Category: Ethiopia
Ethiopia: South Sudan peace deal to Implement urgently
Addis ababa (HAN) May 12, 2014 – According to press release from the minister of foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, ‘International community calls for South Sudan peace deal to be implemented properly and urgently.’ Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, Tedros Adhanom, emphasized the importance of the UN urgently endorsing the deployment of the proposed Deterrence and Protection Force for…
Ethiopia: The lifetime risk of a mother dying during pregnancy
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 11, 2014 – Global Motherhood Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine: Opinion Page By Liya Kebede. I never considered my mother a gambler, but looking back to my earliest days in Ethiopia, I realize that the likelihood of my mother and me both dying during childbirth was alarmingly high. Geeska…
Ethiopia: Egypt undertaken extensive diplomatic efforts about the dam
Djibouti (HAN) May 11, 2014. Egypt is keen to interact with Equatorial Guinea at the political level as the African country has always adopted positive stances on Egypt, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, who is accompanying a visiting Cabinet delegation led by the prime minister to Equatorial Guinea’s capital Malabo. Ethiopia: Egypt undertaken extensive…
Ethiopia: A unique protester Shouted "President Obama! Freedom for Ethiopia!"
Washington (HAN) May 10, 2014. By. David Jackson, A unique Ethiopian demonstrator produced a unique protest “President Obama! Freedom for Ethiopia!” Abebe began his message with a positive note. “Mr. Obama, we Ethiopians love you. We demand freedom for Ethiopia,” he said. “President Obama! Freedom for Ethiopia!” a man shouted as Obama began to wrap…
Ethiopia: World Bank Loans of $380 million to help 44 cities infrastructure services
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 8, 2014. Ethiopia has received a $380 million World Bank loan to help improve the capacity of its urban councils through expansion of infrastructure and services. The board of the Bretton Woods institution approved the loan last Friday to bankroll Ethiopia’s second Urban Development Program (ULGDP II) that will support 44…
Ethiopia: Egypt Security Forces Supported Oromo Protests in cairo
Cairo (HAN) May 7, 2014. The Oromo diaspora community Protesters gather in front of Arab League in CaIRO to call for international intervention in violent situation in Oromia state, Ethiopia. According to the Regional security Expert, in this case, Protest law in Egypt were not applied, but facilitated Oromo community protest in Cairo. In the…
Reporting Ethiopian Disasters: Famine, Aid, Politics and Media
Djibouti (HAN) May 7, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine: Opinion Paper by Suzanne Franks. Author Suzanne Franks joins with the Pulitzer Center to focus on how journalists report on disasters around the globe. Part of her interest is in looking back: In 1984, the reporting of a ‘biblical famine’ in East Africa, combined…
Ethiopia: China Dispatched ophthalmological services for free in Addis Ababa
Djibouti (HAN) May 6, 2014. Africa Tour, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his Ethiopian counterpart, Hailemariam Desalegn, have vowed to strive for new progress in the development of a comprehensive cooperative partnership between the two countries. Because of this strategic partnership a team of chines doctors are dispatched to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. According to Zhang Jianfeng,…
Ethiopia: Interview With the President talks about China
Djibouti York (HAN) May 5, 2014. Interview Conducted by Girum Chala CCTV With Ethiopia’s new President Mulatu Teshome. President Mulatu has had a lot of personal experience in China. In the 1970s (Ethiopian Derg Era) he studied at Peking University where he earned a PhD in international law. Later he was his country’s ambassador to China. Girum…
Ethiopia: China Signs a Strategic Critical Infrastructure Deal
Addis Ababa York (HAN) May 5, 2014, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has started his first official visit to African continent. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Ethiopia and China are enjoying excellent relations between the two giant countries of Africa and Asia. Speaking to Chinese journalists at his office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital,…
