By Derese Tariku for De Birhan May 31, 2013 Addis Abeba- The Addis Abeba Trade and Industry Bureau and Housing Agency have today (May 31, 2013) ordered around 70 shop owners in Atekelt Tera, Ethiopia’s largest vegetable market, to vacate their shops within 48 hours. They have been warned that legal measures would be taken unless they leave before the deadline. A trader ... Read More »
By MICHELLE FAUL and SARAH EL DEEB The Associated Press CAIRO May 30, 2013 (AP) Ethiopia’s construction of Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the world’s longest river threatens to affect flows of water to Nile-dependent, water-starved Egypt, where there is growing outrage, anger and fear. Egypt in the past has threatened to go to war over its “historic rights” to ... Read More »
By Selamwit K. for De Birhan May 30, 2013 አዲስ አበባ – የፌደራሉ 16ኛ ወንጀል ችሎት ዛሬ ባዋለው ችሎት የጋዜጠኛ ተመስገን ደስአለኝን ምስክሮች ለመስማት ለሃምሌ ሁለት ቀጠረ። ፍርድ ቤቱ የተከሳሽን ቃል ሲሰማ እና ጠበቆች ስለምስክሮቹ መግለጫ ሲሰጡ ሰዓቱ ስላለቀ ሃምሌ 2 የምስክሮቹን የምስክርነት ቃል ለመስማት ቀጠሮ ተሰጥቷል፡፡ በዚህም መሰረት አንደኛው ምስክር ዶ/ር ያሬድ ከህገ መንግስቱ እና ኢትዮጵያ ከፈረመቻቸው ሃሳብን የመግለፅ መብቶች ከሚደነግጉ ህጎች አንፃር ... Read More »
CAIRO, May 29, 2013 (AFP) Egypt and Sudan were holding talks on Wednesday following a decision by Ethiopia to divert the Blue Nile as part of a giant dam project which risks affecting the two downstream Arab states. Sudan’s minister of irrigation, Osama Abdallah al-Hassan, arrived in Cairo for a one-day visit to the discuss the issue with authorities, Egypt’s ... Read More »
By De Birhan May 28, 2013 The Endowment Fund for Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT), a corporate company owned by members of the TPLF, the core member of EPRDF, is to add its 67th company in its list of multi million companies. The multibillion dollar, Party owned corporate company claims that it is the property of the Tigrean people. A 2009 ... Read More »
World Bulletin / News Desk Gebre-Christos affirmed that the dam, which is currently under construction to store 84 million cubic metres of Nile water, will be used exclusively for power generation and not for irrigation. Ethiopia’s planned Renaissance Dam will not cut into Egypt’s share of Nile water, Ethiopia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Berhane Gebre-Christos said on Monday, reported ... Read More »
By De Birhan May 26, 2013 The African Union (AU) has spent around 3.3 million U.S dollars to finance the programmes of the 50th anniversary of the former Organisation of African Union (OAU)/AU. De Birhan has learnt that the finance has been approved by the 14th extraordinary Executive Council of the AU last month. The programme had included meetings, discussions, cultural events ... Read More »
From Shepherdship to a NASA Researcher: Dr. Tilaye Tadesse’s Inspiring Life Journey Source : techtalkwithsolomon Dr. Tilaye Tadesse Asfaw is a NASA senior postdoctoral researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland, USA. He was born and grew up in remote rural areas of the Eastern Hararge Zone in Ethiopia. During his childhood, he had to walk a very ... Read More »