Policymakers and business leaders attending the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland pin high hope on cooperation based on mutual trust and respect to drive global economic growth. Challenges aheadThe outlook for the global economy in 2024 remains foggy. The world economy is impeded by factors such as debt crises, high inflation and interest rates, and sluggish trade performance. He warned that the global economy is on track for the worst half-decade of growth in three decades while stressing the critical role of economic growth in shaping the global landscape. “They do travel without passports.”In his concluding remarks on Friday, Brende called for global cooperation to fight the challenges.

Kidnapping and extortion are on the rise in Ethiopia, with cases even reported beyond the country’s borders. Even within armed groups suspected of multiple kidnappings, motives and tactics have varied depending on their factions or affiliates at the time. Some cases where kidnappers have claimed ransom were easier to prosecute, said an Oromia Regional State senior prosecutor. The justice system is reactive, and its effectiveness is evaluated based on the number of cases prosecuted, not the nature of the crimes, said another senior prosecutor at the Attorney-General’s office. Regardless of whether kidnappings are acts of banditry, terrorism or organised crime though, Ethiopia must conduct thorough intelligence-driven investigations and formulate a focused strategy to tackle these crimes.

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Kidnapping has been a persistent threat for years in Oromia, a region that runs through the heart of Ethiopia and surrounds the capital, Addis Ababa. Abductions take place not far from Addis Ababa, as the OLA’s insurgency spreads to new areas, and target anyone. The road linking Addis Ababa to Djibouti’s port, Ethiopia’s main trade artery, has become a kidnapping hotspot in the past 18 months. After lengthy negotiations, the family paid 100,000 birr. Alemetu did not go to the police after she was released, fearful they would accuse her of funding terrorists because her family paid a ransom.

Festivities for the Orthodox Christian celebration of epiphany have been muted this year in Gondar, in the northwest Ethiopian region of Amhara where conflict has raged for months. Up to 250,000 people have participated in previous celebrations of Timkat, as epiphany is known in the Amhara language. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is one of the oldest churches in the world. Those tensions have seen the federal government in Amhara clash with the local “Fano”, a nationalist militia that claims to be fighting for their regional rights. But an attempt last April by the federal government to disarm the Fano and other Amhara forces led to violence.

Following Ethiopia's 2018 transition, armed dissidents previously based in Eritrea established themselves in Ethiopia. Even within armed groups suspected of multiple kidnappings, motives and tactics have varied depending on their factions or affiliates at the time. Some cases where kidnappers have claimed ransom were easier to prosecute, said an Oromia Regional State senior prosecutor. The justice system is reactive, and its effectiveness is evaluated based on the number of cases prosecuted, not the nature of the crimes, said another senior prosecutor at the Attorney-General's office. Regardless of whether kidnappings are acts of banditry, terrorism or organised crime though, Ethiopia must conduct thorough intelligence-driven investigations and formulate a focused strategy to tackle these crimes.

Ethiopia’s first industrial-scale mining project of the century has taken a step closer to fruition as KEFI Gold and Copper secures conditional financing approval from its lead creditor the Trade and Development Bank (TDB), KEFI executive chairman Harry Anagnostaras-Adams tells The Africa Report. There's more to this story Get unlimited access to our exclusive journalism and features today. Our award-winning team of correspondents and editors report from over 54 African countries, from Cape Town to Cairo, from Abidjan to Abuja to Addis Ababa. Subscribe Now cancel anytime Already a a subscriber Sign In

Montgomery County Police have released new surveillance footage of the suspects and their vehicle from the armed robbery at Shalla Restaurant & Bar in downtown Silver Spring last month. At approximately 12:20 a.m. on December 21, 2023, officers from the 3rd District responded to a reported commercial armed robbery at the Shalla Ethiopian Restaurant and Bar on Sligo Ave. The armed men demanded personal belongings from the restaurant’s patrons, who complied with their demands. Crime Solvers of Montgomery County is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for any information that leads to an arrest. Anonymous tipsters can call Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at (866) 411-TIPS (8477), submit a tip online, or via the P3 Tips app.

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ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian government said improvement activities are underway with a China-funded project to increase the amount of potable water supplied to neighboring Djibouti to 100,000 cubic meters per day. The Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy said Sunday the Ethiopia-Djibouti cross-border potable water project, currently generating 20,000 cubic meters per day, is undergoing improvement activities to boost supplies, state-run Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported Tuesday. The project, contracted by the Chinese company CGC Overseas Construction Group Co. Ltd (CGCOC), has been operating since 2017. It is regarded as one of Africa's largest cross-border water projects, covering 258 kilometers from underground wells dug in Ethiopia's Somali region to Djibouti city, the capital of the Red Sea nation. With an annual average of 200 millimeters of rainwater in most of its territory, Djibouti has always been in a chronic water stress situation.

News: Ethiopia takes third place in Africa for journalist incarceration, trailing behind Eritrea and Egypt(Photo: Innocence Project)Addis Abeba – Ethiopia has been designated as the third-worst country in Africa for the incarceration of journalists in 2023, according to a recent report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The tally of imprisoned Ethiopian journalists has surged to eight, underscoring the formidable challenges prevailing in the nation’s media landscape. In April last year, Ethiopian Mass Media Professionals Association (EMMPA) has called on the government to “immediately release” all media professionals that are detained by security forces “without any legal procedure”. In a statement it issued today, the Association also urged for an end to harassment and intimidation that media professionals are facing in Ethiopia. In addition, none of the journalists detained in Eritrea have faced formal charges, and some of these cases represent the longest-known instances of journalist imprisonment worldwide.

The economic growth of Burundi, which began recovering from 1.8 percent in 2022 to 2.7 percent in 2023, is set grow by 4.3 percent, this year according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “…Growth is projected to accelerate to 4.3 percent in 2024, supported by strong agricultural production, productive investment, and the ongoing reforms. “Agile monetary policy. While the monetary policy (MP) tightening started in 2023 has helped ease inflation pressures, further tightening may be needed. The modernization of the MP framework, including the adoption of a policy rate and quarterly press releases, is expected to improve MP transmission.

Nigeria's Lagos State, which includes the country's sprawling economic capital of more than 20 million people, has announced a ban on styrofoam and single-use plastics to curb pollution. Many street vendors and markets in Lagos use styrofoam containers to serve and deliver food or produce and the plastic and other containers litter roads and block drains in the megapolis. "Following the menace which single-use plastics especially non-biodegradable Styrofoam are causing on the environment, the Lagos State government... is hereby announcing a ban on the usage and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics," the Lagos environment comissioner said on X. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks of plastic is dumped into the seas, rivers and lakes every day. Each year around 19-23 million tonnes of plastic waste leaks into the world's water ecosystems.

For more than a decade — since Tamakloe began managing the Deo Gratias Photo Studio, which her grandfather set up in the Jamestown area of Accra, Ghana in 1922 — she has overseen an archive of some 50,000 images. “Photographers of that generation were not capturing images for recognition or with the aim of being showcased in an exhibition,” explained Muluneh. Later, he trained with J.A.C Holm (another Ghana-based photographer) for three years before establishing his own studio aged just 23. I needed to sort out the archive.”For the past 12 years, Tamakloe has been digitalizing her grandfather’s pictures. “Unveiling the Shadows of the Past: J. K. Bruce-Vanderpuije — The Hidden Icon of Photography in Africa” runs until Feb. 20, 2024 at Efie Gallery, Dubai.