Somalia’s external debt at the end of December 2017 stands at $4.6 Billion. Largest stake is with Paris Club Creditors (54%), Non-Paris Club Creditors (13%) and Multilateral creditors (33%). BY DINAH MATENGO | CGTN AFRICA Somali government officials, international development partners and civil society organisations engaged in humanitarian operations in Somalia met at the African […]
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BY SUDANESE MEDIA CENTER Sudanese and Egyptian presidents Saturday agreed to form a joint ministerial committee to tackle the outstanding issues between the two countries, highlighting the bonds of brotherhood. In a meeting held on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, President Omer Al Bashir and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah […]
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By TesfaNews, AN ERITREAN delegation called upon the African Union (AU) to urge Ethiopia to abide by its treaty obligations and unconditionally withdraw from sovereign Eritrean territory, including the town of Badme. Ambassador Araya Desta, Eritrea’s permanent AU representative made the call during the consideration of the report of the Peace and Security Council and […]
Continue ReadingBy Eritrea Mission to AU and UNECA, A DELEGATION led by Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, participated in the 23rd Summit of the African Union (AU) held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from 20-27 June 2014, under the theme “Year of Agriculture and Food Security.” The Conference was conducted in three levels. […]
Continue ReadingThe incompetent and flamboyant ex-Commissioner of the African Union – Jean Ping – is now history. It is simply gratifying and indeed a good omen seeing him left office with his head down. We are expecting leadership form the new and first women Chairman of the AU Commission, Ms. Dlamini Zuma. By Reuters, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma , South […]
Continue ReadingSudan Tribune, An Ethiopian rebel group, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), wrote a protest letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, denying any involvement in the alleged bomb plot at an African Union Summit held in Addis Ababa earlier this year. A UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea (MGSE) report on July 28th […]
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Tesfamariam, Eritreans have been watching the flurry of reports emanating from the Ethiopian capital and have been following the minority regime’s latest shameful and embarrassing pandering at the UN Security Council. It was indeed a spectacle, one that the western media has chosen to ignore, for obvious reasons, but a spectacle witnessed by […]
Continue ReadingBloomberg, Eritrea, one of the world’s poorest nations whose citizens earn just over a $1 a day, may face tougher United Nations sanctions targeting the mining and remittances that keep its economy afloat. Neighboring Ethiopia and Djibouti are urging the 15-member UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea’s mining and outlaw a 2 percent […]
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