Month: July 2014
- Africa
US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration visits Ethiopia, South Sudan
Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Anne C. Richard traveled to Ethiopia and South Sudan from July 8-15th, 2014, the US Department of State office of the spokesperson said in a statement. While in Ethiopia, Ms. Richard traveled to the Gambella Region in Western Ethiopia to visit South Sudanese refugees living in camps and to observe…
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Ethiopia admits detaining senior opposition leader, conducts fresh crackdown against opposition party members
Ethiopia’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and Federal Police Joint Counter-terrorism Taskforce finally admitted it had detained Andargachew Tsige, second-in-command of Ginbot-7, an outlawed opposition party based in the US, since June 23. According to a joint statement from the NISS and the taskforce, Andargachew was detained at Sena’a airport, Yemen, on June 23, while in transit to Eritrea…
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International Contact Group on the Central African Republic meets in Addis Ababa
The Fifth meeting of the International Contact Group on the Central African Republic (ICG-CAR) was opened yesterday July 7th by key speakers from the African Union, United Nations, the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). The Contact Group has been meeting since May last year to discuss coordinated regional, continental…
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Corporation to award Addis Abeba Light Rail System management contracts
The Ethiopian Railway Corporation announced last week that it was looking forward to establish an international system which would upgrade operation and maintenance works of the ongoing construction of the Addis Abeba Light Rail System. During a pre bid meeting aimed at making the Addis Abeba Light Rail System more efficient and reliable, Dr. Getachew Betru, the Ethiopian Railway Corporation…
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Bench Events unveils schedule for highly awaited Africa Hotel Investment Forum
Bench Events, the organizer of The Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF), the world’s leading conference on hospitality investment in Africa, has unveiled a thought-provoking program and high caliber speaker line-up for AHIF 2014, under the theme ‘Reaching New Heights’. The Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) 2014 is scheduled to take place on 29 Sept – 1 Oct in Addis Ababa,…
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U.S. vows to support Fistula elimination effort in Ethiopia
Around 200 policymakers, decision makers and experts on fistula convened at the national conference on fistula elimination under the theme “Ending Fistula and Transforming Lives by 2020.” The Federal Ministry of Health is leading the development of an action plan to accelerate the elimination of obstetric fistula by the year 2020 and is hosting the conference to inform stakeholders about…
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Ambo University dismisses detained lecturer, blogger
Kiram Tadesse Ambo University announced it has fired Zelalem Kibert, the detained lecturer and a member of the blogging collective, Zone 9, on a letter dated July 02, 2014. Signed by Dr. Lakew Wondimu, Academic and Research Vice President of the University, the letter requested Zelalem “to return” all materials and works he has been handling back to the University.…
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UK stands accused over extradition of Ethiopian opposition leader
Andargachew Tsige, a British national, may face death penalty after extradition from Yemen Martin Plau, (theguardian.com) The Foreign Office has been accused of failing to act to prevent the extradition to Ethiopia of an opposition leader facing the death penalty. Andargachew Tsige, a British national, is secretary general of an exiled Ethiopian opposition movement, Ginbot 7. He was arrested at…
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