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Kenya agrees with Ethiopia on price of importing electricity - Business News |nation.co.ke
published 47 days, 13 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 47 days, 13 hours, 52 minutes ago
Monday, December 19, 2011 3:44:29 AM GMT Monday, December 19, 2011 3:44:14 AM GMT
The deal to import 400MW was reached on Monday between Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water and Energy but failed to agree on pricing. According to estimates from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), new hydro-power projects price power between $0.093 (Sh7.70) and $0.111 (Sh9.20) per kilowatt hour. One kilowatt hour is equivalent to a single unit of power consumption - what is used to bill customers. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | 1 comment | | source: www.nation.co.ke tags: development, Electric Power, ethiopia, Export, kenya, Mihret debebe

Ethiopia signs Djibouti railway deal with China
published 47 days, 13 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 47 days, 13 hours, 55 minutes ago
Monday, December 19, 2011 3:44:29 AM GMT Monday, December 19, 2011 3:41:44 AM GMT
Ethiopia signed an agreement with a Chinese state-run firm to build the final section of a railway line that will link its capital Addis Ababa to the tiny Red Sea state of Djibouti, an official said. The deal signed late on Friday with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) covers a 339-kilometre line that will join another project to connect the capital with Djibouti. "This agreement is a contract to construct between Mieso, which is half way from Addis Ababa, to the Djibouti bor... (more)
Digg It category: Business | 2 comments | | source: www.reuters.com tags: China, construction, ethiopia, railway

Thousands of Prisoners Freed for New Year
published 144 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 144 days, 14 hours, 41 minutes ago
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:59:02 AM GMT Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:55:36 AM GMT
Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian federal and a regional government announced over the weekend the release and pardon of over 8,000 inmates as the horn of Africa's country celebrates its entry into the new year of 2004. Ethiopia is unique in that it follows the Julian calendar, which is eight years behind the Gregorian calendar adopted my most of the world. Approved by Ethiopian president, Girma Weldegiorgis, the federal government of Ethiopia has released 2,620 inmates on pardon as the East African country ... (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: Addis Ababa, ethiopia, new year, Tesfa-Alem Tekle

Ethiopian Electric Power Corp. Signs 14 Contracts with Foreign Firms at Oil Price
published 144 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 144 days, 14 hours, 44 minutes ago
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:59:02 AM GMT Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:52:53 AM GMT
According to Ethiopian Electric Power Corp. executive Miheret Debebe, EEPCo has signed 14 contracts worth more than $300 million with foreign firms to increase Ethiopia’s power output. State company EEPCo has also announced a feasibility study to construct a second massive hydropower project on the upper Nile River is nearly complete, with the project part of Ethiopia’s plans to become a regional power hub in East Africa. Among the foreign firms involved in the projects are companies from Spain, France... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | 1 comment | | source: oilprice.com tags: EEPCO, Electric Power, ethiopia, Mihret debebe, news about ethiopia

Rising hunger in south Ethiopia despite lush green
published 161 days, 8 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 161 days, 9 minutes ago
Saturday, August 27, 2011 5:28:47 PM GMT Saturday, August 27, 2011 5:27:58 PM GMT
Malnourished children are flocking into feeding centers in this forested corner of southern Ethiopia after a drought in East Africa extended into this normally fertile region. While the famine in southern Somalia has grabbed headlines, southern Ethiopia is teetering on the brink of a food crisis. The Ethiopian government says 250,000 people need food aid amid what the U.N. says is the worst drought in 60 years. An aid organization and agricultural officials say the number of people who need emergency foo... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | 1 comment | | source: news.yahoo.com tags: ethiopia, Food, food aid, Somalia

Ethiopia Gives Farmland to Foreigners While Thousands Starve
posted by adminadmin 184 days, 14 hours, 47 minutes ago
Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:49:56 AM GMT
It rises in Ethiopia's Shewa Highlands, and flows for 760 kms through terraced hillsides, volcanic outcrops and fertile grasslands as far as the world's greatest desert lake, Lake Turkana, in Kenya. The lower valley of the Omo River is believed by some historians to have been a cultural crossroads for thousands of years, where a vast diversity of migrating peoples have converged. Today, at least eight different tribes speaking six different languages (the Bodi (Me'en), Daasanach, Kara (or Karo), Kwegu (... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk tags: ethiopia, Food, Investment, land

‘Very best in youth’: Abigail Mariam headed to Harvard, career in public policy at Tadias Magazine
published 190 days, 13 hours, 56 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 190 days, 13 hours, 56 minutes ago
Friday, July 29, 2011 3:40:42 AM GMT Friday, July 29, 2011 3:40:20 AM GMT
The last time Abigail Mariam was highlighted in Tadias Magazine, she was the recipient of the 2010 Young Humanitarian Award given by The St. Mary Hospital Foundation in California. She was recognized last fall for her activities at the medical center where she began volunteering in 2007 while simultaneously juggling school work and several extra curricular programs, including co-founding an on-campus tutoring club and completing five Advanced Placement courses. Now Abi is headed to Harvard University to... (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: www.tadias.com tags: abigail mariam, Diaspora, ethiopia, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia needs $398 million for food aid
published 207 days, 10 hours, 28 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 207 days, 10 hours, 30 minutes ago
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:08:37 AM GMT Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:06:47 AM GMT
Ethiopia said Monday it needed $398 million to help millions of people in need of food aid due to a severe drought. The Horn of Africa region has been hit by one of its worst droughts in decades which has left millions of people facing starvation. "It is estimated that a total of 4.5 million people will require humanitarian assistance during the remaining period of the current year from July to December 2011," Agriculture Minister Mitiku Kassa told reporters. The figure marks a 40-percent ris (more)
Digg It category: Economy | 1 comment | | source: old.news.yahoo.com tags: ethiopia, Food, food aid, mitiku kassa, news about ethiopia

Kassa Tessema - Batti - ETHIOPIAN MUSIC‬‏
published 207 days, 10 hours, 28 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 207 days, 10 hours, 38 minutes ago
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:08:37 AM GMT Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:59:03 AM GMT
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Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: www.youtube.com tags: bati bati, ethiopia, kassa tessema

UN: U.S. Gets 4,200 Ethiopian Troops To Patrol North-South Sudan Border
published 218 days, 13 hours, 11 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 218 days, 13 hours, 11 minutes ago
Friday, July 01, 2011 4:25:32 AM GMT Friday, July 01, 2011 4:25:11 AM GMT
Ethiopia to patrol Abyei peace The United Nations Security Council has passed an American resolution to authorize Ethiopia to station 42 hundred peacekeepers in the disputed Abyei region on the border between North and South Sudan. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | 1 comment | | source: www.mathaba.net tags: abeyi, ethiopia, news about ethiopia, Sudan

Eritrea volcano ash hits Ethiopia villagers
published 227 days, 13 hours, 1 minute ago posted by adminadmin 227 days, 13 hours, 1 minute ago
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 4:36:01 AM GMT Wednesday, June 22, 2011 4:35:18 AM GMT
Ash spewing from the Nabro volcano in Eritrea has covered villages in Ethiopia, affecting at least 5,000 people, aid workers say. Initial reports said eight villages in the Biddu district of Ethiopia, close to the border, were covered by volcanic dust. Villagers have been left without food and traditional springs and streams have been polluted. (more)
Digg It category: Fun | 1 comment | | source: www.bbc.co.uk tags: Afar, Eritrea, ethiopia, Ethiopian news, news about ethiopia, volcano

Ethiopians trapped in Yemen are being evacuated
published 227 days, 13 hours, 1 minute ago posted by adminadmin 227 days, 13 hours, 5 minutes ago
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 4:36:01 AM GMT Wednesday, June 22, 2011 4:32:03 AM GMT
Nearly 2,000 Ethiopian migrants trapped in violence-hit Yemen are being evacuated, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. It said it had so far flown out 275 Ethiopians, some of whom had gun-shot wounds. Yemen has been hit by months of instability, caused by the president's refusal to bow to opposition demands to quit. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | 1 comment | | source: www.bbc.co.uk tags: ethiopia, news about ethiopia, Yemen

Official: Ethiopia inks $100 million deal to purchase more than 200 Ukrainian tanks
published 232 days, 13 hours, 30 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 232 days, 13 hours, 35 minutes ago
Friday, June 17, 2011 4:06:05 AM GMT Friday, June 17, 2011 4:01:53 AM GMT
Ethiopia’s government has signed a deal to buy more than 200 tanks at a cost of $100 million from Ukraine’s state-owned military hardware export firm Ukrspetsexport, a Ukrainian official said on June 10. Media in Ukraine, which has exported in the order of $1 billion of arms annually in recent years and mostly to developing countries, said the subject of the deal could be Soviet-designed T-72 tanks. “The deal was signed three days ago. It is one of the biggest deals for the past 15 years,” said the... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | 1 comment | | source: www.kyivpost.com tags: Addis Ababa, eprdf, ethiopia, news about ethiopia

Quake swarm hits Ethiopia-Eritrea
published 234 days, 12 hours, 32 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 234 days, 12 hours, 32 minutes ago
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:05:01 AM GMT Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:04:13 AM GMT
A swarm of earthquakes have hit the Eritrea-Ethiopia regions in north-west Africa today, sparking fears of increased volcanic activity. From 6.35am to to 9.35am today (NZ time), the region has been hit by 14 quakes ranging in size from 4.3 to 5.7 (two). Website, earthquake-report.com said there were active volcanoes in the area, but there had so far been no offici (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: www.stuff.co.nz tags: Eritrea, ethiopia, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia inflation climbs to 34.7 pct yr/yr in May
published 234 days, 12 hours, 32 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 234 days, 12 hours, 34 minutes ago
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:05:01 AM GMT Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:02:32 AM GMT
Ethiopia's year-on-year rate of inflation jumped to 34.7 percent in May from 29.5 percent a month earlier, driven by a sharp rise in food prices, official data showed on Tuesday. Food prices rose 40.7 percent during the 12 months to the end of May, while the cost of tobacco increased 39.7 percent and clothing and footwear prices were up 34 percent, the Central Statistical Agency said in a statement. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: af.reuters.com tags: Addis Ababa, economy, ethiopia, Food, inflation

IMF says Ethiopia economy to slow in 2011/12
published 243 days, 20 hours, 11 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 243 days, 20 hours, 11 minutes ago
Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:25:48 PM GMT Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:25:12 PM GMT
Jun 1 (Reuters) - * 2011/12 growth seen at 6 pct vs 7.5 pct this year Annual inflation leapt to nearly 30 pct in April (Adds details, background) ADDIS ABABA, June 1 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's economic growth will slow to about 6 percent in the 2011/12 fiscal year due to high inflation, restrictions on private bank lending and a trickier business environment, the International Monetary Fund said. "The principal macroeconomic challenge is su... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: af.reuters.com tags: Addis Ababa, Bank, economy, ethiopia, IMF

Ethiopia Commutes Death Sentences for Former Officials Accused of Genocide
published 243 days, 20 hours, 11 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 243 days, 20 hours, 13 minutes ago
Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:25:48 PM GMT Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:23:44 PM GMT
Ethiopia has commuted the death sentences of 23 people convicted of genocide for their part in the “Red Terror” purges during the rule of former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. The 23 still face life in prison. Among those spared the death penalty Wednesday are many senior officials in the Mengistu government, including former vice-president Fisseha Desta and former prime minister Fikreselassie Wogderes. The 23 were imprisoned after Mengistu’s Communist military junta collapsed in 1991. They were con... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.voanews.com tags: ethiopia, fikreselassie wogderes, Mengistu Hailemariam, news about ethiopia

Super Eagles Held in Ethiopia 2-2
published 243 days, 20 hours, 11 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 243 days, 20 hours, 15 minutes ago
Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:25:48 PM GMT Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:21:39 PM GMT
Four days after upsetting Argentina 4-1 in an international friendly, Nigeria's Super Eagles were brought crashing down to earth when they could only manage a 2-2 with Ethiopia in a more important Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday. Following their stunning win over the South Americans, the Super Eagles arrived Addis Ababa as overwhelming favourites to collect maximum points and impose their will on Group B. But they faced a stubborn Ethiopian side... (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: Addis Ababa, ethiopia, nigeria, sport, Tunde Sulaiman

Ethiopian Potash share price soars, but on what?
published 248 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 248 days, 23 hours, 32 minutes ago
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 6:06:45 PM GMT Tuesday, May 31, 2011 6:04:20 PM GMT
Although there was no apparent news driving it, Ethiopian Potash's (TSX-V: FED) shareprice leapt by as much as 20 percent Monday, up from 75 to 90 cents on strong volume. The push upwards may come from investors in anticipation of drilling results from Ethiopian Potash's Danakil property, where it reports an inferred resource of 128 million tonne @ 21 percent potash. (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.mineweb.com tags: Afar, business, business opportunity, danakil, ethiopia, miningm, potash

allAfrica.com: Ethiopia: Automotive Trade Fair Opens With New Locally Assembled Geely Addis Cars
published 248 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 248 days, 23 hours, 41 minutes ago
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 6:06:45 PM GMT Tuesday, May 31, 2011 5:55:11 PM GMT
The International Automotive & Industrial Engineering Trade Fair opened on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at the Addis Abeba Exhibition Centre. The trade fair, which has become an annual fixture for showcasing the latest trends in the automotive sector, integrated industrial engineering as a component in the event that was themed, “Scan globally, renovate locally.” This 1927 Mercedes replica was imported by Adika Tour and Travel Plc f... (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: Addis Ababa, addis fortune, business opportunity, ethiopia, Workineh Zewdie
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