Month: February 2020
- Africa
News: Standard Bank unlocks US$50 m in funding for CCBA Ethiopia expansion
Addis Abeba, February 13/2029 – Standard Bank has successfully arranged and structured USD50 million in financing facilities for Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) to support its expansion strategy in Ethiopia over the next five years. The Coca-Cola Company holds a majority stake in CCBA, which is the largest bottler of Coca-Cola beverages in Africa – serving 13 countries on the continent…
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News: Thousands affected by measles outbreak in five regions
Addis Abeba, February 13/2020 – A total of more than 12 thousand cases of measles were reported in 36 zones of 5 regions of Ethiopia in the past 13 months beginning January 2019, according to the UN. “Oromia region bore the brunt of the outbreaks, with 67 per cent of cases, followed by Somali with 21 per cent,” the UN…
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Op-Ed: To silence the guns, restore nature: Hailemariam Desalegn
Hailemariam Desalegn Addis Abeba, February 11/2020 – In the span of a human life, Mozambique’s majestic Gorongosa National Park has flipped: from wildlife haven to killing ground to sacred ground of peacemaking and recovery. This past week, as African Heads of State gathered in Addis Abeba to evaluate progress toward “silencing the guns” and creating an environment conducive to development,…
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News: Members of federal police assigned as Jawar Mohammed’s security resign following recall by federal police
Jawar Mohammed greeting his supporters who came to his residence after he announced that his security detail were told to leave their post in the middle of the night in October 2019. Addis Standard staffs Addis Standard, February 08/2020 – All four members of the federal police who were assigned by the government as security detail for Jawar Mohammed have…
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News: Two people killed after midnight police shooting in Addis Abeba
Families mourn the death of one of the victims identified as Michas Thomas. Picture: social media Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, February 05/2020- Two civilians were killed following a police shooting at around midnight last night in Addis Abeba, at an area commonly known as 22 mazoria, behind St Gabriel hospital. One of he two victims is identified as Michias Thomas,…
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Commentary: Negotiating tripartite treaty on GERD: flaws and overhauls
Dejen Yemane Messele, For Addis Standard Addis Standard, February 05/2020 – Despite persistent skepticism and resistances, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan are on a fast-track negotiation to sign a comprehensive agreement regulating the filling and operation of the GERD. The prospective agreement would ultimately be a treaty whose procedures and subsequent applications are to be regulated by the rules of international…
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Opinion: Ethiopia and the Nile: Sacrificial lamb for the “Deal of the Century”?
Alula Alemayehu, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, February 03/2020 – Tuesday, January 28, 2020. This date will mark an important event in the annals of history when Ethiopia was unjustly coerced by the administration of Donald Trump and his son-in-law to accept the unacceptable and concede its sovereign right on the Nile to Egypt. On Tuesday, 28 January 2020, President…
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News: OFC says Jawar Mohammed is Ethiopian as Electoral Board demands citizenship proof for 2nd time
Addis Abeba, February 01/2020 – Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) executive member Tiruneh Gemta said Jawar Mohammed, who recently joined OFC, is an Ethiopian citizen. Tiruneh said this following a letter, the second of its type, sent to OFC by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) demanding the party to present proof of Jawar’s Ethiopian citizenship status. Jawar Mohammed, who…
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