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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won 438 seats, roughly 90% of those announced by the national election board, securing another large parliamentary majority in elections held in June 2026. Voting did not take place in the Tigray region or some parts of Amhara owing to unfavourable conditions, with more than 50-million people registered to vote across the country.
US imposes visa restrictions on Tigray hardlinersThe US State Department announced targeted visa restrictions on individuals it said were undermining peace in Ethiopia, focused on hardliners in the Tigray People's Liberation Front and their immediate family members. The department warned that rising tensions between the group and the Ethiopian government threatened to reignite conflict in northern Ethiopia and undermine regional peace and security.
Ethiopia cited as hydropower resource hub in regional power pool discussionEthiopia is identified as one of several African countries with abundant hydropower potential, alongside the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, in discussions on regional electricity integration. The Africa Energy Indaba, scheduled for March 2027 in Cape Town, will explore how regional power pools can accelerate electrification and unlock investment across the continent.
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Kenya's government has signed a 154.2-billion Kenyan shilling ($1.2-billion) agreement with China Road and Bridge Corporation to expand Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Transport Minister Davis...
As Africa strives to achieve universal access to electricity while supporting economic growth and industrialisation, regional power pools are increasingly being recognised as one of the continent's...
The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have announced that their joint initiative Mission 300 has connected over 50-million people to electricity across 40 countries – a major...
SLR Consulting business development director for the Middle East Andrew Burrow speaks to Engineering News at the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town about opportunities and challenges in the energy...
A surge in attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa is damaging the country's global image and fuelling a backlash against businesses and artists, the justice minister has warned. Speaking at a...
There are emerging signs that South Africa’s structural reforms are slowly improving the country’s investment potential. In her weekly newsletter titled 'Three good news signals, one unfinished...
Following the fuel supply disruptions that temporarily impacted its Ethiopia operations during April, gold producer Akobo Minerals says key activities progressively resumed during May as diesel...
The Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor) is hosting 21 scientists from 16 African countries at its Protechnik Laboratories, in Pretoria, Gauteng, from June 8 to 19 for the yearly...
By Canninah Dladla, Cluster President for SSA at Schneider Electric The well-known Richard Mullin quote: The only man I envy is the man who has not yet been to Africa, for he has so much to look...
TSX- and NYSE-listed Allied Gold Corporation has received approval under the Investment Canada Act to have Hong Kong-listed Zijin Gold International acquire all of Allied’s issued and outstanding...
Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa will be supported by green building network World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) to develop or advance national climate action roadmaps for the building...
Africa has the foundation to benefit from the growing global data centre ecosystem, delegates heard during law firm Bowmans seminar, titled Data centres and Africa’s digital opportunity: Business,...
Nigerian-billionaire Aliko Dangote's group of companies has increased planned investment in a fertiliser plant in Ethiopia to more than $4-billion from $2.5-billion announced last year. Dangote...
Concluding an 11-day, four-nation African trip in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, last month, the Catholic Church’s Pope Leo XIV spoke of the need to promote the dignity of prisoners and not to use the...
JSE-listed Vodacom Group on Monday said it has had a strong start to its Vision 2030 strategy, after delivering double-digit earnings growth for the year ended March 31. During the year under...
Africa still has a long way to go to achieve industrialisation, the Business Council for Africa has highlighted, in its '2025 Annual RED Index of Industrial Development in Africa'. (RED stands for...
Global organisation the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) will support Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa to develop or advance national climate action roadmaps for their building...
In its latest trading update, ASX-listed technology company Chrysos Corporation has reported that it achieved a new fleet record in March, processing over one-million samples in a single month,...
Aviation was a strategic enabler for African social and economic development, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has highlighted, at its Focus Africa Conference, in Addis Ababa,...
UK development finance institution British International Investment (BII) has committed $5-million in debt financing to Ethiopia’s Dodai as part of the company’s $13-million Series A round. A...
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