Tag: Ethiopia
African Family Laws Discriminatory Against Women
By Khalifa Hemed Published May 17, 2024 Discrimination against women is widespread in family laws across Africa. Gender Inequality in Family Laws in Africa: An Overview of Key Trends in Select Countries, an analysis of 20 African countries, reveals gender inequality in marriage, divorce, custody, and property rights perpetuated by…
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Eastern and Southern Africa’s COMESA is a Major Market Place for Internal and External Trading
By Abdi Ali Published March 30, 2024 The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia in the north to Eswatini in the south. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which…
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East Africa Region to Register Highest Economic Growth in Africa
By African Development Bank Published August 1, 2023 East Africa will register the highest regional economic performance on the continent in 2023 and 2024. African Development Bank, in its 2023 East Africa Economic Outlook report launched on July 27, 2023, projects mid-term economic growth in the region to accelerate to…
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Top African Women Innovators and Entrepreneurs Awarded
By Iminza Keboge Published December 26, 2021 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced the winners of its AWIEF Awards for 2021. Out of 24 women founders and entrepreneurs from Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe selected as top finalists, 8…
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Cross-Border Campaign Needed to Combat Locust Upsurge in Eastern Africa
By Abdi Ali Published January 21, 2020 Unprecedented swarms of destructive desert locust in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia could swell exponentially and spill over into more countries in eastern Africa if efforts to combat the pest are not scaled up across the region. Heavy rains that have been experienced since…
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