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Ethiopia: food security situation in North Wollo - report
published 1 day, 6 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 6 hours, 29 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:22:21 AM GMT Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:11:05 AM GMT
Preliminary report of the joint multi-agency team (Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS), Regional Disaster Prevention and Food Security Bureau, Regional Water Bureau, WFP, UNICEF, OCHA, GOAL and Save the Children UK) indicates that the food security situation in North Wollo and Wag Hemra zones (Amhara) (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.reliefweb.int tags: economy, ethiopia, Food

ፋብሪካዎች ማታ ማታ መብራት እንዲያጠፉ ደብዳቤ ተጻፈላቸው
published 8 days, 5 hours, 21 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 8 days, 5 hours, 25 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:18:52 AM GMT Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:14:57 AM GMT
በአዲስ አበባ መብራት ሙሉ ቀን መጥፋት ጀምሯ ኢትዮጵያ ኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ኮርፖሬሽን ባጋጠመው የኃይል እጥረት ምክንያት፣ ትላልቅ ፋብሪካዎች ማታ ማታ መብራት እንዲያጠፉ የሚያስገድድ ደብዳቤ እንደጻፈላቸው ምንጮች ለሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ ገለጹ፡፡ ኮርፖሬሽኑ በበኩሉ ከሲስተም ውጭ ያለ ኃይል እንዳይጠቀሙ ለማድረግ መሆኑን ገልጿል፡፡ (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreporter.com tags: Addis Ababa, Electric Power

Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: The Hand That Rocks the Broken Cradle, Part II
published 15 days, 6 hours, 34 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 15 days, 7 hours, 1 minute ago
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:05:59 AM GMT Tuesday, February 23, 2010 5:38:52 AM GMT
When I wrote Part Iof "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" nearly a year and eight months ago[1], the heartbreaking and outrageous scandal in the broken adoption system in (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.huffingtonpost.com tags: ethiopia, Ethiopia Adoption

Ethiopian inflation ticks up to 7.6 pct in January | News by Country | Reuters
published 18 days, 7 hours, 2 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 18 days, 7 hours, 4 minutes ago
Saturday, February 20, 2010 5:37:59 AM GMT Saturday, February 20, 2010 5:36:19 AM GMT
Ethiopia's year-on-year inflation rose to 7.6 percent in January from 7.1 percent in December on the back of rising fuel, food and construction material prices, the statistics office said on Thursday. (more)
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Japan close to resuming imports of Ethiopian coffee
published 22 days, 10 hours, 27 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 22 days, 10 hours, 30 minutes ago
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:12:40 AM GMT Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:10:22 AM GMT
ETHIOPIA, whose coffee exports hit a seven-year low in the month to July 2009 at 133,993 tonnes, appears set to resume exports to Japan, which used to buy 20% of the eastern African nation's coffee but suspended purchases in 2008 due to concerns over the high levels of chemical residues. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.agra-net.com tags: Coffee, Ethiopia export

New Ethiopia dam tunnel collapses
published 28 days, 4 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 28 days, 4 hours, 47 minutes ago
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:26:22 AM GMT Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:52:49 AM GMT
A water passage tunnel in a recently inaugurated hydropower dam in Ethiopia has reportedly collapsed, an NGO, International Rivers has said. In a press statement copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, the NGO said a critical water passage tunnel in the newly inaugurated Gilgel Gibe 2 hydropower project in Ethiopia collapsed. About 10 days after the ceremony, [...] (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: economy, Electric Power

ETHIOPIA: Dam Critics Won’t Go Away
published 28 days, 4 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 28 days, 4 hours, 46 minutes ago
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:26:22 AM GMT Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:53:40 AM GMT
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. The Gilgel Gibe III dam will hold back 14.7 million cubic metres of water. Its 1,870 MW generating [...] (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: economy, Electric Power, ethiopia

Adama Gets First Traffic Lights
published 28 days, 4 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 28 days, 4 hours, 26 minutes ago
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:26:22 AM GMT Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:14:22 AM GMT
The installation of the first traffic lights for Adama (Nazareth) Town at three different locations, which cost nearly one million Birr, will be competed and delivered by February 22, 2010, Abdo Mohammed, head of the Administration and Security Office told Fortune. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.addisfortune.com tags: adama, economy

Birr Declines Further against Mighty Dollar
published 33 days, 3 hours, 53 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 33 days, 3 hours, 53 minutes ago
Friday, February 05, 2010 8:47:07 AM GMT Friday, February 05, 2010 8:46:45 AM GMT
The value of the Birr against the dollar has become further devalued by five per cent, after Ethiopia's macro-economic team chaired by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi made the decision on Friday, January 30, 2009. (more)
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Kenya, Ethiopia to inter-connect Power Grids
published 35 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 35 days, 6 hours, 55 minutes ago
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:30:56 AM GMT Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:45:27 AM GMT
President Mwai Kibaki, who is attending the 14th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Tuesday met and held talks with the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.topix.com tags: Addis Ababa, EEPCO, Electric Power

Ethiopia: The new breadbasket of the world?
published 38 days, 9 hours, 57 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 38 days, 9 hours, 58 minutes ago
Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:42:50 AM GMT Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:42:10 AM GMT
Al Amoudi’s Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, receives 10,000 hectares in Gambella to farm rice for 60 years rent-free. As swathes of their country’s land is leased, cleared and prepared for food production by foreign companies, Ethiopians are divided over whether this constitutes ‘agro-colonialism’ or much-needed development, writes MARY FITZGERALD Foreign Affairs Correspondent ‘WHY ATTRACTIVE?” reads an [...] (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: economy, Food

Disputed dam fuels Ethiopia-Kenya border attacks
published 42 days, 9 hours, 3 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 42 days, 9 hours, 13 minutes ago
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:37:26 AM GMT Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:26:42 AM GMT
Six Kenyans have been killed and over 2,000 villagers forced to flee home in Lokitaung district in attacks by Ethiopian militia, a Kenyan official said on Tuesday. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: english.people.com.cn tags: economy, ethiopia, Food

Names of Passengers Aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409
published 43 days, 6 hours, 54 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 43 days, 7 hours, 1 minute ago
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:46:32 AM GMT Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:39:26 AM GMT
The Lebanese newspaper the Daily Star has published the names of passengers aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.tadias.com tags: Ethiopian Airlines

If push comes to shove, we can survive on our own - Meles Zenawi
published 43 days, 6 hours, 54 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 43 days, 7 hours, 34 minutes ago
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:46:32 AM GMT Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:06:28 AM GMT
IT IS almost two decades since Meles Zenawi came to power in Ethiopia after the rebels he led toppled the brutal dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.ethioguardian.com tags: Meles Zenawi, TPLF

Ethiopian dam to wreck lives in Kenya: conservation group
published 48 days, 9 hours, 27 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 48 days, 9 hours, 34 minutes ago
Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:12:39 AM GMT Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:05:44 AM GMT
The livelihood of hundreds of thousands of Kenyans around the world's largest desert lake will be wrecked by an Ethiopian dam on the lake's main tributary, conservationists said Wednesday. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.terradaily.com tags: economy, Electric Power

Why residents want Ethiopian dam on River Omo stopped urgently
published 48 days, 9 hours, 27 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 48 days, 9 hours, 32 minutes ago
Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:12:39 AM GMT Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:07:53 AM GMT
Turkana residents, leaders and civil society activists have opposed construction of a dam on River Omo. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.standardmedia.co.ke tags: economy, Electric Power, environment

Ethiopian dam to 'wreck lives in Kenya'
published 48 days, 9 hours, 27 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 48 days, 9 hours, 28 minutes ago
Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:12:39 AM GMT Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:12:02 AM GMT
The livelihood of hundreds of thousands of Kenyans around the world's largest desert lake will be wrecked by an Ethiopian dam on the lake's main tributary, conservationists said. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: news.yahoo.com tags: economy, Electric Power, Energy, environment

Earthquake Risks in Addis Ababa and other Major Ethiopian Cities
published 51 days, 13 hours, 55 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 51 days, 13 hours, 59 minutes ago
Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:45:03 PM GMT Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:41:31 PM GMT
According to a report published in 1999, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake, which seismologist say could happen in areas of close proximity to Addis Ababa, the country’s major city, could cause as many as 4000-5000 deaths, 8000-10,000 injuries and a displacement of as many as [...] (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Addis Ababa

Haitians were there for Ethiopians at their time of need
published 52 days, 3 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 52 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes ago
Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:24:34 AM GMT Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:22:21 AM GMT
The news, images and stories coming out of Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake that shook the capital city of Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas on Tuesday are unimaginably heart-wrenching. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: ethioforum.org tags: ethiopia

Ethiopia launches new Omo River hydroelectric plant
published 53 days, 7 hours, 3 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 53 days, 7 hours, 18 minutes ago
Saturday, January 16, 2010 5:37:07 AM GMT Saturday, January 16, 2010 5:21:58 AM GMT
A new hydroelectric plant has been inaugurated in Ethiopia - part of a controversial project on the Omo River. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.tadias.com tags: Electric Power, ethiopia
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