Eritrean Ports, Pipeline Threaten Djibouti’s Ethiopian Trade Lifeline

BY THOMAS C MOUNTAIN Djibouti has been landlocked Ethiopia’s only access to the sea and depends of port taxes paid by Ethiopia for most of its income and with the Eritrean ports of Massawa and Assab on the Red Sea about to open finds itself faced with losing most of the Ethiopian trade it has […]

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UAE to Build Oil Pipeline Linking Eritrea’s Port of Assab with Addis Ababa

BY FBC Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to build an oil pipeline linking Eritrea’s port city of Assab with Addis Ababa. This was revealed today during a meeting between Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed and Reem Al Hashimy, UAE’s Minister of State for International Cooperation.

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Ethiopia Cancels Planned Ethio-Djibouti Oil Pipeline Project

Project shelved indefinitely due to financial reasons. BY KALEYESUS BEKELE | THE REPORTER The Ethiopian government canceled the planned Ethio-Djibouti fuel pipeline project, which was proposed to be undertaken by Black Rhino Group. In 2014 the South Africa-based infrastructure investment group, Black Rhino, proposed to the Ethiopian government to build a 550km long pipeline to […]

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