Source: BBC Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has said “all options are open” to deal with any threat to his country’s water supply posed by an Ethiopian dam. Mr Morsi said he was not “calling for war”, but that he would not allow Egypt’s water supply to be endangered. Egypt was apparently caught by surprise when [...]
Promoting food sustainability Following on from emergency relief measures, the next step for SOS Children is to facilitate small-scale projects whereby local people can produce food for themselves and their communities in a more sustainable way – as illustrated by the people of Gode in eastern Ethiopia. Sowing the seeds of an idea The 2011 [...]
Continue reading …Source: Independent.ie TULLOW Oil said it plans to secure partners to develop fields in African nations as discoveries prove that future crude exports are viable. Dublin-listed Tullow together with partner Africa Oil plans to drill about 10 wells in Kenya and Ethiopia this year to explore the Turkana Rift Basin that stretches between the two countries. Tullow plans to sell part [...]
Continue reading …The irony is that the federal government became unhappy upon learning of its existence because the monument of such important person like Melez must be designed and approved by a special body assigned by the highest authorities. The stature, color, material, dress and even the direction are all decided with care and caution.
Continue reading …(Reuters) – Ethiopia will withdraw its troops from Somalia soon, its prime minister said on Tuesday, voicing frustration with the Mogadishu government and African Union peacekeeping forces that are also battling Islamist militants there. After waging an ill-fated war in Somalia in 2006-2009, Ethiopia in 2011 once again rolled troops into Somalia to fight al [...]
Continue reading …According to this study, the Somali regional state’s poor development indicators compared to others parts of Ethiopia read as the following. The report even questioned the accuracy of this data. Therefore, one always should approach these figure with greater caution. According the report find that primary enrolment rate is 51% in Somali regional state while it is almost 82% nationally (much more le
Continue reading …Ogaden Conflict crisis: Time for Africa and West brings Political Solution. By Ogadentoday Editor Mohamed Khadar The Ogaden conflict is one of longest running conflicts in Africa, between the local (Ogaden) people and the successive Ethiopian regimes. Ogaden was the part of Somalia before colonial rule into Ogaden, in late of 19th century later, between [...]
Continue reading …Leenco Lata, an intellectual and founder of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), a rebel group formed in 1973 by Oromo nationalists to fight for the self-determination of the Oromo people, was elected the chairman of the new
Continue reading …“Every night, they took all of us girls to [interrogations]. They would separate us and beat us. The second time they took me, they raped me… All three of the men raped me, consecutively”.
Continue reading …Source: Sudan Tribune Addis Ababa — Ethiopian authorities have banned three civic organisations, accusing the NGOs of engaging in activities that break 2009′s Charities and Societies Proclamation law. The Ethiopian government alleged that the three NGOs were banned as a result of conducting “illegal religious activities” contrary to the law. The groups who had their [...]
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