Category: Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Baidoa Streets Cleaning Exercises
Mogadishu (HAN) April 6, 2014 – Residents of Baidoa came out in huge numbers with Ethiopian forces to participate in a clean-up exercise following days of demonstration that were sparked off by two rival political groups. In the last week, rival supporters of the 3-region federal state and the 6-region federal state burnt old tyres…
Ethiopia: EU-Africa Security Summit, Sideline Debate on Security and Governance
Djibouti (HAN) April 5, 2014: – On the margins of the EU-AU Summit, a sideline Debate on Security, Governance and Conservation which was organized by Louis Michel, former commissioner of the EU for Development and Humanitarian Aid was held on Monday (March 31, 2013) in Brussels. President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, President Denis Sassou…
Ethiopia: Egypt has offered to co-fund the Renaissance Dam on one condition
Djibouti (HAN) April 4, 2014: – HANAN FAYED -Egypt has offered to co-fund the Renaissance Dam on the condition that it co-administers or designs the dam, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign affairs Badr Abdel Atty told Al-Nahar TV Wednesday. Egypt also offered to “encourage Arab countries and funding organizations” to co-fund the dam, provided that…
Egypt: Ramzy Responded Ethiopian Nile Politics
Djibouti (HAN) April 4, 2014: – Opinion By.BISHOY RAMZY, Cairo Post- CAIRO: Ongoing debate between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project is heightening concern over the future of relations between the two countries. Egyptian experts have said the dam poses clear threats to water security, while Ethiopian experts have been insisting…
Ethiopia: Egypt and the Nile politics
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 4, 2014- BY YEMANE NAGISH, Reporter. An Interview With Ambassador Ibrahim Idris is director-general of the trans-boundary resources directorate at the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to that he had a long and distinguished career as dean of the Law Faculty at the Addis Ababa University. On top of that…
Ethiopian politician blames Egypt’s financial assistance to Al-Shabaab in Somalia
Djibouti (HAN) April 4, 2014: A Member of Ethiopia’s largest opposition party UDJ blamed Egypt’s financial assistance to Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia for spreading terrorism in the horn of Africa. According to MP Girma Seifu of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party, American aid to Egypt is being diverted to finance terrorists in…
Ethiopia: Diplomatic push to build the River Nile Dam
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 4, 2014:- Diplomats and staff at the Ethiopian Embassy in London today pledged their monthly salary to buy bonds amounting to £68,250 (around 2,120,000 Birr), in connection with the 3rd anniversary of the launching of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Following discussions on the progress made in the implementation of…
Ethiopia and its Pan-Africa Security Responsibility vis-a-vis UN peace principles
Nairobi (HAN) March 31, 2014 – After the devastating WW1, the world seated in 1919 to establish world organization which could monitor international peace and security to make sure that no 2nd World War would originate. Ethiopia is among the few Founding Member States of the UN predecessor League of Nations. Taking the advantage of…
Ethiopia lashed out at longstanding rival Eritrea
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 28, 2014 – The Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman atto.Mufti has lashed out at longstanding rival Eritrea, accusing the latter of destabilizing the East Africa region, while also blasting Egypt for the latter’s “malicious” media campaign against Ethiopia’s multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam project. “Eritrea’s involvement in regional conflicts has been the case for long…
Ethiopia: The VP Reiterated GlaxoSmithKline’s Commitment to invest in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa (HAN) March 28, 2014 – Foreign Minister Dr Tedros met and held discussions with the Vice President and the Director of the East African Region of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Dr Allan Pamba on Friday (March 28). Dr Allan reiterated GSK’s commitment to invest in Ethiopia, noting that a feasibility study had already been completed.…
