Tag Archives: Sudan

African journalists urged to write more about Africa

BUSINESS GHANA 14 November 2018 Mr Ahmed Haggag addressing the journalists Mr Ahmed Haggag, Secretary General of the African Society in Egypt has...

Chinese Influence in East Africa: Transcultural Connection as Foreign Policy Spur

MODERN DIPLOMACY 5 November 2018 by ECATARINA GARCIA Chinese influence in East Africa is a topic of growing debate and concern for Western nations and...

An Emerging and Troubled Power: Overcoming Ethiopia’s Landlocked Geography

HARVARD POLITICAL REVIEW 29 October 2018 by KESHAV RASTOGI Port of Djibouti, 2005 With over 100 million people, Ethiopia is easily the most populous landlocked...

East Africa’s regional integration plan approved

ESI AFRICA 15 October 2018 The African Development Bank has approved the East Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) laying out the roadmap...

Why the US is engineering political change in East Africa

ALJAZEERA 9 October by MEHARI TADDELE MARU Eritrea’s President, Isaias Afwerki receives a key from Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed during a ceremony...

The sad similarity between Sri Lanka, Zambia and now Djibouti that best exemplifies China’s ‘debt trap’ diplomacy

BUSINESS INSIDER 11 September 2018 One such African country that is exhibiting all the red flag signals of going Sri Lankan and now Zambian way is Djibouti. Chinese...

Is Peace in the Horn of Africa Bad News for Djibouti?

FUTURE DIRECTIONS INTERNATIONAL 12 September 20183 Background Located in the strategic Horn of Africa region, Djibouti has successfully exploited its coastline by offering both port access and military bases to foreign countries. Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a thirty-year struggle. The resolution of a border war in 2000 has since then left...

UPDATE 1-Ethiopia PM says China will restructure railway loan

REUTERS 6 September 2018 ADDIS ABABA, Sept 6 (Reuters) – China has agreed to restructure some of Ethiopia’s debt, including a loan for a $4 billion railway linking its capital Addis Ababa with neighbouring Djibouti, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday. Abiy described the rescheduling as limited, but added that repayment of the railway debt has...

Eritrea hopes planned port attracts global investment cash

Africa 23 August 2018 Eritrea is considering building a port on its Red Sea coastline to export potash from deposits being developed in the Horn of Africa...

Ethiopia earns $81.6m from electricity sale to neighbours

Journal du Cameroun 20 July 2018 Ethiopia has made $81.6 million from the sale of electricity to Djibouti and Sudan in a year which runs from July 8,...