Ethiopia’s state enterprises transparency, debt worries World Bank

The East African   As state-owned enterprises in Ethiopia continue expanding in the economy with huge investments, the World Bank advised the government to improve transparency and credibility of information. “As the country plans to become a middle income country, consistency, transparency and credible information about state owned enterprises are very, very important,” said Sri

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Scottish vote and Oromia case in Ethiopia 

By Admassu Belay  In recent days, we have been hearing a lot about the Scottish referendum to secede from the UK. Particularly, some of our Oromo politician friends in the diaspora have made it the hot topic of the month. Knowing how ridiculous it is to compare “Oromia” to Scotland, many Ethiopians ignore the matter.

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South Sudan U-turn on banning foreign workers

BBC There are fears the move will disrupt efforts to avert the country’s food crisis South Sudan’s government says it will not ban foreign workers, annulling a decree it issued a day earlier. Contrary to reports, there was no policy ordering foreign workers to leave by 15 October, Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said. Thousands

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Mulatu Astatke: Spreading ethio-jazz to the world

(CNN) — You’d expect a conversation with Mulatu Astake to be about music. He is, after all, the father of a musical genre: Ethio-jazz. But when he talks about the art form, he tends to focus on its scientific merits. “When you start talking about jazz, they’re usually telling us that Africans contributed to the

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Will Scottish referendum encourage Africa’s separatists?

By Farouk Chothia BBC Africa Many African countries have secessionist movements, partly because their borders were drawn up by colonial powers in the 19th Century. Will the Scottish referendum lead to a greater push for independence on the continent? In one of the few referendums on sovereignty to be held in Africa, in 1961, the

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The Man Who Stole the Nile 

An Arab-Ethiopian billionaire’s outrageous land grab By Frederick Kaufman Sheik Mohammed Al-Amoudi Forget about diamond heists, bank robberies, and drilling into the golden intestines of fort Knox. In this precarious world-historic moment, food has become the most valuable asset of them all – and a billionaire from Ethiopia named Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi is getting

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El-Sisi to discuss new Ethiopia dam with Desalegn in NY

Ahram Online Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is expected to discuss Ethiopia’s new dam project with the country’s premier during UN General Assembly meetings in New York later this month. Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Sunday that El-Sisi was also expected to visit Addis Ababa soon for further talks on the matter with Ethiopian Prime

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Zambian contractors in Ethiopia for cobblestones course

Zambia Daily Mail By NANCY SIAME A DELEGATION of Zambian medium and small-scale contractors is in Ethiopia to confer with their counterparts on matters of road construction using cobblestones. The seven-man delegation is led by National Association for Medium and Small Scale Contractors (NAMSSC) president Mutale Mpepo. This is according to a statement issued by

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South Sudan bans foreign workers

BBC There are fears the move will disrupt efforts to avert the country’s food crisis South Sudan’s government has issued an order to non-governmental organisations (NG0s) and private firms to fire certain foreign workers by mid-October. The labour ministry says roles ranging from receptionist to executive director should in future be filled by South Sudanese

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Genzebe Dibaba and Almaz Ayana won In Morocco

IAAF.org Ethiopian athletes Genzebe Dibaba and Almaz Ayana won their respective races in the women’s competition at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco on Sunday. “This weekend’s most dominant performance on the track came in the penultimate individual race courtesy of Almaz Ayana in the women’s 5000m,” reported Bob Ramsak for the IAAF. “Returning to

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