Ahmed Shide

Ethiopia, Ivory Coast
The AfDB calls on Interpol to recover missing €4.8m

In cooperation with the AfDB's director of anti-corruption, Paula Santos Da Costa, Interpol investigators are trying to recover the annual fee owed by Ethiopia, which disappeared at the end of 2023.

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Ethiopia's Afar leadership splits over Issa question

The influential Ibrahim Osman Aliyu has left the Afar region for neighbouring Eritrea due to disputes with Ethiopia's central government. His defection lays bare the tensions within the Afar community following the rapprochement between Addis Ababa and Djibouti.

Ethiopia
Abdi Ilay, Abiy's providential ally against Mogadishu

Amid renewed tensions with its neighbour, Addis has rehabilitated the former president of the region bordering Somalia and may now confer on him responsibilities in the federal government.

Ethiopia
Government short of cash to pay GERD contractors

Work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the River Nile, which has been entirely self-financed by government bonds, could shortly suffer new delays.

Ethiopia
World Bank releases additional $250m for national grid

Ethiopia not only wants to achieve energy self-sufficiency, but also to become an electricity exporter. To achieve this, it needs electricity facilities that match its ambitions.

Ethiopia
Former agriculture minister posted to UAE as ambassador

Former agriculture minister Oumer Hussein Oba has been appointed Ethiopian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, where he is expected to move soon.

The New Guard
Guinea, Ethiopia, Togo, South Africa

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Ethiopia
Cash-strapped Addis faces fertiliser shortage

The Ethiopian government stockpiled fertiliser before the crisis and price hike. At a time when foreign exchange reserves are at their lowest, this hoard could help finance farming subsidies.