Why Ethiopia’s peremptory character gets a Western nod

February 11, 2012

Alaska News Features

Ethiopia’s new assign of opponents underneath an antiterror law has captivated widespread condemnation. But with a informal purpose as essential as ever and donors still tender by a government’s antipoverty measures, a critique is doubtful to outcome in poignant changes.

Despite a standing as a donor darling, Ethiopia’s supervision is, once again, doing small to inspire a attentions of a Western suitors.

Food for a bad – and for suspicion – Leader

 February 11, 2012

In some tools of a world, a small income still goes a long way.

Ethiopia, an intensely bankrupt republic in eastern Africa, is one of those places, as students during Northstar Middle School found out recently.

So when Northstar students learned, interjection to a superintendence of teachers Paula Tracy and Andrew Brown, that only 10 cents is enough to yield a square of bread to undernourished students during an impoverished propagandize in Ethiopia, they responded in a large way.

Guna, Owned by Ethiopian Ruling Party, Eyes Coffee-Export Share

February 11, 2012

 By Jason McLure – October 27, 2009 09:22 EDT

 

Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Guna Trading House Plc, owned by Ethiopia’s ruling party, said it plans to become one of the nation’s biggest coffee exporters, raising concern among industry observers that private industry may get crowded out.

The company began shipping the beans in July and aims to export at least 12,000 metric tons of coffee in the year through June, Mulualem Berhane, general manager of Guna, said in an interview on Oct. 22 in the capital, Addis Ababa.

የቀድሞው የኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማኅበር ዋና ጸሐፊ አረፉ

February 11, 2012

(ሪፖርተር) — የቀድሞው የሕፃናት ኮሚሽን ኮሚሽነር፣ የኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማኅበር ዋና ጸሐፊ የነበሩት ኮሚሽነር ተሠራ ወርቅ ሽመልስና የኢትዮጵያ መንገዶች ኮንስትራክሽን ኮርፖሬሽን ዋና ሥራ አስኪያጅ ኢንጂነር መስፍን ኃይሌ ሥርዓተ ቀብር ከትናንት በስቲያ ተፈጸመ፡፡ ላለፉት አምስት አሠርት በተለያዩ ሰብዓዊና አገራዊ ጉዳዮች ከመንግሥት ከፍተኛ ሹምነት እስከ ዓለም አቀፍ ድርጅቶች መሪነት ያገለገሉት ኮሚሽነር ተሠራ ወርቅ፣ በተለይ በ1960ዎቹና 70ዎቹ በአገሪቱ ተከሥቶ የነበረውን የተፈጥሮ አደጋ ለመቋቋም ከተሰማሩት ግንባር ቀደምት መካከል አንዱ እንደነበሩ ከሕይወት ታሪካቸው ለመረዳት ተችሏል፡፡