Archive for July, 2010

By William Davison - Jul 30, 2010

Bloomberg: A coalition of Ethiopian opposition parties will take steps toward becoming a single party by forming a front, said Negasso Gidada, co-deputy chairman of the so-called Medrek alliance. Read the rest of this entry »

By Associated Press

4:01 AM CDT, July 29, 2010

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas farmers are studying an Ethiopian cereal grain known as teff as a possible alternative crop for the state.

The Solomon Valley Resource Conservation and Development Area and the Kansas Black Farmers Association are hosting a teff field day Aug. 5 south of Woodston. Speakers will present information about teff and answer questions. Lunch will include teff products to sample.

The black farmers group has been researching the idea under a government grant. Project acres have grown from 50 the first year to nearly 250 the third year.

They want to expand teff in Kansas from test plots to market-sized plots of the grain.
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Addis Ababa, July 29, 2010:  U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, Donald E. Booth, and his wife Anita Booth, traveled to Bahir Dar from July 28-29 to meet with regional and local officials, visit U.S. assistance

projects and programs, meet with American citizens and learn about economic development issues in the Amhara area.  He was accompanied by the Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Ethiopia, Dr. Thomas Kenyon, and other U.S. Embassy staff.

During his first visit to the Amhara region, Ambassador Booth paid calls on Regional State President Ayalew Gobeze and the Bahir Dar City Mayor Alemayehu Sewagegne.  He also had the Read the rest of this entry »

Four Ethiopians To Participate in President Obama’s Forum with Young African Leaders

Addis Ababa, July 23, 2010 – U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald E. Booth met on July 23, 2010 with four Ethiopians who have been selected to participate in President Obama’s African Youth Leaders Forum from August3-5 in Washington D.C.

The Forum will bring together approximately 120 young leaders from civilsociety and the private sector representing more than forty countries insub-Saharan Africa to meet with American counterparts and U.S.government officials and share insights on key themes of youth empowerment, good governance, and economic opportunity.  President Obamawill host a town hall meeting at the White House with these young leaders to discuss their vision for transforming their societies overthe next fifty years. Read the rest of this entry »

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Aend Ethiopia Interviews with Emperor Haile Selassie I Memorial Association Chairman and Board Committee

በዩጋንዳው ፍንዳታ የተጠረጠሩት አራት ኢትዮጵያዊያን በነጻ ተለቀቁ

የዩጋንዳ ፖሊስ ፍንዳታውን አስመልክቶ በሰጠው መግለጫ ጥቃቶቹ በሁለት አጥፍቶ ጠፊዎች መከናወናቸውን አስታውቆ፤ በጥርጣሬ የተያዙት ኢትዮጵያዊያን መለቀቃቸውን አረጋግጧል።

የፖሊሱ አዛዥ ካሌ ካይ-ሁራ ለጋዜጠኞች ሲናገሩ በፍንዳታው ከተሰበሰቡት አስከሬኖች መካከል የሁለቱን ሬሳ ፈልጎ የመጣ ሰው አልተገኘም። የሁለቱን ሰዎች ማንነት የሚያሳዩ ምስሎችንም ፖሊስ አሳይቷል።

በአለም አቀፍ የወንጀለኛ አዳኝ ፓሊስ ኢንተር-ፖል ድረ ገጽ የሚገኙት እንደገና የተሰሩ ምስሎች የአጥፍቶ ጠፊዎቹን ማንነት ከሞላ ጎደል እንደሚያሳዩም ተጠቁሟል። አንደኛው ሰው ሶማሊያን ጨምሮ ከአፍሪካ ቀንድ ሰዎች የፊት ምስል ጋር የሚቀራረብ የቆዳ ቀለም ያለው ሰው ሲሆን፤ ሌላኛው ሰፋ ያለ ፊትና ጥቁር የቆዳ ቀለም ያለው ነው።

የፖሊሱ አዛዥ ካሌ ካይሁራ እነዚህ ሰዎች የአጥፍቶ ጠፊዎች መሆናቸውን በእርግጠኝነት ይናገራሉ።

“እነዚሁ ሁለት አስከሬኖች፤ ከሌሎቹ ሬሳዎች በተለየ መልኩ፤ መጥቶ ስጡን ያለ ሰው የለም። አሁን አንድ ሳምንት ሆኗል። ሁሉም አስከሬኖች በዘመድ ተለይተው ርክክብ ተደርጓል። እነዚህን የጠየቀ የለም፤ ይሄ ደግሞ አጋጣሚ ሊሆን አይችልም፣” ብለዋል። Read the rest of this entry »

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The United Nations inaugurated Nelson Mandela International Day, which will be celebrated each year on the former South African president’s birthday, July 18th.The day calls for people around the world to take action to make a difference in their communities.

July 16, 2010 — The Ethiopian Aviation Academy of the Ethiopian Airlines graduated 19 pilots Thursday after completing a two year commercial pilot course in instrument and Multi Engine Ratings.

Some eight of the graduates are from Chad, Congo Brazzaville, DR Congo Kinshasa, Kenya and Italy. Read the rest of this entry »