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Yapi Merkezi signed 6.4 million USD deal with PALFINGER SANY Mobile Cranes for Ethiopian Railway Corporation

PALFINGER SANY Mobile Cranes has won the bid to deliver construction equipment for the ethiopian new railway project, the Awash-Weldia railway line. The order amounting to 6.4 million USD was awarded by Turkish construction company Yapi Merkezi, which is delivering the design and construction of the railway project. On 8th of November 2014 the Turkish

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The case of Ethiopian domestic workers in the Middle East

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (ODI) DECEMBER 2014 – Recent research on child migration has largely departed from the early trafficking narrative and has tended to highlight agency and the ways in which children’s migration can play a key role in their ‘future-seeking’. Migration is increasingly regarded as a vehicle for improving children’s opportunities for schooling and

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Vitol places lowest offer in Ethiopia oil product tender

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – European oil trader Vitol [VITOLV.UL] is likely to clinch a term deal to supply nearly 1.2 million tonnes of oil products into Ethiopia for next year, industry sources said on Wednesday. Vitol placed the lowest offer out of seven into a tender by Ethiopian Petroleum Supply Enterprise (EPSE) to buy 1 million

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Somali bomb explodes near UN convoy 4 dead

BBC A Somali intelligence officer was killed in the blast, police say At least four people have been killed in a car bomb blast next to a UN convoy in Somalia’s capital, police say. The bomb exploded as the convoy travelled along the road near the airport in Mogadishu, police said. A second blast targeted

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Saudi Billionaire to Invest $100 Million in Ethiopian Farm

By William Davison, Bloomberg Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, an Ethiopian company owned by billionaire Mohamed al-Amoudi, said it plans to invest $100 million in a rice farm in western Ethiopia next year to kick-start the stalled project. The company leased 10,000 hectares (24,711 acres) in the Abobo district in the Gambella region, where it’s

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Where will huge state investments lead Ethiopia?

By Andualem Sisay, The East African From thousands of kilometres of railways and highways to mega dams to tens of thousands of partially government-sponsored houses to cobblestone roads, Ethiopia is a nation under-construction. About a fifth of the 10.3 per cent growth registered in the 2013/14 budget year was attributable to construction activity, according to

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Ethiopia adopts Israeli day/night solar power system

Powered primarily by the sun, AORA’s Tulip energy system works 24/7 – even at night and when it’s cloudy BY DAVID SHAMAH An AORA Tulip System (Photo credit: Courtesy) Solar energy is an ideal solution for the power needs of the developing world – except for one problem: It stops working when the sun

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Ethiopia issues unfamiliar investor warning over war and famine

Financial Times By Javier Blas Every country tapping the global sovereign bond market details the dangers investors face in its prospectus, often in a boilerplate section enumerating possible problems – such as fiscal deficits or taxation issues – that is largely ignored. But the document sent by Ethiopia to international investors ahead of its foray

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Kenya: Suspected Islamist Rebels Kill 36 Workers

By TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAIROBI- At least 36 quarry workers were killed early Tuesday in northern Kenya by suspected Islamic extremists from Somalia, said Kenyan police. The killings happened in Mandera County near the border with Somalia and the attackers escaped, said Kenyan police chief David Kimaiyo. The workers were ambushed at the quarry

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Dozens support appeal of Israeli who killed alleged rapist

HAARETZ Yonatan Heilo was sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder; judge says appellant’s distressed background cannot serve as a grounds for mitigating his sentence. Dozens of people arrived at the Supreme Court on Monday to show their support for a man sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering the man he says

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