Year: 2013

  • Africa

    A new research unveils Ethiopia’s retail market potential

    Potential for 15 to 20 new modern supermarkets and 5 to 10 new shopping centers in Addis Ababa between now and 2018 Sagaci Research, a market intelligence firm dedicated to African markets, released this month two new reports dedicated to Ethiopia: “Grocery retail in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa focus)” and “The Addis Ababa Consumer”. These reports, leveraging extensive field research in…

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    Gov’t celebrates ‘end’ of Ethiopian aliya with arrival of 450 immigrants

    Yesh Atid MKs say immigration is not over, condemn “pomp and circumstance” of Jewish Agency celebration. Sam Sokol, (Jerusalem Post) – Two planes carrying 450 Ethiopian immigrants arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport on Wednesday, marking what the government is calling the end of Ethiopian aliya. The immigrants, members of the Falash Mura and descendants of Jews who converted to Christianity around…

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    Ethiopia undertakes three days interreligious conference in hopes of bringing about peace and tolerance

    Hadra Ahemed The National Interreligious Council of Ethiopia in collaboration with the Ministry of Federal Affairs has organized a three days conference on national interreligious tolerance and peaceful co-existence in Ethiopia. The conference kicked off yesterday with an opening remark by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn at the African Union Headquarters. Organizers say it is aimed at strengthening the values of…

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    UN helicopters fire on M23 rebels in east Congo

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — United Nations helicopters fired on rebels fighting Congolese troops just outside a city of nearly 1 million people in eastern Congo on Wednesday, a military spokesman for the U.N. mission said. The fighting began just before 8 a.m. Wednesday in the hills of the Kibati area, about 9 miles (15 kilometers) north of the provincial capital…

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    America and Syria: the perils of a limited response

    Mark N. Katz “Obama weighing limited strike on Syria,” reads the main headline of an August 27 Washington Post  article. We still don’t know exactly what this will entail, but as this piece — and many other news reports — indicate, the operative word definitely appears to be: limited. As authors Karen De Young and Anne Gearan explain, the action…

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    Ethiopia’s Interreligious Council to organize counter demonstration as national religious conference kicks off today

    Hadra Ahmed Following persistent Friday demonstrations by the Muslims in Ethiopia, the Interreligious Council of Ethiopia said it was organizing a counter demonstration to be held on Sunday Sep. 2, 2013 in Addis Ababa. Berihun Araya, board chairman of the council, told journalists yesterday that religious extremism in Ethiopia was growing stirred by individuals with hidden political agendas who were…

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    Polio Spreads to Ethiopia

    A polio outbreak on the Horn of Africa has spread to Ethiopia. An 18-month-old child in the Warder district of Ethiopia is the country’s first polio case since 2008. Warder district is just across the border from Somalia, where 108 polio cases have been reported this year. Carol Pandak heads Rotary International’s polio eradication program. “It’s not surprising that the…

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    Ethiopian reggae singer to be laid to rest today

    Popular Ethiopian reggae singer Eyob Mekonnen after passing on in Kenya will be buried in his homeland Ethiopia on Wednesday EyobMekonnen’s body has returned home on Tuesday so that the funeral service can be held the today. Eyob passed on in Kenya on Sunday where he had been flown in for specialized treatment after he suffered a stroke. He had…

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    Ethiopia A YEAR AFTER MELES

    In many ways, a year after the departure of its maker today’s Ethiopia has certainly become harder to describe. But that is not necessarily bad in itself. Tsedale Lemma “The departure of a despot does not necessarily mark the birth of a democratic nation,” says a professor of political science at the Addis Ababa University. A year and a half…

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    Ethiopia: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facts

    The Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) is a document by the government of Ethiopia highlighting an all-encompassing vision of an Ethiopa that rises to join the rank of the world’s middle income countries over the next 15-20 years and a commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Within that context the government has made a good progress in expanding access…

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