Category: Ethiopia
Ethiopian Jews accuse Israeli police of brutality (VIDEO)
Tel Aviv May 1, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. At least 13 people have been injured in anti-racism protests in Jerusalem. Israeli Jews of Ethiopian origin accuse the police of brutality. The protests were sparked after a video emerged of policemen beating a black soldier. Al Jazeera HAN & Geeska Afrika Online…
Ethiopia continues evacuating its citizens from Yemen.(Update)
ADDIS ABABA(HAN) April 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News.Ethiopia continues evacuating its citizens from Yemen. This morning a group of evacuees from Yemen have arrived in Addis Ababa. Officials from Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the evacuees at Bole International Airport. Ethiopian Embassy in Sana’a is currently registering and evacuating Ethiopians back home.…
Ethiopia Ponders Stiffer Penalties for Human Smuggling
Djibouti (HAN) April 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News.Ethiopia is drafting a new law to stiffen punishments for human trafficking in an attempt to stem a wave of dangerous migrations to Europe, the Ministry of Justice said. Ethiopian officials said they are working through their embassies in Khartoum, Sudan, and in Cairo…
Making Ethiopia a Global Manufacturing Hub
LONDON (HAN) April 27, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. Ethiopia is one of Africa’s top performers, yet is one of the markets most closed to foreign money. Zemedeneh Negatu from EY tells the FT’s Katrina Manson why investors are flocking to the country, and whether it is really restrictive to foreigners. Ethiopia: Open…
Ethiopia: Aims to Quadruple Coffee Production in Five Years
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) April 28, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), in concert with the Ministry of Trade (MoT) has finalised a Coffee Development Strategy that will be used to boost coffee production in the second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II) over the next five years. The…
Ziraat Bank to open branch in Ethiopia
ISTANBUL (HAN) April 27, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. One of Turkey’s largest state-owned banks, Ziraat Bank, has proposed opening the first foreign-owned bank branch in Ethiopia, the Turkish Economy Minister has said. Nihat Zeybekci said at the Turkey- Ethiopia Business Forum in Ankara on Monday Turkish lenderZiraat Bank was awaiting a response from Ethiopia…
Ethiopia predicts record $1.5bn in 2015
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) April 27, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. Foreign direct investment into Ethiopia will reach a record $1.5bn this year, on the back of successful efforts by the fast-growing and populous African country to attract overseas manufacturing companies. Only seven years ago, the country with a population of 94m drew only…
London Marathon 2015: Tigist Tufa victorious in the women's race.
London (HAN) April 26, 2015 –Gesska Sports.Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s London Marathon, with Ethiopia’s Tigist Tufa victorious in the women’s race. Kipchoge, the 5,000m world champion in 2003, finished five seconds in front of another Kenyan athlete, Wilson Kipsang. Britain’s Paula Radcliffe, the women’s record holder, finished the racein her last competitive London…
Ethiopia: Global craving For Teff
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) April 25, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. Six days a week, an Ethiopian Airlines flight departs for Washington, D.C., with a fresh batch of 3,000 injera on board. This pancake-shaped pale spongy bread is a centuries-old Ethiopian staple made from teff, an indigenous tiny grain now making a global name…
Ethiopian Nile Dam Study Warns on Safety
New York (HAN) April 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Security News- by William Davison Ethiopia and Egypt “urgently” need to agree on the coordinated operation of their two large dams in the Nile River basin to ensure water is shared fairly during periods of reduced flows, a group of international experts said. Ethiopia is…
