Ethiopia Refuses to Recognise Abyei Referendum

Addis Ababa — Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said on Friday that his country will not recognise the recently conducted referendum to decide on the future of the Abyei region which is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan.

Hailemariam made the remarks while holding talks with visiting Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ali Karti. The African Union (AU) had proposed that a referendum be held in October but the two sides could not agree on who could participate in the referendum.

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Ethiopia: World Vision Donates Books to Ministry of Education

World Vision (WV) has donated 41,194 reference books worth about $235,000 to the Ethiopian Ministry of Education to be distributed to about 10 new universities in the country.
WV Ethiopia Director Margaret Schuler handed over the donation to Takele Gebre-Kidan, Office Manager for Construction of 10 Ethiopia's Universities, in a ceremony held on Saturday at the Ethiopian Ministry of Education in Addis Ababa.

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Indian writes Ethiopian language primers for foreigners

An Indian scholar in Ethiopia has so far published over a dozen books specially designed for foreigners to learn Ethiopia's languages, particularly Amharic.
His story reads like a journey in reverse to the one made centuries earlier by the Siddis - Indians of East African descent brought to India mostly as slaves, who live mostly in Gujarat and have embraced the local language and culture.

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US woman gets 37 years for Ethiopian girl’s death

OLYMPIA: A US woman was sentenced to 37 years in prison on Tuesday for starving her Ethiopia-born adopted daughter and leaving her to die outside in the cold in Washington state.

Stay-at-home mother Carri Williams, 42, was convicted last month of homicide by abuse in connection with the 2011 death of 13-year-old Hana Williams, who was adopted in 2008.

The girl’s father, Larry Williams, 49, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter and sentenced on Tuesday to 28 years in prison, a representative in the clerk’s office said.

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Ethiopian-Israeli Student Supports Rabbi Dov Lior

Ethiopian-Israeli sticks up for Rabbi Dov Lior following racism accusations. ‘I never felt a hint of mistreatment.’
Supports of Rabbi Dov Lior harshly criticized MK Elazar Stern (Hatnua) last week after Stern, speaking from the Knesset podium, accused the rabbi of racism against Israelis from Ethiopia. Among other things, Stern claimed that Rabbi Dov Lior publicly said that Ethiopian immigrants are not Jewish, and that Jews should not marry them.

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Ethiopia: Govt Bans Travel Abroad for Employment

The Ethiopian government has temporarily banned its citizens from traveling abroad for employment.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the travel ban is aimed at curbing what it calls "the rising tide of abuse and exploitation" of migrants from the country.
It says the ban will remain until issues surrounding employment of Ethiopians abroad are addressed.
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians travel overseas each year in search of work. Rights groups say a majority who leave the country are females seeking domestic work in the Middle East.
Some end up being subjected to emotional and physical abuse as well as poor working conditions. Earlier this year, video surfaced reportedly showing an Ethiopian maid being abused in Lebanon. She later committed suicide.
Other Ethiopian migrants have died at sea, traveling on unsafe smuggling boats destined for Yemen or Italy.
The foreign affairs ministry says the government has suspended the licenses of foreign employment agencies as part of the new restrictions.

Source: www.allafrica.com

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Ethiopia: Science, Mathematics, Research and Innovation Experts Awarded

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn stressed the need to produce human resource developed in science and technology to build strong economy. The Premier made the remark on the 4th National Science, Mathematics, Research and Innovation award held Sunday at the Office of the Prime Minister.
After giving the awards to those who have registered outstanding results in science, mathematics as well as research and innovation, Hailemariam said human resource skilled in science and technology is crucial to build a strong economy.

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Somali, Ethiopian Forces Clash With Al-Shabaab in Bay Region

Somali government forces and Ethiopian troops clashed with al-Shabaab militants in Somalia's Bay region Thursday (October 24th), Somalia's Garowe Online reported.
The fighting occurred between the Ufurow and Aw Diinle villages after Somali government forces attacked an al-Shabaab roadblock there. Officials said five soldiers sustained injuries and are being treated at Baidoa General Hospital.
Witnesses said ten people from both sides were killed in the clashes.
Somali government officials in the Bay region said their aim was to dislodge al-Shabaab from the strategic road connecting Bay to the border region of Gedo.

Source: www.allafrica.com 

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Ethiopia: PM Hailemariam Inaugurates Ashegoda Wind Farm

 All future power projects of Ethiopia will be based on renewable energy sources, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has said. The Premier made the remark on Saturday while inaugurating the Ashegoda Wind Farm which has a generating capacity of 120MW.

The project, which is located10 km from Mekelle, the capital city of the Tigray regional state, was launched in October 2008. Hailemariam took the opportunity to pay homage to his predecessor Meles Zenawi whom he referred to as "Africa's green growth champion".

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Ethiopians try 'Twitter diplomacy' to lure top talent

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A World Cup berth appears unlikely after their home defeat to Nigeria but a growing legion of Ethiopian fans are taking to Twitter to lure overseas-based players eligible to represent the Walyas.

Nigeria came from behind to snatch a last-gasp 2-1 win over Ethiopia in the first leg of their playoff in Addis Ababa after two goals from Emmanuel Emenike helped them take a big step towards next year's finals in Brazil.

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Ethiopia: President Mulatu - Ethiopia Would Strengthen Relations With China

President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE), Mulatu Teshome held talks on Saturday with vice Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Ai Ping.
The President said on the occasion that Chinese construction companies have been contributing greatly to Ethiopia's endeavor to accomplish the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) and called on China to strengthen support.
He said the two nations would continue to work together in the areas of power supply, investment and infrastructure sectors.
Ai Ping for his part expressed China's keenness to scale up bilateral relations with Ethiopia.
Source: allafrica.com

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Ethiopia's Growth Is Impressive, Says African Development Bank

Ethiopia's strong, decade-long economic growth made it possible for the country to be on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals says the African Development Bank (AfDB).
In its latest publication "AfDB and Ethiopia - Partnering for Inclusive Growth" the Bank point to huge investment in infrastructure and commercialization of agriculture as major causes for the average 11% annual growth over the past nine years, making Ethiopia the biggest economy in East Africa.
The Bank lauded the government's development policy that lead to broad based growth and a considerable reduction in poverty, noting pro-poor policies accounted for 69% of expenditure in the 2011-12 budget year alone.

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Boeing prepares to fix fire-damaged Ethiopian Dreamliner

Boeing is preparing to repair or rebuild the Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner that burned at Heathrow Airport July 12, and is building scaffolding around the aircraft to begin the work.

The aircraft builder and Ethiopian are being tight-lipped about the exact approach, for instance whether the carbon composite aircraft will be patched on the tarmac at Heathrow.
A second option would be to make the aircraft temporarily flyable, so it could be moved to an overhaul center, or to Boeing, for a more complete rebuild that would replace the entire damaged fuselage section.
“We don’t have any new information to share,” said Boeing spokesman Doug Alder in an email. “We’ll advise once everything is finalized on the approach we’ll be taking on the repair.”

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Exercise

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An in-depth report on the benefits and types of exercise.

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Overview

• The combination of inactivity and eating the wrong foods is the second most common preventable cause of death in the United States (smoking is the first).
• The American Heart Association recommends that individuals do moderate exercise for at least 150 minutes per week, or 75 minutes per week of vigorous exercise.
• No one is too young or too old to exercise.

Benefits of Exercising

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Teachers in China given highest level of public respect

Teachers in China have the highest levels of public respect, according to an international study comparing their status in 21 countries.

Teachers in the UK were in 10th place in the global index which was compiled by the University of Sussex professor Peter Dolton.
The study was based on surveys of 1,000 adults in each of the countries.

This examined public attitudes to professional status, trust, pay and the desirability of teaching as a career.
The study confirmed the high status of teachers in China, where there is a strong cultural emphasis on the importance of education.
"Teachers are revered," says Prof Dolton.
A large majority of adults in China believed that students would respect their teachers - in contrast to most European countries where only a minority believed that students would show respect.

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National Uganda to deport Ethiopian over illegal entry

By Tony Langalanga                                  

Court in Gulu has preferred a charge of illegal entry into the county against an Ethiopian national, who was arrested from Gulu last week.

Michael Shem Ahamed, 28, has appeared before Gulu Grade One Magistrate Saidi Barigye who ruled that he should be deported.

He was taken back to the Gulu Police Station to be taken to the Directorate of Immigration and Citizenship Control.

The Aswa regional Police spokesperson, Jimmy Patrick Okema, said Ahamed, a dwarf, was arrested from Gulu Bus Park because he had no passport and other travel documents.

"Having found the suspect without travel documents

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Ethiopia Criticises ICC Policy against Africa

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia has renewed its allegations against the International Criminal Court (ICC) for only targeting African leaders, whilst ignoring cases in other parts of the world.
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Dina Mufti said on Tuesday, that the ICC’s charges against African leaders are politically motivated rather than being legal motivated. "Ethiopia would work for Africa to be arbitrated by its own legal institutions", he said
According to the official, the ICC prosecutor’s policy against Africa runs contrary to the African Union’s goals that African problems should be solved by Africans.
Although 34 African countries are signatories of the ICC’s Rome

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Ethiopian, Egyptian Foreign Ministers Hold Talks In New York

 NEW YORK, Oct 3 (BERNAMA-NNN-ENA) -- Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr Tedros Adhanom has held talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Nabil Fahmy, focussing on bilateral issues, on the sidelines of the 68th United Nations General Assembly in New York.

During their meeting last Thursday, the two discussed on ways of enhancing bilateral relations in different areas and other issues of mutual interest while Dr Tedros stated Ethiopia' commitment to building trust between the two countries and with other riparian states over the utilization of the waters of the River Nile.

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Nigeria/Ethiopia: Saintfiet Cautions Eagles Over Ethiopia

Former Malawi coach Tom Saintfiet has advised Nigeria to be cautions of Ethiopia ahead of the Fifa 2014 World Cup Qualifying Play-offs.
Saintfiet warned the Super Eagles to be mindful of Ethiopia's fast counter-attacking play, spearheaded by Saladin Said.
"They have some good counter-attack strikers like Saladin Said who find it easy to score goals and so the Nigerian defence must be careful, because sometimes they are weak at the back, and so if Ethiopia can take advantage of that, then they will score goals," Saintfiet said
The Play-off games are the final lap of qualification for the 2014 Fifa World Cup.
Nigeria will face Ethiopia in the first-leg on October 13 in Addis Ababa, while the second leg is billed to take place on November 16 at the U. J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar.
Source: allafrica.com

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Ethiopia: Big Demonstration Against Law Used to Imprison Journalists

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An estimated 80,000 people took part in a street demonstration against Ethiopia's anti-terrorism law on 29 September in response to a call from Unity for Democratic Justice, an opposition group that spent more than three months rallying support for the protest.
Adopted in 2009, the much-criticized anti-terrorism law enables the government to justify arbitrary arrests of journalists, members of the opposition and human rights defenders.

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Ethiopia: A Message of Attention

his might be considered as a message from an ordinary Ethiopian to the Government of Ethiopia led by the ruling EPRDF.
All over the world, a government in power is required to pay attention and make adjustments for every economic, social and political aspect of the nation under its very rule. No different could Ethiopia be.
Ethiopia, as country, has a very long history, even if a large proportion of it is arguable. The society evolved through multifaceted ups and downs. It is only in the last 23 years that the economic system experienced a free-market spirit with its main opportunity of competition that in turn led to wastage of resources.

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Ethiopia criticises ICC policy against Africa

October 1, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia has renewed its allegations that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is only targeting African leaders while ignoring cases in other parts of the world.
Ethiopia’s ministry of foreign affairs spokes person, Dina Mufti, said on Tuesday said that the ICC’s charges against African leaders are politically motivated rather than about legal issues.
"Ethiopia would work for Africa to be arbitrated by its own legal institutions", he said
According to the official, the ICC prosecutor’s policy against Africa runs contrary to African Union’s goals that African problems should be solved by Africans.

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Ethiopia: Japan Donates Over 9200 Tons of Fertilizer to Ethiopia

Japan on Monday donated over 9200 tons of urea fertilizer valued at 490 million Japanese yen to the Ministry of Agriculture to complement the efforts of the Ethiopian government to increase crop production.
Japan has donated the fertilizer based upon the Exchange of Notes signed between the two governments in December 2012 through Japan's grant-in-aid scheme for the food security program for underprivileged farmers, better known as KR II.

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Sudan: Dozens of Eritrean Mutineers Killed Says Army Deserted

Shire — An Eritrean soldier who recently fled to Ethiopia has alleged that many of the dissident soldiers who in January laid siege at the ministry of information building in the capital Asmara have been killed.
Over 100 Eritrean dissident soldiers on January 21, 2013 stormed and took control of the ministry of information in Asmara and called for political reform and a return to the country's 1997 constitution.
The day-long mutiny ended after Special Forces loyal to President Isaias Afeorki surrounded the building and the mutineers agreed to release hostages and to peacefully return to their base.
The Eritrean army deserter who refused to be named for fear of reprisal against his relatives back in Asmera, said most of the mutineers were arrested days after their failed mutineer.

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Meles the Good + Meles the Bad = Meles the Controversial

The musings of a nosey layman on the late Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia-enigmatic leader of some and stern ruler over many others.
By Tesfu Telahoun  Part  One 
In the last few years, I have come to realize that I’m a really lousy judge of character.
Take for instance, my first impressions of the late Hugo Chavez, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. I thought then, ‘Here is a true statesman, a man of the people. One whose sole interest is to serve to the best of his capacity in whatever way would be best for the nation.

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Meles the Good+Meles the Bad=Meles the Controversial-Part Two- Mellow Meles

By Tesfu Telahoun
The musings of a nosey layman on the late Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia-enigmatic leader of some and stern ruler over many others. 
In ‘Idealist Meles’, the first section of this three-part series published last week, I maintained that the life and times of the late Meles Zenawi can be categorized into three distinct but not necessarily exclusive ‘phases’.
Accordingly, I identified these phases in descending order as: Idealist Meles-early sixties to late eighties, Mellow Meles-early nineties to May 2005 and Bitter Meles-from June 2005 to 2013.
‘Idealist Meles’ was a generalized treatment of the radical and idealistic

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Saudi-Yemen Barrier Blocks Ethiopian Migrants

David Arnold

September 26, 2013

A popular path for Ethiopians to work as illegal household help in Saudi Arabia has been blocked by construction of a 75 kilometer-long three meter-high concrete-filled pipline, that is supposed to eventually span the entire 1,800 kilometer Saudi-Yemen border.

The Saudi-Yemen Barrier is designed to discourage illegal entry by Yemenis and other foreigners from sneaking across the border for work, to stop smugglers

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Water Wars: Egyptians Condemn Ethiopia's Nile Dam Project

"Ethiopia is killing us," taxi driver Ahmed Hossam said, as he picked his way through Cairo's notoriously traffic-clogged streets. "If they build this dam, there will be no Nile. If there's no Nile, then there's no Egypt."

Projects on the scale of the $4.7 billion, 1.1-mile-long (1.7-kilometer-long) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam often encounter impassioned resistance, but few inspire the kind of dread and fury with which most Egyptians regard plans to dam the Blue Nile River.

Egypt insists Ethiopia's hydroelectric scheme amounts to a violation of its historic rights, a breach of the 1959 colonial-era agreement that allocated almost

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Ethiopia opposition stage anti-government demo

Addis Ababa (AFP) –  A leading Ethiopian opposition group gathered Sunday to protest against the country's anti-terrorism legislation, the head of the group said.
???We want the government to abrogate the law and to release all political and prisoners of conscience immediately,??? Negasso Gidada, the leader of the opposition Unity for Democratic Justice (UDJ), told AFP.
Several opposition members and journalists, including dissident blogger Eskinder Nega, have been jailed under the 2009 legislation.

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Ethiopian housemaid commits suicide

An Ethiopian housemaid committed suicide at the women’s ward of the Abyar Ali Penitentiary in Madinah on Friday.
The domestic worker had been in prison since the end of August, a local daily reported Saturday.
“The 23-year-old inmate was found hanging by her head scarf at about 8 a.m. She was immediately taken down and rushed to the nearby Meeqat Hospital, but the doctors there declared her dead on arrival,” said a source at the provincial prison directorate.
The woman, who arrived in the Kingdom as a housemaid, was sent to prison on charges of stabbing her female employer.

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Battling brain drain: Training doctors in Ethiopia

Rain drain is so severe in Ethiopia that the nation's health minister has complained there are more Ethiopian doctors in Chicago than in his own country.
 The good news is that the East African nation has one of the world's fastest-growing economies and is recovering from the nightmare decades of civil war and famine. Tackling the health care crisis is high on the priority list of the government, which has opened 13 new medical schools in the last two years. But training the doctors is still a huge challenge.
One physician who is playing a key role in Ethiopia's bold medical initiative is Senait Fisseha, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. She's leading a U-M effort to develop a postgraduate training program for doctors of obstetrics and gynecology that is fast-becoming a national model for Ethiopia.
Fisseha said that U-M has learned from its work in other African nations—especially Ghana—that one of the best ways to retain medical talent is to offer doctors training and other opportunities to advance their careers.
"People don't want to leave their country if they have the option to stay there. Nobody wants to be a second-class citizen somewhere else," Fisseha said.

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Ethiopian maid on final exit escapes at airport

An Ethiopian maid managed to escape from King Abdulaziz International Airport a few hours before her scheduled flight departed for her final exit.
The maid’s sponsor, Saad Allah Al-Zahrani, said the maid had arrived a few months ago upon his request.
“She refused to work and demanded that she go back to her country despite the family’s attempts to persuade her to stay,” he added.
Al-Zahrani bought her a return ticket. “I personally took her to the airport and admitted her to the passport department after getting the boarding ticket. I could not get inside to stamp the passport in compliance with the regulations, so I just made sure that she was standing in the queue and left the airport. I was later surprised to receive a telephone call from the airport telling me that she could not be found anywhere on the airport premises and that the flight had left without her on board.”
A security source said the maid remains under the responsibility of her sponsor if she did not stamp her passport. He advised citizens to be sure that workers on their sponsorship go past the passport counter before leaving the airport premises.
“In Al-Zahrani’s case, he should submit a report to security bodies stating that his maid has escaped so that his sponsorship is removed from our systems,” said the source.
Source: http://www.arabnews.com

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Starbucks Honors the Birthplace of Coffee with Ethiopia, an Extraordinary New Coffee Steeped in History & Flavor

A Single-Origin Coffee Unlike Anything in Starbucks 42-Year History, Ethiopia is Masterfully Roasted for an Exquisite Taste Experience
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ:SBUX) today introduces a new single-origin coffee from the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia.

“Starbucks fully-washed, medium-bodied Ethiopian coffee offers soft, velvety notes of dark chocolate, subtle hints of peppery spice, and sweet, mandarin-like citrus for a balanced and approachable taste in the cup”

Starbucks first whole bean packaged coffee available globally since the introduction of Starbucks® Blonde Roast two years ago, Ethiopia coffee celebrates Ethiopia’s rich coffee tradition and delivers a taste in cup unlike any other coffee offered in

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