Somaliland: Kulmiye Delegation return after visit to China
WAJEELE(Somalilandpress)-Delegation led by the current ruling Peace, Unity and Democracy better known as ‘Kulmiye Party’ Chaitman Mr. Muuse Abdi Biihi that was on short official trip to China returned...
View ArticleEthiopia’s partnership with China
Photograph: Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi (left) toasts Chinese premier Wen Jiabao during a meeting in Beijing in August. Photograph: Adrian Bradshaw/AFP/Getty Images China sees Ethiopia as a...
View ArticleAfrica’s largest dam to lift Ethiopia out of poverty
ADDIS ABABA — In the western fringe of Ethiopia on the banks of the Blue Nile river, the nation’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi thundered that the country would overcome all obstacles to complete...
View ArticleEthiopia signs Djibouti railway deal with China
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia signed an agreement with a Chinese state-run firm to build the final section of a railway line that will link its capital Addis Ababa to the tiny Red Sea state of Djibouti, an...
View ArticleAfrican Union to open new HQ in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA — The African Union is due to inaugurate its newly built headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The entire $200m (£127m) project was funded by China as a gift to the AU, as...
View ArticleChinese investors eye Djibouti market
HARGEISA — The President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh on Wednesday received two large Chinese delegations in the space of 48 hours as the country gears up for Chinese enterprises. Led by Mr. Chi...
View ArticleFresh signs of economic boom in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia has navigated its way through the current economic gloom, and plotted a course towards growth and stability much better than many more developed economies. The African nation of...
View ArticlePetroTrans negotiates to extend Somaliland port
HARGEISA — PetroTrans, a Chinese oil and gas producer could conclude preliminary negotiations with Somaliland for the extension of the key port of Berbera by the end of this year, but has scrapped...
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SOMALILAND: Expansion of Egal Airport officially launched
HARGEISA — Plans to expand the Egal international airport have been officially launched after President Ahmed Silanyo laid the foundation stone on Sunday for the $5.61 million project. The airport is...
View ArticleRussian President arrives in China with focus on Syria and security
Russian President Vladimir Putin is greeted by Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun upon his arrival in Beijing, capital of China, June 5, 2012. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei) BEIJING — Russian President...
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Could Africa be world’s next manufacturing hub?
Chinese shoe maker Huajian has built a factory outside Adis Ababa, Ethiopia, employing some 550 local and Chinese workers (CNN). OPINION | JUNE 15, 2012 By Hinh T. Dinh WASHINGTON — With domestic labor...
View ArticleEthiopia, China, Djibouti sign $1.5 Billion Rail Deal
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia signed a $1.5 billion agreement with state-run China Communications Construction Co. to build a railway to carry potash from mines being developed in the nation’s northeast. The...
View ArticleDjibouti: China vows to enhance bilateral cooperation with Djibouti
BEIJING — Chinese President Hu Jintao held talks with his Djibouti counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh Wednesday, pledging to has closer bilateral relations with the East African country. In his talks with...
View ArticleAfghanistan becomes first country to map its mineral deposits
The U.S. Geographical Survey has now mapped some 70 percent of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth. KABUL — Afghanistan has become the first country in the world to have its surface minerals mapped from the...
View ArticleLONDON 2012: US coach expresses concern over Ye Shiwen’s gold collections
Ye Shiwen waves after winning the gold medal and setting a new world record in the women’s 400m Individual Medley during the Swimming competition held at the Aquatics Center during the London 2012...
View ArticleNew cold-war brewing between US and China – Australian academia
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith in New Delhi – (Photo/TopNews) CANBERRA — An arms race between the United States and China – reminiscent of the former Soviet Union Cold War – has already...
View ArticleSouth China Sea: Beijing attacks US ‘trouble-making’
HONG KONG — Chinese state media have hit out at US “trouble-making” on the South China Sea, two days after Beijing summoned a US diplomat on the issue. One commentary told the US to “shut up” on the...
View ArticleMuslims embrace fast-breaking festival in NW China
XINING — After a month of fasting, hundreds of thousands of Muslims in northwest China’s Qinghai Province flocked to mosques to celebrate the end of Ramadan on Saturday. Ma Guoqing got up at 6 a.m.,...
View ArticleChinese companies get Ethiopian telecoms contract
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia plans to give a $ 1.3 billion contract to upgrade its telecommunications infrastructure to two Chinese giants ZTE and Huawei Technologies after they submitted bids two months...
View ArticleMan with knife injures 22 kids at school in China
A knife-wielding man injured 22 children and one adult outside a primary school in central China as students were arriving for classes Friday, police said, the latest in a series of periodic rampage...
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