Year: 2013
- Africa
The brothers and the officers
Hallelujah Lulie, Special to Addis Standard It was a coup; a military coup. Though it started as a popular uprising and millions rallied against the Muslim Brotherhood and its democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi, at the end the saga ended with the unconstitutional and shortsighted intervention by Egypt’s mighty army. It was true that the Tamarod movement, which stands for…
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50 Turkish Textile Factories to Relocate in Ethiopia
Following the proposal of Ayka Addis, the Turkish garment firm, to establish an Industrial Zone and bring a total of 50 Turkish textile companies to Ethiopia, the government has been working to allocate land to establish the zone. The construction, to be overseen by Ayka Addis, will involve several five-storey buildings will be rent out or sold to the new…
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Ethiopian Athletics Team Get Farewell
Ethiopian Athletics Team got a farewell party at Ararat Hotel before it leaves for Moscow to take part in the 14th Moscow International Athletics Champion. Ethiopian Athletics Federation President, Alebachew Nigusse pledges the Team will be back as champion as it has made strong preparation and practice. Over the last two years coaches of the Athletics team took scientific training…
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Ethiopians in Middle East form alliance to fight abuses, human trafficking
Ethiopian communities in the Middle East have formed a union to fight the abuse and suffering of Ethiopian migrant workers in the region. After a meeting in Addis Ababa on Monday, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by representatives of Ethiopian communities in Jeddah, Riyadh, Bahrain, Dubai, Yemen, Lebanon and Qatar. According to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…
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In the absence of trust…
Ethiopia’s PM Hailemariam Desalegn made a cool-headed reference to the forgotten NBI platform to solve the tensions over the Nile; it is another opportunity for Egypt to make the right move Tsedale Lemma In December 2009, Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein, President of Zanzibar (then Vice President of Tanzania), paid a deserving tribute to the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) when he…
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The trials and tribulation of the Falashmura immigration, embodied by a 72-year-old Ethiopian woman
Though her four older children were allowed into Israel under the Law of Return, Yazvalam Aileo herself is not conserved eligible to immigrate. Now her grandchildren are taking up her cause. Anshel Pfeffer and Ofer Aderet (Haaretz) Yezvalam Aileo is standing outside the Israeli Embassy in Addis Ababa and watching one of the last groups of Falashmura as it leaves…
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Huawei, ZTE sign $1.6 billion 4G and 3G deal with Ethiopian telecom
In the midst of an increasing network failure that come as a huge disappointment to its customers, Ethiopian telecom has signed a $ 1.6 billion 4G and 3G deal the two Chinese giant telecom companies Huawei and ZTE yesterday here in Addis Ababa. According to the deal Huawei and ZTE will assist in expanding mobile phone infrastructure and introduce 4G…
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EU Directive On Dreamliner Safety Expected Soon
(WSJ)Europe’s air-safety regulator Tuesday said it expected to issue a directive within days on the airworthiness of 787 Dreamliners, following the fire inside a parked Ethiopian Airlines 787 10 days ago, in line with similar instructions being prepared by U.S. authorities and the aircraft’s manufacturer, Boeing Co. BA +0.86% The European Aviation Safety Agency, a counterpart of the U.S. Federal Aviation…
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Ethiopia to host regional banking ICT conference
A major continent-wide conference on banking and ICT is scheduled to be held in Addis Ababa on August 2, 2013 as the horn of African Country emerges as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The Ethiopian Banking & ICT Summit 2013, which will highlight technical and business opportunities in the country’s growing ICT sector under the theme…
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On Origins of human beings: Was PM Hailemariam right?
Tesfaye Woldemichael ‘Africa deserves respect as it is the origin of mankind,’ said Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Sunday 26th. He made the remark after visiting the skeleton of Lucy and other iconic fossils found in Ethiopia that indicate the origin of mankind which were on display at the Headquarters of the African Union during the OAU/AU 50th founding…
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