Landlocked Ethiopia’s bid to gain access to the Red Sea via the port of Berbera has created a predictable diplomatic storm. Splash reported a week ago that Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, had signed a memorandum of understanding with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland to lease 20 km...
https://splash247.com/somalia-strikes-back-at-ethiopias-bid-for-red-sea-access/
Landlocked Ethiopia is looking at Berbera rather than Djibouti as its primary port for exports and imports. Abiy Ahmed, the country’s prime minister, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland to use its Red Sea port of Berbera. Somaliland would in...
https://splash247.com/ethiopia-eyes-berbera-as-primary-port/
Magdalene Abraha emphasizes through the Guardian that think the war in Ukraine is the world’s deadliest conflict? Think again.
A brutal war in East AfricaA brutal war in East Africa is estimated to have claimed more than 600,000 lives. This Christmas, families like mine don’t even know if our loved ones are alive.
A war is raging that has cost more than an estimated 600,000 lives. Its victims have borne witness to shocking human rights abuses and, tragically,...
https://mfame.guru/think-the-war-in-ukraine-is-the-deadliest-think-again/
A new regional maritime security project that will focus on the Red Sea area and some of its surrounding countries was launched in Djibouti earlier this month. The Region ..
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A. Potts Spring/Summer 2022: A Boundary-Pushing Ride into What Fashion Means Across the World
A. Potts Spring/Summer 2022: A Boundary-Pushing Ride into What Fashion Means Across the WorldA.Potts launched in 2018, and in this minimum amount of time, this brand achieved to be included in the recent MET Costume Institute exhibition In America: A Lexicon of Fashion and important magazine features. The A. Potts Spring/Summer 2022 Collection is a story of earthbound angels, lightness,...
IAPH Insider – 27 May 2021
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February this year was marked by heightened Russian naval activity in the Indian Ocean. Russian naval task groups drawn from the Baltic and Black Sea fleets took part in ..
A bulk carrier with a cargo of cement clinker ran aground in the Kuda Ravana Kotuwa reef in southern Sri Lanka on Saturday, January 23. The Liberian-flagged Eurosun had ..
The Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway on Tuesday, July 23, received acclaim for driving Ethiopia’s import-export endeavors as it leveraged the growing transportation needs of the country.
The railway, which connects landlocked Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa with ports in Djibouti, mainly garnered the praise for its contribution in the transportation of the much-needed imported agricultural inputs to the East African country.
According to figures from the Ethiopia-Djibouti...
https://container-news.com/ethiopia-djibouti-railway-wins-acclaim/
China’s secretive lending to Africa, Future of finance series
Wednesday 27 March 2019 Vol.10 Ed.13.2
Commentary: China’s secretive lending to Africa
By Herbert Poenisch in Beijing
China’s footprints are visible in Ethiopia, as in other parts of Africa. This includes a recently expanded Ethiopian Airlines terminal at Addis Ababa Bole international airport. Passengers from Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai can now reach 61 destinations in Africa thanks to the carrier. While it is difficult to obtain...