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Konjit Teshome Ethiopia’s Ministry of Mines, petroleum and natural gas today cancelled recently renewed controversial license of MIDROC Gold, which is owned by Ethio Saudi Arabian billionaire Mohamed Al Amoudi. The decision is made after protesters took the street and complained that the MIDROC Gold Mine in Legedenbi, Oromia region of Southern Ethiopia, polluted the […]

Konjit Teshome Raging floods in the Shabelle Zone of Ethiopia’s Somali region have affected 162.000 people, and displaced 92.000 people of these, in May. UN office for coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Ethiopia revealed that floods, caused by heavy rains, in Shabelle Zone destroyed 5.000 homes.

Caroline Wambui By Caroline Wambui KAJUKI, Kenya, April 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Leah Mutembei was growing up in Kajuki, a village in central Kenya, most farms were dotted with avocado and mango trees. “But now they have all gone,” the 32-year-old maize farmer said from her homestead, gesturing to the barren land nearby. […]

Konjit Teshome CAIRO – 8 May 2018: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry stressed Monday that the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a scientific issue and cannot be politically interpreted, calling on the other parties to accept the scientific facts and not be politically biased, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid.

Konjit Teshome Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have failed again to make progress on their Nile dispute as Ethiopia works to complete a massive upstream dam, an Egyptian official said Tuesday.

Abeer Rabei The Nile River or more accurately the Blue Nile is called “The Abaye” in the Amharic language. And In 2011 Abay vs Vegas; an Ethiopian film was released , which deals with the Ethiopian youth’s dream of emigrating to the United States and is matched by the dream of Ethiopian immigrants returning home. […]

Mohamed Alhaj Mohamed Alhaj Why talk about solar energy in Sudan? The topic is due to three main reasons: 1. The urgent need for rural electrification 2. To provide stability in the provision of electricity in the summer season 3. To benefit from it as a huge economic resource in increasing income and providing jobs

Konjit Teshome القاهرة – 4 مايو 2018: وسط خلافات مستمرة بين القاهرة وأديس أبابا حول سد النهضة الأثيوبية الكبير (EGRD) ، من المقرر أن يزور وزير الري المصري محمد عبد العاطي العاصمة الإثيوبية يوم الجمعة لحضور الجولة الثامنة عشرة من المعرض الدولي للتقنية الثلاثية GERD لجنة الدراسات الفنية المتعلقة بالسد.

Konjit Teshome KHARTOUM: Ethiopia’s newly appointed prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, said Thursday that the controversial dam his country is building on the Nile will not harm Egypt’s share of water supplies. Begun construction in 2011, the dam will be the largest in Africa and the 7th largest in the world when it is complete. It […]

Konjit Teshome Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to setup joint forces which will protect Addis Ababa’s Grand Renaissance Dam. The Chiefs of Staff of both countries, Kamal Abdul-Marouf Al-Mahi and Samora Yunus met last week to discuss the defense protocol signed between the two countries and a number of issues of common concern.  

Abeer Rabye Abeer Rabye Between Blue Nile and White Nile The island of Tuti is located in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, and at its edges meets the Nile and forms the Nile’s main course that reaches Egypt. Totti Island attracts local and global attention not only to its special location, but also to the […]

The Korea International Cooperation Agency and UNICEF – the United Nations Children’s Fund – have launched a five year programme to scale up water, sanitation and hygiene services in schools in Karamoja. The programme will be executed until 2022, benefitting 56,000 children from 100 schools in all Karamoja districts – Abim, Amudat, Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto, […]