African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Towards Unity and Harmonization, Eventually…

Arguably, the long-term benefits of AfCFTA outweigh the short-term challenges a country may face if it joins. BY METKEL SEWRA | SHABAIT Forty four out of fifty five African countries signed the consolidated text of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement during the 18th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union (AU) […]

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HIV/AIDS: Threat to Society and Security

“HIV/AIDS is “an insidious and relentless foe, more destructive than any army, any conflict, and any weapon of mass destruction” – Colin Powel BY SIMON WELDEMICHAEL Throughout history, there have been many devastating pandemics and disasters around the globe. While humanity has experienced great mortality through wars and pandemics, few things have inflicted death and […]

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‘Transfer to Heavy Industry is Critical to Future Expansion’: Ambassador Estifanos

By Ambassador Estifanos Afeworki, The significance of the industrial sector to national and regional development is very clear. Industrial enterprises diversify the economic activity of the agrarian-dominated production structure of our African countries that is mostly at a subsistence level. The share of the industrial sector, including manufacturing, mining and construction, ranges in the average […]

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