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Ethiopia Devalues Its Birr Currency 17% Against Dollar, Central Bank

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Wed Sep 01 2010 Ethiopia devalued its currency, the birr, by 17 percent against the dollar, the third such move in the past 14 months, according to the National Bank of Ethiopia. The exchange rate was quoted at 16.351 per dollar today compared with 13.628 yesterday, according to the website of the Addis Ababa-based central bank. It was trading at 11.381 on July 10 last year. The devaluat... (more)

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Kenya arrested 89 Ethiopian immigrants

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Eighty nine Ethiopian nationals on Thursday appeared before a Kibera court charged with being in the country illegally. The aliens who were seized in Nairobi’s Dagoretti estate pleaded guilty to the charges but Kibera senior Principal Magistrate Grace Nzioka set the case for mention on Friday to provide the prosecution with more time [...] (more)

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Ethiopia ranks 94th “Best Country” in the World: Another jock to make you laugh

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Lies, damned lies and surveys. This is a mother of mockery of surveys intended to give a semblance of inclusiveness to its title. Below this posting, there are surveys suggesting that 46% of us want to leave the country, that we are the 6th in food security risk in the world and 90% of us [...] (more)

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Honoring and Celebrating Ethiopian Heroes annual event, Washington DC

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We are pleased to announce that the annual Ethiopian Heroes Celebration event shall be held on Sunday, Sept 5th, 2010 in Washington DC. The honorees for this year are Lt. General Jagam Kello, one of the greatest Ethiopian patriots and heroes who fought during the Italian fascist occupation, Captain Mamo Habtewold, an Internationally renowned hero [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Activists, Diaspora, ethiopia

Ethiopia Gives Freedom of Movement to Eritrean Refugees

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The U.N. refugee agency says it welcomes a decision by the Ethiopian government to relax restrictions on Eritrean refugees. Agency officials say a new policy introduced by the government allows Eritrean refugees who can support themselves to live outside the camps. (more)

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Ethiopia: Tigray, Afar, Amhara and Benishangul - Hot Spot Map - 03 August 2010

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Ethiopia: Tigray, Afar, Amhara and Benishangul - Hot Spot Map - 03 August 2010 (more)

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A Curious Look At The 3.39 Million Year Old “Stone Tool Markings” From Dikika, Ethiopia « Anthropology.net

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I don’t know who this is worse for, the editors & reviewers over at Nature or the authors of the article who can’t tell the difference between crocodile teeth markings and stone tool modification, nor raise the possibility. The paper, “Evidence for stone-tool-assisted consumption of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, Ethiopia,” very confidently proclaims unambiguous evidence for, (more)

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Nile International Loses 12.5 Million Br Case in Absentia

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The Federal High Court's Eighth Civil Bench found Nile International Plc liable in absentia for 12.5 million Br with interest to be paid to Nile Business Group Plc on July 20, 2010, for failing to pay a promissory note of the same value to the latter. Nile International handed a promissory note of 12.5 million Br to Nile Business Group on May 8, 2009. The note, which was prepared in order to settle a previous loan received in kind from Nile Business Group, was due to be paid on June 7, 2010. (more)

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Visas for Ethiopian maids restricted

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The ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior have decided not to grant visas to Ethiopian maids without the approval and authorization of the Ethiopian Embassy in Kuwait, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily. Sources say more than 10,000 Ethiopian maids have entered Kuwait without the knowledge of the embassy and without proper contracts. The number of Ethiopian maids in Kuwait is said to be over 30,000, excluding the non-registered ones who cause various problems, note sources. (more)

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UN welcomes Ethiopian policy to allow Eritrean refugees to live outside camps

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Ethiopia has recently decided to take a new approach to Eritrean refugees by allowing them to live outside camps, a move welcomed by the United Nations refugee agency. Under the so-called ‘out-of-camp’ scheme announced last week, Eritreans who can sustain themselves financially or have relatives or friends who commit to supporting them no longer have to stay in camps. (more)

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የሌ/ኰ መንግሥቱ ኃይለማሪያም መጽሐፍ በኦፊሴል ነገ ገበያ ላይ ይውላል

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በዛሬው ዕለት ገበያ ላይ የዋለው ሁለት ሺህ ቅጂ በአንድ ሰዓት ውስጥ አለቀ (ዓርብ ሐምሌ 16 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም. July 23, 2010)\ ፦ በጋዜጠኛና ፀሐፊ ገነት አየለ የተዘጋጀው ”የሌተና ኰሎኔል መንግሥቱ ኃይለማርያም ትዝታዎች (ቁጥር 2)” መጽሐፍ ነገ ቅዳሜ ሐምሌ 17 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም. (ጁላይ 24 ቀን 2010 እ.ኤ.አ.) በኦፊሴል ገበያ ላይ ይውላል። ዛሬ ማምሻውን በጥቂቱ ለሽያጭ የቀረበው ሁለት ሺህ ቅጂ በአንድ ሰዓት ውስጥ ተሸጦ ማለቁን ከአዲስ አበባ የኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ ድረ ገጽ ሪፖርተር ዘግቧል። (more)

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Abuna Basilios [Gebre Giyorgis Wolde Tsadik], the first Ethiopian born Archbishop

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His Holiness Abuna Basilios (April 23, 1891 – October 13, 1970) was the first Ethiopian born Archbishop or Abuna, and later the first Patriarch, of the Ethiopian Church.He was born Gebre Giyorgis Wolde Tsadik in Mada Mikael, a village in the district of Marra Biete in Shewa. Memhir Wolde Tsadik Solomon, his father, was a respected ecclesiastical official. In his home town he received an (more)

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Abebe Belew’s interview with EOTC leaders who negotiated with Aba Gebremedhin of Ethiopia

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Abebe Belew has interviewed the leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Chruch (EOTC) in exile who just attempted a negotiation with Aba Gebremedhin of Ethiopia. To be frank, this interview does not help us clear our confusion with what the EOTC did without the knowledge of the followers of Tewahdo Christians in the Diaspora. In [...] (more)

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Coffee, Khat Biggest Forex Earners

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Coffee and khat exports earned Ethiopia close to 737 million dollars, which was 36.9pc of the total foreign exchange of two billion dollars that the country earned in the 2009/10 fiscal year with 36.5pc, 729.1 million dollars, coming from China. (more)

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መድረክ ወደ ግንባርነት ተሸጋገረ

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የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት (መድረክ) በትናንትናው ዕለት ባደረገው 3ኛው ጠቅላላ ጉባዔ ዝግ ስብሰባ የአባላቱን ሙሉ የድምፅ ድጋፍ በማግኘት ከጥምረት ወደ ግንባርነት መሸጋገሩን ምንጮች ገለጹ፡፡ በአመራሮች ላይም ለውጥ ያደረገ ሲሆን ኢንጅነር ግዛቸው ሽፈራው የግንባሩ ሊቀመንበር ሆነው ተመርጠዋል፡፡ (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreporter.com tags: election 2002, ethiopia, Medrek

Netsanet Le Ethiopia Radio on The TPLF Organized Demonstration

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On the real nature of Woyane Orchestrated Demonstration at the State Department and the demonstration at Chinese Embassy. Nestanet Le Ethiopia interview with Artist Tamagne Beyene, Ato Abebe Belew, and Ato Neamin Zeleke. Part 1 Part 2 Related articles by Zemanta The coming of all Ethiopians in a united front is TPLF nightmare (ecadforum.com) “Netsanet [...] (more)

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Ethiopian man in Ottawa stabs a mother of baby girl to death

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Ottawa police have charged a 35-year-old man who is an immigrant from Ethiopia with second-degree murder after a woman was fatally stabbed Saturday during a domestic dispute in a Riverside Drive apartment building. Tamrat Gebere, the man who stands accused of stabbing the mother to death, will appear in court on Monday. [...] (more)

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Jennifer Aniston Adopts 33-Year-Old Boyfriend From Africa

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Jennifer Aniston Adopts 33-Year-Old Boyfriend From Africa Angie probably has her eye on him already (more)

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European Investment Bank Stops Funding Gilgel Gibe III

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The European Investment Bank said it has stopped funding environmental and social impact studies for the Gibe III hydroelectric dam project in Ethiopia. The Luxembourg-based bank made the decision after alternative funding was found, the EIB said in an e-mailed statement today. In the past, the bank has funded preliminary studies designed to help [...] (more)

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$300,000 worth Statue of Weyane’s Patriarch a “Pagan Practice” say critics

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It is quite a shame for a person who should be caring for the well being of the Ethiopian people to invest so much funds on a statue when millions are starving. This is another sad moment in the history of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. ……………. (more)

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