Month: March 2015

  • Africa

    A new refugee camp opens in Gambella region

    US Announces new funding as refugee official completes visit   Officials from Ethiopia, the United Nations, and the United States inaugurated a new refugee camp in the Gambella region on March 15, with the United States announcing nearly $1 million in new funding for a nutrition program for South Sudanese refugees that will also benefit Ethiopian host communities in the…

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  • Africa

    AUC chairperson denounces leaked AU enquiry commission report on South Sudan

    The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma expressed her concern about the recent circulation of what is said to be a leaked report of the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan. “The Chairperson wishes to state categorically that the so-called ‘report’ that is said to have been leaked is NOT that of the Commission…

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  • Africa

    Tackling illegal migration pivotal: UK’s Director of Migration

    James Sharp, UK’s Director of Migration at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said that it was important that source, transit and destination countries work together to tackle the problem of illegal migration. Sharp said this at a public lecture organized by the British Embassy and held at the Addis Abeba University Institute of Technology (Amist Kilo) campus on Tuesday…

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  • Africa

    Seventy one stranded illegal migrants return home

    The International Organization for Migration (IOM) –Tanzania announced the returning to home of 71 Ethiopian immigrants. The voluntary repatriation was facilitated together with the Tanzanian Immigration Department. The immigrants were detained in Iringa, Ubena and Morogoro prisons for entering Tanzania illegally. Some of them have stayed in the country for more than two years.   Since Early 2014, through the…

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  • Africa

    Tanzanian police detain sixty three Ethiopians in Dodoma

    Tanzanian police are holding 63 illegal migrants suspected to be from Ethiopia and a Tanzanian driver after the arrest at Kidoka village in Chemba District on Saturday. The Dodoma Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mr David Misime, said that one illegal immigrant, who was identified only as Tajiru aged between 25 and 30 died during the arrest jointly carried out by…

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  • Art and culture

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  • Art and culture

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  • Africa

    USAID to support Central Statistical Agency for 2016 Ethiopia demographic and health survey

    The 2016 survey will build on previous surveys and strengthen capacity of local organizations The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency (CSA) today signed an agreement to begin planning for the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey. The survey, partially funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), will provide current…

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  • Africa

    Egyptian firm Asec Engineering to manage National Cement’s Plant

    National Cement S.C. has signed a plant management deal with the Egyptian firm Asec Engineering and Management, a subsidiary of Qalaa Holdings. The one-year contract, which is renewable for a five-year term, will allow National Cement to receive full technical assistance for the operation and maintenance of a cement plant from the leading cement plant Operations & Management (O&M) service…

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  • Africa

    Ethiopia: Inflation rises to 8.2 per cent in February

    Ethiopia’s inflation upped to 8.2 per cent in February due to higher prices of food items such as vegetables, fruit and meat, reports Central Statistics Agency (CSA) today. The general inflation for the month of January was 7.7 per cent while inflation for food items was lower at 7.1 per cent. February, however, observed a rise in the inflation for…

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