November 23, 2012

• Ethiopia: Agency Transfers Condos to Beneficiaries

  ADI (ENA) - Condominium houses constructed in this town, Tigray State, at a cost of 21 million birr have been transferred to beneficiaries, Town Housing Development Agency... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Parliament Ratifies Loan Accords

  The House of People's Representatives yesterday ratified a loan agreements signed with the International Development Association (IDA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Road Building Accord

  A contract agreement providing for building the roads linking the country's road network with three new sugar factories at a cost of over 3.9 billion birr was signed here... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Over 77,000 Protected From Malaria

  77,000 residents have been protected from malaria in Fogera Woreda, South Gondar Zone of Amhara State following spraying of anti-mosquito chemicals on nearly 27,000 residential... Read more »

• Ethiopia: NEWA Announces 16-Day Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

  Network of Ethiopian Women's Association (NEWA) announced that a 16-day activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) will be held from November 25 - December 10,2012 with the... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Childfund Launches 148 Million Birr Programme

  ChildFund Ethiopia yesterday launched a three year strategic programme designed to improve the well-being of deprived, vulnerable and excluded children as well as families in... Read more »

• Ethiopia: College Goes Operational

  A Teachers' Education College constructed in Adola Weyu Town of Gujji Zone in Oromia State with 80 million birr has gone operational. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Addis to Host Second Pulses, Oilseed and Spices International Conference

  The Ethiopian Pulses,Oilseed and Spices Processors Exporters Association announced that the 2nd international conference on the sector will be held November, 28-29, 2012 in Addis. Read more »

November 22, 2012

• Ethiopia: Haile-Mariam Holds Talks With Lula DA Silva

  Prime Minister Haile-Mariam Dessalegn held talks yesterday with a 12-member delegation led by Lula da Silva, former President of Brazil. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Nation Earns Over U.S.$.39 Million From Conference Tourism

  Ethiopia earned over 39 million USD from conference tourism last Ethiopian budget year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT). Read more »

November 20, 2012

• Ethiopia: Gov't Lauds Public Participation in Dam Construction

  The Ethiopian government praised mobilized nation participation in the effort being made to realize the construction of the Renaissance Dam thereby presented recognition... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Holeta Residents Vow to Relaize Meles Vision

  Employees of Holeta town adminstration employees and residents said they would be committed to realize vision of the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. A three-day meeting held on... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Value Chains Key to Transform Smallholder Agriculture

  Agriculture is the backbone of the economy in the developing world. The sector has been employing 60 per cent of the work force in Sub-Saharan Africa and contributing an average of... Read more »

• Ethiopia/Sudan: St. George Lift Addis Trophy With 1-0 Win Over Al Ahly Walmedani

  Ethiopian Premier League Champions St. George beat Al Ahly Walmedani of Sudan with a 1-0 margin Sunday at the Abebe Bikila Stadium to lift the Addis trophy. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Working Toward a Tolerant and Participatory Political Environment [editorial]

  The Ethiopian government has just called for the need on the part of opposition political parties to strengthen themselves and to play an active role in the collective effort to... Read more »

• Ethiopia: UNDP Chooses Ethiopia for MDG National Consultations

  The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) includes Ethiopia into the 49 countries selected from across the world to hold national consultations to feed into the framing of... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Health Centres Call for Support to Apply Telemedicine

  Telemedicine service aimed at delivering health services using Information Communication Technology (ICT), launched in three health centres of Addis Ababa, proved failure mainly... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Little About Legal Protection, How It Is Lifted Up

  It is well recognized that any member of the House of Peoples' Representative is not caught by the concerned bodies when suspected. This means, even though the member... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Commitment to Mutual Benefit With Riparian Countries [opinion]

  Various media outlets have been reporting as if Egypt was prepared to attack Ethiopia, to protect its stake in River Nile quoting the internal emails from the U.S. Private-security... Read more »

November 17, 2012

• Ethiopia: Tolerance, Unity in Diversity [editorial]

  Ethiopia marked the World Tolerance Day for the 2nd time marked with different events with the motto "Through our tolerance culture, we will be a model to the world." Read more »

• Ethiopia: Why Faidherbia Is Considered a Promising Tree? [opinion]

  At the Durban Climate Change Convention in December 2011, the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi announced that Faidherbia programme--a government initiative will establish hundred... Read more »

• Africa: MDGs Said to Remain Post-2015 Africa Dev't Agenda

  The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that Africa is lagging behind to achieve in the scheduled period would continue to be development agenda in the continent after 2015, the... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Premier Holds Talks With Iranian Foreign Minister

  Prime Minister Haile-Mariam Dessalegn yesterday held talks with Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Akbar Salehi who arrived here earlier in the day on a day-long visit. Read more »

• Ethiopia: ECX's Exemplary Deeds, and the Passing of the Torch

  For years, agricultural commodities in Ethiopia have been sold with in a routine and traditional market system in which market actors have no reliable information, access to major... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Nyala Insurance Makes Over 43.1 Million Birr Net Profit

  The Nyala Insurance Share Company announced that it has made a 43.1million birr net profit last fiscal year. The company put the country's current economic growth as a fertile... Read more »