2010-02-09
New Authority to Rejuvenate Rift Lakes
A new authority is to be established under the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) with special responsibilities for the lakes in the Rift Valley.2010-02-09
Title Deed Problems to be Resolved
The city government of Addis Abeba is preparing to give tentative title deed documents by investigating the cases of those land holders without any documents and identifying those who deserve to be given the documents, it said. 2010-02-09
Two Road Construction Projects Awarded
The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is awarding two road construction projects, worth 1.3 billion Br, for two local contractors. 2010-02-08
Ethiopia-Kenya Power Grid Link to Go Live
Kenya and Ethiopia, two nations that have co-existed peacefully for five decades in one of Africa's toughest neighbourhood, last week deepened their economic ties with a major energy-sharing deal. 2010-02-07
Dam Critics Won't Go Away
Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's happy. 2010-02-08
Ethiopian Officials Meet With TFG Officials in Bakol Region
The Ethiopian officials reached at El-berde village in Bakol region yesterday have met with the transitional government officials in the village in southern Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Monday 2010-02-08
U.S.$1.7 Billion Dam May Sink the Hopes of 20,000
Lake Turkana could be the scene of a major conflict in the near future, environmentalists are warning. 2010-02-03
Food Assistance Needs Rising for 2010, UN Relief Wing Reports
The number of people in Ethiopia who will need food assistance this year has risen to 5.2 million, an increase of several hundred thousand from estimates released just two months ago by United Nations relief agencies and the Horn of Africa nation's Government. 2010-02-03
South Africa's UN Security Council Candidature Endorsed
The African Union Summit, which wrapped up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Tuesday, endorsed South Africa's candidature for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. 2010-02-02
Eritrea Accuses Ethiopia of Blocking Its Participation at AU Summit
The Eritrean government has circulated a letter to African heads of state accusing Ethiopia of blocking its right to participate in African Union summits and meetings. 2010-02-04
Putting Lipstick on a Pig, Ethiopian Style
Last week, there was a great deal of teeth-gnashing, knuckle-cracking and gut-wrenching by Ethiopia's dictators over Human Rights Watch's (HRW) 2010 report. The dictators belched out much sound and fury that signified nothing. Their fury had to do with HRW's conclusion that 'Ethiopia is on a deteriorating human rights trajectory as parliamentary elections approach in 2010.' In blunt and unequivocal language, HRW whipsawed the dictators with the facts: 2010-02-01
Bank Funds Mombasa-Addis Road
Completion of the phase 11 of the construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa road is expected to boost trade between Kenya and Ethiopia as it will reduce transport and shipping costs. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has given a loan of $125.6 million to the government of Ethiopia to finance the construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa Road corridor project phase II. 2010-02-03
Security Essential for Peaceful Elections
Peace in Sudan remains an uncertainty ahead of the country's first general elections in 24 years, according to the African Union Commission chief, Jean Ping. 2010-02-01
Ban Commits UN to Harnessing Support for African Development Needs
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today pledged to mobilize support to tackle the critical challenges threatening peace and posperity across Africa, including extreme poverty, economic and social well-being, and the ravages of climate change. 2010-02-02
Foreign Minister in Addis Ababa
Minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation took an active role in a two-day discussions and deliberations of the sixteenth ordinary session of the executive council meeting which commenced ended Friday at the headquarters of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2010-02-02
Museveni Meets Iranian Delegation in Addis Ababa
IRAN has asked Uganda to use its position as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council to lobby against the UN threats to impose sanctions on its uranium enrichment programme. 2010-02-01
Ethiopia jails editor whose paper challenged Meles Zenawi
An Ethiopian judge sentenced a journalist to prison on Friday in connection with a January 2008 column that criticized Prime Minister Meles Zenawi?s statements about religious affairs in Ethiopia, according to local journalists. 2010-02-01
Yadot Fights Again to Regain Lost Ground to Debt
Yadot Business Group Plc (YBG) is selling water well drilling equipment to save the foreclosure of property collateralised for a loan of 23 million Br granted by the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) nine years ago. 2010-02-01
Forthcoming Elections Underfoot
A resident of Kirkos District Alemtsehay Albe, 36, is a cook at a restaurant. She was registering at one of the registration stations in Kebele 02/03 in the Kirkos District. She says she registers because of her right as a citizen to, " elect the people who will be leaders." She knows who she is going to vote for, but she would rather not say which party that is going to be. She also chose to withhold the identity of the party she voted for in 2005. 2010-02-01
Astounding Azmari Bet Strikes Back
Weh-weh, weh-weh, goes the azmari on his masenko. The Amharic word azmari comes from the word azemere, which means singing (for God). In fact the masenko was used in the time of St. Yared, the famous Ethiopian songwriter, for such purposes. But its history undoubtedly goes back much further than St. Yared of the Sixth Century. |
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