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Demand Rises for Teff, Other 'New' Alternatives to Wheat
IDAHO (HAN) November 1,2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Wayne Carlson became a convert to Ethiopia’s staple grain while doing public health work in Africa in the mid-1970s. Teff flour is the key ingredient for injera, Ethiopia’s signature, spongy flatbread. It has a mild, nutty or earthy taste. In the late 1970s, Carlson returned to…
Somali Security Forces "Retake" Control of Hotel Sahafi
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 1,2015.Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Somali Militants with AMISOM uniform lay siege toHotel Sahafi with bombs and guns in Somalia. Somali special security forces “retake” control of Hotel Sahafi after five and half hour siege; officials. Al-Shabaab militants stormed Hotel Sahafi in Mogadishu on Sunday morning about 5:45AM, after a majorcar bom blasts. At…
Somalia: Turkish Republic Day in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) October 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Yesterday at the Turkish embassy ambassador Kani Torun with senior Somali government officials attended the Turkish Republic Day celebrations. Prime Minister Abdirashi Ali Sharmake, Speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari and UN special envoy Nicholas Kay attended the function. This annual event in celebration of the countries founding in…
Somalia: President Rejected Roamers About Two Planes Crashed in Two weeks
Kampala (HAN) October 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security and aviation safety News for Geeska Afrika Online weekly security update briefing. The cause of a fatal plane crash in the Afgoye, farming area is still unclear. The small plane had been transporting, unknown passengers and equipments from Nairobi to Southern Somalia Airforce and secret military…
Ethiopia: Journalists From Ugandan & Rwandan Meet President Dr. Mulatu Teshome
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) October 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional food Security Initiatives News. A Group of journalists from Uganda and Rwanda who are visiting Ethiopia met the FDRE president Dr. Mulatu Teshome on 27th of October 2015. The journalists had the opportunity to discuss with the president and presented questions on several issues. The questions dwelt on Ethiopia’s…
Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn addresses the Third India-Africa Business Forum
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) October 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional food Security Initiatives News. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn has addressed the gathering of African and Indian Heads of state at the Third India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi, India today on October 29, 2015. Prime Minister Hailemariam noted that the people of…
Ethiopia: Journalists from Uganda and Rwanda visit GERD
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) October 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional food Security Initiatives News. Seven journalists who have been visiting Ethiopia for the past ten days paid a visit to Grand Ethiopian Renascence Dam Project (GERDP) on October 29/2015. GERD is the largest hydroelectric power project in Africa and one of the top ten…
Ethiopia: KFC to open outlets in Addis Ababa
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) October 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional food Security Initiatives News. By Kaleyesus Bekele. The global fast food chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), is going to open fast food restaurants in Addis Ababa next year, it was learnt. A source close to the company told The Reporter that KFC is under preparation…
Ethiopia: Fifty Percent Increase in Electricity Tariff Looms
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) October 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional food Security Initiatives News. By Birhanu Fikade. Pressured by the existingcosts, the government is set to take a bold step and increase the existing tariffs with a possible 50 percent increase. Industries are expressing concerns against the intended increment. During a panel discussion at the Ethiopia…
Ethiopia: East African Aviation imports first air ambulance aircraft
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) October 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional food Security Initiatives News. By Kaleyesus Bekele. One of the fledgling private airlines in Ethiopia, East African Aviation, imported the first air ambulance aircraft to Ethiopia. The King Air350 air ambulance aircraft was bought from a US-based company at a cost of 2.5 million dollars.…
