Reuters August 17, 2011 Ibrahim Mohamed MOGADISHU – Britain said on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of children could starve to death in Somalia if the international community did not ramp up its response to the famine there. Britain has already pledged more than 80 million pounds to help tackle what aid agencies are calling [...]
Category Archives: Ethiopia
REMITTANCE SPIKES BY 88 PERCENT
August 24, 2011 – 12:12 am
Reporter, Ethiopia August 20, 2011 ASRAT SEYOUM Exacerbates inflation The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) announced that official receipt of remittance to Ethiopia rose to USD 1.5 billion in 2010/11 budget year, registering an 88 percent growth over its value in the previous year. In spite of discrepancies between the figure that the World Bank [...]
Ethiopia counts the cost of East Africa’s crisis
August 16, 2011 – 4:15 pm
Independent, UK August 14, 2011 Emily Dugan Its population is starving while the country takes in more Somali refugees REUTERS Somali children wait outside one of the four refugee camps established along Ethiopia’s border with Somalia. Water rations have dropped from 10 litres a day per person to three Since the food crisis began in [...]
Thousands struggle in Ethiopia’s “green drought”
August 13, 2011 – 12:47 am
Terra Daily/AFP August 10, 2011 Shebedino, Ethiopia – Shundure Tekamo faces a tough choice — stay with her severely malnourished son in hospital, or return home in the desperate search for food for her five other children. “I cannot think of anything, because I want only to save my child,” she said, standing by the [...]
Ethiopia rebuffs UN recommendation to halt dam construction over environmental concerns
August 13, 2011 – 12:45 am
Washington Post/AP August 11, 2011 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian officials say they will not heed the U.N.’s recommendation to halt construction on a dam that the world body says endangers a world heritage site. Project manager Azeb Asnake said Thursday that government impact studies found Gilgel Gibe III dam does not endanger Lake Turkana, [...]
UN calls for suspension of giant hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia
August 11, 2011 – 9:09 pm
Daily Nation, Kenya July 28, 2011 ARGAW ASHINE Addis Ababa – The United Nations has added its voice to the barrage of criticism on Ethiopia’s massive Gibe III hydropower project, calling for work to be suspended until the negative impacts of the dam have been determined. The World Heritage Committee, which establishes sites to be [...]
Somalia Famine: Aid Workers Report Fewer Refugees Making It To Food Supplies Safely
August 11, 2011 – 9:04 pm
Huffington Post, US July 29, 2011 Joshua Hersh The number of refugees pouring out of famine-stricken Somalia has greatly reduced in recent days, aid workers in the region say — and that may not be a good thing. “We are seeing this, and we’re really not sure why,” says Giammichele De Maio, the head of [...]
Universal Music Promotes Ethiopia Habtemariam to Head of Urban Music, Motown Senior VP
August 11, 2011 – 9:02 pm
Hollywood Reporter, US August 10, 2011 Georg Szalai Ethiopia Habtemariam The music company also said that the Motown Records label will now make use of Island Def Jam’s sales, marketing and distribution services. NEW YORK – Universal Music Group said Wednesday that it has promoted Ethiopia Habtemariam to the posts of executive vp/head of urban [...]
Kenyan team in Ethiopia for border talks
August 11, 2011 – 8:53 pm
Daily Nation August 9, 2011 BARNABAS BII More than 60 people have been killed in the last two months in attacks pitting Kenyan and Ethiopian fishermen and pastoralists Kenyan surveyors are in Ethiopia to resolve a border dispute between the two countries. Survey director Ephantus Murage is holding talks with his Ethiopian counterpart in Addis [...]
MPs join opposition to Ethiopian dam
August 11, 2011 – 8:49 pm
Capital FM, Kenya August 10, 2011 WAMBUI NDONG NAIROBI, Kenya – Members of Parliament on Wednesday put the government to task over the controversial construction of the Gibe III dam by Ethiopia, saying it would negatively impact six Kenyan communities living around Lake Turkana. While moving the Motion during the morning session, Emuhaya MP Wilbur [...]