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| BBC debate on Eritrea featuring Ghirma Asmerom and Bereket Simon
BBC Africa Have Your Say - debate on Eritrea featuring Ghirma Asmerom Eritrean Ambassador in Brussels and Ethiopian Information Minister Bereket Simon
First time Ethiopian and Eritrean minsters live debate ever |
DP World Djibouti Rejects ESL Request for Dedicated Berth
Disagreement is brewing between officials in the marine sector in Ethiopia and Djibouti over the use of the Port of Djibouti, and whether or not Ethiopia's flagship carrier should continue to pay security fees, reliable sources disclosed to Fortune.
The management of the Port of Djibouti, DP World, has rejected a request made three months ago by the Ethiopian Shipping Lines (ESL) to be granted a dedicated access to two of the 15 berths at the Port. The two berths ESL showed strong interest in are berths number one and two, which were handling containers, fitted with two gantry cranes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eritrean Security Shoots at Family of a G-15 Member
Gedab News has learned that Eritrean border security have shot at the family* of a "G-15" member.
The family of four was, with the help of smugglers, trying to evade border patrol and cross to neighboring Sudan when they were shot at by the officers.
Gedab News is in the process of confirming who, if any, successfully crossed the border and who, if any, were detained by the security officers and who, if any, were killed.
"G-15" is shorthand for "Group of 15��the monicker for the senior party members (parliamentarians, army officers, cabinet members, etc) who, in the wake of the 2000 Eritrea-Ethiopia war, addressed an open letter to President Isaias Afwerki demanding power devolution and reform. All except for 4 were arrested, without charges or a day in court of law, in September 2001 and remain in detention. A couple have, according to credible sources, died in prison. |
INTERVIEW-Ethiopia sees double-digit GDP growth for a decade
By Barry Malone and Andrew Cawthorne
ADDIS ABABA, July 8 (Reuters) - Ethiopia expects double-digit economic growth for a decade, although power shortages have cost the nation more than 1 percent of GDP this year, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Reuters on Wednesday.
Meles said in an interview that agriculture, which accounts for roughly half of gross domestic product, would continue to drive the economy of sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous nation.
"Our hope and expectation is that we can maintain double digit growth for a decade," he said, endorsing forecast of 10 percent growth this year which would make Ethiopia one of Africa's best-performing economies..... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FACTBOX-Ethiopian economy hurt by global slowdownl
ADDIS ABABA, July 8 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has presided over years of double-digit economic growth for the desperately poor country but has watched the global recession undo some of that progress.
Here are some key facts on the Ethiopian economy:
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
* The Horn of Africa's roughly $8 billion economy makes it one of the world's poorest nations. With a population of about 80 million, it leaves an average income of just $100 a person.,..... |
Ethiopia's Meles eyes "long rest" post-retirement
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday he was looking forward to relaxing after a retirement from power that he hopes will be agreed soon with his ruling party.
"Having a long, good rest would do," the 54-year-old former rebel leader said of his plans after relinquishing the power he has held for 18 years.
In an interview with Reuters, Meles also said the arrival of jihadists from Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Gulf region had lifted the number of foreign fighters in neighbouring Somalia to anywhere between 1,000 and 2,500.
"It is a continuing influx," he said of the men coming to fight alongside Somalia's hardline insurgents.
Meles has said repeatedly he is ready to step down from the helm of sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous nation... .... |
| Ethiopia - Ark of the Covenant Not To Be Revealed After All
june 26,If initial reports were to be believed, the patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia would have unveiled the Ark of the Covenant by now. Friday June 26, is almost over in Ethiopia. According to one blogger's account, it appears there is some misunderstanding between what was first reported in Italian and later translated to English. It appears that, adnkronos, the Italian paper that first reported the news, run a clarification in Italian,..... |
Ethiopian rebels arrested for dam raid
ADDIS ABABA, June 26 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Friday it arrested three Oromo Liberation Front rebels who beat up Chinese technicians in a raid on a dam construction site in the west.
State TV said three Chinese were in hospital after being badly beaten by the OLF gang during the attack this week at the Neshie Dam. The statement said they were planning "terrorist activities" there, and were later caught by security forces.. .... |
| Michael Jackson Rushed to Hospital in Cardiac Arrest
June 25 Michael Jackson Rushed to Hospital in Cardiac Arrest
The pop star was not breathing when paramedics arrived. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center..... |
Michael Jackson Rushed to Hospital in Cardiac Arrest
June 25 , LOS ANGELES - Pop star Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a Los Angeles-area hospital this afternoon, according to celebrity gossip website TMZ.com.Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Steve Ruda said paramedics responded to a 911 call at Jackson's home around 12:26 p.m. He was not breathing when they arrived. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda says.
It's unclear what he was being treated for or what his current condition may be. .... |
| Somali Islamists cut off hands, feet of thieves NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) � In a brazen show of power in Somalia's capital, Islamist rebels punished four convicted thieves by cutting off a hand and a foot each before hundreds of onlookers who gathered for the bloody spectacle. | Somali Islamists cut off hands, feet of thieves
June 25 ,Kenya (AP) � In a brazen show of power in Somalia's capital, Islamist rebels punished four convicted thieves by cutting off a hand and a foot each before hundreds of onlookers who gathered for the bloody spectacle.The punishments were the latest sign that insurgents wield the real power in the lawless African nation, where the embattled, Western-backed government is struggling to survive. Thursday's amputations were all the more audacious because they were carried out in Mogadishu, where the administration still has nominal control.... |
| Ethiopia - Meles "I am bored with resignation talk"
June 24 Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's Prime Minister, seems irritated by reporters' questions about his much-talked resignation. Asked when that could be at a news conference, Meles was quoted as saying "I am bored with that question. Even if you are not bored, I am."... |
Egypt police kill African migrant at Israel border
CAIRO, June 24 (Reuters) - Egyptian police shot dead an African migrant at the Israel border on Wednesday, as violence at the sensitive frontier resumes after a near 6-month lull, security sources said... |
| Ethiopian troops cross deeper into Somalia-residents
By Abdi Guled MOGADISHU, June 12 (Reuters) - Heavily-armed Ethiopian soldiers crossed into central Somalia on Friday and entered a town controlled by a pro-government militia nearly 30 kms (19 miles) from the border, residents said. "They came with battle wagons and trucks all full of... |
Ethiopian Scientist to Receive 2009 World Food Prize
June 11, 2009 | VOA scientistwas named on Thursday as the winner of the 2009 World Food Prize in an event at the U.S. State Department. Ejeta, a faculty member at Purdue University in the Midwestern U.S. state of Indiana, was honored for his work on drought and weed-resistant varieties of... |
| Manicurist sells house, car to build school in Ethiopia
June 11, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) -- When Washington manicurist Lidia Schaefer returned to her native village in Ethiopia, she was troubled by what she saw: children walking three hours each way to attend classes held not in a school, but under a tree. Lidia Schaefer sold her house and car and... |
Living history in Ethiopia
June 11,2009 Ties to ancient Israel run deep in the home of the Queen of Sheba, where Christianity came early and the churches are ancient and unique By Melissa Burdick Harmon, Special to Canwest News Service ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Queen of Sheba's palace isn't what... |
| Soccer Saves doing first project in Ethiopia
June 11, 2009 Soccer Saves, the Seattle non-profit affiliated with Seattle Sounders FC and Save the Children, is starting its first program targeting kids in Ethiopia. I profiled the organization here. Using the magnet of soccer, the group aims to teach disadvantaged youth about healthy... |
Ethiopia Earned $21 Million From Seized Coffee
June 10 (Bloomberg) -- By Jason McLure Ethiopia’s government earned about $21 million from the sale of coffee it seized from private merchants in March, the Walta Information Center reported, citing the Ministry of Agriculture. The government seized 18,000 metric tons of coffee from six of the... |
| Stowaway From Ethiopia Found at Dulles
By Martin Weil Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, June 8, 2009 A stowaway who apparently hid aboard a flight from Ethiopia to Washington was found in the plane's baggage hold by workers at Dulles International Airport, authorities said last night. As baggage handlers unloaded the... |
Ethiopian Airlines says to go ahead with Dreamliner order
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9, 2009 (Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines will take all 10 of the Boeing (BA.N) 787 Dreamliners it has ordered, its CEO said on Tuesday, and may buy more planes as it sees medium-term growth of 20 percent in revenues and passengers. The airline ordered 10 Dreamliners which are due... |
| Ethiopia charges 32 with plot to topple government
08 Jun 2009 By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, June 8 (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Monday charged 32 people with planning to kill government officials and blow up public utilities to provoke street protests and bring down the government, relatives of the accused said. "They appeared in court today... |
Women's 1,500 meters
by Jeff Smith, The Oregonian Sunday June 07, 2009 Wow, now that's how you kick off the events on the track. Just an absolutely incredible performance by the top four finishers in this event. Gelete Burka, of Ethiopia, pulled out a dramatic victory in the women's 1,500 meters in a time of 3... |
| Ethiopian Economy to Grow 10 Percent This Fiscal Year
By Alaa Shahine June 7 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s economy will grow 10 percent in the fiscal year through June, helped by a “good” agricultural harvest, Finance Minister Sufian Ahmed said. Growth in the African country averaged 11.2 percent in the last five years, Ahmed told reporters... |
Global Bird Species in Serious Decline
June 6, 2009 Researchers have known about the speckled brown Sidamo lark for only 40 years. Always a rare sight, the elusive bird may soon vanish from the prairie grasses of Ethiopia forever. Its habitat already restricted to less than 100 square kilometers, the lark is rapidly losing territory... |
| Harsh Austerity Measures Implemented in Ethiopia
By Peter Heinlein | VOA 04 June, 2009 Ethiopia, already among the poorest countries, has suffered a series of recent economic setbacks, forcing officials to take drastic countermeasures to avoid a financial meltdown. Economic growth projections have been slashed amid shortages of critical... |
Ethiopia admits Somalia presence
Thursday, 4 June 2009 | BBC NEWS Ethiopia's government has admitted it has "reconnaissance missions" in Somalia, but denies it is re-deploying its troops in the country. Several thousand Ethiopian troops left Somalia in January after a controversial, two-year intervention in support... |
| Ethiopia charges 46 with 'assassination plot'
Thu Jun 4, 2009 ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopia on Thursday charged 46 people, most of them ex-military, of plotting to assassinate government officials, a government spokesman said. "The charges can be summed up as conspiring to kill different government officials and conspiring to... |
Ethiopian rebels threaten foreign oil companies
By Barry Malone Barry Malone – Wed Jun 3, 2009 ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian rebel group on Wednesday warned international oil companies against exploring in a region of the Horn of Africa nation where the rebels attacked a Chinese-run field... |
| World Bank Supports Ethiopia in Its Efforts to Improve and Expand Its Road Networks
Washington, June 2, 2009 - WORLD BANK The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$245 million International Development Association credit1 to the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to support its continued effort to restore and expand the country’s... |
CIA names fallen officer 6 years after death
By Pam Benson - June 01, 2009 CNN National Security Producer WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When Gregg Wenzel died six years ago in Ethiopia, the obituaries said he was a U.S. Foreign Service officer killed by a drunken driver on the streets of Addis Ababa. CIA Director... |
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