Africa

AfDB signs two trade-related programs worth $8.5 million with COMESA

Both projects were developed by the AfDB and the three regional economic communities (RECs): EAC, COMESA and SADC.

A delegation from the African Development Bank led by Moono Mupotola, Division Manager, Regional Integration and Trade (ONRI), and Freddie Kwesiga, Resident Representative in Zambia, and comprised of Zambia Country Office, ONRI and Southern Africa Regional Resource Centre officials participated in the inauguration of two Bank-financed trade-related projects, namely: the Tripartite Capacity Building Programme (TCBP) and the COMESA Trading for Peace Project.

Africa

Students riot at Arba Minch University

“The police shot three students, arrested more than seven” eye witness  

A students’ demonstration that began at about 4Pm yesterday in Arba Minich University, located in the outskirts of Arba Minch town, 500 km south of Addis Ababa, resulted in a shooting by the region’s police force leaving three students wounded and more than five students arrested.

Africa

PM Hailemariam and President Uhuru to address African Media Leaders Forum in Addis Ababa

Africa’s largest gathering of media leaders from the continent and beyond-the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) will convene in Addis Ababa on November 6-8, 2013.