June 28, 2013: U.S. diplomats are
trying to ease tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt. Egyptian politicians
were caught on live microphones discussing ways to stop Ethiopia’s Nile
River dam projects. The options discussed included covert military
attacks and supporting rebel groups –in other words, the Egyptians were
vetting war options. The U.S. has proposed that Ethiopia and Egypt
establish a joint working group to examine the impact of the Grand
Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
The heat is stifling but the construction workers and red-hatted engineers don’t let up. Mechanized excavators batter into the mighty, arid peaks on either side of the site of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance dam, set to be the largest in Africa. The foundations are growing. The dark brown waters of the Nile River flow through the site. But the punishing sun and tough terrain aren’t the only challenges facing the dam’s progress. Downstream, Egypt is furious — and some politicians there have talked in private of war. Ethiopia is defiant. “There is nothing that will stop Ethiopia now from realizing our country’s dream,” says Bereket Simon, an Ethiopian government spokesman, as he walked around the site on a recent morning.
KUWAIT
CITY, June 27: The Criminal Court presided over by Judge Adnan
Al-Jasser has sentenced an Ethiopian woman to death by hanging for
murdering her sponsor the day before the latter’s wedding.
According to the case files, the Ethiopian housemaid beheaded her
25-year old sponsor in the family house in Jaber Al-Ali area a day
before the victim’s wedding and ran away.
However, officers from Criminal Investigation Department managed to
apprehend the suspect at Kuwait International Airport before she took a
flight to escape from the country.
During interrogations, the suspect confessed that she had first
stabbed the victim while she was asleep. When the victim woke up, the
suspect slashed her neck using a cleaver until her head fell off from
the body.
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Barely contained: iceaddis is based in a
building created from shipping containers by a Swiss Architect, that was
originally intended to be an art gallery
When it comes to technology and innovation, Ethiopia appears a long way
away from the rest of Africa's rising "silicon savannahs."
The most advanced form of banking in Africa's
second most populous country is an ATM - there are no credit cards and
no international banking systems.
This makes app stores like Google Play and Apple's Appstore inaccessible.
Mobile money, which has taken off places like Kenya, has only just arrived, but with significant limitations.
Getaneh Kebede has been linked with a move to the PSL, with a number of
clubs, including Wits, keen on assessing the Ethiopian striker.
According to a source close to the player, the 21-year-old has
attracted interest from a few clubs following his inspiring performances
for his club, Dedebit FC, and the Ethiopian national team.
“My partner in Ethiopia will be arriving in the country with the player
very soon. We have been talking to some PSL clubs about him and there’s
interest,” explained the source.
Wits CEO, Jose Ferreira, confirmed to Soccer-Laduma that they will be
having a closer look at the striker. “He (Kebede) will be coming to us
so that we can have a look, with a view of signing him,” said Ferreira.
Kebede scored Ethiopia’s opening goal, as Sewnet Bishaw’s side beat
South Africa 2-1 in the 2014 World Cup qualifier played in Addis Ababa
earlier this month. Video: Click here to watch Kadebe scoring for Ethiopia against Bafana
The Students are looking to bolster their ranks ahead of the 2013/14 season, with Gavin Hunt having taken charge of the helm.
http://www.soccerladuma.co.za
David Michel is director of the Environmental Security Program at
the Stimson Center
The drums of war are beating again in the Middle East and the Horn of
Africa. But this confrontation doesn’t concern Syria, Somalia, Israel or
the Palestinians. The adversaries are Egypt and Ethiopia. The
flashpoint is the waters of the Nile.
As part of the construction of its Grand Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia
began partially diverting the course of the Blue Nile, which joins the
White Nile in Sudan before flowing on to Egypt, in late May. For
Ethiopia, the 6,000-megawatt Grand Renaissance project -- the largest
hydroelectric plant in Africa -- promises power for the 83 percent of
the population lacking access to electricity, as well as energy for
export.
For Egypt, though, the dam raises an existential alarm. Egypt
receives almost no rainfall. It depends on the Nile for 97 percent of
its renewable water resources. The Nile, in turn, depends on Ethiopia.
More than four-fifths of the water in the river first falls as rain in
the Ethiopian highlands.
Lalibela, Ethiopia (CNN) -- It's 4 o'clock on a
Sunday morning when a trail of figures dressed in white emerges from the
deep darkness. Quietly, the summoned crowd makes its way down a cluster
of ancient structures as the slow beat from traditional skin drums
beckons.
It's a common scene here
in Lalibela, a small town in northern Ethiopia that's home to 11
spectacular churches carved both inside and out from a single rock some
900 years ago. The chiseled creations have turned this mountain town
into a place of pride and pilgrimage for worshipers of the Ethiopian
Orthodox Church, attracting 80,000 to 100,000 visitors every year.
"It is one of the very
important places for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church people," says local
guide Fikru Woldegiorgis, who's lived here most of his life. "There is a
belief that Lalibela pilgrims share the same blessing as pilgrims to
Jerusalem," he explains. "They have to come at least once in a
lifetime."
And they come from all over.
Even though Lalibela sits
in a remote region of Ethiopia, the faithful will walk for days, even
weeks, to get here, many of them traversing the rugged mountains
barefoot. Amongst them, blind men and women and people with disabilities
also join the pilgrimage, making their way along Lalibela's winding,
hilly roads to reach the sacred site.
"What makes the Lalibela
churches important is that they are still in use," says Woldegiorgis.
"It's not a museum; it's a living heritage. Every day, every morning,
there is a service in all the churches."
Ethiopia loses around 16.5
percent of its GDP each year to the long-term effects of child
malnutrition. That's just one of the statistics to emerge from "The Cost
of Hunger in Africa" study which measures the economic impact of
malnutrition in 12 different countries. Ethiopia is the third country so
far to publish its findings.
The Cost of Hunger in Africa analyzes the impact of hunger across 12
countries in Africa. It was carried out with the support of the African
Union Commission, a body which includes the New Partnership for Africa’s
Development, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and WFP.
ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia)—Over the past decade, Ethiopia has
taken important strides towards reducing its high levels of hunger and
malnutrition. Nutrition interventions aimed at mothers and children
together with programmes to boost agriculture have left millions of
Ethiopian families healthier and better able to feed themselves.
Egypt made
headlines recently by threatening to invade Ethiopia if the Ethiopians
did not stop building a hydroelectric dam on the “Blue Nile.” This dam
would not decrease the flow of water downstream to Egypt (where most of
it would be used for irrigation, as has been the case for thousands of
years.) Egypt ignored that fact. What did bother Egyptian politicians a
great deal was that most of the Nile water comes from Ethiopia (via the
“Blue Nile”). The other 20 percent comes from the White Nile that flows
through Sudan. The White and Blue Nile meet at Khartoum in Sudan to form
the Nile, which flows downhill to Egypt and the Mediterranean.
A war of
words breaks out in north-eastern Africa as Egypt fears that the
$4.7-billion dam Ethiopia is planning on the Blue Nile will curtail the
flow of Nile waters to the country and encourage other basin states to
emulate Ethiopia. By JOHN CHERIAN
IN the first half of June, there was heated rhetoric emanating from the
capitals in north-eastern Africa. The reason for this was the
construction of a huge dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia. The
multibillion-dollar Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, when completed,
will be among the biggest in the world, competing with the likes of
China’s Three Gorges dam in size.
On June 13, Ethiopia’s Parliament unanimously ratified a treaty that
would no longer give Egypt the lion’s share of the Nile’s waters. Six
Nile basin countries—Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi and
Rwanda—had signed the treaty in 2011. “Most of the upstream countries
have approved the treaty through their parliaments. We delayed it as a
gesture of goodwill to the people of Egypt until a formally elected
government was in place,” Ethiopia’s government spokesman told the
media. Eleven countries share the basin of the world’s longest river,
which flows through East Africa before emptying itself into the
Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
A few days ago, in my blog, I heaped praise on Ethiopia's new role in
African football but today I am saddened by what is actually
transpiring in the beautiful country.
There has been anger, emotion, finger-pointing and ridicule in Ethiopia.
All this follows the debacle that saw the Walia field an ineligible
player in Minyahil Behene against Botswana that could possibly mean
docking of three points by Fifa as per the rules.
The EFF secretary general, Asehnafi Ejegu, has also been fired after the
impasse and the football president, Sahlu Gebrewold Gebremariam, has
categorically said that he and his executive committee will not vie for
elective posts in September.
By Song In-yeup The Korean War might not be an interesting issue to
the youth nowadays but it is the most tragic incident in Korea’s
5,000-year-long history. If the United Nations Forces had not come and
supported us at that time, the Republic of Korea would have disappeared
from the Earth and only the flag of North Korea would have been
fluttered from Mt. Baekdu to Mt. Halla. Korea, which used to be
unnoticed at the Far Eastern corner of the world, now stands high among
top-10 countries in almost every field. We Koreans reasonably take pride
in having successfully held worldwide events such as the G20 Summit,
Yeosu World Exhibition and the Seoul Olympic Games.
Africa's
largest hydropower project, a new 6,000-megawatt dam on the Blue Nile,
has sparked a row between Egypt and Ethiopia. But it could increase the
overall water flow in the Nile.
Egypt is newly worried about a huge Ethiopian dam now under construction on the Nile’s main tributary – a concern that reflects arid Egypt’s overwhelming reliance on the world's longest river.
Egypt and the Nile
are bound together: The Nile, called "God's gift to Egypt," helped the
nation become one of the first agricultural civilizations, and it still
supports most farming there.
But Ethiopia
– the source of almost 86 percent of the water flowing to Egypt – is
equally adamant that it has been denied a fair share of the river by
agreements between Sudan and Egypt in the 1950s that divided the river between them.
An Ethiopian refugee named Sarah and her family spent several weeks at Mary's Place homeless shelter in Seattle.
Every year, hundreds of refugees come to Washington state to escape
persecution, conflict or violence in their home countries. Washington
consistently ranks as one of the top 10 states for new arrivals.
Many
families come here after waiting long stretches in a refugee camp where
food, water and shelter is a daily concern. Yet once they
have resettled in the Sea
ttle area, their struggles are often far from
over. Some agencies that work with refugees in King County say they’ve
seen an alarming rise in homelessness within this population of
newcomers but they’re stymied by how to measure the increase.
RIYADH – A 26-year-old Ethiopian maid confessed to
killing her sponsor’s six-year-old daughter inside the family home by
slitting her throat with a meat cleaver, according to Riyadh Police
spokesman Col. Nasser Al-Qahtani.
The gruesome murder took place Sunday evening when the family noticed
that their daughter and the Ethiopian maid had disappeared.
June 24 - UK-based strategic investment firm Vasari announced on Friday
it has won the “Special Recognition Award for a New Frontiers Deal” at
the 2013 Private Equity Africa Awards ceremony held in London on June
11.
Vasari said it won the award for closing the largest private
equity deal in Ethiopia to date. The transaction saw the firm join
forces with Duet Group, a UK-based alternative asset manager, to make a
significant equity investment into Dashen Brewery.
Heaquartered
in Gonder, Dashen produces and distributes bottled and draught be
er and
reportedly has 20 per cent of the market share. The company was
established in 2000 and Vasari and Duet Group made what is considered
the largest private equity investment in Ethiopia in January 2012.
Ostrava
is rich with history. Since its inception in 1961, the Golden Spike
Meeting has seen 13 world records set at the Mestsky Stadium. Even more
special, two of those record marks were set by Czechoslovakian national
hero, Emil Zatopek.
So it’s only fitting that the upcoming Zatopek Memorial 5k has two
athletes looking to make history. For one, the return to Ostrava is one
of nostalgia. For the other, it’s just the beginning.
Kenenisa Bekele heads back to the site of his ’04 world record in the 10k.
If the venerable Bekele is looking to return to his unstoppable form,
then Ostrava is a good place to fresh start. While he’s already on the
Ethiopian 10k team for the upcoming IAAF World Championships, Bekele has
expressed his desire to run the 5k in Moscow as well.
(JTA) – The Jewish Agency is preparing to end mass
aliyah from Ethiopia with two final flights consisting of 400 immigrants
on Aug. 28.
The Jewish Agency emissary to Ethiopia, Asher Seyum, made the
announcement in a brief letter, saying the Jewish Agency will hand over
its aid compounds in the Ethiopian city of Gondar to local authorities
at the end of August.
For years the compounds — originally established by the North
American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry and only recently taken over by
the Jewish Agency — provided thousands of Ethiopians waiting to
immigrate to Israel with educational, nutritional and some employment
services.
Once the final flights are complete, Ethiopians wishing to immigrate
to Israel will be subject to the same rules as potential immigrants from
elsewhere in the world and considered on a case-by-case basis, a New
York-based spokesman for the Jewish Agency told JTA.
Government officials, businessmen, ministers lining pockets with sudden influx
While
Ethiopia is currently enjoying economic growth, the Horn of Africa
nation remains mired in poverty and neglect due to corruption. Many
government officials continue to skim the "cream off the top," which
hinders foreign investors seeking stable, long-term partnerships in
developing countries.
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "Bankers, miners and developers
presenting projects to investment committees in countries that fare
badly in corruption rankings frequently struggle to get investment.
Corruption raises red flags because it makes local markets
uncompetitive, unpredictable and therefore largely hostile to these
long-term players," Ed Hobey, the East Africa analyst at the political
risk firm Africa Risk Consulting says.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -The Ethiopian Football Federation's
entire executive committee will step down in September, its president
said Monday, because of an error that led to the fielding of an
ineligible player in a qualifier which could cost the country a place at
the World Cup.
Federation President Sahilu Gebremariam said the entire leadership, including himself, would not seek re-election in September.
"(We) don't wish to continue,'' Sahilu said.
Although the committee members did not all separately say they would
be stepping down, first Vice President Teka Asfaw told the Associated
Press he also would stand down.
FIFA is investigating Ethiopia for fielding an ineligible player in
the World Cup qualifier in Botswana on June 8, which the Ethiopians won
2-1.
Samsung announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding
with the government of Ethiopia. This MOU is structured as a
co-operative partnership to develop infrastructure through IT solutions.
Samsung will provide "smart" platforms to enhance social welfare,
education, health, security and e-government. Additionally, Samsung will
establish a Samsung Engineering Academy in partnership with the
Department of Education in Ethiopia to further drive skills development
and transfer and create local technicians, with the possibility of job
placement after graduation in Samsung brand stores and service centres.
Samsung will appoint a Samsung executive to act as an Ethiopian National
Technical University adviser, to assist the academy and ensure
curriculum and development are mapped and executed accordingly. In
addition, Ethiopian students will join Samsung's Young Leader 100
programme, where outstanding young people from Ethiopia will have the
opportunity to go to Samsung's headquarters in Korea for six months
where they will be trained as future leaders.
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Ethiopian experts, professionals, university professors,
doctors, doctoral students and graduate scholars in Europe, USA and
Canada established a group named International Ethiopian Professionals Support for Abay (Nile)- IEPSA. The
group which is composed of more than 25 Ethiopian experts is drawn from
different fields of studies that are directly and indirectly related
with water issues both from the hard sciences and the social sciences.
The following is the full press release of IEPSA.
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Establishment of the International Ethiopian Professionals Support for Abay (Nile)
A crane stands at a construction site in a neighbourhood undergoing a facelift in Addis Ababa on June 19, 2013. Ethiopia's burgeoning diaspora community is returning home to invest in its booming economy.
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – When Tadiwos
Belete moved to Ethiopia from the United States a decade ago to open a
luxury spa, his relatives thought he was crazy.
He built an office
block on a crumbling congested thoroughfare in the centre of Addis
Ababa, where there were few other businesses and seemingly few
opportunities for a successful entrepreneur.
Now from his fourth
floor office overlooking the newly-refurbished, six-lane Bole Road,
today crammed with cafes, hotels and shopping centres -- a sign of
Ethiopia's thriving economy -- Tadiwos recalls almost despairing of
finding other businesses to rent space in his office block.
"I remember, we were almost praying whether we could get someone to rent this building," Tadiwos said.
"It's amazing, I never believed it would grow this much, but it's happened," he added, looking down at the busy street below.
SEOUL, KOREA - Many people no longer send conventional text message
to their extensive circle of friends in South Korea. Rather, they select
to use Kakao Talk, a free mobile messenger. With nearly 100 million
users, it has enjoyed phenomenal success and spawned the recent
development of similar applications in other countries.
Agerigna (www.agerigna.com)
is an Ethiopian-version of Kakao Talk developed by two Ethiopian
students attending Korea’s Ajou University. The application, modeled on
Kakao Talk, was designed to help Ethiopian people better communicate
with their mobile devices in their own language, Amharic.
Agerigna, the free mobile messenger, in English and Amharic is available for iPhone and Android phones.
June 22, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Eritrean refugees crossing to
neighbouring Ethiopia are on the rise, while the number entering Sudan
has dropped compared to the previous year, according to the United
Nation Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Eritrean refugees
flee to Ethiopia in larger numbers via 16 entry points where they get
primary assistance and provided with temporary shelters before they are
transferred to one of the many refugee camps in the country’s two
bordering regions, Tigrai and Afar.
Ever since the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) accused the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) of fielding an ineligible player,
Minyahil Teshome, during the Ethiopian National Team's qualification
game against Botswana, Ethiopian football fans – who were ecstatic after
the team defeated South Africa 2 – 1 in Addis Ababa on Sunday – are
irate over the mediocrity of the EFF officials.
The blunder occurred after EFF officials overlooked a communique,
sent to them by the football governing body, banning Minyahil as he had
picked up two yellow cards in the first leg matches against Botswana and
South Africa. And at beginning of the week, the president of the EFF,
Sahilu Gebrewold, admitted that his side used a suspended player in a
2014 World Cup qualifier.
Ethiopia
is building a giant hydropower dam on the Nile. The project, however,
makes Egypt unhappy, as its water supply could be threatened. Though
both countries could find ways to benefit from the Grand Ethiopian
Renaissance Dam, neither has displayed exemplary conflict-management
skills.
In Egypt, politicians meeting with President Mohamed Mursi suggested subverting Ethiopia’s government and destroying the dam. On live TV. Later, Mursi pledged to “defend each drop of the Nile with our blood.”
For
its part, Ethiopia, home to the main sources of the Nile, has been
steadfast in ignoring the understandable concerns of Egypt, a desert
country that depends on the river for 95 percent of its water. When
Ethiopia began construction of the biggest hydropower facility in Africa, it did so without consulting Egypt.
Neither
country is well-positioned to get its way. Egypt’s revolution has
weakened its government and left the country without a superpower
patron. Gone are the days
when it could dictate its dominance over the Nile, which it bases on
colonial-era agreements that upstream countries have long dismissed.
The champion of the men’s 2013 Boston Marathon has presented his
medal to Mayor Thomas Menino as thousands gathered for the city’s first
major race since the April 15 bombings that killed three people and
injured hundreds.
Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia participated in the
Boston Athletic Association’s 10K ra
ce on Sunday and gave the marathon
prize to honor the victims and Boston.
More than 6,400 athletes gathered on Boston Common.
Most runners wore the blue and gold colors of the Boston Athletic
Association, the nonprofit that organizes the annual marathon.
A moment of silence paid tribute to the bombing victims and the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer who was killed days
after the marathon during a search for the suspects.
The Ethiopian beauty, Betty, left behind four weeks in the Big
Brother household, dreams to win the grand prize of USD 300,000, an
infamous “sex act,” and a lover from Sierre Leone after it was revealed
on the live eviction show that she would be kicked off the The Chase, on Sunday.
Betty and Sierre Leone’s Bolt hugged each other and kissed each other
passionately for the last time on Big Brother Africa. Bolt was visibly
stunned by the news of his boo’s departure, but it seems life has gone
back to normal for the man.
Perhaps seeking another confidant or just some intimacy, Bolt was seen getting comfortable with Malawi’s Fatima on the couch.Outside the household, Betty will now have to come to terms with the
backlash from vocal fans, whom some, were disgusted with her “sex act”
with Bolt, which may have deterred her countrymen and women from voting
for her.
When Ethiopia defeated South Africa 2-1 in Addis Ababa the crowd at the stadium erupted into celebrations, knowing that their country had topped their World Cup qualifying group and was just one more win away from reaching the international tournament for the first time in their history.
Getaneh Kebede had drawn the Black Lions level with South Africa at 1-1 before the visiting team scored an own goal in the 70th minute and conceded victory to the Ethiopians, taking themselves out of contention for a second consecutive journey to the World Cup.
Alastair Sooke finds inspiration in the extraordinary churches of Ethiopia and
scales a cliff to visit one of the oldest buildings in the world still in
use – which his grandfather restored in the Forties.
"Are you going to climb barefoot or wearing boots?"
In front of me was a wall of creamy-brown rock, mottled with footholds worn
through centuries of use. My destination was situated nearly 60ft above my
head: the threshold to the ancient monastery of Debra Damo, which occupies
the summit of a rocky outcrop, entirely surrounded by cliffs, in the Tigray
region of northern Ethiopia, a few miles south of the border with Eritrea.
The only way to enter it is to haul yourself up a plaited-leather rope that
hangs from a ledge adjoining the monastery’s gatehouse.
Thankfully, for outsiders like me, there is an additional strap that functions
as a rudimentary safety harness, held taut by one or two monks above. After
considering the question of my gung-ho guide, I unlaced my boots, in the
hope that unshod feet would yield better grip, and began to heave. A few
minutes later, my biceps burning, I clambered into the arms of the
middle-aged monk who had been helping to pull me up. The hard part was
behind me: the rest of the climb could be undertaken using steps.
(Reuters) -
Ethiopia should ensure private industry and business has sufficient
access to finance in the state-dominated economy to keep growth rates up
and shift from a heavy reliance on agriculture, the World Bank said.
The Horn of Africa nation with
its strongly state-interventionist policies has one of the world's
fastest-growing economies. The government expects growth of 10 percent
in the fiscal year ending next month, boosted by rising agricultural
output.
South Africa's Dean Furman (R) runs with the ball past Ethiopia's
Minyahil Teshome during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying football
match Ethiopia vs South Africa on June 16, 2013 in Addis Ababa
THE likelihood of South Africa being awarded the points from
the World Cup qualifier loss to Ethiopia last Sunday appear to have
diminished — for now.
A number of respected football experts, including SAFA vice-
president Danny Jordaan and ex-referee Colin Knott stepped forward to
suggest that Bafana Bafana should be awarded a win in the match points
from their 2-1 loss in Addis Ababa.
This is because Ethiopian player Minyahile Beyene, who was suspended
for the previous weekend’s clash with Botswana — but played — also
turned out against South Africa.
SAFA reportedly sent a letter to FIFA this week alerting them that
Beyene had turned out against Bafana Bafana, believing that he should be
ruled ineligible for the fixture.
The theory was put forward was that as Beyene had technically not
served his suspension yet by featuring against The Zebras, he should not
have been allowed to play the following weekend either while still
under investigation by FIFA.
(Reuters) - An
Ethiopian opposition party called on Thursday for the government to
scrap an anti-terrorism law it says is used to stifle dissent,
threatening a repeat of protests that brought thousands onto the streets
of Addis Ababa early this month.
The rally on June 2, organized
by another opposition group, was the first large-scale protest in the
Ethiopian capital since a disputed 2005 election ended in street
violence that killed 200 people.
Opposition
groups in the Horn of Africa country were vibrant until that vote but
have since largely retreated from public view, the result, analysts say,
of harassment by the authorities and divisions within their ranks.
They
routinely accuse the government of intimidating and imprisoning their
members and rigging elections against them. Ethiopia's 547-seat
legislature has only one opposition member.
The
anti-terrorism law ratified in 2009 makes anyone caught publishing
information that could induce readers into acts of terrorism liable to
jail terms of 10 to 20 years. Opponents say it is used indiscriminately
to target anyone who opposes government policy.
* FIFA cagey on soft points South
Africa's hopes of gaining three soft points from their match against
Ethiopia have been dashed after FIFA revealed that a player cannot be
punished twice for the same offence.
South African media was abuzz with
reports that Minhyahil Teshome Beyene who played while suspended for the
Zebras game, should have also sat out their weekend clash against
Ethiopia. South Africa argues Beyene had not served his suspension and
therefore was still ineligible for t
heir clash. If FIFA, as expected,
docks three points from Ethiopia and award them to Botswana, there is no
way Beyene will be punished again for featuring against Bafana,
according to the FIFA Disciplinary Code. But FIFA, responding to a
question to Mmegi Sport, said a match suspension is regarded as no
longer pending in such a case.
ESSP Working Paper 55 "Does Internal Migration Improve Overall Well-Being in Ethiopia?" by Alan de Brauw, Valerie Mueller, and Tassew Woldehanna. Abstract: Standard economic models suggest that individuals
participate in migration to improve their well-being, whether those
decisions are made at the individual or the household level. However,
explicit and implicit barriers to movement both within and between
countries can hinder migration, potentially affecting welfare
improvement. In this paper, we use a unique panel dataset of tracked
migrants and non-migrants that originate from 18 villages in Ethiopia to
examine the welfare impacts of internal migration. Using a number of
techniques and various objective and subjective measures, we measure the
impacts of migration on the welfare of migrants versus non-migrants.
An innovative footwear manufacturer that pays fair wages and uses
locally sourced materials is helping to transform the economic landscape
in Ethiopia. SoleRebels, which was founded by Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
in 2004, has become Africa’s largest footwear brand, with its range of
artisan-made shoes now selling in 55 countries. In 2011, the company
ramped up US$2 million in sales and it is expecting to generate over
US$15-20 million in revenue by 2015.
Alemu has become one of Africa’s most celebrated
businesswomen. She was featured on the front cover of Forbes magazine in
January 2012, and was selected as a “Young Global Leader” by the World
Economic Forum 2011. In June 2012, she won the award for “Most
Outstanding Businesswoman” at the annual African Business Awards,
organized by African Business magazine.
ADDIS ABABA, June 18, 2013. Over the past decade, Ethiopia has
attained high economic growth, averaging 10.7 percent per year. In
2012, Ethiopia was the 12th fastest growing economy in the
World. If the country continues its historically impressive growth
performance, it could potentially reach middle income status by 2025,
according to the latest Ethiopia Economic Update report. This,
in turn, may require an adjustment in economic policy to phase in the
private sector as an additional engine of growth. “Ethiopia has been implementing a growth strategy, which
emphasizes a strong expansion of public investment. So far, this has
delivered positive results. However, the public investment rate of
Ethiopia is the third highest in the world, while the private investment
rate is the sixth lowest. In order to sustain high economic growth, the
development of a strong and vibrant private sector is essential.” says Guang Zhe Chen, World Bank Country Director for Ethiopia.”
In addition, the report argues that Ethiopia needs to make progress
on two interrelated and equally important fronts: enhancing domestic
savings, and resolving the bottlenecks of the trade logistics system.
Ethiopia’s savings rate is at its lowest in 30 years declining from
10 percent of GDP in 1980s to 6 percent of GDP in the 2000s. This level
of savings is much lower than expected given its stage of development.
In order to increase savings, the report recommends offering savers
higher interest rates, expanding access to both private and public
financial institutions, and taking advantage of remittances from the
diaspora, estimated at half a billion dollars in 2011.
Full turnkey solution to deliver first HD services in Ethiopia
Grass Valley deployment includes LDK cameras, multichannel control system, video production switcher, and routers
Project is key part of Ethiopian media landscape
San Francisco, Calif., June 12, 2013—Grass Valley®
today announced that Ethiopian government-owned Amhara TV has selected
Grass Valley to provide several solutions to build Ethiopia's first HD
terrestrial TV broadcast station. Grass Valley solutions will be used to
outfit two HD studios and a master control room (MCR). Amhara TV is an
important part of the developing media landscape in Ethiopia, and will
be available both terrestrially and via the Nilesat free-to-air
satellite service.
Bafana could find themselves top of Group A, if
Ethiopia lose six points after Fifa concludes their on-going
investigation over fielding an ineligible player
With Ethiopia under
investigation for fielding an ineligible player against Botswana on June
8, the Walia Antelopes are certain to be docked three points, gained
from that match, should they be found guilty. The Ethiopian Football Federation
president Sahilu Gebremariam has admitted that the player in question
(Minyahile Beyene) was fielded mistakenly, and he also added they are
not going to appeal the outcome of Fifa on the matter.
The increasing tensions with Egypt over the proposed dam reveal how fundamental the river is to both nations' identity
Tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia have grown at an alarming rate since Addis Ababa announced its plans to construct the Grand Renaissance dam across part of the Nile. The project will divert the flow of the river and give Ethiopia greater access.
Egypt
claims the dam could lower the river's level in a country that is
mainly desert, and reduce cultivated farmland. President Mohamed Morsi
has called the river "God's gift to Egypt", and the country's
politicians claim the reduced water flow could prove catastrophic. An
Ethiopian government spokesman, Getachew Reda, says none of Egypt's
worries are scientifically based, and that "some of them border on …
fortune-telling".
As the debate continues, I am reminded of an
encounter between my mother and an Egyptian man one afternoon in New
York. My mother was visiting from Addis Ababa and we decided to go to a
pizzeria. One customer, an Egyptian, recognised us as Ethiopians. After
brief introductions, he made a passing comment about the age-old
conflict between our countries over the Nile. My mother calmly stated
there was no conflict: the Nile was ours. The man was not amused. What
followed degenerated into verbal sparring that ricocheted between
"historic right", ancient civilisations and colonial-era treaties.
Finally, my mother, frustrated, claimed full ownership of the river –
and he did the same. It wouldn't have ended if the pizza hadn't arrived.
Ethiopia’s construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam on the
Blue Nile River is creating serious tension among Egypt, Sudan and
Ethiopia. There is a fear in Egypt that the large storage capability of
the dam will put control
of valuable Nile water in the hands of upstream Ethiopia. Egyptian
leaders have regularly issued threats to deter Ethiopia from completing
the project, without much success. Meanwhile, Sudan, which has had a
water-sharing agreement with Egypt on the Nile since 1959, has sided
with Ethiopia, heightening uncertainty in Cairo over the future of Nile
water sharing.
The Renaissance Dam project has been on the
drawing board since the 1960s, but only in March 2011 did Ethiopia
officially declare its intention to carry out the construction. The $4.8
billion hydropower project, located in northwestern Ethiopia near the
Sudanese border, is designed to have an installed capacity of 5,250
megawatts. The Nile River basin is shared among 10 riparian countries,
but the issue of the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in
particular directly involves Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.
The
current distribution of the Nile’s waters is laid out in the 1959 Nile
Agreement between the two downstream riparian states Egypt and Sudan,
with their annual allotment set at 55.5 billion cubic meters and 18.5
billion cubic meters respectively. However, Ethiopia refuses to
acknowledge this agreement, arguing that since most of the river flow
originates in its territory, it is entitled to an equitable and
reasonable share. Yet despite its high water-development potential, for a
long time Ethiopia lacked the political stability and technical and
financial means to develop its water systems. Ethiopia’s past efforts
were also blocked by Egypt, which continuously campaigned to persuade
international creditors and donors not to finance Ethiopian projects.
Many pundits may have known Ethiopia for its prowess in athletics rather than football.
Yet many will agree with me that, despite the expected Fifa disciplinary
action where the Walia Antelopes will be docked three points for using
an ineligible player (Teshome Beyene) against Botswana, they are still
the best side in group A. Despite the oversight by the federation they
deserve kudos for a job well done.
Ethiopia's rise has not been a fluke as many may think. What we are
seeing now is the manifestation of their bright and positive performance
in the 2013 Afcon, hosted by South Africa, where they stunned everyone
with their superb game.
Running man: Haile Gebrselassie prepares to embark on a morning session in the Entoto Mountains
A lambent dawn light bleeds across the crest of the Entoto Hills, flickering
delicately through the eucalyptus trees to cast a glow upon the runner
below. Haile Gebrselassie has glided through these mountain groves since
adolescence, bounding past children fetching water from the communal well,
past elegant Ethiopian women bearing branches for a few precious birr per
day.
“When you see life in the countryside, you see a type of running everywhere,”
he says, absorbing the serenity of the scene. “It could be a journey to
school, or an errand for a parent. People assume I started athletics at 14,
but this is all I have known since two.”
Here on the plateau atop Mount Entoto, the chaotic and colourful tapestry of
Addis Ababa unfurls below. At an altitude of 10,000 feet, even a few
tentative strides can stretch the untested lungs to an emphysemic wheeze,
and yet Gebrselassie is about to run 15 miles for a light morning
constitutional. At 40, his elastic 8½-stone frame propels him remorselessly
onwards, up hill and down dale, as he refuses to let the competitive fire
flicker and die. “I must sweat,” he explains. “Sometimes my training is
hell, but it has to be. You need a target to encourage you. My motivation is
to surprise people.”
The teacher from Ethiopia who is at the same time a diamond housemate and lover to Bolt is greatly feeling out of place.
She does not interact with the other housemates properly, she kind of
feels isolated and even when she is with other fellow housemates, she
hardly speaks or comments.
Her current behavior in the house might lead to a conclusion that she
is suffering from eviction fever, the fact that she’s one of those
housemates who were nominated to face possible eviction on Sunday might
even drive her nuts.
The teacher from Ethiopia who is at the same time a diamond housemate and lover to Bolt is greatly feeling out of place.
