Bloomberg/Businessweek, US August 25, 2011 William Davison Ethiopia will import 300,000 metric tons of wheat for reserves and to assure food supply amid drought, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said. The milling wheat, a variety used to make bread, has already been bought and will now be shipped, Berhane Hailu, the manager of the state-owned Ethiopian [...]
Category Archives: Ethiopia
African presidents shun AU famine fundraiser
August 27, 2011 – 9:09 pm
Reuters August 25, 2011 Barry Malone * Four heads of state show up for African summit * Aid groups say need another $1bln to stop deaths * Activists say summit must raise at least $50mln ADDIS ABABA – A much-delayed African Union summit held on Thursday to raise money to tackle famine in Somalia and [...]
Call for release of two journalists, investigation into conditions of detention
August 27, 2011 – 9:07 pm
Reporters Without Borders August 25, 2011 Reporters Without Borders wrote today to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi calling for the release of two journalists who were arrested in June, Reyot Alemu and Wubeshet Taye, and for an investigation into the conditions in which they have been held. Reyot, a young woman columnist, is in very [...]
Ethiopian media hit by new anti-terrorism law
August 27, 2011 – 9:04 pm
Africa Review, Kenya August 24, 2011 ARGAW ASHINE The offices of the popular Addis Neger newspaper which closed in 2009 and its editors went into exile after a tip-off that they were set to be charged under terrorism laws. Ethiopia’s tightly-controlled media is not particularly known for sticking its neck out on controversial issues, but [...]
World’s Top 10 Coffee-Producing Countries in 2010-2011
August 24, 2011 – 12:46 am
Bloomberg August 19, 2011 Justin Doom The following is a table of the world’s 10 largest coffee-producing nations, measured in thousands of bags, for the 2010-2011 crop year. One bag weighs 60 kilograms (132 pounds). Data are from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. TOTAL: 1) Brazil 54,500 2) Vietnam 18,725 3) Colombia 9,500 4) Indonesia [...]
Sharp rise in mortality seen at refugee camp in southeast Ethiopia
August 24, 2011 – 12:29 am
UNHCR August 16, 2011 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 16 August 2011, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. An assessment of mortality in one of four refugee camps at the Dollo Ado [...]
Eritrea: Ethiopia makes “frenzied” sanctions drive
August 24, 2011 – 12:27 am
Reuters August 17, 2011 Patrick Worsnip * Eritrea says Ethiopia seeks regime change, sea access * Proposed sanctions would hit mineral sector, remittances * Ethiopia says Eritrea trying to divert attention UNITED NATIONS – Eritrea accused rival Ethiopia on Wednesday of a “frenzied campaign” to impose new U.N. Security Council sanctions on Asmara in a [...]
Ethiopia famine dwarfs Somalia’s tragedy in scale
August 24, 2011 – 12:24 am
Telegram August 17, 2011 Luc Van Kemenade HUNGER UNDER THE RADAR (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) A Somali man from southern Somalia constructs a makeshift shelter from tree branches at a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, today. SHEBEDINO, Ethiopia — Malnourished children are flocking into feeding centers in this forested corner of southern Ethiopia after a drought in [...]
South Sudan offers to mediate between Ethiopia and Eritrea over border row
August 24, 2011 – 12:21 am
Sudan Tribune August 17, 2011 Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – The newly independent Republic of South Sudan has called on Ethiopia and Eritrea to resume peace talks to end their long-standing border dispute. (AP) Refugees from Eritrea waiting to be screened by the Ethiopian authorities in Endabaguna town, Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Between 1998 and [...]
Jailed Swedes to stay in Ethiopian custody
August 24, 2011 – 12:17 am
The Local, Sweden August 18, 2011 Rebecca Martin Two Swedish reporters who have been jailed in Ethiopia will remain in custody for another 28 days pending further police investigation, the Swedish foreign ministry confirmed on Wednesday. “We can confirm that the court granted police another 28 days to investigate the case,” said head of foreign [...]