Archive for September, 2010

Ethiopians run away to Kenya to only face more nightmares

Columbia University’s World Leaders Forum

“The Current Global Environment and its Impact in Africa”
Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
September 22, 2010

Meles_Zenawi-CU-NY.mp3

On the Nile, Egypt cuts water use as Ethiopia dams for power
There is a battle over the historic river. Under existing accords, Egypt has veto power over development projects, but upstream nations say they should not be bound by unfair colonial-era pacts.

September 11, 2010|By Jeffrey Fleishman and Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times

Somaliland’s deputy minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation said its national army has driven from Somaliland territory Ethiopia’s Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels who, he said, were trained in neighboring Eritrea.

Mohammed Yonis Awale said his administration has alerted Addis Ababa about the ONLF rebels wanting to use Somaliland to launch attacks on Ethiopia. Read the rest of this entry »

“Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia”

Last week, US Senators Feingold and Leahy introduced a draft bill into the US Senate. It was entitled ‘Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia, Act of 2010.’ Any bill that is introduced into the US Senate is, of course, a matter of US internal affairs. And we wouldn’t criticize Senators for anything they might wish to place before the Senate of the US, even if it does deal with the internal affairs of other countries. Indeed, we would entirely welcome support for democracy in Ethiopia. As we have frequently emphasized, democracy, together with good governance and respect for human rights, is a necessity for the survival of Ethiopia and for the achievement of the eradication of poverty, the main aim of government development strategy. This, indeed, is why we spend a great deal of time and energy ensuring the strengthening of democratic governance. Read the rest of this entry »

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The Ethiopian birr was devalued by 16.7 percent on Wednesday, according to exchange rates published on the central bank’s website, a move welcomed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The birr was quoted by the National Bank of Ethiopia at a weighted average of 16.3514 against the dollar compared with 13.6284 on Tuesday. A central bank official confirmed the new rate but was not authorised to make further comment. Read the rest of this entry »

አክሊለ ብርሃን መኮንን ኃይለ ሥላሴ የተባሉ ኢትዮጵያዊ ኢንቬስተር ‹‹ግራንድ ግዮን ሆቴል›› በሚል ስያሜ አንድ ባለ አራት ኮከብና አንድ ባለ አምስት ኮከብ ሆቴል በሰባት ቢሊዮን ብር ወጪ ለመገንባት ከፕራይቬታይዜሽን ኤጀንሲ ጋር ከትናንት በስቲያ ስምምነት ተፈራረሙ፡፡

የሆቴሉን ግንባታ የሚያከናውነው ድንቅነሽ ኩባንያቸው 80 በመቶ፣ የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ደግሞ 20 በመቶ ድርሻ ይኖራቸዋል፡፡

የአፄ ኃይለ ሥላሴ የልጅ ልጅ መሆናቸውን በመግለጽ፣ ‹‹ልዑል›› የሚባልበት ዘመን ስላለፈ ‹‹ልዑል አክሊለ ብርሃን የሚለውን ስም አልጠቀም›› በማለት ዶ/ር ቆስጠንጢኖስ በረሀ ከጋዜጠኞች ጋር ያስተዋወቋቸው የድንቅነሽ ኩባንያ ሥራ አስኪያጅ አክሊለ ብርሃን መኮንን፣ ትናንት በሒልተን ሆቴል በሰጡት ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ እንዳስታወቁት፣ የግዮን ሆቴልን ለመግዛት በጨረታ ከተሳተፉት 12 የውጪ ኩባንያዎች መካከል ድንቅነሽ ኩባንያ በገንዘብም ሆነ በዲዛይን በልጦ ስለተገኘ የጨረታው አሸናፊ ሆኗል፡፡ Read the rest of this entry »