Ethiopia

Japan Foreign Minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, called on Japanese citizens in Ethiopia to leave amid arising military tensions, adding that there had been no reports about Japanese casualties so far, NAN reports. The NAN said that Hayashi,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of the 33rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President’s Personal…

An African free-trade zone came into force, on Thursday, a step toward creating what the African Union (AU) hopes will be a continent-wide market of 1.2 billion people worth US$2.5 trillion. "This is a historic milestone!" tweeted Albert…

A former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Monday that the African Free Continental Trade Area (AfCTA) Agreement will not be hindered by Nigeria’s reluctance to sign up to the process. Obasanjo made the remark in…

Nigeria has been counted among eight countries of the world with the highest number of hungry people. The other countries are Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen According to…

The total debts of three African countries – Angola, Ethiopia, and Kenya – represent 47 per cent which the continent owed to China. A rating agency, Moody, said in its report, “Sovereigns – Africa, China’s lending supports growth,…