Sunday, November 30, 2014

«ለሃና ፈጣን እርዳታ አልተደረገም» ሲሉ አባቷ ተናገሩ

(Nov 30, 2014, (አዲስ አበባ))--በደረሰባት ተደጋጋሚ የአስገድዶ መድፈር ወንጀል ሕይወቷ ያለፈው የ16 ዓመቷ ተማሪ ሃና ላላንጎ በሕይወት እያለች ከፖሊስና ከሆስፒታሎች አስቸኳይና ፈጣን ዕርዳታ ባለማግኘቷ ሕይወቷ ሊያልፍ መቻሉን አባቷ ገለጹ። በሴቶች ጥቃት ላይ የሚሠሩ የተለያዩ ማህበራትም ጥቃቱ እንዲቆም የሚጠይቅ ደብዳቤ ለኢፌዴሪ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ሊያስገቡ መሆናቸውን አስታውቀዋል።

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Teen’s gang rape in Addis Ababa sounds alarm

(Nov 29, 2014, (Al jazeera))--Hanna Lalango, 16, died on Nov. 1, from a brutal gang rape after five men kidnapped and held her captive for several days in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Hanna attended a private high school in the city’s Ayer Tena neighborhood.

Betoch (ቤቶች): Part 78 - Ethiopian Comedy Drama

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Ethiopian Launches Mobile SMS based Flight Status Information and Cargo Shipment Tracking Service

(Nov 26, 2104, (Africa Business Communities))--Ethiopian Airlines, the largest and most profitable airline in Africa, is pleased to announce the commencement of Mobile Short Message Service (SMS) information system for customers in Ethiopia starting November 21, 2014.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Ethiopia plans first US dollar bond

(Nov 25, 2014, (Bloomberg ))--Ethiopia plans to sell its first dollar bond as Africa’s fastest-growing economy exploits record demand for the continent’s debt. Ethiopia picked Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. for fixed-income investor meetings in Europe and the U.S. beginning tomorrow, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified as the information is private.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Haile Gebrselassie: From athletics to the boardroom

(Nov 23, 2014, (BBC))--Haile Gebrselassie is the most famous man in Ethiopia. The double Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion over 10,000m had a glittering athletics career and is now a successful and busy entrepreneur.

Friday, November 21, 2014

To cut climate emissions and pollution, Ethiopia harnesses sewage

(Nov 21, 2014, (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Thomson Reuters Foundation)))--Sewage in Ethiopia’s capital could soon be turned into cylinders of compressed biogas as part of an effort to clean up the city, cut climate-changing emissions and find new sources of clean energy.

Ethiopian Adds Fourth Boeing 777 Freighter into Its Fleet

(Nov 20, 2014, (eTurboNews))--Ethiopian Airlines, the largest cargo operator in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has received its fourth B777-200 LR Freighter on 19 November 2014.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Man killed in hit and run moved from Ethiopia, was waiting for wife to join him

(Nov 20. 2014, (Minneapolis))--Authorities on Wednesday released the identity of the man who was fatally run over by one and possibly two vehicles that fled from a Brooklyn Park intersection. Meshu B. Lamu, 61, of Brooklyn Park, was struck about 6:50 p.m. Tuesday in a southbound lane of Hwy. 252 near 73rd Avenue N., according to the State Patrol. He died at the scene.

Steaming Industrialization

Ericsson, Nokia May Snatch ZTE’s $800m Ethiopian Deal

(Nov 20, 2014, (VENTURES AFRICA))--Sweden’s Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia are lying in wait if an $800 million telecommunication deal between China’s ZTE Corp and Ethiopia falls through. According to Reuters, Ethiopia has told ZTE Corp it could lose its $800 million deal to expand the nation’s network due to differences over costs of upgrading existing systems.

Ethiopian Airlines’ Sales Hit by Ebola Fears

(Nov  20, 1014, (ANTWERP, Belgium))--Ethiopian Airlines is losing around $8 million a month in sales as travelers cut back on African trips as concern about the Ebola outbreak in east Africa affects far-afield airlines, the carrier’s chief executive said.

Ethiopian Airlines eyes African liberalisation

(Nov 20, 2014, (IOL))--Antwerp, Belgium - Ethiopian Airlines hopes a decision to open up intra-African aviation routes will be fully implemented in 2015, the airline's chief executive said on Thursday.

Monday, November 17, 2014

6,200 Eritreans cross into Ethiopia in 37 days: UNHCR

(Nov 17, 2014, (ADDIS ABABA))--Over 6,200 Eritreans have crossed into Ethiopia over the past 37 days, an official with the UN refugee agency said Monday. "More than 5,000 Eritrean asylum seekers crossed into the Ethiopian territory in October alone," spokesperson for the UNHCR office in Ethiopia Kisut Gebregziabher told Anadolu Agency.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

በህዝብ ለህዝብ ትስስሩ፤ በሁለት አገር የሚኖር አንድ ህዝብ መፍጠር ይቻላል

(Nov 15, 2014, (አዲስ አበባ))-- «ለሰው ልጆች ሠላም፣ ለሰው ልጆች ፍቅር ከአጽናፍ እስከ አጽናፍ፣ለሰላም እንዘምር.....»  የሚለው ዜማ በአዳራሹ ያስተጋባል።ታዳሚውም በአንድ ልብና ሃሳብ ያለ በሚመስል ጥልቅ ተመስጦ ያዳምጣል።ጉዳዩን አውቆ በቦታው የተገኘ ካልሆነ በስተቀር በአዳራሹ የተገኘ እንግዳ ሰው ቢኖር አዳራሹን የሞሉት ተሰብሳቢዎች ከየት መሆናቸውን ካልተናገሩ በቀር በዕይታ አይለዩም።አንድ ዓይነት ቋንቋ ይናገራሉ።ተመሳሳይ የቆዳ ቀለምና መልክም አላቸው።

Thursday, November 13, 2014

ZTE at Risk of Losing Ethiopia Telecom Contract

(Nov 13, 2014, (wsj))--The Ethiopian government has warned ZTE Corp. that it may cancel a huge contract it awarded to the Chinese telecommunications firm last year, amid concern about the prices ZTE is proposing to charge for its equipment, people familiar with the negotiations say.

በወቅታዊ ጉዳዮች ላይ የመንግስት ኮምንኬሽን ጉዳዩች ኃላፊ ሚኒስትር አቶ ሬድዋን ሁሴን የሰጡት መግለጫ

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Ethiopian Airlines named as AFRAA’s airline of the year

(Nov 14, 2014, (eTurboNews))--Ethiopian Airlines, the largest and most profitable airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it was named the African Airline of the Year by the African Airlines Association at its 46th Annual General Assembly held in Algiers between November 9-11, 2014.

ለጋማ ጋማማ አህያም ጋማ አላት፤ አያስጥልም እንጂ ጅብ ሲዘነጥላት

(Nov 11, 2014, (አዲስ አበባ))--በጅቦች መንደር ነው አሉ። ሦስት አህዮች በጠፍ ጨረቃ ሰፊ መስክ ላይ ተሰማርተው ሳር እየጋጡ ዓለማቸውን ይቀጫሉ። በዚህ መሀል ሦስት ጅቦች የሚበላ ፍለጋ ሲዘዋወሩ አህዮቹን ይመለከቷቸዋል። በአህዮቹ ድፍረት የተገረሙት ጅቦቹም «እነዚህ አህዮች እንዴት ቢጠግቡ እንዴትስ ቢንቁን ነው በእኛ ሰዓት፣ በእኛ ግዛት እንደዚህ ተዝናንተው ሳር የሚግጡት?» ሲሉ እርስ በርስ ይጠያየቃሉ። አውጥተው አውርደውም ለምን ችሎት ተቀምጠን አንፈርድባቸውም በማለት ይወስናሉ። አህዮቹም በየተራ ወደ ጅቦቹ እየቀረቡ ጥያቄ ይቀርብላቸው ጀመር፤

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

NASA offers support for Ethiopia's science sector

(Nov 11, 2012, (Addis Ababa))--The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) has said it would provide assistance to various institutions in Ethiopia in the areas of science and engineering.

Family Heartbroken After Police Find Body Believed to Be Missing Ethiopian Mother

(Nov 11, 2014, (Wylie, TX))--Members of Almaz Gebremedhin's family are heartbroken after police say they found the Collin County woman's body in a Wylie pond.

Thursday, November 06, 2014

Ethiopia’s ‘African tiger’ leaps towards middle income

(Nov 06, 2014, (The Guardian))--It is now three decades since Ethiopia experienced the infamous famine that cost the lives of more than a million people. The tragedy prompted the BBC’s Michael Buerk to describe it as “a biblical famine in the 20th century” and “the closest thing to hell on Earth”.

Made in Ethiopia: The leather gloves keeping the world warm and stylish

(Nov 06, (CNN))--The steady hum of sewing machines fills the air inside a large glovemaking factory on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the bustling Ethiopian capital. Patches of leather move through an array of working stations as busy laborers work feverishly to meet the company's export quota: 5,000 gloves a day.

Wednesday, November 05, 2014

የሻዕቢያ ድንበር ዘለል ደባዎች ዳግም ሲጋለጡ!

(Nov 05, 2014, (አዲስ አበባ))--የተባበሩት መንግሥታት የፀጥታው ምክር ቤት የሰየመው ኤርትራ ላይ የተጣለውን የጦር መሳሪያና የኢኮኖሚ ማዕቀብ የሚቆጣጠረው የሶማሊያና የኤርትራ ክትትል ቡድን ሰሞኑን ኤርትራን የሚመለከት ሪፖርት ይፋ አድርጓል። ሪፖርቱ የኤርትራ መንግሥት የኢፌዴሪ የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በአሸባሪነት የፈረጃቸውን ቡድኖች በገንዘብ፣ በጦር መሳሪያና በስልጠና እንደሚደግፍ አጋልጧል። በዚህ ፅሁፍ የዚህን ሪፖርት ይዘትና አንደምታውን በአጭሩ አቃኛለሁ። ከዚያ በፊት ግን ባለፉት አንድ ተኩል አስርት ዓመታት ያህል በኢትዮጵያና በኤርትራ መሃከል የነበረው ግንኙነት ምን እንደሚመስል ቢያንስ አሁን ለደረሱ ወጣቶች ለማስታወስ ያህል በመጠኑ ወደ ኋላ ተመልሼ መቃኘትን አስፈላጊ ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለሁ።

Rise Of The Horn

Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Egypt, Ethiopia laud ‘spirit of cooperation’ on dam issue

(Nov 04, 2014, (Daily Mail))--The foreign ministers of Egypt and Ethiopia expressed on Monday the mutual recognition for the water rights of each other’s nations following the fifth session of the Egyptian-Ethiopian joint committee in Addis Ababa, which concluded on Monday.

Five agreements signed between Egypt and Ethiopia

(Nov 04, 2014, (Cairo))--Five agreements and memorandum of understandings (MoU) were signed between Egypt and Ethiopia on Monday, encouraging diplomatic, trade and health cooperation.

Monday, November 03, 2014

Agreements between Ireland and Ethiopia signed

(Nov 13, 2014, (Dublin))--The three agreements were signed this morning by Minister of State for Trade Promotion Seán Sherlock. The signing followed this morning's meeting between President Higgins and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.