Bloomberg
December 28, 2008
Jason McLure
Ethiopia will suspend electricity exports to neighboring Sudan and Djibouti while it deals with a local shortage because of delays in completing new power projects, the Reporter said.
Ethiopia’s state-run electricity utility, which produces between 700 and 800 megawatts of electricity, faces a 100- megawatt shortfall due to growing demand and delays [...]
Category Archives: Ethiopia
Ethiopia Will Suspend Power Exports to Neighbors, Reporter Says
December 30, 2008 – 6:46 am
Ethiopian Police Re-Arrest Opposition Leader Mideksa
December 30, 2008 – 6:43 am
Bloomberg
December 29, 2008
Jason McLure
Ethiopian federal police re-arrested opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa a year after she was released on a pardon following her arrest during the country’s disputed 2005 elections.
Mideksa, a leader of the now-dissolved Coalition for Unity and Democracy, was taken into custody today, said Temesgen Zewde, a lawmaker, who is a member of [...]
AMISON Confident of Somali Stability Following Ethiopian Troop Pull Out
December 30, 2008 – 6:24 am
VOA
Peter Clottey
29 December 2008
The African Union Military Mission on Somalia (AMISON) says it is ready to handle the security situation following the imminent withdrawal of Ethiopian troops. The assurance comes after the Islamic group Al-Shabab Sunday attacked the offices of some non-governmental organizations in the capital, Mogadishu. Some political analysts believe the withdrawal of [...]
Ethiopian clerics seek constitutional ban on homosexuality
December 27, 2008 – 10:02 am
AFP
December 22, 2008
ADDIS ABABA — Religious leaders in Ethiopia on Monday urged lawmakers to amend the country’s constitution to ban homosexuality in a move they argue could further strengthen existing codes.
At a meeting in the Ethiopian capital, nearly a dozen religious figures, including heads of Ethiopia’s Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, adopted a resolution [...]
Ethiopians to enjoy “New Black Cinema” in a week’s time
December 27, 2008 – 9:36 am
APA
December 26, 2008
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Millions of Ethiopians will soon start to enjoy the newly much heralded said film, Teza, which is being described internationally as a “New Black Cinema”, and which has received world wide recognition and several prizes.
Teza (dew), which has already been shown to millions of cinema viewers in North Africa, Europe, [...]
Somalis held in Ethiopia capital
December 27, 2008 – 9:31 am
BBC
December 26, 2008
Elizabeth Blunt
Hundreds of young Somalis have been arrested in the past few days in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
A number were questioned and then released but it is thought at least 200 are still being held.
Most of the arrests took place on Tuesday night and Wednesday in the Bole area, the [...]
Ethiopian corn from Karuturi to hit markets soon
December 27, 2008 – 9:25 am
India Times, India
December 25, 2008
BANGALORE: Floriculture company Karuturi Global, which is in the process of diversifying into agricultural crops, expects to begin sales of corn from its Ethiopian operations in the first quarter of 2009 with sales of around 78,000 tonne during the three-month period.
“We are in talks with various buyers, especially in South [...]
SENATOR FEINGOLD, IN DJIBOUTI, CALLS FOR NEW STRATEGY FOR SOMALIA AND THE HORN
December 27, 2008 – 9:20 am
Eastafro.com
December 22, 2008
Djibouti – Today, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) called for a new strategy to address instability, terrorism and the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and the Horn of Africa while visiting Djibouti, which is hosting the Somalia peace process. Feingold, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, met with the [...]
Major foreign policy test awaits Obama in Somalia
December 27, 2008 – 9:18 am
Christian Science Monitor, US
December 24, 2008
David Montero
Ethiopia confirmed this week that it will pull troops out of the troubled nation, a move that experts worry could allow the country to fall into the hands of Islamist insurgents.
African nations this week failed to act in unison to ensure stability in troubled Somalia. Amid their disagreements, [...]
Somalia: As Troops Prepare to Pull Out, Ethiopia Says Mission Accomplished
December 27, 2008 – 9:15 am
Daily Monitor/AllAfrica.com, Ethiopia
Biruk Girma
26 December 2008
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia on Wednesday said that it has achieved most of its goals it had set before its troops were deployed in neighboring Somalia two years ago.
“We have achieved our goals we have set to rescue our national security from potential dangers that could have arisen from Somalia,” [...]
