Ethiopian to partner South Sudanese government in new carrier

Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) has reportedly reached an agreement with the government of South Sudan over the establishment of a new national carrier there. CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told the Wall Street Journal in an interview that his airline will hold a 49% stake in the airline with Juba holding the remaining 51%.

Following a tender process in 2012, Atlasjet Airlines (KK, Antalya) was selected as the preferred partner for a new South Sudanese carrier only to pull out of the project in early 2013.

Since independence in 2011, South Sudan has seen a variety of start-ups with South Supreme Airlines (JUA, Juba), owned by local tycoon Ayii Duang Ayii, the most prominent.

For its part, the establishment of a carrier in Central Africa is in line with Ethiopian's strategy of setting up subsidiaries in Africa's West, South and Central/East regions to provide feeder services to its Addis Ababa intercontinental hub.

Thus far, Ethiopian's regional operations include ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé) based out of Togo and Malawian Airlines (3W, Blantyre) based out Malawi. Ethiopian has also announced plans to develop a carrier based out of Kinshasa N'Djili though the status of that project is currently unknown.

ድንቅ ነሽ (LUCY) ከተገኝች አርባ አመት ሆናት:: Famed “Lucy” Fossils Discovered in Ethiopia, 40 Years Ago

While hunting for fossils in Ethiopia’s Afar Triangle on November 24, 1974, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray stumbled upon the partial remains of a previously unknown species of ape-like hominid. Nicknamed “Lucy,” the mysterious skeleton was eventually classified as a 3.2 million-year-old “Australopithecus afarensis”—one of humankind’s earliest ancestors. The headline-grabbing find filled in crucial gaps in the human family tree, but it also shook up ideas about early human evolution and upright walking. Forty years later, learn the story behind the fossil that permanently changed scientists’ understanding of human origins.
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A sculptor's rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis on display in 2007. (Credit: Dave Einsel/Getty Images)

እስኪ ወንድ ከሆኑ እርስዎና ቤትዎ አንድ አይነት ልብስ ይልበሱ

እስኪ ወንድ ከሆኑ እርስዎና ቤትዎ አንድ አይነት ልብስ ይልበሱ

Lionel Messi breaks La Liga’s all-time scoring record in style

When you’re Lionel Messi, you don’t just tie a venerated, 60-year-old record. You tie it with a sweet free kick in the first half, then break the record in the second half, throwing in yet another goal just to complete the hat trick. Oh, and you do it against one of your tougher opponents.

The Barcelona superstar showed again Saturday why so many regard him as the finest soccer player in the world, as his side trounced Sevilla, 5-1. Barcelona remained in second place in La Liga, behind Real Madrid, while Sevilla remained in fifth.

But the story was Messi, who topped Athletic Bilbao legend Telmo Zarra’s mark of 251 goals all time in La Liga play, set from 1940 to 1955. Messi tied the record on this superb free kick:

በአለም ታላቁ የሙሽራ ቀሚስ

President Obama is Taking Action on Immigration (live)

ፕሬዜዳንት ኦባማ ነገ ከ5 ሚሊዮን በላይ ለሚሆኑ ህገ ወጥ ስደተኞችን ምህረት ይሰጣል ተብሎ ይገመታል። Obama to announce executive action on immigration Thursday in primetime speech

Fixing the System
President Obama is Taking Action on Immigration

America’s immigration system is broken. The President is taking executive action to fix what he can to help build a system that lives up to our heritage as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

ሳንድያጎ ከተማ ምክር ቤት የሽንት ቤት እጣቢ ውሃን አጣርቶ እንደገና ለመጠጥ ለማዋል የሚያስችልውን ፕሮጄክት ለማካሄድ ያለውን እቅድ አፀደቀ::San Diego to turn toilet water into tap water

ሳንድያጎ ከተማ ምክር ቤት የሽንት ቤት እጣቢ ውሃን አጣርቶ እንደገና ለመጠጥ ለማዋል  የሚያስችልውን ፕሮጄክት ለማካሄድ ያለውን እቅድ አፀደቀ::

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SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council Tuesday unanimously approved renewing a federal permit needed to continue operations of the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant and committed the city to begin a $3.5 billion project to recycle wastewater for potable use.

" የውሃ ግፍ ከሽንት  ቤት  እጣቢ ያስጠጣል"

አገራችን ግን ውሃ እንደ ቀልድ በእግራችን መሃል እንደ ጎርፍ እየፈሰሰ ጎረቤት አገርን ያለማል። ይህን ነው "ከሞኝ ጓሮ ሞፈር ይቆረጣል" የሚሉት

Supporters hope the project — called Pure Water San Diego — will result in recycling enough purified water to account for 30 percent of San Diego’s drinking water needs by 2035.

City officials also plan to build a water-purification plant on North Harbor Drive to supplement efforts to recycle wastewater, but no timeline was given.


“We can no longer afford to use water just once here in this region,” Councilwoman Marti Emerald said.

Mayor Kevin Faulconer called the Pure Water San Diego program “innovative and ambitious.” The water will be reliable, drought-resistant and less expensive than importing 85 percent of water the city relies on, he said.

“Our city’s presented with an incredible opportunity — to gain water independence, the ability to control our own water supply for the very first time,” Faulconer said.

Halla Razak, the city’s Public Utilities Director, said the 20-year program would provide a “safe, reliable and local drinking water supply for San Diego” and “uses proven water purification technology and is environmentally sustainable.”

Environmental groups like San Diego Coastkeeper, Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter, Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation and the San Diego Audubon Society all back the city’s approach.

“This vote represents a critical step towards solving San Diego County’s water supply issues, and forms the basis of a new paradigm for water treatment and reuse in arid regions throughout the U.S. and Southern California,” said Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation Executive Director Marco Gonzalez.

Often derided with names like “toilet-to-tap,” a multi-step cleansing process being tested by the city 1 million gallons daily produces water cleaner than what residents drink now and meets or exceeds quality standards, according to backers of the plan.

“This agreement will significantly reduce the outflow of treated wastewater in our ocean, while providing a local, reliable water source for the City of San Diego,” said Roger Kube, Chair of Surfrider Foundation San Diego County Chapter.

The project will be paid for by a mix of state and federal grants, and rate increases on consumers.

The handful of city residents who spoke in opposition to the plan cited costs, environmental concerns and worries that toxins, such as those from prescription medications, could be left in the water.

“I do not believe San Diego needs to sacrifice the health of our ocean in exchange for diluting our sewage for an easy supply for potable water,” Ellen Shively said.