SomalilandPress
DIRE DAWA – The Ethiopian Horticulture Development Agency (EHDA) this week celebrated a key milestone as the east African nation began exporting bananas for the first time ever. In a nation where agriculture is the foundation, Ethiopia's economy has ...

The Guardian (blog)
In late November, Habros Seguar, an Ethiopian industry ministry official, told me how the ministry had just landed a major Chinese investment. During his August trip to China, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had visited the Pearl River Delta, where higher ...

Airlines and Destinations
by Staff on December 30, 2011 Increasing its presence in the Middle East, Ethiopian Airlines has begun three-times-weekly services linking Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa with Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. ...

Sudan Tribune
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle December 30, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – Sudan has delivered Ethiopia various machineries it pledged to contribute in support of ongoing development activities. Last October Sudanese president Omar Al Bashir offered Ethiopia USD$10 million ...

Another view: The images of the Horn of Africa and other regions in Africa that are commonly displayed in some media outlets don’t begin to shed light on the complexities and humanity present in these places. Here’s another view: With the expansion of digital and social media, mainstream media and aid agencies no longer hold a monopoly over how the Horn is imaged. We’re excited by the growing number of individuals who are capturing images and sharing them with the world. Of course, we’re also concerned about the pitfalls and unintended consequences of this as well. We found this Flickr set on the Somali community in the greater  Horn region. What do you think of these images? Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

In a manner that has stunned industry observers, Nib International Bank (NIB) has pulled out all the stops, registering a successful sale of 80,000 shares within half a day, even with a 40pc premium over the original share price offered to the public.

Washington Post
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Sudan will immediately release loaded oil tankers it had detained in its port, in an effort to end a dispute over oil payments with South Sudan, a Sudanese official said Saturday. Landlocked South Sudan began halting oil ...