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Amendment INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Capital Ethiopia
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August 24, 2025
DESCRIPTION: Provision of Overland (cross-border) Transport Services from Djibouti to Ethiopia CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF EOIs: 29 August 2025, 12:00 hrs REFERENCE: EOI-ETCO-LOG-2025-08 The United Nations World Food Programme in Ethiopia (WFP...
The neem trees of Maiduguri (II)
Daily Trust
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It was by a quirk of fate that neem trees came to Borno and spread to the rest of Nigeria. It is this much that was related by Musa Daggash, a first-generation forester of the old Northern Region, to his biographer, Yakubu Mukhtar and published in...
The best tours for solo travellers, whether you’re a newbie or not
The Times
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There’s something about “going solo” that still feels a little renegade, so that when people return with tales of their time alone abroad, we sit and listen with a little awe — and so we should. It pops the protective bubble you’d keep if...
Trump Administration Wants to Banish Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda
The Intercept
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August 25, 2025
The Trump administration announced Monday it was processing Kilmar Abrego Garcia for expulsion to Uganda, threatening to banish him to the United States’ growing network of deportee dumping grounds for the second time. Abrego Garcia, a native of...
US: Trump decision to meet Kim leader validates his approach
Samoa Observer
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Friday the U.S. push to isolate North Korea compelled the reclusive nation to reach out for presidential-level talks, validating the Trump administration's hard-line strategy of economic penalties and...
Beyond African Union Governance, Peace
This Day
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August 24, 2025
and Security Frameworks: Sorrow and Fear Bola A. Akinterinwa The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has set up a High-level Panel of Eminent Experts to conduct a Comprehensive Review of the African Union...
EU backs Africa-Europe transport boost with strategic corridor investments
Open Access Government
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August 22, 2025
A recent assessment by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) has identified 11 strategic transport corridor investments across Africa with the potential to improve mobility, trade efficiency, and regional development. These corridor investments span...
Love or hate Abiy Ahmed, you can’t ignore his work
Independent (Uganda)
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August 20, 2025
COMMENT | MAHLET AYELE BEYECHA – CONNECT2AFRICA | On the occasion of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s 49th birthday (August 15), Ethiopia’s leader finds himself as one of the most praised and criticized figures in contemporary Africa. Few African...
Japanese Defense Minister Visits Turkey as Tokyo Looks to Expand Drone Fleet
The Aviationist
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August 21, 2025
Japan and Turkey have set the stage for future defense commercial ties as Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani met his Turkish counterpart and toured Turkish military industrial facilities on Aug. 19, 2025. While neither the Japanese MoD nor...
My OCD was spiralling out of control – and I set off to visit all 195 countries
The Guardian
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August 24, 2025
In May 2020, a month into the first Covid lockdown in Miami, Florida, 20-year-old student Cameron Mofid found his obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) beginning to spiral out of control. “I was first diagnosed with the condition when I was 12. It...
Ethiopia’s Breakthrough at LLDC3: Unlocking a Land linked Future
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 23, 2025
Picture a nation pulsing with history, culture, and ambition, yet cut off from the sea a critical lifeline to global markets. This is Ethiopia’s reality. Since 1993, when Eritrea’s independence left it landlocked, Africa’s second-most populous...
“String Of Pearls”: China's Oceanic Gambit
MENAFN
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August 22, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The so-called String of Pearls strategy, a metaphor coined in Western policy circles in the early 2000s, is far more than a shipping map. It's Beijing's blueprint for a chain of naval and port infrastructure stretching...
Customs Commission’s delay on...
Capital Ethiopia
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August 24, 2025
The Ethiopian Customs Commission’s prolonged failure to approve the Origin Verification Guideline (OVG) has led to significant government revenue losses and reduced operational efficiency, according to a recent audit report. The draft guideline,...
Earth Versed: 10 New Poetry Books About Our Relationship With Nature
The Good Men Project - California
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August 24, 2025
By John R. Platt “I cannot keep you safe.” This recurring line in Primeval, Mai Der Vang’s powerful new poetry collection, doesn’t just echo through her book. Similar themes appear through many of this year’s new environmental poetry books. They...
Meles Zenawi Legacy Why Ethnic Federalism Still Haunts Ethiopia
Zehabesha
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August 23, 2025
“#Tigray–#Tigrinya” history👇: In the early ’90s, the #Ethiopian Government fell into the hands of fascist anti-#Ethiopian #Adwa terrorists known as the #TPLF. The #TPLF led by Meles Zenawi claimed that #Ethiopia was an artificial state which...
Parroquia de Salem honra el 70º jubileo de la Hermana Pauline Fortin
The Boston Pilot - Massachusetts
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August 23, 2025
M -- La Hermana de Santa Chretienne Pauline Fortin fue al hospital por primera vez en su vida este año.\r\nLa hermana de 89 años se perdió el Triduo Pascual en la Parroquia de Santa Ana en Salem, donde ha adorado y trabajado como voluntaria...
Ethiopia’s Double Standard: Talking Peace on the Nile, Hinting Force on the Red Sea
Awate
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August 23, 2025
I was compelled to write this piece after hearing from a friend about a recent interview allegedly given by Bereket Simon, Ethiopia’s former Minister of Communication, on an Amharic-language radio station. Relying on my friend’s translation, I...
China begins its Mieso-Dire Dawa Expressway
MENAFN
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August 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Work has commenced on the Mieso-Dire Dawa Expressway, a significant infrastructure initiative forming part of the Ethio-Djibouti Transport Corridor, in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia. At the inauguration event, Ethiopian Deputy Prime...
Infrastructure sharing deal to boost digital connectivity in three African countries
Biometric Update
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August 20, 2025
Two major telecommunications companies operating in Africa, Airtel Africa and Vodacom Group, have agreed to share common infrastructure in a collaboration that is expected to boost digital connectivity in some of their markets on the continent,...
Bridging the gap between teeming youth and skills deficit
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 19, 2025
Africa is a continent of contradictions, sitting between a growing young population, an army of unemployed youths and skill deficits to sustainably power its economy. Stakeholders reckon that the solution lies in connecting those dots, though with...