Ethiopian Diplomacy sur Twitter : "#Ethiopia & #China also signed USD 30 Million Special Facility Agreement for Development of Ethiopian #SME's. AllAfrica.com sur Twitter : "Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Line to Start Early 2016: #Djibouti #Ethiopia... InFocus » Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Line to Start Early 2016. Www.africaintelligence. Egypt, Ethiopia negotiate FTA procedures between 2 countries. Egypt negotiated with Ethiopia on Wednesday over procedures to establish a Free Trade Area (FTA) in Ethiopia.
(Photo from COMESA) MENAFN | 11 Jun 2015. The EIU sur Twitter : "The world's 15 fastest-growing economies in 2015 include #PNG #India #Ethiopia #Myanmar (via @RobertAlanWard) Ethiopia's economy to grow 10.5 percent in 2015/16: World Bank. By Drazen Jorgic ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's economy is expected to grow by 9.5 percent this fiscal year ending June before accelerating to 10.5 percent in 2015/16, the World Bank said on Friday, adding inflation will remain in single digits during this period.
The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has touted its economic achievements before Sunday's election, although no one doubts it will sweep to power again, as critics say it stifles any real opposition. Guard killed as Ethiopian fighters storm border post. A Kenyan guard was killed and Moyale District Hospital stormed when Ethiopian forces and members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) exchanged fire at the border point near the Meteorological Department at 1a.m. yesterday.
Moyale OCPD Thomas Atuti identified the deceased as Boru Huka, a 55-year-old guard at Full Gospel Primary School. The national government immediately said the OLF militia group was not in Kenya. Marsabit County Commissioner Peter Thuku later said, “The Ethiopian fighters were in Illeret and at Sololo and Moyale on several occasions. Ethiopia: Sustainable Urban Housing Key for Socio-Economic Transformation.
By Mengisteab Teshome An American historian and author has words to illustrate how the importance of today is immense rather than we aspire in tomorrow.
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. " AllAfrica.com sur Twitter : "A Strong Case for Investment in Ethiopia's Sanitation: #EastAfrica #Ethiopia. SAIS African Studies sur Twitter : "The tension-ridden hydro-politics of the Nile @AJENews... Www.gulf-times. Innovation in Africa. Ethiopia: The Financing of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) #GERD Declaration of principles : Transparency is needed. Don't Torpedo The Dam, Full Speed Ahead For Ethiopia's Nile Project - NPR. Www.utsandiego. Ethiopia: Ethiopian capital expands airport, plans new hub to meet growth.
Ethiopian capital expands airport, plans new hub to meet growth Photo: Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian capital expands airport, plans new hub to meet growth By Aaron Maasho (Reuters) - Ethiopia will complete expansion work on the capital's airport in 2018 to triple the number of passengers it handles from 7 million a year now and will soon pick a site for a new hub to deal with 10 times the number in future, a senior official said.
Bole International Airport, on the edge of Addis Ababa, is home to Ethiopian Airlines [ETHU.UL], the state-owned national carrier that is ranked the largest by revenue in Africa. Less than a decade ago, the airport handled 1 million passengers a year but that rose to 7 million in 2014. "We did not expect this growth to happen in eight years. Expansion work began in September at the airport, where passengers can face long queues at peak travel and transit times. "Once approved, the construction is only a question of four or five years," he said. Ethiopia and Djibouti Accuse Eritrea of Sabotaging Horn of Africa.
Ethiopia and Djibouti Accuse Eritrea of Sabotaging Horn of Africa (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia and Djibouti accused Eritrea of sabotaging regional stability, a charge denied by the Horn of Africa nation which has fought with both neighbors.
Eritrea’s government has a “continuous destabilization policy” and the international community should tighten sanctions, the leaders of Ethiopia and Djibouti said in a statement following a Feb. 2-Feb. 9 meeting of the two nations. They didn’t give further details on the accusations. The United Nations in 2009 imposed sanctions on Eritrea after allegations it supported insurgents in Somalia. Eritrea’s Foreign Ministry said it was “appalled” by an “unwarranted and calumnious act of hostility.” Ethiopia Shows Developing World How to Make a Green Economy Prosper. Africa, Africa Climate Wire, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Green Economy, Headlines, Population, Projects, Reframing Rio, Regional Categories The GIZ, German government-backed international enterprise for sustainable development, Sustainable Land Management programme in northern Ethiopia.
The programme includes promoting the use of terracing, crop rotation systems, improvement of pastureland and permanent green cover etc. Courtesy: GIZ - Ethiopia has experienced its fair share of environmental damage and degradation but nowadays it is increasingly setting an example on how to combat climate change while also achieving economic growth. “It is very well known by the international community that Ethiopia is one of the front-runners of international climate policy, if not the leading African country,” Fritz Jung, the representative of bilateral development cooperation at the Addis Ababa German Embassy, tells IPS. Egypt's irrigation minister to visit Ethiopia next Saturday. Egypt's irrigation minister to visit Ethiopia next Saturday Source: Al Ahram Egypt's Irrigation minister to attend expert committee to study impact of Renaissance Dam Egypt’s irrigation minister, Hossam Moghazi, said on Sunday that he will pay a visit to Ethiopia next week for the opening of the first meeting of a national committee which includes 12 water experts from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, state news agency MENA reported.
In search for power, Ethiopia turns to growing sugar. An irrigation system showers a sugarcane field with water at the Kuraz sugar project in southern Ethiopia.
Photo: Ethiopian Sugar Corporation. Unleashing the Potential of Ethiopia’s Export Industry. It helps flower exports to be located near a regional hub, Moller said, as all flowers are transported via Ethiopian Airlines.
“The growth of horticulture, which is a time-sensitive export product, is closely associated with the rise of Ethiopian Airlines,” he added. “The airline has become the country’s biggest export, earning nearly $2 billion per year.” Over the past decade, Ethiopia has been one of the world’s fastest growing economies. China snatches rail contract from slack UK. Ethiopia, like many other African countries, is increasingly turning to the Chinese, rather than the West, to construct its major infrastructure projects, such as railways. Two projects are currently under way, one to link the capital, Addis Ababa, to Djibouti and the other to provide a light railway system for the city. James Jeffrey describes how Western companies are losing out on good deals because of a lethargic and outdated view of Africa.
In the heart of Addis Ababa, the statue of 19th century Emperor Menelik II, stands watch over construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT), part of Ethiopia’s grand plan to create a national railway infrastructure for the 21st century. 2,000km (1,243 miles) of new railway track will be also be laid as the first phase of an plan to create a 5,000km nationwide rail network. It is sorely needed. Ethiopia plans to tap groundwater as climate defence. Residents of Hamad-Ile pump water from a well in the Danakil Depression, northern Ethiopia, April 21, 2013. The Danakil Depression is one of the hottest and harshest environments on earth, with an average annual temperature of 94 degrees Fahrenheit (34.4 Celsius). REUTERS/Siegfried Modola ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Famous as the source of the Blue Nile, which flows from Lake Tana in the Ethiopian highlands, this East African country is far less well-known for its promising groundwater potential.
But the Ethiopian government is now planning to tap into its largely unexploited groundwater resources, both to sustain a population of over 90 million – many of whom suffer from water shortages - and to alleviate the impacts of climate stresses. Ethiopian Airlines Pilot Acted Strangely Before Hijacking, Family Says. Hailemedehin Abera Tagegn,Ethiopian Plane's Co Pilot who hijacked and took the aircraft to Geneva seeking asylum. His sister posted the picture saying 'my brother,my hero,my dad'/Facebook Ethiopian Airlines Pilot Acted Strangely Before Hijacking, Family Says NAIROBI, Kenya—Family members of the Ethiopian Airlines pilot who commandeered his plane in a bid for asylum in Switzerland said Wednesday he had been acting strangely before the hijacking.
The younger sister of Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn, who was the co-pilot on the flight, said in a Facebook FB +1.13% post that her brother believed people might be spying on him. He started placing cameras around his house and suspected his phone was tapped, according to the pilot's sister, Tnsae Aberra. Four killed in bomb blast as Ethiopia raises security alert: official. Ethiopia arrests suspected bomb plotters. October 16, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia has arrested three suspects in connection with Sunday’s bomb blast in which two people were killed. A police source told Sudan Tribune that the bomb went off while the two were making it to carry out a terror attack against soccer fans gathered to watch a world cup qualifier football match.
“The victims were Somali nationals who entered the country illegally” the police said on Tuesday. The incident happened in Bole district near the country’s international Airport. It is not clear if the incident and the arrested suspects are linked with Al-Qaida allied militant group, Al Shabaab. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb blast. Ethiopia: When a Traditional Past Collides With an Irrigated Future (Page 1 of 5)
Are the government's large-scale developments in southern Ethiopia forcing local populations to move with the times or just move out the way? A short stroll away from the bloated Omo River in Ethiopia's far south, a new type of settlement is forming on the outskirts of Kangaton, a frontier town occupied by Nyangatom people and highland migrants. The empty domes are traditionally built: bent sticks lashed together with strips of bark and insulated with straw. But instead of the typical handful of huts ringed by protective thorn bushes, hundreds of new homes are clustered on the desolate plain. This is a site in the Ethiopian government's villagisation programme, part of an attempt to effect radical economic and social change in the Lower Omo Valley, an isolated swathe of spectacular ethnic diversity.
The grass is greener Longoko says his family straddles two worlds, with some of the children from his two wives receiving education in regional cities and others raising animals in the Omo. Ethiopia signs $800 million mobile network deal with China's ZTE. Why Kenya and Ethiopia want to trade with each other: Business and Finance. Africa: International Peace-Keeping Training Center to Establish in Addis. Ethiopian rebel group ends arms struggle, returns home. June 8, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – A rebel group from Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region, where Ethiopia is building a major dam on the Blue Nile has laid down its arms, the Ethiopian government said on Saturday. Ethiopia: Saudi Arabia Distances Itself From Criticism of Ethiopian Dam. Ethiopia to Open First Industrial Zone to Bolster Economy. Samsung Set to Open Assembly Plant in Ethiopia. The UK's harmful aid to Ethiopia. Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) is accused of failing to properly address allegations of human rights abuses in Ethiopia, one of its biggest aid recipients.
While visiting South Omo in January 2012, DfID and USAID officials were told by Mursi and Bodi ethnics of the Ethiopian government’s use of rape, arrests, withholding food aid and other threats, in an attempt to evict people from their land to allow more commercial investments. A joint USAID-DfID report of the January trip emphasized that, while the accusations were extremely serious, they could not be substantiated by the visit and that a more detailed investigation would be launched. Ethiopia’s Hailemariam Elected as African Union Chairman. Photo AU. Ethiopia: TPLF and the culture of violence. Ethiopia: Prime Minister Hailemariam Holds Discussions With Comesa Secretary General. Ethiopia Charts a Chinese Course. Ethiopian Airlines To Start Flights To Enugu Airport - Travel. Death of an autocrat: What comes next for Ethiopia? Ethiopia. Assessing the Legacy of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
Deadly Aid. Eritrea Horn of Africa's fastest growing economy in 2012 - IMF. ECX to establish Ethiopian-modeled Nigerian commodity market. Chuan Hui International Hotel in Ethiopia to be Africa's tallest building. Ethiopia urges foreign investment in railways. Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines to Launch Flights to Toronto, Canada. Egyptian delegation flies to Ethiopia to discuss Nile issues. Ethiopia not ready to Join Free Trade Area after decade. Ethiopia claims its fair share of the Nile...