South Sudan Warring Factions to Talk Power-Sharing at Summit
By William Davison, Nov 2014 South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his former deputy, Riek Machar, are set to meet in the latest effort by East African leaders to broker a power-sharing deal and end more than 10 months of fighting. The key issue the pair will discuss at a regional summit that started today in […]
Read More →South Sudan: IGAD Leaders in Nairobi for South Sudan Talks
Photo: Hailemichael Gebrekrstos/UN Nairobi — Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states were on Friday morning expected to meet for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation in South Sudan and Somalia. Heads of State from Djibouti, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Somalia were to converge at State House Nairobi at 11am to discuss the security […]
Read More →Egyptians up in arms as Ethiopia builds giant hydro dam on Nile River; minister rules out war
(Elias Asmare/ Associated Press ) – In this photo made Tuesday, April 2, 2013, shows the construction of the dam in Asosa Region Ethiopia. Ethiopia started to divert the flow of the Blue Nile river to construct a giant dam on Tuesday, according to its state media, in a move that could impact the Nile-dependent […]
Read More →Sudan launches major dam to boost agricultural production, investment By Ulf Laessing ROSEIRIS, Sudan
(Reuters) – Sudan launched a major dam project on Tuesday to boost power supply and agricultural irrigation, a plan officials hope will foster farmland exports and attract more Gulf investment to the African country as it battles an economic crisis. Faced with the loss of most of its oil reserves with South Sudan’s secession in […]
Read More →Ethiopia begins test running Sudan power supply
Ethiopia announced on Wednesday it had begun to test the electricity supply to Sudan as it aims to establish a permanent power export supply to the country. Officials at the Ethiopian Electric and Power Corporation (EEPCo) said the power supply testing began this week following the completion of the Ethiopia-Sudan Transmission Line. The set up […]
Read More →LAST DAYS OF DICTATORS IN North and East Africa,(Homes of Modern Day Notorious despots.)
By Abby Minda [MT] In history the world has seen many tyrants arise and fall. Quite a lot of them have shown no mercy to their own people. Most tyrant governments have common characteristics. In order to sustain in power and to prolong their ruler ship; they arrest, torture, kill and cleanse generation. Most of […]
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