Beyond business as usual

Initiatives to empower poor people, girls and women are essential to advance and develop the economy structure of the Sub-Saharan countries, the World Bank remarked in a recent press conference. On the... Read more »

AMISOM and Somalia -Background and prospects of the ongoing war against Al Shabab

Last week AMISOM’s central command in Somalia had conducted an evaluation or self-assessment about their mission and how things are evolving on the ground in the battle against the terror group in... Read more »

Government of National Unity: Who will bring Kirr and Machar together?

Last week, the US administration issued a statement saying that a national unity government in South Sudan would be incomplete without the participation of Dr. Reich Machar who has so far failed... Read more »

International community eyes on strategic Sahel belt

United States displays readiness to accord more concern to Africa. Focusing on the recent events of UN General Assembly, Assistant secretary of United States for African Affairs Tibor Nagy was interviewed pertaining... Read more »

IGAD and the refugee challenge: The search for durable solutions

The Inter-Governmental Agency for Development known by its acronym as IGAD is currently facing a huge problem in connection with the refugee issue. It is common knowledge that most of IGAD member... Read more »

Cookie-cutter approach in the hotel industry

When one talks about the economic growth of a country, it is debatable to get return more than expected in the hotel industry. As the hotel industry is a portion of the... Read more »

A peek into upcoming African Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF)

Seeking a briefing on the sidelines of the upcoming African Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from the 22nd of September, The Ethiopian Herald has succeeded to contact... Read more »

A lesson for Ethiopia? Somalia is leading the rest of Africa in mobile shopping

News coming out of Somalia have these days increasingly positive components such as the recent report from Mogadishu that people in the capital are increasingly using electronic or mobile shopping for making... Read more »

Keeping the peace in the Horn: A collective challenge and a collective opportunity Events in the Horn of Africa are currently turning in favor of peace, stability and development. There is now... Read more »

IGAD on the verge of a historic diplomatic breakthrough in South Sudan

The Intern-governmental Agency for Development, known by its acronym as IGAD is, according to recent reports, on the verge of a diplomatic breakthrough to end the South Sudan conflict. The wind of... Read more »