By Groum Abate Tuesday, 30 April 2013 12:08 Capital Ethiopia Ethiopia will face 200 mega watts of energy shortage during the next year, according to a study by the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation’s (EEPCo) Corporate Planning Department. The department, in a study it presented to the board of EEPCo states that various measures should be taken before the power shortage ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Egypt’s Irrigation minister: future negotiations with Ethiopia hinge on IPoE report
Luiz Sanchez / April 29, 2013 The Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Baha’a El-Din says Egypt will look to minimise cons and maximise benefits of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam Irrigation Minister Mohamed Baha’a El-Din said during his visit to Assiut that Egypt is waiting on a report by the International Panel of Experts (IPoE) on the effects of the ... Read More »
Is the Left Launching an Attack on Evangelical Adoption?
April 29, 2013 By David French Thanks to the publication of Kathryn Joyce’s new book, The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption (excerpted here in Mother Jones, and Ms. Joyce is interviewed here at NPR), there’s been an online wave of criticism/examination of Evangelicals’ so-called orphan fever. To some, conservative Christians are incentivizing child-trafficking, engaging in a form of cultural imperialism by yanking children from their ... Read More »
በመተማ ወረዳ አርሶ አደሮች መፈናቀላቸውና ሦስት መሞታቸው ተገለጸ/New wave of evictions in Metema,North Western Ethiopia
28 APRIL 2013 ተጻፈ በ ታምሩ ጽጌ Source : Ethiopian Reporter ‹‹የተፈናቀለ አንድም አርሶ አደር የለም የማቾቹ ጉዳይ ከመሬት ጋር አይገናኝም›› ወረዳውና የክልሉ አካባቢ ጥበቃና መሬት አስተዳደር ባለሥልጣን በአማራ ክልል በሰሜን ጐንደር ዞን በመተማ ወረዳ ከዮሐንስ ከተማ በስተሰሜን ደለሎ ተብሎ በሚጠራው አካባቢ፣ ለበርካታ ዓመታት መሬት በሕጋዊ መንገድ ተቀብለው ግብር የሚከፍሉ አርሶ አደሮች፣ አካባቢውን ጥለው እንዲሄዱ በወረዳው ውሳኔ መተላለፉን በአካባቢው ያሉ የሪፖርተር ... Read More »
Angry supporters, pro Regime media calling for reform
De Birhan April 27, 2013 Angered and triggered by the forced evictions of Ethiopians from the Benishangul and other regions of Ethiopia, members, supporters of the ruling TPLF/EPRDF and pro government Radio stations in the Diaspora are calling for a Reform. During an online discussion in pro EPRDF Discussion Forum on Friday, members and supporters of the ruling Front inside and outside the Country ... Read More »
Ethiopia sentences 8 leaders and members of Rebel group to death
By De Birhan April 26, 2013 An Ethiopian court has sentenced eight members and leaders of the Gambela People’s Liberation Movement (GPLM), a rebel group in Gambella, Southern tip of Ethiopia, to death. The Federal High Court Fourth Criminal Bench also sentenced the first defendant, Oumed Oket, to death. According to reports by state owned media, of the 14 members of the accused, the remaining ... Read More »
Under Secretary Sonenshine Travel to Ethiopia
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 25, 2013 Tara Sonenshine (Courtesy of State.gov) Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara D. Sonenshine will travel to Ethiopia to meet with government officials, local media, students, and activists to advance shared goals in the areas of press freedom, education, youth development, and conservation April 27-30. In Addis ... Read More »
Karuturi guilty of tax evasion
Published: 22 Apr 2013 Posted in: Ethiopia | India | Karuturi Global Ltd | Kenya CEO of Karuturi, Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi Tax Justice Network ▪ Forum Syd ▪ GRAIN ▪ Anywaa Survival Organisation ▪ South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements ▪ PRESS RELEASE Nairobi, 22 April 2013 (Español abajo / Français ci-dessous) Karuturi guilty of tax evasion Global flower industry giant found breaking the law in Kenya The Kenyan government has found Karuturi Global Ltd, the ... Read More »