May 20

• Farmers Co-Op Seat Auction Postponed At ECX

  Addis Fortune

  The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) has postponed the bid opening date of the auction of thirty membership seats it floated exclusively for farmers' cooperatives, to May 16,... Read more »

May 18

• Sending of Ambassador to Boosts Bilateral Ties - Diplomat

  ANGOP

  Ethiopia may soon send an ambassador to Luanda after having the consent by the Angolan authorities, which will lead to a more direct work as part of the relaunch of bilateral... Read more »

May 17

• Govt Playing At Being Good Neighbours?

  IPS

  Despite comments by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn suggesting the pending withdrawal of his country's troops from Somalia, many experts have voiced doubts that... Read more »

May 16

• Editor Questioned Over Story On Meles' Widow [press release]

  CPJ

  Ethiopian police in Addis Ababa questioned an editor for several hours today in connection with a story published in October about the widow of the late Ethiopian leader Meles... Read more »

• Prime Minister Hailemariam Holds Discussions With His Kuwaiti Counterpart

  Ethiopia Government

  Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn who is in an official visit in Kuwait conferred with Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday (May 14, 2013). The... Read more »

May 15

• Court Hears Grand Corruption Case

  Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency

  The top officials and their accomplices apprehended by police for alleged grand corruption case including Melaku Fenta, Director General of Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority... Read more »

• First Court Appearance for Suspected Gov't Officials and Businessmen

  Addis Fortune

  The Second Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court has adjourned the hearing of detained businessmen and top level officials from the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority... Read more »

• Phase 2 of HSS Grant in Ethiopia Will Focus On Strengthening the Health Workforce [analysis]

  GFO

  In the second phase of a Round 9 health systems strengthening (HSS) grant to Ethiopia, the emphasis will be on strengthening the health workforce, with a considerable focus on... Read more »

• Ethiopia - Police Officer Kills 14 Civilians

  Sudan Tribune

  An Ethiopian federal policeman shot dead 14 innocent people in the northern west city of Bahirdar, a regional police source told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday. Read more »

May 14

• DFID Fail to Act on Human Rights Violations [analysis]

  ThinkAfricaPress

  The Ethiopian government may be guilty of atrocities against indigenous peoples as it completes construction of the Gibe III dam. UK aid-agency DFID has failed to exert its... Read more »

• The Grand Fall

  Addis Fortune

  The Administration of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn made the full might of its power known last Friday, after ordering the arrest of 10 high and medium ranking officials of... Read more »

• Unattained MDGS

  Addis Fortune

  The 10th edition of the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) was launched on Tuesday May 7, 2013 at the Addis Abeba University's Faculty of Business and Economics. The report was... Read more »

• All Banks Must Report Suspected Fraud in Five Days

  Addis Fortune

  The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) will soon start requiring all banks operating in Ethiopia to report actual or attempted fraud to them within five days. Read more »

• Great Effort but Little Reward

  Addis Fortune

  In March 2010, 44 year old Muder Kemal, the father of two, banded together with seven of his friends and formed an enterprise. They named it Selam Leather Enterprise. Read more »

• CBEs VP Leaves to Commodities Exchange

  Addis Fortune

  Belay had been with the CBE for 13 years, starting out as a clerk three years after graduating from Addis Abeba University. He got his Master's degree in Business Administration... Read more »

• Ethiopian to Commence Flights to Seoul

  Addis Fortune

  Ethiopian Airlines announced last week it's plans to commence four weekly flights to Seoul, South Korea, the fourth largest metropolitan economy in the world, starting June 18,... Read more »

• I Would Have Not Liked to Be Associated With It.

  Addis Fortune

  Tedros Adhanom (PhD), minister of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), said this while explaining about a possible measure he would have taken had EPRDF been intentionally targeting and... Read more »

• A World Without GDP Is No Better [analysis]

  Addis Fortune

  Even in good financial times, development aid budgets are hardly overflowing. Government leaders and donors must make hard decisions about where to focus their limited resources. Read more »

• EEPCO to Pay Compensation for Hawassa Power Surges

  Addis Fortune

  The Hawassa branch of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is to pay compensation to close to 300 households and a private company, Awassa Greenwood Plc, for damages... Read more »

• UK to Assist Ethiopia in Tax Collection

  Addis Fortune

  A new tax capacity building programme funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DfID) is planning to work with the Ethiopian government to put in place a more... Read more »

• Making Them Like They Used to

  Addis Fortune

  Though the Ethiopian Standard Agency has set a mandatory national standard for about 221 basic food commodities, consumers still claim that the quality and the quantity of the... Read more »

• Minister Brehan Fired Moments After Progress Report to Parliament

  Addis Fortune

  Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has dismissed Brehan Hailu, minister of Justice, on Thursday, May 9, 2013 Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has dismissed Brehan Hailu,... Read more »

• Moving Japanese Art

  Addis Fortune

  The launch of the Japanese Design Today 100 Exhibition was held on Thursday May 9, 2013 at the Alliance Ethio Française. The event was organized by the Japan Foundation as... Read more »

• Pasta Factory Accused of Safety Lapses, Failure to Pay Workers

  Addis Fortune

  Kokeb Flour & Pasta Factory, accused by Kokeb's labour union of paying a lower salary than it had agreed to as well as not providing safety gear and clothes, has been ordered... Read more »

• Allana's Project Resource Estimate Likely to Rise

  Addis Fortune

  Allana Potash announced last week that its drilling results of the Dallol project could be extended beyond the original resource estimate. The company expects the results to... Read more »