Another Indian horticulture farm to sprout in Ethiopia this year

The company has acquired a 71-hectare farm in Debre Brehan, northeast of capitalAddis Ababa. It will start planting[...]

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Ethiopian court rules that 11 will face terror charges amid signs of increasing militancy

ADDIS ABABA,Ethiopia—Ethiopia’s federal court ruled Thursday that 11 people should face terror charges after pr[...]

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Mulatu Astatke Receives Honorary Doctor of Music Degree

Mulatu Astatke Receives Honorary Doctor of Music Degree

Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke. Astatke delivered the commencement address to the graduating class and an estima[...]

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Ethiopian Filmmakers Win International Award

A group of young Ethiopian filmmakers named Gem TV, many of whom were street kids, have won the 2012 Special Awa[...]

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G8 Summitto Focus on AfricaFood Security

STATE DEPARTMENT – As host of this week’s summit of the world’s Group of Eight leading industrial nations (G8), President Barack Obama has put African food security on the agenda.

Food security remains a recurring problem acrossAfrica, despite hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid each year. The Horn of Africa endured a severe drought last year that turned to famine inSomalia, and several countries inWest Africa are now going through a food shortage that aid agencies have warned needs immediate international attention.

Private sector leaders optimistic about future of the continent

Eleni Gabre-Madhin, CEO, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, said agriculture is the sector whereAfricahas comparative advantage. She urged the young people present to find innovative ways to ensure that the continent meets the nutritional needs of all its citizens and break from the cycle of poverty.

South Sudan president regrets lack of regional support to stop islamization

(JUBA) – South Sudan president Salva Kiir on Wednesday expressed his disappointment in the regional support his country has received in its dispute with Sudan, saying his country is fighting the expansion of Islamic ideologies into neighbouring countries.

Disco Queen Donna Summer Dead At Age 63

Disco Queen Donna Summer Dead At Age 63

Donna Summer, whom millions of fans revered as “the Queen of Disco,” has died at the age of 63 inFlorida, the Associated Press has confirmed with the singer’s family Thursday morning.
Summer was a five-time Grammy Award winner, the first artist ever to score three back-to-back No. 1 double albums, and was nominated–but not chosen–for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

A Book on Art (Extract from Chapter II)

It is impossible for me to imagine any creative person without a framework of some philosophical guiding principle. No philosopher, or writer, or politician, or painter worth his or her mantel, could get much of respect from me without having read Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy.[1] I have read and reread this little book countless times with increasing admiration of the courage and insights of Boethius.

Ethiopia’s Meles Blames African Corruption on Foreign Investors

Meles said African leaders are forced to be facilitators for foreign companies who demand favors in return for their investment that might means jobs for their people.
The Ethiopian leader said that sometimes leaders give in to temptation. “Sometimes we facilitate without being paid,” he said. “At other times we say, ‘Okay

Sudan war planes bomb South, violating UN resolution: army

Sudanese war planes have launched renewed air strikes against South Sudan, violating a UN Security Council resolution to end weeks of a bitter border conflict, the South’s army said Wednesday.

“The Republic of Sudan has been randomly bombarding civilian areas,” said Southern army spokesman Kella Kueth, who said the air strikes hit the border states of Upper Nile, Unity and Western Bahr el-Ghazal on Monday and Tuesday.

Former rebels attack Libyan government HQ

Former Libyan rebels angry over unpaid stipends opened fire on the headquarters of the interim government on Tuesday after surrounding the building.

There were no immediate reports of casualties. “Many men encircled the building and opened fire against it with weapons including anti-aircraft cannons,” a government employee present during the attack told AFP.

Ethiopia Makes 4 Million Hectares of Land Available to Investors

Ethiopia Makes 4 Million Hectares of Land Available to Investors

Ethiopia has made more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of “fertile and unutilized” land available for agriculture companies that meet government requirements, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.

About 300,000 hectares has been leased for commercial farming so far, he said at an Ethiopian investment forum today in the capital, Addis Ababa.

SouthWest Energy of Ethiopia Optimistic on Oil Search in Ogaden

SouthWest Energy, an Ethiopian oil- exploration company, said it’s optimistic about the results of a seismic survey in the Ogaden basin and has met oil majors to discuss a possible partnership in the Horn of Africa country.

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