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Map: China’s Stereotypes of Africa, from ‘Chaotic’ Somalia to ‘Impoverished’ Ethiopia

They don’t differ materially from American views of the continent. BY WARNER BROWN , FP Map: China’s Stereotypes of Africa, from ‘Chaotic’ Somalia to ‘Awesome’ Gambia China’s ambitions in Africa are well-documented. Its annual trade with the resource-rich continent recently surpassed $200 billion, and Chinese agencies and firms have invested heavily in building badly needed

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Ethiopia, Djibouti Agree on Blackstone-Backed Fuel Pipeline

By Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg The 550-kilometer line will import fuel from Djibouti coast Venture estimated at $1.55 billion; construction by 2018 Ethiopia and Djibouti signed an agreement for a $1.55 billion fuel pipeline with developers Mining, Oil & Gas Services and Blackstone Group LP-backed Black Rhino Group. The two countries in the Horn of Africa

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Ethiopia, Djibouti Agree on Blackstone-Backed Fuel Pipeline

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Business and bureaucracy: Ethiopia entrepreneurs overcome hurdles

By Karim Lebhour Addis Ababa (AFP) – The large open plan office with staff behind sleek computers looks like any newly-started modern business. But Ethiopia’s first online restaurant delivery service, Deliver Addis, must contend with major hurdles that would stall many entrepreneurs in more developed nations. Setting up any business is a challenge, but in

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Business and bureaucracy: Ethiopia entrepreneurs overcome hurdles

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Ethiopian runners begin new lives after fleeing to the United States

Athletes who suffered political persecution face an anxious wait to find out if their asylum claims are successful and they can resume their careers By Rick Maese The Guardian Genet Lire locked herself in a bathroom stall at Dulles International Airport and hid. The clock was ticking. If she was found, she would have to

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Ethiopian runners begin new lives after fleeing to the United States

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How to Share Water Along the Nile

By JOHN H. LIENHARD V and KENNETH M. STRZEPEK CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, construction is underway on a public works project of gigantic physical proportions and exquisite political delicacy. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, now about halfway finished, amounts to a test: With water becoming precious enough to be the

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Egypt’s leader says country in ‘ferocious war’

By EDITH M. LEDERER and JOHN DANISZEWSKI UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in an interview that the Mideast region needs to cooperate to defeat a worsening terrorist threat that has led to a “ferocious war” in Egypt and created the danger of some countries “sliding into failure.” In a wide-ranging interview

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Pope Tawadros visits Ethiopia, takes part in Holy Cross feast

CAIRO: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See will visit Ethiopia Saturday to celebrate the Feast of The Holy Cross, Al Masry Al Youm reported Thursday. During the visit, scheduled to last for six days, the Pope will meet with Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Abune Mathias I and will

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