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Ethiopian Electric Power Corp. Signs 14 Contracts with Foreign Firms at Oil Price
published 253 days, 16 hours, 3 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 253 days, 16 hours, 9 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

Luxury, horror lurk in Gadhafi family compound
published 267 days, 15 hours, 28 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 267 days, 15 hours, 33 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 3:33:53 AM GMT Tuesday, August 30, 2011 3:28:57 AM GMT
CNN is working with humanitarian organizations and medical officials to get help for the nanny, Shweyga Mullah. We know that viewers around the world want to help too. As soon as we get more information finalized we will post details on our Impact Your World page. Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Moammar Gadhafi told his people he lived modestly during his nearly 42-year rule over Libya, often sleeping in a Bedouin tent. Even if that was true for the le (more)
Digg It category: Politics | 1 comment | | source: www.cnn.com tags: libya, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia says eyes gas production in six years | News by Country | Reuters
posted by adminadmin 293 days, 16 hours, 14 minutes ago
Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:47:04 AM GMT
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Ethiopia, which has seen a surge in requests for exploration rights, hopes to produce gas from its huge and under-developed reserves in its Somali Region in six years time, an official said on Wednesday. Eleven companies have now been granted licences to develop 31 blocks out of 41 throughout the Horn of Africa nation, which believes its Ogaden basin in the ... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: af.reuters.com tags: Addis Ababa, Ketsela Tadesse, news about ethiopia, Ogaden, Oil

‘Very best in youth’: Abigail Mariam headed to Harvard, career in public policy at Tadias Magazine
published 299 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 299 days, 15 hours, 21 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 316 days, 11 hours, 53 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 316 days, 11 hours, 55 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

World Bank loans Ethiopia $150 mln for governance
posted by adminadmin 320 days, 13 hours, 38 minutes ago
Friday, July 08, 2011 5:23:19 AM GMT
he World Bank has loaned Ethiopia $150 million to improve governance in the Horn of Africa nation's urban centres, the U.S.-based body said on Wednesday. Eighteen cities will receive support to prepare them for future investment financing, a scheme that would benefit 2.8 million people in the country, the bank said in a statement. "The new loan will scale up the support provided for performance improvement in the planning, delivery, and sustained provision of priority municipal services and infrastruct... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: af.reuters.com tags: Addis Ababa, Bank, news about ethiopia, World Bank

UN: U.S. Gets 4,200 Ethiopian Troops To Patrol North-South Sudan Border
published 327 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 327 days, 14 hours, 36 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

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia selects IBM to modernize core banking system - Banking Business Review
published 327 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 327 days, 14 hours, 39 minutes ago
Friday, July 01, 2011 4:25:32 AM GMT Friday, July 01, 2011 4:22:56 AM GMT
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has awarded IBM a $3m contract to support the bank in a major program of modernization and business expansion. Under the terms of the agreement, IBM will provide hardware, software and IT services to support the bank in its business growth and its shift from manual financial processes to real-time financial services. With the new IT infrastructure, the bank plans to increase its number of accounts by 25% per year, launch 200 new ATMs per year and open 500 new branches ... (more)
Digg It category: Business | 1 comment | | source: bankingtechnology.banking-business-review.com tags: Bank, bekalu zeleke, CBE, commericial bank of ethiopia, news about ethiopia

Eritrea volcano ash hits Ethiopia villagers
published 336 days, 14 hours, 26 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 336 days, 14 hours, 26 minutes 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 336 days, 14 hours, 26 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 336 days, 14 hours, 30 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

Marine Reservist in Custody After Pentagon Scare
published 338 days, 18 hours, 55 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 338 days, 18 hours, 56 minutes ago
Monday, June 20, 2011 12:06:09 AM GMT Monday, June 20, 2011 12:05:34 AM GMT
A Marine Corps reservist carrying a backpack containing what initially appeared to be bomb-making material was detained near the Pentagon early Friday, but authorities later said the suspicious items were not explosive. Yonathan Melaku, 22, of Alexandria, Va., was discovered after 1 a.m. Friday inside Arlington National Cemetery, several hours after it had closed. As officials investigat (more)
Digg It category: Fun | 1 comment | | source: www.myfoxdc.com tags: Diaspora, news about ethiopia, Yonathan Melaku

Egyptian Minister - Tharir Square Leads to Nile Policy Change
published 341 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 341 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes ago
Friday, June 17, 2011 4:06:05 AM GMT Friday, June 17, 2011 4:05:25 AM GMT
In his opening words at a press conference during the annual meeting of the board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Lisbon last week, Gouda Abdel-Khalek (PhD), Egypt's new minister of Solidarity and Social Justice, expressed a desire to speak from his "heart" as much as from his "mind." True to his words, he spoke candidly and eloquently about the historical mistakes his country has made in advancing its f... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: Addis Ababa, addis fortune, news about ethiopia, Nile, Tamrat G. Giorgis

Largest Cotton Farm in Tigray Brings Land Holdings to 7,400ht
published 341 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 341 days, 14 hours, 58 minutes ago
Friday, June 17, 2011 4:06:05 AM GMT Friday, June 17, 2011 4:03:07 AM GMT
The largest cotton plantation owner in Tigray Regional State, Almicom Agricultural Development, added 2,000ht to the land it holds on Thursday, June 9, 2011, to increase cotton production and ease the shortage faced by local textile factories. Due to the shortage, the government placed a prohibition on the export of raw cotton in September 2010. In 2010, Ethiopia imported around 12tn of cotton. Cotton production stood at 21,000... (more)
Digg It category: Business | 1 comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: addis fortune, Addis Ababa, Amanuel Asmelash, Export, news about ethiopia

Official: Ethiopia inks $100 million deal to purchase more than 200 Ukrainian tanks
published 341 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 341 days, 15 hours 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 343 days, 13 hours, 57 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 343 days, 13 hours, 57 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 Commutes Death Sentences for Former Officials Accused of Genocide
published 352 days, 21 hours, 36 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 352 days, 21 hours, 38 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

Protesters Absent as Ethiopia Marks Anniversary of Meles Rule
published 359 days, 13 hours, 11 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 359 days, 13 hours, 14 minutes ago
Monday, May 30, 2011 5:50:58 AM GMT Monday, May 30, 2011 5:47:51 AM GMT
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians have turned out in Addis Ababa’s main square to mark Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s 20th anniversary in power. A “day of rage” counterdemonstration planned by democracy activists failed to materialize. The turnout at Addis Ababa’s Meskel Square was a fraction of the one million predicted. And with thunder clouds hanging overhead, a scheduled four-hour event was cut in half. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s nationally televised anniversary address lasted little more than fi... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.voanews.com tags: Addis Ababa, addis ababa in ethiopia, eprdf, Ethiopian news, news about ethiopia

Sudan, Egypt Review Ethiopian Proposal To Study Impact Of Its Blue Nile Dam Project
published 363 days, 14 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 363 days, 14 hours, 26 minutes ago
Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:45:50 AM GMT Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:35:13 AM GMT
KHARTOUM, (BERNAMA-NNN-SUNA) – Sudan and Egypt are reviewing an Ethiopian proposal to set up a joint technical tripartite committee to study the technical issues and impact of Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam, which is under construction on the Blue Nile River some 40 km east of Sudan in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopa. This came about when the ministers of Irrigation and Water Resources of Sudan and Egypt, Kamal Ali Mohamed and Dr. Hussein El-Atfy respectively, co-chaired a session of talks here Tuesd... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ethiopiaforums.com tags: economy, egypt, Electric Power, ethiopia, news about ethiopia, Nile River, Sudan

CNN featured Ethiopian Jailed Journalist Dawit Kebede (Video)
published 363 days, 14 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 363 days, 14 hours, 28 minutes ago
Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:45:50 AM GMT Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:33:54 AM GMT
Jailed journalist: ‘I will never hesitate from criticizing’ CNN international highlight Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede on the weekly African voices edition. (CNN) — Sharing a communal cell with 350 other prisoners, Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede spent 21 months in a crammed jail, losing his freedom for speaking his mind. That was his penalty for writing an editorial criticizing the Ethiopian government after the post-election violence that rocked the country in 2005. But while many of his ... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ethiopiaforums.com tags: Dawit Kebede, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia

$8 billion secretly taken out of Ethiopia
published 368 days, 17 hours, 32 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 368 days, 17 hours, 32 minutes ago
Saturday, May 21, 2011 1:29:42 AM GMT Saturday, May 21, 2011 1:29:21 AM GMT
Is there any question about who is taking the money out of the country? The Meles crime family has has been looting Ethiopia’s treasure for the past 20 years. (Addis Fortune) — Ethiopia may be touted at international conferences on development agendas as one of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world, but it is also one of the top 10 out of the 45 least developed countries (LDCs) where foreign currency flows out in an illicit manner, worse than countries such as Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea, a n... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreview.com tags: addis fortune, Eritrea, ethiopia, news about ethiopia
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