Ethiopia receives US$1.4bn petro pipeline project proposal

Construction Review Online Laying of the Habshan – Fujairah oil pipeline in Ethiopia The Ethiopian Government is going through proposal for the construction of US$1.4bn petroleum pipeline at Port of Djibouti. This was disclosed in the “Powering Africa: Ethiopia Meeting” held in Radisson Blu Hotel last month. Officials from the Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water, Irrigation

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The Beta Dance Troupe brings the Amharic alphabet to life in ’Hahoo.’ ሀሁ

By ORI J. LENKINSKI, The Jerusalem Post Dege Feder. (photo credit:YA’ACOV SADAN) For Dege Feder, the Amharic alphabet is more than a means of transferring thoughts into writing; it is a portal into a specific period in her past. “When I was about six years old,” explains Feder, “I studied in a school in Ethiopia

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Kenya arrests 77 Chinese in Internet hacking case

By TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya are consulting technical experts to determine if 77 Chinese nationals arrested with advanced communications equipment in several houses in an upscale Nairobi neighborhood were committing espionage, an official said Thursday. The Chinese were arrested since the weekend with equipment that Kenya’s Daily Nation

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Ethiopia: The Right To Remain Silent

By Ben Rawlence Few political rights exist in Ethiopia and even fewer voices criticise the government. The right to remain silent is one liberty not denied to critics of the Ethiopian government. Most other political entitlements have vanished. This explains the puzzle of Ethiopia’s invisible political opposition: it is so battered and brutalised, tattered and

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Ethiopia sees record coffee exports after Brazil’s drought

Reuters Ethiopia expects coffee exports for its 2014/15 crop to hit a record high because of drought and disease stifling crops in Latin America, the head of its exporters association said on Wednesday. An unprecedented drought early this year reduced the 2014/15 crop in the world’s biggest coffee producer Brazil. The International Coffee Organization forecast

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Ethiopia’s bond offering rated by Moody’s and S&P

By Sarah Owermohle, CPI Financial Moody’s has assigned a provisional (P)B1 rating to Ethiopia’s upcoming dollar-denominated bond offering, while Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has assigned it a ‘B’ rating.   The bond, Ethiopia’s first issuance in international markets, will fund Government capital expenditures, including development of the sugar and energy industries and general budgetary expenses,

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Ethiopia’s Zone9 Bloggers Face the Limits of International Law

Written By Ivan Sigal@ivonotes , Global Voices Online This post was jointly published with the World Policy Journal blog. The international human rights system is broken – or perhaps it never worked at all. In case after case, citizens’ human rights are violated under the national laws of their respective countries, despite the existence of international human rights

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Ethiopia eyes debut bond deal tomorrow

Financial Times Ethiopia is planning to issue its first eurobond tomorrow after finishing off an investor roadshow in New York today, and will become the second-poorest country on record to tap the international debt market. Ravenous demand for higher-yielding debt has encouraged a slew of countries previously shut out of international bond markets to issue

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International firm offers to study Ethiopia’s dam expected mid-December

Ahram Online Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia were expected to consider international firm offers to conduct studies on the Grand Renaissance Dam Thursday, but several firms requested an extension 40% of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam completed: Ethiopian president The period for receiving offers from international firms to conduct studies on the impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance

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Italian Police Arrest Eritrean Gang Who Smuggled Migrants

The Guardian Alleged human traffickers who had arranged more than 20 boat trips from north Africa to Europe picked up in sting operation in Italy and Germany A boat with migrants is towed by an Italian military ship off the coast of Sicily. A boat with migrants is towed by an Italian military ship off

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