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Home of Ethiopian chat rooms, Medrek discussion forum; Africa-Ethiopia news Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:15:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/19/group-plc-buys-hi-shear/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/19/group-plc-buys-hi-shear/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:46:17 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=5100 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/19/group-plc-buys-hi-shear/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/17/no-more-windows-mobile-phones-from-palm-pc-world/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/17/no-more-windows-mobile-phones-from-palm-pc-world/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:32:50 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=5016 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/17/no-more-windows-mobile-phones-from-palm-pc-world/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/06/24/documentary-exposes-ethiopias-political-instability-and-vulnerability/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/06/24/documentary-exposes-ethiopias-political-instability-and-vulnerability/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:43:57 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=3252 By David Calleja (David Calleja is a contributing writer for Foreign Policy Journal and several other websites with a focus on the Southeast Asian Region. You may view a sample of his writing at: www.foreignpolicyjournal.com. The following article is his interview with Chris Flaherty, the documentary producer and director of the Ethiopian-centred documentary, Migration of Beauty) In [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/06/24/documentary-exposes-ethiopias-political-instability-and-vulnerability/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/29/east-african-immigrants-risk-lives-on-long-journey-to-us/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/29/east-african-immigrants-risk-lives-on-long-journey-to-us/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:22:32 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2862 WASHINGTON POST-Jailed repeatedly for his political views, Ethiopian immigrant Sharew paid smugglers around $10,000 to move him through a dozen countries and leave him a year later in the grubby southern Mexican city of Tapachula. Once on Mexico’s southern border, which has grown into a major stepping-stone for hundreds of migrants fleeing conflicts in [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/29/east-african-immigrants-risk-lives-on-long-journey-to-us/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/actor-hugh-jackman-uses-twitter-for-charity-contest/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/actor-hugh-jackman-uses-twitter-for-charity-contest/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:05:38 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2791 Twitter has become a popular tool to use while socializing with friends, family and co-workers .It allows people to update their activities through the exchange of quick and frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Actor/Producer Hugh Jackman ,known for his role in X-Men as Wolverine sure let us know what [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/actor-hugh-jackman-uses-twitter-for-charity-contest/feed/ 2 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/italy-signs-46m-euros-dev%e2%80%99t-agreement-with-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/italy-signs-46m-euros-dev%e2%80%99t-agreement-with-ethiopia/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:38:13 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2776 The Italian and Ethiopian governments have signed an agreement on development cooperation in education, health, rural development, as well as water and sanitation. The agreement was signed by Ahmed Shide, Ethiopia’s state Minister of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) and Ellsabetta Belloni, director of Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/italy-signs-46m-euros-dev%e2%80%99t-agreement-with-ethiopia/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/26/addis-ababa-city-administration-to-regain-control-of-police-commission/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/26/addis-ababa-city-administration-to-regain-control-of-police-commission/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:34:05 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2691 Addis Ababa City Police Commission looks set to return to the control of the city administration now led by the national ruling party, the EPRDF. The commission was transferred to the control of the Federal Police by the EPRDF in the aftermath of the disputed 2005 general election. This move came about after the Coalition for [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/26/addis-ababa-city-administration-to-regain-control-of-police-commission/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/25/lawyer-hastings-okoth-ogendo-dies-in-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/25/lawyer-hastings-okoth-ogendo-dies-in-ethiopia/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:06:34 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2705 Top constitutional lawyer Hastings Okoth-Ogendo is dead. Ogendo, who played a key role in the Bomas draft constitution, died on Friday evening at an Ethiopian hospital where he was taken after developing respiratory complications. His son, Rodney, said his mother, Ruth, had accompanied Ogendo to an international land policy conference. She was by his bedside when he [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/25/lawyer-hastings-okoth-ogendo-dies-in-ethiopia/feed/ 2 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/23/ethiopian-jews-were-prisoners-of-zion-too/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/23/ethiopian-jews-were-prisoners-of-zion-too/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:40:58 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2726 Eighty-two Israelis from Ethiopia filed an appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday asking to be recognized as “Prisoners of Zion.” The plaintiffs say that current Israeli policy discriminates against those from Ethiopia. The state recognizes as a Prisoner of Zion any person who is eligible to make aliya (immigrate) to Israel who is imprisoned or [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/23/ethiopian-jews-were-prisoners-of-zion-too/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/21/legendary-singer-tilahun-gessesse-passes-away/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/21/legendary-singer-tilahun-gessesse-passes-away/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:30:04 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2581 The legendary Ethiopian singer Tilahun Gessesse, 68, passed away at midnight on Sunday. The late Tilahun passed away while he was being taken to hospital feeling serious pain. He had arrived later on same day from New York, USA, according to the artist’s family members. In appreciation of his contribution to Ethiopian music, Tilahun received an Honorary [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/21/legendary-singer-tilahun-gessesse-passes-away/feed/ 30 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/06/nation-bank-of-ethiopia-cracks-down-on-money-laundering/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/06/nation-bank-of-ethiopia-cracks-down-on-money-laundering/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:41:50 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2348 The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) is to issue a directive to control money laundering in view of restraining terrorist transactions. Sources told Capital that the new directive, scheduled to be issued shortly, is expected to block illegal money transfers. The central bank’s legal office, that regulates and monitor financial institutions in the country, told Capital [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/06/nation-bank-of-ethiopia-cracks-down-on-money-laundering/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/31/coca-cola-resumes-production/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/31/coca-cola-resumes-production/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:39:47 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1984 The East African Bottling Share Company (EABSC) restarted production of Coca-Cola on Tuesday night after importing crown corks from Kenya. A shortage of bottle tops forced the closure of EABSC’s Addis factory almost two weeks ago. Officials told Planet that the factory started production of Coca-Cola with a 24 hour shift and started distributing the product [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/31/coca-cola-resumes-production/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/31/ethiopian-telecommunications-corporation-etc-intoduces-new-service/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/31/ethiopian-telecommunications-corporation-etc-intoduces-new-service/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:19:40 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1993 The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) has launched a pilot for notifying post paid mobile phone subscribers of their bills through text messages. “This message is for testing purpose notifying postpaid customer’s bill through SMS, your bill for Feb 2009 is Birr……Thank you. ETC,” runs the first message the corporation sent on March 24. ETC has allocated different [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/31/ethiopian-telecommunications-corporation-etc-intoduces-new-service/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/27/air-ethiopia-looking-to-acquire-two-more-planes/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/27/air-ethiopia-looking-to-acquire-two-more-planes/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:36:07 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1976 Air Ethiopia, the newly established local private airline company, is seeking to acquire two additional Beech 1900s in three to four weeks’ time, Capital learnt. After obtaining an operational license from the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) a month ago, it has already started conducting flights to different parts of the country. Founded by Captain Abera Lemi, [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/27/air-ethiopia-looking-to-acquire-two-more-planes/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/08/ethiopian-film-wins-african-oscar/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/08/ethiopian-film-wins-african-oscar/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:25:12 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1809 “Teza”, an Ethiopian film about the brutal Marxist regime of former president Mengistu Haile Mariam wins this year’s top prize at Africa’s film festival held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Directed by Ethiopian Born and current Howard University professor Haile Gerima, the film was the unanimous choice for this year’s Golden Stallion of Yenenga, the award for [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/08/ethiopian-film-wins-african-oscar/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/02/23/ethiopia-recognizes-development-heroes-at-farmers-festival-with-awards/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/02/23/ethiopia-recognizes-development-heroes-at-farmers-festival-with-awards/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:10:03 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1614 Farmers in the Oromia Regional were recognized with award in the 3rd annual Farmers Festival held in Adama (Nazret), Oromia. Regional President Abadula Gemeda said the awards recognize the efforts farmers are making in contributing their efforst towad the future goal of helping the country join the exclusive group of middle-income earning nations. These farmers, he [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/02/23/ethiopia-recognizes-development-heroes-at-farmers-festival-with-awards/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/12/ethiopia-gibe-ii-construction-halted-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/12/ethiopia-gibe-ii-construction-halted-nazretcom/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:42:40 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=704 By Muluken Yewondwossen and Groum Abate Construction of the Gilgel Gibe II hydropower dam that is expected to curb the current severe power shortages has been ground to a stop after a geological phenomena occurred at the site. The continuation of the Gilgel Gibe I project using the water discharged by the dam currently in use and channeled [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/12/ethiopia-gibe-ii-construction-halted-nazretcom/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/10/making-a-change-all-the-praise-in-the-world-belongs-to-the-peninsula-gateway/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/10/making-a-change-all-the-praise-in-the-world-belongs-to-the-peninsula-gateway/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:52:26 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=625 In our U.N. Land Rover, we continued down the dusty, dirty jungle road. We saw monkeys and baboons all along the way. The giant male baboons considered our vehicle for a long time before slowly sauntering out of the middle of the road. About 30 minutes later, we were met by two military officers, each with [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/10/making-a-change-all-the-praise-in-the-world-belongs-to-the-peninsula-gateway/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/10/ethiopias-first-car-assembly-plant-unveils-new-model-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/10/ethiopias-first-car-assembly-plant-unveils-new-model-nazretcom/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:55:48 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=598 Holland Car Plc, the first car assembly plant in Ethiopia, unveils on Monday its third new model car AWASH, named after the major Ethiopian river, Awash. Company’s products are getting high consumer demand since the introduction of the second car ABAY last year, company manager, engineer Tadesse Tesema said. Abay car, which is also named after the [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/10/ethiopias-first-car-assembly-plant-unveils-new-model-nazretcom/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/07/ethiopias-biggest-pop-star-sentenced-to-six-years-for-hit-and-run-the-canadian-press/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/07/ethiopias-biggest-pop-star-sentenced-to-six-years-for-hit-and-run-the-canadian-press/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:40:06 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=476 Ethiopian pop star Teddy Afro has been sentenced to six years in jail for the manslaughter of a homeless man. The singer was found guilty of running the man down in his car and driving away without reporting the incident in Addis Ababa in 2006. Ethiopia’s best-known pop star was also convicted of driving without a licence. His [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/07/ethiopias-biggest-pop-star-sentenced-to-six-years-for-hit-and-run-the-canadian-press/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/07/ethiopia-launches-commodity-exchange-to-develop-agriculture-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/07/ethiopia-launches-commodity-exchange-to-develop-agriculture-nazretcom/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:40:05 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=452 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Ethiopia, a country of chronic food shortages and malnutrition, has launched an agriculture commodity exchange in a daring experiment to raise food production by creating a safe, transparent agriculture market. The idea to create a commodity exchange was hatched by a former senior economist at the World Bank, Eleni Gabre-Madhin, who was [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/07/ethiopia-launches-commodity-exchange-to-develop-agriculture-nazretcom/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/11/25/talks-fail-ethiopian-fifa-ban-remains/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/11/25/talks-fail-ethiopian-fifa-ban-remains/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:15:38 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=25 Ethiopia remains banned from international football after the failure of talks aimed at resolving the dispute which has split the country’s football federation (EFF). Football’s world governing body Fifa invited both sides, plus the Ethiopian government, to the talks. Fifa says the government pulled out at the last minute and that “no solution” was found. Ethiopia was thrown [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/11/25/talks-fail-ethiopian-fifa-ban-remains/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/11/25/hello-world/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/11/25/hello-world/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:43:23 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1 Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia’s annual inflation rate declined to 55.4 percent in October from 59.6 percent in September, the Central Statistical Agency said. Food prices increased by 72.3 percent, slower than the annualized rate of 80.9 percent in September, the Addis-Ababa- based agency said in a statement on its website today. October was the third consecutive [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/11/25/hello-world/feed/ 0