December 16 2011, Nairobi)--Kenya has agreed to start importing electricity from Ethiopia at $0.07 (Sh5.80) per kilowatt hour, in what the Ministry of Energy terms as a competitive rate. The deal to import 400MW was reached on Monday between Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water and Energy but failed to agree on pricing.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Amnesty: Ethiopia Using Terror Laws to Arrest Government Critics
(Dec 16th, 2011, VOA)--Amnesty International says Ethiopian authorities have been using anti-terror laws as a pretext to arrest and silence politicians and journalists who criticize government policies.
MoI eyes suspending hiring of Ethiopian maids
(KUWAIT CITY, Dec 15, 2011)--The Immigration General Department of the Interior Ministry is currently studying the possibility of suspending the recruitment of domestic workers from Ethiopia, reports Alam-Alyawm daily. Reliable sources said the option was being considered in light of the increasing number of crimes and violations being committed by Ethiopian nationals.
Customer accused of kidnapping Northeast Portland store owner gets two years, prosecutor lacked evidence
(Thursday, Dec 15, 2011)--A man who was accused of wielding a gun to kidnap a Northeast Portland store owner, then rob her of $600, will serve about two years in jail -- not the 7 1/2 years or more he faced if convicted of those crimes. The reported victim, who owns Merkato Ethiopian Music & Food on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr.
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