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2013 African Cup of Nation’s calendar

2013 African Cup of Nation’s calendar

The secret ballot of the 29 th edition of the African Cup of Nations 2013 took place in Durban, South Africa on Wednesdays night,...
Ethiopia: Govt Launches Green Economic Funding Facilit

Ethiopia: Govt Launches Green Economic Funding Facilit

The Climate Resilient Green Economy Facility (CRGEF) was launched on September 10, 2012, with the intent of supporting the government's vision of attaining a...
Ethiopia and U.K. forge closer economic ties

Ethiopia and U.K. forge closer economic ties

Ethiopia and United Kingdom are soon to sign a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) that aims to give further impetus to growing trade and investment...
Ethiopia to overthrow Eritrean government?

Ethiopia to overthrow Eritrean government?

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia has revealed that his government has embarked on new strategy that targets Eritrean president Isayas Afwerki, his arch...
Ethiopia: Egyptian fears over new dam ‘groundless’

Ethiopia: Egyptian fears over new dam ‘groundless’

The Ethiopian government has downplayed the effect that a dam it is planning to build near the Sudanese border could have on lower Nile...
Clean water for rural Ethiopia

Clean water for rural Ethiopia

After Lori Pappas first arrived in the Omo River Valley in southwestern Ethiopia three years ago, the first thing she did was conduct a...
Ethiopian court throws OLF members into jail for life

Ethiopian court throws OLF members into jail for life

Three Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) leaders have been imprisoned for life by the Ethiopian High Court after they were found guilty of carrying out...
The Nile river from space

Ethiopia led Nile treaty gains ground as Burundi joins

Ethiopian authorities have expressed their contentment over Burundi’s decision to sign a new Nile water equitable sharing treaty that will end Egypt's historical control...
Ethiopia: A double standard on land related issues

Ethiopia: A double standard on land related issues

Ethiopia Agriculture Ministry, last month, rejected a petition to reconsider the lease of huge forestry lands to foreign companies. Whilst local environmentalists argue that...
Ethiopia, Nigeria, DRC to get increased aid from UK

Ethiopia, Nigeria, DRC to get increased aid from UK

Ethiopia, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo will receive more direct development aid from the United Kingdom as the aid to other countries...
Ethiopia: No hope for Ethio Telecom employees?

Ethiopia: No hope for Ethio Telecom employees?

French telecommunications giant, France Telecom, and the Ethiopian government are involved in a dispute following a decision to cut 8,000 jobs at Ethio Telecom...
Ethiopia: A new law for horticulture producing and exporting enterprises

Ethiopia: A new law for horticulture producing and exporting enterprises

Ethiopian lawmakers have approved a new law to impose a mandatory Environmental and Social Friendly regulation on the country's horticulture producing and exporting enterprises. Ethiopia's...
Experts and Gibberish in the Ethiopian, Egyptian, Tunisian, Libyan and Western context

Experts and Gibberish in the Ethiopian, Egyptian, Tunisian, Libyan and Western context

The poetic rhetoric of some American officials in the face of complex political issues tend bring gist to the mill of the satirist. “Some...
Ethiopian economy’s new gold rush

Ethiopian economy’s new gold rush

Gold is now Ethiopia’s second largest export item as well as the country's second foreign exchange earner, after coffee. The horn of Africa country's half...
Ethiopia: Kenyan protests could compromise mega electric project?

Ethiopia: Kenyan protests could compromise mega electric project?

After massive protests in Nairobi, Kenya, last weekend, against the construction of Ethiopia's mega hydro electric dam, Gilgel Gibe III, calling on China to...
Silence over Ethiopian land grab broken

Silence over Ethiopian land grab broken

A Saudi Arabian investor has broken the culture of silence surrounding a widely criticized farmland acquisition by foreign investors in Ethiopia, which had hitherto...
Ethiopian government price ceiling to be readjusted?

Ethiopian government price ceiling to be readjusted?

Ethiopia has been hit by an acute shortage of basic commodities following a recently imposed price ceiling. To study the cause of this shortage,...
Ethiopia braces for oil shortage as Sudan shuts pipes

Ethiopia braces for oil shortage as Sudan shuts pipes

Fuel prices in Ethiopia will be raised in March following an increasing consumption of fuel and its consequent impact on the government’s fuel expenditure....
Addis Ababa: France and U.N. seek good governance in Africa

Addis Ababa: France and U.N. seek good governance in Africa

United Nation (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has urged African leaders to work closely to ensure peace in Africa. Warning that "violence breeds violence",...
Anger as Addis AU summit names Mugabe as Ivory Coast mediator

Anger as Addis AU summit names Mugabe as Ivory Coast mediator

Africa Union leaders currently meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have roped in one of their controversial counterparts, Robert Mugabe, to mediate in the Ivory...
Ethiopia’s most powerful female politician steps down

Ethiopia’s most powerful female politician steps down

Birtukan Mideksa, a renowned former judge and leader of Ethiopia's powerful opposition party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) has decided to step-down from...
Ethiopia: African Union summit not in danger, says official

Ethiopia: African Union summit not in danger, says official

A top Ethiopia official has debunked a serious security alert issued by the Australian Foreign ministry as unfounded. Several African dignitaries as well as French...
Ethiopia: Mega irrigation project on disputed river planned

Ethiopia: Mega irrigation project on disputed river planned

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has announced plans to start an irrigation project on the trans-boundary Omo River. The announcement comes in spite of...
Ethiopia: Somali and Gambella abuses decried

Ethiopia: Somali and Gambella abuses decried

An estimated number of 350,000 Ethiopians were forcefully displaced internally late last year owing to human rights violations and conflicts by both the Ethiopian...
Ethiopia: Chinese smugglers risk 10 years in prison

Ethiopia: Chinese smugglers risk 10 years in prison

Two Chinese citizens who were apprehended by the Ethiopian Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) as they tried to smuggle rare Ethiopian artifacts out...
Posting of Ethiopian South Sudan poll results begin

Posting of Ethiopian South Sudan poll results begin

Polling stations established in Ethiopia for the South Sudan referendum have began posting preliminary results. As South Sudan residents of Ethiopia await results from...
Ethiopia: Devalutation and speedy growth breed economic chaos?

Ethiopia: Devalutation and speedy growth breed economic chaos?

Ethiopian Government and entrepreneurs seem to have found a common ground to find a solution to a recalcitrant double digit inflation after the former...
Ethiopia’s grain market in danger?

Ethiopia’s grain market in danger?

A yellow wheat rust epidemic, a form of wheat fungus, is devouring crops in three major wheat-growing regional states of Ethiopia. Nonetheless, a grain...
Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi sends strong warning to chaotic businesses

Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi sends strong warning to chaotic businesses

Ethiopian policies have for the past two decades restricted foreign businesses from trading in the country's local market. Recently, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi admitted...
Map of Sudan (excerpt)

Eritrea and Ethiopia’s proxy war – Sudan, a nation divided

Eritrea's importance in the Horn of Africa regional politics is dictated more by its strategic location along the Red Sea than its wealth. Despite...