Month: December 2018
- Africa
News: The International Finance Corporation, National Bank of Ethiopia sign two agreements
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, December 17/2018 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) CEO Philippe Le Houérou signed two accords with the National Bank of Ethiopia to expand trade and local currency financing –”part of a broader effort by IFC play a significantly larger role in supporting development in Ethiopia by helping create new markets for private investors.” The first agreement…
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News: UNDP administrator Achim Steiner to visit Ethiopia
Addis Abeba, December 14/2018 – The United Nations Development Program’s Administrator Achim Steiner will visit Ethiopia from 17 to 18 December, UNDP Ethiopia office said in a statement. “During his visit, Mr. Steiner will meet with senior government officials, attend the commemoration of the 60th anniversary celebration of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and meet with key…
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News: Amidst threats of impeachment President of Somalia meets President Isaias Afwerki in Mogadishu
Addis Abeba, December 13/2018 – Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki has met President of the Republic of Somalia this morning in Mogadishu “as part and parcel of Tripartite summit” according to information from Eritrea’s Information Minister Yemane G. Meskel . Yemane tweeted this morning that “President Isaias Afwerki has departed to Mogadishu today for a working visit to the Federal Republic…
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Analysis: Inside Ethiopia’s trial of grand corruption. Who is accused of what?
Mahlet Fasil and Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, December 07/2018 – The last ten days inside the Federal high court Lideta branch, 10th criminal bench have seen the continued trial of dozens of individuals suspected of grand corruption involving former officials the army operated Metals and Engineering Corporation (MeTEC). Here is what went down the court room. Police receives extra…
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Breaking: Omar al-Bashir, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh to join PM Abiy to inaugurate Jimma Industrial Park tomorrow
Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, December 07/2018 – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will be joined tomorrow by Presidents Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh of Djibouti to inaugurate Jimma Industrial Park (IP), sources close to the matter told Addis Standard. Home to one of the oldest state Universities, Jimma city, some 347 km south west of Addis Abeba, in…
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News: Defunct Political Parties Negotiation Forum leaders at odds with PM Abiy’s fresh talk with opposition
Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, December 05/2018 – In the wake of the first ever face-to-face meeting between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and leaders of 81 opposition parties currently in Ethiopia, opposition party members of the now defunct Political Parties Negotiation Forum told Addis Standard that Prime Minister Abiy’s administration has circumvented the months long negotiations between the ruling party…
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Commentary: Uncovering the nextgen carbon market: Ethiopia in perspective
A recent picture of Addis Abeba taken by Henok Assefa of Precise consult International shows the visible marks of air pollution Ambachew F. Admassie, for Addis Standard Part 1 Addis Abeba, December 04/2018 – Sustainable Development practitioners believe our well-being cannot be ensured without a balanced interplay & robust accounting of parameters affecting the Society, Economic growth and the Environment.…
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