http://www.ethioplanet.com/news Ethiopian news, review and reports, from Addis Ababa, Nazret, surrounding regions. 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/2010/03/20/united-states-strongly-criticizes-ethiopias-jamming-of-voice-of-america/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2010/03/20/united-states-strongly-criticizes-ethiopias-jamming-of-voice-of-america/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:15:50 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=28226 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2010/03/20/united-states-strongly-criticizes-ethiopias-jamming-of-voice-of-america/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/10/15/singers-and-the-dictator-in-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/10/15/singers-and-the-dictator-in-ethiopia/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:45:39 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=7698 Due to their immense talent and creativity, artists express the unspoken and often suppressed feelings of the society. This creativity is power, a power not just to express the views of the society but also to resonate what is hidden and change public opinion about policies. That is the very reason why artists are among [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/10/15/singers-and-the-dictator-in-ethiopia/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/18/voa-news-major-cattle-disease-eradicated-in-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/18/voa-news-major-cattle-disease-eradicated-in-ethiopia/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:53:32 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=5057 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/18/voa-news-major-cattle-disease-eradicated-in-ethiopia/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/18/the-reporter-english-version-forum-set-to-make-transition-to-a-coalition/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/18/the-reporter-english-version-forum-set-to-make-transition-to-a-coalition/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:56:47 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=5041 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/18/the-reporter-english-version-forum-set-to-make-transition-to-a-coalition/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/08/ethiopias-policy-of-ethnic-federalism-potentially-explosive/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/08/ethiopias-policy-of-ethnic-federalism-potentially-explosive/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:20:48 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=3941 A new International Crisis Group report says Ethiopia is becoming an authoritarian one-party state, and warns that government policies there could lead to a violent eruption ahead of next year’s elections.  The report also faults the international community for downplaying Ethiopia’s weak democracy. The 40-page report by the International Crisis Group says that despite its democratic [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/08/ethiopias-policy-of-ethnic-federalism-potentially-explosive/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/04/addis-ababa-city-govt-reclaims-omedla-hotel/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/04/addis-ababa-city-govt-reclaims-omedla-hotel/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:03:32 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=3792 The Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervisory Agency (PPESA) reclaimed Omedla Hotel on Monday August 10, 2009, three years after a court ruling gave them the power to do so. The Agency says that Omedla Hotel, located near the Gotera overpass, was one of the nationalized properties by the former Derg regime, which had been reinstated [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/04/addis-ababa-city-govt-reclaims-omedla-hotel/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/07/15/ethiopian-ayat-real-estate-major-shareholder-released-cheif-still-in-custody/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/07/15/ethiopian-ayat-real-estate-major-shareholder-released-cheif-still-in-custody/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:12:00 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=3406 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Ayat Real Estate Enterprise major shareholder Ayalew Tessema is out on bail after spending more than a week in police custody on tax evasion charges. However, Ayele Debela, known as IMF for his lending business, remains in custody. Flexing its muscle after the reform that merged two former agencies, the Ministry of Revenues [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/07/15/ethiopian-ayat-real-estate-major-shareholder-released-cheif-still-in-custody/feed/ 2 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/2009/06/20/ethiopian-woman-files-30m-civil-suit-one-of-highest-ever/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/06/20/ethiopian-woman-files-30m-civil-suit-one-of-highest-ever/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:09:57 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=3256 One of the most expensive litigations in Ethiopia’s judicial history has been filed by a prominent businesswoman, Mekia Mamio Sikessa, who is claiming compensation worth 300 million Br from two expatriates who allegedly provided faulty consultancy services to her agro-business company. Mekia filed the civil suit on May 8, 2009, at the Federal High Court, Civil [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/06/20/ethiopian-woman-files-30m-civil-suit-one-of-highest-ever/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/29/600000-jobs-created-oromia-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/29/600000-jobs-created-oromia-ethiopia/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 06:52:59 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=3136 Adama, May 17 (WIC) – The Oromia state trade, industry and transport bureau said it has created jobs to more than 600,000 unemployed youth over the past 10 months. Opening a training focusing on the development strategy of micro enterprises yesterday, bureau head, Fekadu Tessema said the jobs created during the reported period were outcomes of [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/29/600000-jobs-created-oromia-ethiopia/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/29/china-concerned-over-africas-setbacks-from-global-financial-crisis/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/29/china-concerned-over-africas-setbacks-from-global-financial-crisis/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:21:49 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2857 China is concerned over the difficulties that African countries are suffering from the global financial crisis and hope to work together with them to tide over the difficulties posed by the crisis, said a Chinese deputy speaker here on Tuesday. China will continue to increase its aid to Africa despite the impact of the global financial [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/29/china-concerned-over-africas-setbacks-from-global-financial-crisis/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/28/au-says-ethiopian-efforts-of-protecting-women-children-rights-exemplary/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/28/au-says-ethiopian-efforts-of-protecting-women-children-rights-exemplary/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:16:14 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2820 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/28/au-says-ethiopian-efforts-of-protecting-women-children-rights-exemplary/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/ethiopia-looking-to-electronically-monitor-all-broadcasts-from-central-office/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/ethiopia-looking-to-electronically-monitor-all-broadcasts-from-central-office/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:57:52 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2750 The Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority (EBA) is considering installing state-of-the-art equipment to monitor all transmissions in the country, both video and audio, from its central office. The authority has called on interested parties to take part in the bid it launched last week. According to its establishment proclamation, EBA is entitled to monitor every media in the [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/ethiopia-looking-to-electronically-monitor-all-broadcasts-from-central-office/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/26/ethiopia-to-start-ethio-kenya-road/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/26/ethiopia-to-start-ethio-kenya-road/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:12:53 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2734 The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is preparing to launch the 2.4 billion birr road project that connects Ethiopia to Kenya. The Kenyan government has already launched the construction of the road from Port of Mombassa to Moyale. ERA has also launched the result of the environmental impact assessment and rehabilitation study it had conducted on the [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/26/ethiopia-to-start-ethio-kenya-road/feed/ 1 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/2009/04/11/turning-the-tide-on-female-genital-mutilation-in-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/11/turning-the-tide-on-female-genital-mutilation-in-ethiopia/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:36:31 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2487 The rather gruesome topic of female genital mutilation (FGM) came up at a dinner-party I was at last weekend, thanks to the Pamela Izevbekhai coverage lately (she’s applying for asylum in Ireland on the basis that her daughters will be subjected to FGM if she returns to Nigeria, and that another daughter of hers died [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/11/turning-the-tide-on-female-genital-mutilation-in-ethiopia/feed/ 2 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/08/israeli-minister-shalom-blocks-anti-israel-act-in-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/08/israeli-minister-shalom-blocks-anti-israel-act-in-ethiopia/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:35:31 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2435 In the first visit of an Israeli minister to Ethiopia in five years, Regional Cooperation Minister Silvan Shalom blocked an anti-Israel decision from being passed at a the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which met Monday in Addis Ababa. Shalom arrived in the Ethiopian capital as head of a Knesset delegation to the event, accompanied [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/08/israeli-minister-shalom-blocks-anti-israel-act-in-ethiopia/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/op-ed-in-defense-of-gigel-gibe-iii-full-steam-ahead-%e1%8b%a8-%e1%8b%88%e1%8a%95%e1%8b%a4-%e1%88%8d%e1%8c%85/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/op-ed-in-defense-of-gigel-gibe-iii-full-steam-ahead-%e1%8b%a8-%e1%8b%88%e1%8a%95%e1%8b%a4-%e1%88%8d%e1%8c%85/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:57:58 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2366 By: Semeon In the past few days news started coming out that “environmentalists” were vehemently opposed to the development of hydro power plants on the Gibe river. Dear reader you may ask “What took them so long?!!”. Sorry for the delay, but you see they were busy somewhere else. With the Amazon Rain Forest which needs [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/op-ed-in-defense-of-gigel-gibe-iii-full-steam-ahead-%e1%8b%a8-%e1%8b%88%e1%8a%95%e1%8b%a4-%e1%88%8d%e1%8c%85/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/06/ethiopian-electric-and-power-corporation-shedding-to-affect-1-of-gdp/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/06/ethiopian-electric-and-power-corporation-shedding-to-affect-1-of-gdp/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:19:42 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2339 The Ethiopian Electric and Power Corporation (EEPCo) declared that the ongoing power cuts would affect the economy to the level of one percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Last year power interruptions had caused substantial damage to the economy, estimated at over a billion birr according to reports. During the past year EEPCo had faced [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/06/ethiopian-electric-and-power-corporation-shedding-to-affect-1-of-gdp/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/03/ethiopiag20-interview-with-pm-zenawi/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/03/ethiopiag20-interview-with-pm-zenawi/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:11:44 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2157 Ethiopia – Meles Zenawi sits down with Channel 4 News Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi sat down with Channel 4 news for an interview. Jonathan Rugman interviewed Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian prime minister and the only representative from Africa (outside the G20) to attend the summit. Ethiopia’s Prime minister said President Obama being of African heritage [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/03/ethiopiag20-interview-with-pm-zenawi/feed/ 3 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/2009/03/31/india-to-increase-education-assistance-in-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/31/india-to-increase-education-assistance-in-ethiopia/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:11:00 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1990 Indian Ambassador to Ethiopia Gurjit Singh said India would continue in providing continuous assistance towards the efforts Ethiopia is making to register swift development. Visiting the Jimma University on Thursday, Ambassador Singh said his country is keen to scale up its assistance to Ethiopia focusing on education, health, modern technology, agriculture, soil and water conservation and [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/03/31/india-to-increase-education-assistance-in-ethiopia/feed/ 3 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/02/23/ethiopia-sets-aside-8-billion-birr-for-road-construction/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/02/23/ethiopia-sets-aside-8-billion-birr-for-road-construction/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:12:56 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1698 The Ethiopian government is continuing in its effort to construct new roads and upgrade worn out dilapidated roads, says a government official. Over the past decade, the country has spent over $3.6 billion to build 101,359km Ethiopia has set aside 8 billion birr to construct new roads and upgrade dilapidated ones in 2009, a government official said [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/02/23/ethiopia-sets-aside-8-billion-birr-for-road-construction/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/25/ethiopia-933-schools-built-in-six-months-in-oromia-state-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/25/ethiopia-933-schools-built-in-six-months-in-oromia-state-nazretcom/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:00:10 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1207 According to the State Bureau of Education, More than 930 schools were constructed in various parts of Oromia State in the last six months alone. The Bureau also said that other Afaan Oromo emersion schools are underr construction in the Addis Abeba for a capital of 100 Million Birr. In an interview with the Ethiopian News [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/25/ethiopia-933-schools-built-in-six-months-in-oromia-state-nazretcom/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/22/ethiopia-we-are-ready-for-changes-meles-zenawi-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/22/ethiopia-we-are-ready-for-changes-meles-zenawi-nazretcom/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:22 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1135 Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has fielded questions from journalists on a number of pressing foreign policy issues last Thursday, January 15, 2009. Though the occasion of the first National Climate Change Conference at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) also afforded the opportunity to clarify policy on environmental questions, foreign and local media [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/22/ethiopia-we-are-ready-for-changes-meles-zenawi-nazretcom/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/21/cri-sends-its-next-great-crate-to-ethiopia-mission-network-news-press-release/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/21/cri-sends-its-next-great-crate-to-ethiopia-mission-network-news-press-release/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:40:09 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1094 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/21/cri-sends-its-next-great-crate-to-ethiopia-mission-network-news-press-release/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/21/ethiopian-government-minister-reacts-to-us-senators-criticism-voice-of-america/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/21/ethiopian-government-minister-reacts-to-us-senators-criticism-voice-of-america/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:40:06 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1090 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/21/ethiopian-government-minister-reacts-to-us-senators-criticism-voice-of-america/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/ethiopia-authority-poised-to-award-maskel-square-bole-road-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/ethiopia-authority-poised-to-award-maskel-square-bole-road-nazretcom/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:20:10 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1057 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/ethiopia-authority-poised-to-award-maskel-square-bole-road-nazretcom/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/ethiopia-crbc-launches-installation-of-17mln-birr-road-indicator-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/ethiopia-crbc-launches-installation-of-17mln-birr-road-indicator-nazretcom/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:20:09 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1056 The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) is launching the installation of 350 road indicating and street naming boards, the first of their type in the country. The Addis Ababa City Road Authority (AACRA) had in late 2007 offered the over 17 million birr contract involving the production and installation of the sign boards to CRBC. [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/ethiopia-crbc-launches-installation-of-17mln-birr-road-indicator-nazretcom/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/status-quo-patience-time-not-against-us-meles/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/status-quo-patience-time-not-against-us-meles/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:27:43 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1038 Can you begin by just summarizing what is happening in Somalia right now? How you feel about the situation in Somalia? Initially, when we announced that we would be withdrawing, and based on the best available information that we had then, we had also assumed that the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) would wish [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/status-quo-patience-time-not-against-us-meles/feed/ 0