BY ZERAI SOLOMON The Economist, supposedly one of the stalwarts of the British media empire, published two articles about Eritrea entitled, Inside Eritrea, Africa’s gulag state and Containing Eritrea, the North Korea of Africa, on the 28th of May 2022. The first article is purported to be written by a correspondent of The Economist who […]
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Time to end the misleadingly simplistic, culturally ill-informed, and politically dangerous narratives about Eritrea and the Horn region. BY SOPHIA TESFAMARIAM | SHABAIT Much of western media coverage of the Horn of Africa tends to focus on negative attributes or problems. So when Eritrea and Ethiopia signed the “Peace and Friendship Declaration” on 9 July […]
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BY DR. FIKREJESUS AMHAZION Last week, The Economist featured a brief article on the possibility for rapprochement and peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The article requires several important clarifications, some of which are outlined below.
Continue ReadingBy Washington Post, The Economist Intelligence Unit has released its projections for economic growth in 2014, including the economies that are expected to grow the most this year. The results are telling – and have implications way beyond these 10 countries.
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU), an independent business within The Economist Group, ranked Eritrea the third fastest growing country in Sub Saharan Africa for 2013. On the other hand, Ghana as the most stable democracy in Africa ranked 7th behind Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Eritrea, Zambia and Rwanda, while Chad, The Gambia, Liberia and Mozambique follow. […]
Continue ReadingTesfaNews.com Eritrea’s GDP is expected to expand by 10% in 2011 according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, ranking the fourth fastest growing economy after Qatar, Ghana and Mongolia.
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