renaissance Dam agreement
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan signed an agreement on Tuesday finalizing the two firms tasked with carrying out studies on the potential impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam…
Wolkait sugar factory to be fully powered in April
Addis Ababa, December 28, 2015 (FBC) – Installation of power distribution and transmission lines for the Wolkait sugar factory in Tigray regional state will be finalized in the coming April,…
Why Africa Isn’t Rising
In one of Africa’s most celebrated surprises this year, Nigerian voters unseated President Goodluck Jonathan. The election of Muhammadu Buhari defied expectations of electoral fraud and violence, and his anticorruption…
Ethiopia Soars Toward Gender Equality With Its First All-Female Flight Crew
It was an otherwise routine flight between Addis Ababa and Bangkok, except this one was making history. In November, Ethiopian Airlines commissioned its first flight crewed by all women, from…
Other solutions to GERD negotiations amid perceived gridlock
The eleventh meeting of the tripartite committee on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is currently taking place in Khartoum with the attendance of the Irrigation and Foreign ministers of…
U.S. uses more electricity on Christmas lights than Ethiopia does all year
Today, some food for thought while you un-deck the halls, de-trim the tree and neatly pack away the 25-foot multicolored icicle light strands and laser cannons until they’re resurrected once…