Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Ebola Scare at London-Gatwick Proves False
The outbreak of the Ebola virus in west Africa has the entire world on edge, so when an elderly woman began sweating and vomiting, and later collapsed on the gangway on Saturday at London-Gatwick Airport, fears ran rampant on a Gambia Bird flight that originated in Sierra Leone on Saturday.
The 72-year old woman later died in a London hospital and tests came back negative for Ebola, but not before widespread panic raced through the 128 passengers on the flight and at Gatwick Airport.
Ebola has killed more than 700 in west Africa, including more than 250 in Sierra Leone.
Officials quickly quarantined the plane and began tracking down anyone who might have had contact with the woman. A Gatwick spokeswoman told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that the plane, as well as some airline and airport staff, were briefly quarantined "as a precaution." The Gambia Bird flight later made its return trip.
Dr Brian McCloskey, director of global public health at Public Health England, told the BBC there was no health risk to other passengers or crew, as the passenger did not have the symptoms during the flight.
"It was considered very unlikely to be a case of Ebola but testing was done as a precaution, and was negative,” he said. “The correct procedures were followed to confirm there was no reason to quarantine the airplane, the passengers or staff. PHE can confirm there was no public health risk around the sad death of this individual."
Passenger Dies on US Airways Flight
A 58-year old woman died this morning aboard a US Airways flight from Honolulu to Phoenix as the plane descended into Sky Harbor International Airport, officials said.
The woman was identified as Terrie Wu.
According to the Arizona Republic, Wu was traveling with a relative on the red-eye overnight flight, US Airways flight 693, and died about an hour before the plane landed at 7 a.m. Phoenix time.
Firefighters and medical personnel were at the airport waiting when officials from Sky Harbor called in the emergency and said a woman had lost consciousness aboard the incoming flight.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A medical examiner’s report is pending.
British Airways, Emirates Suspend Flights Over Ebola Scare
British Airways and Emirates Airlines have both suspended flights to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, the three West African nations plagued by the Ebola virus.
More than 1,400 people have been infected and more than 800 have died from the deadly virus, which has created a worldwide scare that Ebola-infected travelers will create a global plague through international flights.
BA has suspended its four-times-a-week flight that departs London and heads to Sierra Leone and on to Liberia, while Emirates has suspended its daily flight to Conakry, Guinea. That flight originated in Dubai, flew to Guinea and continued on to Dakar, Senegal; Emirates said it will now just fly straight to Dakar “until further notice.”
In a statement sent to travel agents and travel companies, British Airways said its “services from London Heathrow to Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Monrovia (Liberia) will be temporarily suspended from tomorrow, 6 August until 31 August 2014, due to the deteriorating public health situation in both countries.”
Air France, which flies to all three West African nations, has begun to take its own medical precautions. In a statement, Air France said passengers must fill in a questionnaire and have their temperature taken within the airport itself.
“They are only given their boarding card if no medical symptoms are present,” the airline said.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Ethiopian Airlines receives ninth Dreamliner
PRESS RELEASE
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has received its ninth 787 Dreamliner, dubbed “Great Wall of China”, on August 3, 2014.
Ethiopian, an aircraft technology leader in Africa, was the first outside Japan to receive the ultramodern aircraft back in August 2012 and currently operates the largest 787 fleet in the continent.
“For almost seven decades, Ethiopian has been playing a pioneering role in African aviation by providing its esteemed customers the most technologically advanced aircraft he industry has to offer. The 787 is our core flet on our fast expanding mid and long range routes. In China alone, we operate this aircraft in our daily flights to Beijng in combination with the 77, Shanghai and now to Hong Kong with the delivery of this 9th 787. In aditon to China, Ethiopian 787 flies to India, Europe, the US, Brazil and Africa. Going forward, we will continue to expand our 787 destinations with the aim of providing to our esteemed customers the ultimate on-board comfort”, said Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines Group.
Ethiopian 787 offers unique features, which enhance passenger comfort such as greatly reduced noise, higher cabin humidity, biggest windows in the sky, lighting adaptable to the outside environment, wider aisles, more headroom and more seating flexibility.
Ethiopian is a Pan-African global carrier with the youngest fleet in the continent with an average age of less than 7 years and currently serves 82 international destinations across 5 continents with over 20 daily departures.
About Ethiopian
Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) is the fastest growing Airline in Africa. In its operations in the past close to seven decades, Ethiopian has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivaled in efficiency and operational success.
Ethiopian commands the lion share of the pan-African passenger and cargo network operating the youngest and most modern fleet to more than 82 international destinations across five continents.
Ethiopian fleet includes ultra-modern and environmentally friendly aircraft such as the Boeing 787, Boeing 77-300 ER, Boeing 77-200LR, Boeing 77-200LR Freighter and Bombardier Q-40 with double cabin. In fact, Ethiopian is the first airline in Africa to own and operate these aircraft.
Ethiopian is currently implementing a 15-year strategic plan called Vision 2025 that will see it become the leading aviation group in Africa with seven business centers: Ethiopian Domestic and Regional Airline; Ethiopian International Passenger Airline; Ethiopian Cargo; Ethiopian MRO; Ethiopian Aviation Academy; Ethiopian In-flight Catering Services; and Ethiopian Ground Service. Ethiopian is a multi-award wining airline registering an average growth of 25% in the past seven years.
For more information about this pres release, please contact: Manager PR & Publications Ethiopian Airlines Tel: (251-1) 517-84-07
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has received its ninth 787 Dreamliner, dubbed “Great Wall of China”, on August 3, 2014.
Ethiopian, an aircraft technology leader in Africa, was the first outside Japan to receive the ultramodern aircraft back in August 2012 and currently operates the largest 787 fleet in the continent.
“For almost seven decades, Ethiopian has been playing a pioneering role in African aviation by providing its esteemed customers the most technologically advanced aircraft he industry has to offer. The 787 is our core flet on our fast expanding mid and long range routes. In China alone, we operate this aircraft in our daily flights to Beijng in combination with the 77, Shanghai and now to Hong Kong with the delivery of this 9th 787. In aditon to China, Ethiopian 787 flies to India, Europe, the US, Brazil and Africa. Going forward, we will continue to expand our 787 destinations with the aim of providing to our esteemed customers the ultimate on-board comfort”, said Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines Group.
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Ethiopian 787 offers unique features, which enhance passenger comfort such as greatly reduced noise, higher cabin humidity, biggest windows in the sky, lighting adaptable to the outside environment, wider aisles, more headroom and more seating flexibility.
Ethiopian is a Pan-African global carrier with the youngest fleet in the continent with an average age of less than 7 years and currently serves 82 international destinations across 5 continents with over 20 daily departures.
About Ethiopian
Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) is the fastest growing Airline in Africa. In its operations in the past close to seven decades, Ethiopian has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivaled in efficiency and operational success.
Ethiopian commands the lion share of the pan-African passenger and cargo network operating the youngest and most modern fleet to more than 82 international destinations across five continents.
Ethiopian fleet includes ultra-modern and environmentally friendly aircraft such as the Boeing 787, Boeing 77-300 ER, Boeing 77-200LR, Boeing 77-200LR Freighter and Bombardier Q-40 with double cabin. In fact, Ethiopian is the first airline in Africa to own and operate these aircraft.
Ethiopian is currently implementing a 15-year strategic plan called Vision 2025 that will see it become the leading aviation group in Africa with seven business centers: Ethiopian Domestic and Regional Airline; Ethiopian International Passenger Airline; Ethiopian Cargo; Ethiopian MRO; Ethiopian Aviation Academy; Ethiopian In-flight Catering Services; and Ethiopian Ground Service. Ethiopian is a multi-award wining airline registering an average growth of 25% in the past seven years.
For more information about this pres release, please contact: Manager PR & Publications Ethiopian Airlines Tel: (251-1) 517-84-07
Eritrea will host the next Russian Heavy military Exercises on water
Asmara (HAN) August 4, 2014 – Defense and Security News update. In Eritrea, military, academic, business and media circles, there is breathless excitement about the rise of Russia and the US decline, they assume as its inevitable corollary. There is an announcement that Russia’s Defense Ministry will hold drills for reservists in all of the country’s military commands in August-October. Now comes yet another announcement, this time that Russia’s will be holding military exercises this week involving 100 aircraft in the west of the country near the Ukraine border. This kind of activity mean that Russia is saber-rattling or somehow threatening regional security and stability, while is getting ready for war with NATO. Russia also has another announcement, this time that Russia will be holding military exercises in Eritrea soon this year, according to the sources from Eritrean diplomat in Europe, who told Geeska Afrika Online.
Such Eritrean water exercises are primarily designed to test the readiness of the Russian armed forces, and it is quite possible that this is indeed their main goal at this time is to have a base in Eritrean Red Sea ports, but one important side effect of such activity is to overwhelm the surveillance capabilities of the Russian defense forces in the Red Sea, after the Cold war.
To the extent that Eritrea and Russian government thinks current US policy really resembles Cold War containment, this reflects woeful ignorance of US strategy during the Cold War and now. But the current regional militarization in the regions rests on an assumption that America has had its day and that Russia and China’s burgeoning gross domestic product will translate directly into predominant power which American partners in the region has to start heeding.
The Horn of Africa defense and security analyst argued elsewhere that, far from becoming a liability, Eritrea’s strategic relationship with the Russia is becoming more important, after Obama rejected Eritrean president to attend US-Africa Summit in Washington, that conviction is made stronger by an important new article by Geeska Afrika Online in its Page- Regional defense and Security.
Similar military Exercise will happen in Eritrea in three Months: Russian Heavy military pontoon exercise again will took place in Eritrea’s red sea region. More than 600 servicemen and 150 units of engineer equipment from all the military districts will be
Reason Russia Moving to Africa’s Strategic port of Eritrea: Russia’s foreign ministry complained vocally about the sanctions, criticizing the U.S. for “advancing baseless claims” about its role in Ukraine in a “pretentious, prosecutorial manner.” It criticized the EU for allowing its policy to be “dictated by Washington.”
in a Neighbouring Eritrea, Djibouti: US naval vessels and aircraft used Djibouti’s facilities, and the 2 countries perform joint military exercises. US military and economic aid was $7 million in 2000. This included $2.7 million in emergency food aid, $2 million to start a humanitarian demining program, and $100,000 for self-help, democracy and human rights. The country retained close relations with France and other Western nations, as well as with Islamic states. In addition to the US precense, Djibouti was also home to France’s largest foreign military base as of 2002. Djibouti was host to several thousand French military personnel, including the 13e Démi-Brigade de la Légion Étrangère (13e DBLE – 13th Half-Brigade of the Foreign Legion).
Djibouti’s military Strategy is a major, well-equipped, international port, whose management had been recently turned over to a Dubai-based company. Ethiopia, a landlocked country, was the main user of the port. Fairly good roads linked all the small towns to the capital city of Djibouti. The infrastructure still needed much improvement, as paved roads still were not extensive by the early 2000s. Djibouti had an international airport, which could handle large aircraft such as the Boeing 747.
- See more at: http://www.geeskaafrika.com/eritrea-will-host-the-next-russian-heavy-military-exercises-on-water/4751/#sthash.lVeoV6hp.dpuf
Such Eritrean water exercises are primarily designed to test the readiness of the Russian armed forces, and it is quite possible that this is indeed their main goal at this time is to have a base in Eritrean Red Sea ports, but one important side effect of such activity is to overwhelm the surveillance capabilities of the Russian defense forces in the Red Sea, after the Cold war.
To the extent that Eritrea and Russian government thinks current US policy really resembles Cold War containment, this reflects woeful ignorance of US strategy during the Cold War and now. But the current regional militarization in the regions rests on an assumption that America has had its day and that Russia and China’s burgeoning gross domestic product will translate directly into predominant power which American partners in the region has to start heeding.
The Horn of Africa defense and security analyst argued elsewhere that, far from becoming a liability, Eritrea’s strategic relationship with the Russia is becoming more important, after Obama rejected Eritrean president to attend US-Africa Summit in Washington, that conviction is made stronger by an important new article by Geeska Afrika Online in its Page- Regional defense and Security.
Similar military Exercise will happen in Eritrea in three Months: Russian Heavy military pontoon exercise again will took place in Eritrea’s red sea region. More than 600 servicemen and 150 units of engineer equipment from all the military districts will be
Reason Russia Moving to Africa’s Strategic port of Eritrea: Russia’s foreign ministry complained vocally about the sanctions, criticizing the U.S. for “advancing baseless claims” about its role in Ukraine in a “pretentious, prosecutorial manner.” It criticized the EU for allowing its policy to be “dictated by Washington.”
in a Neighbouring Eritrea, Djibouti: US naval vessels and aircraft used Djibouti’s facilities, and the 2 countries perform joint military exercises. US military and economic aid was $7 million in 2000. This included $2.7 million in emergency food aid, $2 million to start a humanitarian demining program, and $100,000 for self-help, democracy and human rights. The country retained close relations with France and other Western nations, as well as with Islamic states. In addition to the US precense, Djibouti was also home to France’s largest foreign military base as of 2002. Djibouti was host to several thousand French military personnel, including the 13e Démi-Brigade de la Légion Étrangère (13e DBLE – 13th Half-Brigade of the Foreign Legion).
Djibouti’s military Strategy is a major, well-equipped, international port, whose management had been recently turned over to a Dubai-based company. Ethiopia, a landlocked country, was the main user of the port. Fairly good roads linked all the small towns to the capital city of Djibouti. The infrastructure still needed much improvement, as paved roads still were not extensive by the early 2000s. Djibouti had an international airport, which could handle large aircraft such as the Boeing 747.
- See more at: http://www.geeskaafrika.com/eritrea-will-host-the-next-russian-heavy-military-exercises-on-water/4751/#sthash.lVeoV6hp.dpuf
How Ethiopians in the US cling onto their heritage
Like millions of other children in the United States, these American-Ethiopians are at summer camp.
However, this one is about maintaining their connection with their roots abroad.
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Hermela Kebede, runs Washington's Ethiopian Community Centre
They still have to keep their heritage - that's who they are, and it will make them proud”
Hermela Kebede
Ethiopian Community Centre
The camp, which is for about 35 children, is at the Ethiopian Community Centre.
It is in a regular office block on one of the main roads out of the US capital, Washington DC.
A 21-minute drive away is the grand venue where African heads of state and President Barak Obama are discussing US-Africa relations.
As the leaders try to negotiate a new phase of that relationship, the Ethiopian diaspora community is grappling with how it should relate to back home.
Estimates vary, but there are thought to be more than 200,000 Ethiopians in the Washington metropolitan area, by far the city's largest and most visible African diaspora group.
While integrated into American life, many of them do not want to lose that connection and are keen for their children to know where they have come from.
American-Ethiopian children at Washington's Ethiopian Community Centre
Dancing is one of the ways Ethiopian-Americans are encouraged to connect with their heritage
Mikiyess at Ethiopian summer camp in Washington
Children, like Mikiyess, are taught to speak Amharic as part of their cultural education
"They are here in the United States, but they still have to keep their heritage," says Hermela Kebede, who runs the community centre.
"That's who they are, and it will make them proud."
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I speak Amharic, but English is my first language and I have more things from America”
Eight-year-old Mikiyess
In another room, the children are listening to an Ethiopian folktale being read in one of Ethiopia's languages, Amharic.
It is part of the effort to ensure they keep up their language skills as well as learn traditional stories.
Eight-year-old Mikiyess listens carefully.
He left Ethiopia with his family when he was two and has some vague memories of what life was like there.
He clearly gets the message of the camp.
"You need to learn about your culture," he says in a flawless American accent.
"Because you can't just learn about another culture and think, 'Oh, I'm from that culture', you have to think about your old culture too."
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But asked if he is more American or more Ethiopian, Mikiyess is hesitant, but admits feeling more American.
"I speak Amharic, but English is my first language and I have more things from America. I have a portion of things from Ethiopia and I eat a lot of the food."
He reckons that from just watching his mother cook he now knows how to prepare the traditional dishes.
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The BBC visited Little Ethiopia in the US capital in 2013
Mikiyess looks set to grow up to be a fully-fledged member of the Ethiopian-American community, and join the thousands of others who are comfortable with a dual identity.
There seems to be a growing confidence amongst many of them.
Some who arrived in the 1970s and 1980s had endure a lot of ignorance about their home.
Ethiopian-born singer Wayna Wondwossen remembers being at high school at the time of the famine in Ethiopia in 1984.
"I have vivid memories of people making jokes about me, saying I was the fattest Ethiopian they had ever seen."
Now she writes and sings about her identity.
Her latest album, The Expats, is a celebration of being different.
Many Ethiopian-Americans, who have become financially successful, are now looking to invest their money back home.
One group of medics, for example, plans to build a new private hospital in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with money from investors as well as their own.
They hope the hospital will be as good as any facility in the US or Europe.
Melaku Negussie, who is co-ordinating the project for the Ethio-American Doctors Group, admits that there is money involved and a hoped-for return, but he says this is not just about the cash.
"Some of the doctors have actually told us that they're committed to going back to Ethiopia to work, when this hospital opens," he adds.
"There is an emotional attachment to their country and to them this is a wonderful opportunity to give back and be part of something transformational."
Backlit people dance at sunset in Omo valley, south Ethiopia
Most Ethiopian immigrants arrived in America in the 1990s after the Eritrean-Ethiopian war
That emotional attachment is clear to see at the Ethiopian community centre.
Camp counsellor Megidelawit Yirefu works as the camp's dance teacher.
She came to the US when she was nine and is proud of her identity.
She now wants to pass her passion on to the children.
"My parents embrace a lot of my culture from Ethiopia, which reminds me of home and how I used to eat those foods," she says.
"So culture helps me identify with who I am as an Ethiopian-American and stand out from the crowd."
Monday, August 4, 2014
Airlines in scramble curb spread of deadly Ebola virus
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int'l) has extended an existing ban on flights to the Guinean capital of Conakry as the death toll in the world's worst Ebola virus outbreak continues to climb. The Emirati carrier had hoped to resume its service to Dakar via Conakry on August 2 having first suspended the route in April.
With the death toll from the disease now reaching almost 1000 cases, the Liberian government last week sealed off most of its borders in an effort to curb the transmission of the deadly disease.
Meanwhile Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) subsidiary, ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé), has resumed services to Lagos after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) lifted a moratorium on the airline's operations into the country's commercial hub. The NCAA banned ASKY from the country after it was found to have ferried an Ebola-infected Liberian national into the country last week. Following consultative talks, the airline's management undertook to abide by health and safety regulations with a view to curtailing the spread of the virus.
Thus far, at least 1'323 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, are known to have been infected by the diseases, for which there is no known cure.
With the death toll from the disease now reaching almost 1000 cases, the Liberian government last week sealed off most of its borders in an effort to curb the transmission of the deadly disease.
Meanwhile Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) subsidiary, ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé), has resumed services to Lagos after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) lifted a moratorium on the airline's operations into the country's commercial hub. The NCAA banned ASKY from the country after it was found to have ferried an Ebola-infected Liberian national into the country last week. Following consultative talks, the airline's management undertook to abide by health and safety regulations with a view to curtailing the spread of the virus.
Thus far, at least 1'323 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, are known to have been infected by the diseases, for which there is no known cure.
ልብሴን ነዎር በለው አሉ አለቃ ገብረሐና።
ልብሴን ነዎር በለው አሉ አለቃ ገብረሐና።
አለቃ ገብረ ሐና ብዙ ቀልዳ ቀልዶች አሏቸው የዛሬው አመጣጤ ግን አንድ የፈረንጅ ቪዲዮ ካዬሁ በሗላ ነው። ነገሩ እንዲህ ነው, የቪዲዮው አላማ እንዴት የሰውን ልብስ ብቻ በማዬት ግለሰቡን ለመርዳትም ሆነ ላለመርዳት ውሳኔ ማድርጋችንን የሚያሳይ ቪዲዮ ነው። ይህ ቪዲዮ ላይ አንዱን በረንዳ አዳሪ (homeless) ቆንጆ ሱፍ (suit) ልብስ አልብሰው እንዲለምን ሲያደርጉት፣ የለመነው ሰው ሁሉ ገንዘብ ሲሰጠው አንዳንዱ ሃያ አምስት ሳንሲም (.25) ተጠይቆ አምስት ዶላር ሰጥቷል። ይህን ግለሰብ ግን ያው መደበኛ ልብሱን (ቆሻሻ ልብሱን) አልብሰው አንድ አይነት ቦታ ላይ እንዲለምን ሲያቆሙት አንድም ሰው ገንዘብ ጠብ አላደረገለትም። በጣም የሚያሳዝን ነው።
ይህ ግን የዘመኑ ሙከራ (Social Experiment) ሲሆን አባ/አለቃ ገብረሃና ግን ዱሮ ገና ህዝባችንን ይህንን ሁኔታ ሞክረው ጨርሰውታል። ነገሩን ሰምታችሁት ይሆናል።
" ከለታት አንድ ቀን አባ ገብረ ሃና ግብዣ ይጠራሉ፣ የዚያን ቀን በጣም ቸኩለው ኖሮ የስራ ልብሳቸውን እንደለበሱ ወደ ግብዣው ዘው ይላሉ፣ የድግሱ ዘበኛም አለቃን አላስገባም ይላቸዋል። አለቃም ዘበኛው አላስገባም ያላቸው ለምን እንደሆን ስለገባቸው ቤታቸው ሮጥ ይሉና የክት ጃኗቸውን ለብሰው ሲመለሱ ዘበኛው ካለምን ጥያቄ እጅ ነስቶ ያሰገባቸዋል፣ ከዚያም አለቃ እራት ሲቀርብ ምግቡንም መጠጡንም ልብሳቸው ላይ ይደፋሉ፣ ወዲያው በሁኔታው የተደነቀው ህዝብ አለቃን ሲጠይቃቸው አለቃም እንዲህ አሉ ይባላል። እኔ ሳልሆን ልብሴ ነው የተጠራው። አሉ ይባላል:: ይህ የአለቃ ድርጊት አሁን በቪዲዮ ቢሰራ በፈረንጆች ቋንቋ (Viral Video) ይሆን ነበር። አይ አለቃ ከሁሉም ቀድመው የተማሩ አዋቂ ናቸው። "አዬ ሰው!" አለች ቀበሮ
አለቃ ገብረ ሐና ብዙ ቀልዳ ቀልዶች አሏቸው የዛሬው አመጣጤ ግን አንድ የፈረንጅ ቪዲዮ ካዬሁ በሗላ ነው። ነገሩ እንዲህ ነው, የቪዲዮው አላማ እንዴት የሰውን ልብስ ብቻ በማዬት ግለሰቡን ለመርዳትም ሆነ ላለመርዳት ውሳኔ ማድርጋችንን የሚያሳይ ቪዲዮ ነው። ይህ ቪዲዮ ላይ አንዱን በረንዳ አዳሪ (homeless) ቆንጆ ሱፍ (suit) ልብስ አልብሰው እንዲለምን ሲያደርጉት፣ የለመነው ሰው ሁሉ ገንዘብ ሲሰጠው አንዳንዱ ሃያ አምስት ሳንሲም (.25) ተጠይቆ አምስት ዶላር ሰጥቷል። ይህን ግለሰብ ግን ያው መደበኛ ልብሱን (ቆሻሻ ልብሱን) አልብሰው አንድ አይነት ቦታ ላይ እንዲለምን ሲያቆሙት አንድም ሰው ገንዘብ ጠብ አላደረገለትም። በጣም የሚያሳዝን ነው።
ይህ ግን የዘመኑ ሙከራ (Social Experiment) ሲሆን አባ/አለቃ ገብረሃና ግን ዱሮ ገና ህዝባችንን ይህንን ሁኔታ ሞክረው ጨርሰውታል። ነገሩን ሰምታችሁት ይሆናል።
" ከለታት አንድ ቀን አባ ገብረ ሃና ግብዣ ይጠራሉ፣ የዚያን ቀን በጣም ቸኩለው ኖሮ የስራ ልብሳቸውን እንደለበሱ ወደ ግብዣው ዘው ይላሉ፣ የድግሱ ዘበኛም አለቃን አላስገባም ይላቸዋል። አለቃም ዘበኛው አላስገባም ያላቸው ለምን እንደሆን ስለገባቸው ቤታቸው ሮጥ ይሉና የክት ጃኗቸውን ለብሰው ሲመለሱ ዘበኛው ካለምን ጥያቄ እጅ ነስቶ ያሰገባቸዋል፣ ከዚያም አለቃ እራት ሲቀርብ ምግቡንም መጠጡንም ልብሳቸው ላይ ይደፋሉ፣ ወዲያው በሁኔታው የተደነቀው ህዝብ አለቃን ሲጠይቃቸው አለቃም እንዲህ አሉ ይባላል። እኔ ሳልሆን ልብሴ ነው የተጠራው። አሉ ይባላል:: ይህ የአለቃ ድርጊት አሁን በቪዲዮ ቢሰራ በፈረንጆች ቋንቋ (Viral Video) ይሆን ነበር። አይ አለቃ ከሁሉም ቀድመው የተማሩ አዋቂ ናቸው። "አዬ ሰው!" አለች ቀበሮ
Sunday, August 3, 2014
The Ethiopian U-17 team was eliminated from the CAN U-17 Championships after loosing 3-0
The Ethiopian U-17 team was eliminated from the CAN U-17 Championships after loosing 3-0 here today, reported Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA).
The two teams played a scoreless match two weeks ago in Addis Ababa.
ERTA also said that the Ethiopian side played with 9 players after 2 of its players received their marching orders by the referee.
Meanwhile, Malawi defeated Benin 4-3 on penalty kicks to join Ethiopia, Algeria and Mali in Group B of the 2015 Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The two teams played a scoreless match two weeks ago in Addis Ababa.
ERTA also said that the Ethiopian side played with 9 players after 2 of its players received their marching orders by the referee.
Meanwhile, Malawi defeated Benin 4-3 on penalty kicks to join Ethiopia, Algeria and Mali in Group B of the 2015 Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Egypt to face Ethiopia in friendly game on 30 August
Egypt will face Ethiopia in a friendly game on 30 August as part of
their preparations for the 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifiers,
Egyptian Football Association (EFA) chairman Gamal Allam said on Friday.The match will be played in the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan. It will be the 15th meeting between both sides.
Egypt last met Ethiopia in a friendly game in 2002, crushing them 4-0 in Cairo.
The Pharaohs, who begin their Nations Cup qualifying campaign next month, will play in Group G along with Tunisia, Senegal and a yet to be determined side.
Egypt, record holders of the Nations Cup with seven titles, have not qualified for the biennial tournament since winning the 2010 title in Angola.
Look Back! Ethiopia in Western Media 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 & 1992
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NEWS
June 1, 1988
Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam denied that his Marxist government is using food as a weapon against secessionists in the north, where guerrilla war and a government drive have jeopardized Western-financed famine relief. Mengistu, at a six-hour press conference with foreign reporters, said the rebels are using the food deficit to elicit sympathy. He charged they are fighting a proxy war to consolidate Arab control of the Red Sea.
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CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 23, 1991
Finally, some good news out of Ethiopia. The resignation of President Mengistu Haile Mariam provides an opportunity for relief after years of war, tyranny, drought and famine. Peace talks, sponsored by the United States, are scheduled on Monday in London, with representatives from the major rebel groups and the current government invited to attend. An accord could pave the way for some measure of peace in that poor East African nation.
NEWS
March 7, 1990 |
The Marxist economic system imposed after the late Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown in 1974 is a failure, President Mengistu Haile Mariam said in a speech to the Central Committee of the ruling Marxist Workers' Party. Mengistu said he wants a return to capitalism. The Central Committee must approve Mengistu's recommendations for a drastic overhaul of the shattered economy.
NEWS
April 27, 1991 |
President Mengistu Haile Mariam removed his vice president and chief military strategist Friday following a series of gains by rebels seeking his ouster. Mengistu also named a new prime minister and said Ethiopia will develop a new broad-based party to replace his ruling Marxists. Rebels have reportedly advanced to within 55 miles of Addis Ababa, the capital, and control Ethiopia's northern third.
NEWS
March 10, 1990 |
Black nationalist Nelson R. Mandela pledged in Ethiopia that South African "freedom fighters" will struggle until they stop apartheid. Then he flew back to Tanzania to visit African National Congress military camps. Mandela spent only 24 hours in Ethiopia in a last-minute side trip during his 17-day tour, meeting President Mengistu Haile Mariam and addressing delegation chiefs from the Organization of African Unity.
NEWS
April 27, 1991 |
President Mengistu Haile Mariam removed his vice president and chief military strategist Friday following a series of gains by rebels seeking his ouster. Mengistu also named a new prime minister and said Ethiopia will develop a new broad-based party to replace his ruling Marxists. Rebels have reportedly advanced to within 55 miles of Addis Ababa, the capital, and control Ethiopia's northern third.
NEWS
May 27, 1990 |
President Mengistu Haile Mariam, who built a Marxist regime on the ashes of a feudal empire he helped bring down in 1974, is a man with many problems and, some predict, a limited future. His army has suffered battlefield setbacks in recent months, particularly in the northernmost province of Eritrea, where rebels appear on the verge of winning a 29-year-old war for independence.
NEWS
March 10, 1990 |
Black nationalist Nelson R. Mandela pledged in Ethiopia that South African "freedom fighters" will struggle until they stop apartheid. Then he flew back to Tanzania to visit African National Congress military camps. Mandela spent only 24 hours in Ethiopia in a last-minute side trip during his 17-day tour, meeting President Mengistu Haile Mariam and addressing delegation chiefs from the Organization of African Unity.
NEWS
March 7, 1990 |
The Marxist economic system imposed after the late Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown in 1974 is a failure, President Mengistu Haile Mariam said in a speech to the Central Committee of the ruling Marxist Workers' Party. Mengistu said he wants a return to capitalism. The Central Committee must approve Mengistu's recommendations for a drastic overhaul of the shattered economy.
NEWS
December 13, 1989 |
The Agency for International Development said Tuesday that the United States has allocated more than 165,000 tons of grain to Ethiopia to help deal with a famine that it fears could be as severe as one in 1984 that caused an estimated 1 million deaths. Mark L. Edelman, acting administrator of the agency, said other industrialized nations are providing 110,000 tons of grain toward an overall target of 750,000 tons. Experts believe that this amount will be needed in Ethiopia until it harvests next year's crops.
NEWS
September 1, 1989
Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam said that his government would soon open peace talks with rebels in northern Tigre province, but hours later he said the Tigre People's Liberation Front had launched a new offensive. "While we are talking about peace, the . . . guerrillas in Tigre . . . launched an unprovoked all-out offensive against government forces," said Mengistu, who interrupted a parliamentary session to make the announcement.
NEWS
May 20, 1989 |
President Mengistu Haile Mariam appeared to regain control in Ethiopia on Friday as a four-day revolt by mutinous soldiers faded under the guns of loyalist troops. Nearly the entire high command of this Marxist government has been killed, a Western diplomat said, in an attempted coup led by generals humiliated in a string of recent defeats against rebels in northern Ethiopia. "If we move into a 'night of the long knives,' it (the high command) will be gutted even more," the diplomat said, "There'll be a certain amount of retribution."
NEWS
May 27, 1990 |
President Mengistu Haile Mariam, who built a Marxist regime on the ashes of a feudal empire he helped bring down in 1974, is a man with many problems and, some predict, a limited future. His army has suffered battlefield setbacks in recent months, particularly in the northernmost province of Eritrea, where rebels appear on the verge of winning a 29-year-old war for independence.
NEWS
December 13, 1989 |
The Agency for International Development said Tuesday that the United States has allocated more than 165,000 tons of grain to Ethiopia to help deal with a famine that it fears could be as severe as one in 1984 that caused an estimated 1 million deaths. Mark L. Edelman, acting administrator of the agency, said other industrialized nations are providing 110,000 tons of grain toward an overall target of 750,000 tons. Experts believe that this amount will be needed in Ethiopia until it harvests next year's crops.
NEWS
November 8, 1989 |
A key aide to Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam pledged to let his country's 16,000 Jews emigrate freely but refused to say whether Israel promised to provide military assistance in return. Israel and Ethiopia restored diplomatic relations last week. There are about 16,500 Ethiopian Jews in Israel.
NEWS
March 27, 1991 |
In less than a month, rebels have more than doubled the territory they had won in 16 years, and they now control the northern third of Ethiopia, Western analysts say. Although outnumbered by government troops, they seriously threaten the regime of President Mengistu Haile Mariam, whose army appears unwilling or unable to fight. Most embassies in Addis Ababa, the capital, have advised dependents and non-essential personnel to leave the country.
NEWS
March 13, 1991 |
The U.S. government suggested that American diplomatic dependents and non-essential staff leave Ethiopia after a string of victories by rebel forces, diplomats said. The advisory is strictly voluntary, but envoys in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, said they expect a "considerable number" of the approximately 40 U.S. dependents to leave. Since launching their latest offensive Feb.
NEWS
June 1, 1991 |
The Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa has granted refuge to the Ethiopian official who briefly led the country after President Mengistu Haile Mariam fled the country, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. The embassy refused demands by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) to turn over Tesfaye Gebre-Kidan, Ethiopia's former acting president, saying it would shelter him until it receives formal guarantees that he would receive a fair and public trial.
May 16, 1989 |
Ethiopian soldiers and tanks surrounded the Ministry of Defense in Addis Ababa today while Marxist President Mengistu Haile Mariam was abroad, and there were reports of fighting in what might be a coup attempt. Sources in Addis Ababa said helicopter gunships and two MIG-21 fighters flew over the center of the capital and troop carriers were seen moving along the airport road. Ethiopian radio and television continued to broadcast normally, however, and shops and bars in the capital remained open, diplomats and relief workers said.
NEWS
June 17, 1991 |
The government has approved a U.N. plan to airdrop relief supplies to tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees in the war-weary nation's south, a U.N. official said Sunday. The refugees were forced to return home from neighboring Ethiopia after the ouster of former President Mengistu Haile Mariam, who was the main supporter of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army. The rebels have been fighting in southern Sudan for autonomy since 1983. James Ingram, executive director of the U.N.
NEWS
May 22, 1990 |
Ethiopia said today that it has executed 12 high-ranking military officers for involvement in a 1989 coup attempt against President Mengistu Haile Mariam. The Ethiopian news agency said the 12 had been found guilty of high treason and endangering the unity and territorial integrity of the nation. The 12 included the former head of the army ground forces, Maj. Gen. Hailu Gabre Michael, and former police chief Maj. Gen. Worku Zwede.
NEWS
May 30, 1988 |
President Mengistu Haile Mariam will allow the United Nations to expand its emergency operations in drought-stricken northern Ethiopia, a U.N. spokesman said Sunday. U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar, who was in Addis Ababa as a special guest of the Organization of African Unity, met with the Ethiopian leader Friday. There was no comment on the meeting until Sunday, shortly before Perez de Cuellar's departure. The U.N.
NEWS
March 14, 1991 |
Ethiopia has abruptly halted an exodus of black Jews to Israel to pressure the Jewish state into supplying military aid to help it fight a worsening civil war, community leaders said Wednesday. "The halt was very sudden, without any warning from the Ethiopian government," said Rahamim Elazar, secretary of Israel's Ethiopian organization. "The Ethiopian government wants Israel to provide it arms due to the increasing war in recent weeks," he said.
NEWS
July 6, 1991 |
A transitional government made up of former rebel groups was formed Friday to prepare Ethiopia's first democratic elections, but secessionist Eritrean leaders refused to join the alliance. The government, which is dominated by guerrillas who toppled former President Mengistu Haile Mariam in late May, inherits an empty treasury, heavy debts and the problem of feeding as many as 7 million famine victims.
NEWS
May 22, 1991 |
Key events in Ethiopia from the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie to President Mengistu Haile Mariam's flight into exile Tuesday: * 1974: Marxist military officers depose Emperor Haile Selassie after a severe famine and declare Ethiopia a socialist state. * 1977: Lt. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam takes over the government. Mengistu consolidates his position by arresting and executing suspected government opponents. About 10,000 are killed.
NEWS
May 19, 1989 |
President Mengistu Haile Mariam, in his first public appearance since a coup attempt began two days earlier, said Thursday that loyal Ethiopian troops have crushed a bloody attempt to topple his government. In a live nationwide radio and television address, Mengistu branded as traitors the army units that tried to seize power while he was on a state visit to East Germany. "I feel proud and greatly honored to tell my countrymen that the 2nd Army Division based in Eritrea (province)
March 23, 1991 |
About 220 Ethiopian Jews arrived in Israel on Friday after a three-week block on emigration to the Jewish state by the Addis Ababa government. Ethiopian community leaders in Israel said President Mengistu Haile Mariam abruptly cut the exodus of black Jews on March 1 to pressure Israel into supplying military aid to help him fight mounting civil war. Israel denied that Ethiopia was trying to barter Jews for arms and said the stoppage was due to technical problems.
May 20, 1991 |
Tigrean rebels who have been making steady gains against the government claimed Sunday to have captured several strategic towns. There were reports of fierce fighting north and west of the capital. Western sources said the fighting has again closed off a vital road from Addis Ababa to the only major port still under government control, jeopardizing efforts to feed millions of drought victims in the Horn of Africa nation.
NEWS
July 10, 1990 |
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday was formally elected chairman of the 51-nation Organization of African Unity. He told national leaders that Africa must snap out of economic complacency if it wants to survive in today's economic climate.
NEWS
August 30, 1992 |
An Ethiopian Airlines jet was hijacked Saturday shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa and began a fitful, daylong odyssey to Djibouti, Yemen and Egypt before landing early today in Rome. Exhausted Egyptian officials who boarded the plane before it left Cairo shortly after midnight said the flight carried only a nine-member crew and four or five hijackers--all believed to be Ethiopians--when it took off from a deserted runway at Cairo International Airport.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 29, 1991 |
The citizens of Addis Ababa danced last week as a crane pulled down the giant statue of Lenin that overlooked Revolution Square. Students scrawled graffiti condemning Marxism, Leninism and socialism on the corpse as it was hauled away. President Mengistu Haile Mariam's long-overdue abdication was lamented by only a few of his cronies. The rest of Ethiopia rejoices and welcomes the beginning of a new era.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 26, 1991
The pictures are eerily familiar. African children are starving, again. Hungry mothers hold malnourished babies, again. Famine nurtured by civil wars has made the situation desperate in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Mozambique, Angola, Malawi and Liberia. The richer nations of the world are asked to come to the rescue--again. Hunger is not new in Africa.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 27, 1991
Ethiopia's President Mengistu Haile Mariam, who resigned last week in the face of ouster by rebels, is the latest of a half-dozen autocratic African rulers to lose power within the last year, primarily through uprisings. It is as if the dramatic reform taking place in Eastern Europe has had some effect, however measured, in Africa. The ending of Cold War rivalries certainly facilitated the end of tyrannical regimes on the Horn of Africa.
NEWS
June 23, 1990 |
With rebel groups closing in, embattled Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam has admitted his country is on the verge of collapse. Urging the people in an impassioned speech to Parliament on Thursday to rally and save the nation, Mengistu for the first time confirmed rebel reports of fierce fighting north of the capital, Addis Ababa, and the Red Sea province of Eritrea. "Citizens must realize . . .
NEWS
May 17, 1989 |
Ethiopia said Tuesday it has put down an attempted coup against Marxist President Mengistu Haile Mariam by soldiers who had surrounded the Defense Ministry with tanks and armored cars. State radio, broadcasting a statement by the State Council, said the government ended an attempt by a few officers to overthrow Lt. Col. Mengistu, who Tuesday began a visit to East Germany. Mengistu, who took part in the coup that overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974, has transformed this impoverished nation from a Christian monarchy into the Soviet Union's most faithful African ally.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 31, 1990 |
It would be a mistake to think of the "peace dividend" only in terms of ledger lines and cash flow. There is more to any peace dividend than cold currency. The very absence of an atmosphere of flammable tension is itself a dividend that could be put to use now, and in doing so we would save more than money. Without costing our Treasury a dime, the superpowers could spend a dividend of cooperation on the Third World and save lives.
NEWS
June 4, 1990 |
The unexpected U.S.-Soviet pledge to begin a joint airlift of food aid to hungry Ethiopians is symbolic of a major new effort by the two countries to work together in ending one of Africa's longest running civil wars, Administration officials said Sunday.
NEWS
August 13, 1989 |
His eyes rimmed in red, a kit bag dropped wearily at his feet, Air Force Capt. John E. Matwick was describing the rigors of searching for a twin-engine plane in some of the roughest territory and most contrary weather conditions in the world. "With the weather so bad, the hard thing is just keeping track of where you have searched," the 33-year-old Palos Verdes, Calif., native said at Addis Ababa airport after a 10-hour day spent searching fruitlessly for the missing plane carrying Rep.
NEWS
May 14, 1989 |
As a frightened 9-year-old, Alganesh Behre was forced into marriage with a man three times her age. "At age 14, I was divorced and started working as a housemaid," she recalls without emotion. Today, thanks partly to Alganesh, girls are protected from such early marriages in this rebel-held town where the Tigre People's Liberation Front has encouraged women to break out of their traditional roles. Women are serving as rebel soldiers or taking a more active part in community life.
NEWS
January 20, 1991 |
It was a traffic jam, Ethiopian-style. A mule train brought movement to a standstill outside the central market last month as the animals, loaded with grain, vied for space with trucks bringing in corn and teff, a local cereal. It was a sign, perhaps, that agriculture reforms may finally be working in a country so prone to famine.
NEWS
May 12, 1991 |
Manor Metaku Solomon, a shy, sweet-faced 8-year-old, is one of more than 20,000 Ethiopian Jews who last year abandoned the hinterlands their families have inhabited for thousands of years for a squalid life in this capital, where they wait in limbo for emigration to Israel. Manor is living up to his name. It means "wishing for a good life." Like most Ethiopian Jews, he tells a simple story: a cherished family dream of a biblical "return to the promised land."
NEWS
September 26, 1987 |
In response to an urgent request from the government of Ethiopia, the United States agreed Friday to send 115,000 tons of emergency food aid to help stave off a famine that officials say threatens to be as severe as that which devastated the nation two years ago. The shipment, at a cost of $37.6 million, will supply one-eighth of the total food that Ethiopian and U.S. officials agree will be necessary next year to feed those threatened by a widespread drought.
NEWS
November 2, 1986 |
Menelik Palace on the panoramic Entoto hilltop nine miles north of the Ethiopian capital was once the splendid home of Ethiopia's greatest warrior king. It is now an off-limits army barracks and the site of a large radar installation overlooking a patchwork plain 5,000 feet below. Nearby, nestling in stands of pine and rolling hills, stands the church of Entoto Raguel--built 102 years ago as a personal place of worship by King Menelik II.
NEWS
April 9, 1991 |
The Crisis: Following a number of military victories, a coalition of Ethiopian rebel groups now has the largest swath of territory under its control since the Ethiopian revolution installed a Marxist regime 16 years ago. The advance by elements of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front is the most significant string of gains since Eritrean rebels, operating separately, took the important Red Sea port of Massawa more than a year ago.
NEWS
May 18, 1989 |
Gunfire broke out for a second day in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Wednesday as government forces moved to quell a coup attempt against the 12-year-old regime of President Mengistu Haile Mariam. But the attempt may have given Eritrean rebels in the north of the country, who are fighting the government in Africa's oldest civil war, a dramatic victory as government troops appeared to have ceded control of Asmara. The city, Ethiopia's second largest, is the traditional capital of Eritrea and had been the site of the largest troop concentration in the country.
Ethiopian Health Authority Certified Ebola Victim's Plane
By Ibe Uwaleke
THE management of ASKY Airlines said it received with great surprise the decision of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) which stopped the airlines operations to Lagos and Abuja, when the carrier had already suspended all its flights to and from Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monrovia and some other routes in West Africa.
This is coming as the director general of ASKY Airlines, Yissehak Zewoldi yesterday said the travelling restriction is currently seriously affecting passengers within the region. He urged the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to reconsider its position on suspending ASKY airline's operations into Nigeria.
Zewoldi said since the initial outbreak of the Ebola virus in Conakry, Guinea in February 2014 and the recent spread in Liberia and Sierra Leone, the airline had been highly concerned and taking measures to avoid further spread.
He disclosed that he had written to the director general of NCAA twice on the measures taken so far and his full commitment to closely work with all authorities, governments and organizations in the fight against the spread of this disease.
According to him ASKY is determined to keep its passengers and staff safe during this unsettling time, adding that the carrier is following the situation closely and will issue updates as the situation changes.
Meanwhile, ASKY's Country Commercial Manager (Nigeria), Bolaji Ogunwunmi said that in a bid to ameliorate the sufferings of the airline's passengers who had pre-booked their flights to Nigeria and other places where it has stopped operations, the Ethiopian Airlines had undertaken to airlift the passengers.
He reiterated that virtually all its passengers which trip had been disrupted as a result of the deadly virus had been communicated to while some other carriers which it has interline who declined to travel had been refunded.
ASKY Airlines is Ethiopian Airlines feeder airline with its hub in Lome, Togo. Since its operations about four years ago, the airline has been a dominant carrier in West and Central Africa region.
Zewoldi in a letter sent to the director-general of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Benedict Adeliyeka, dated July 28, 2014, said the airline has already started working closely with all authorities, institutions, health organizations and governments who are directly concerned.
He noted that through its local civil aviation, they are having series of meetings daily and following up with the instructions of the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the Ministry of Health to implement a number of measures both on ground and in all ASKY flights in order to prevent contamination.
He stated that the action of the Nigerian aviation regulatory body "is giving us great concern as we haven't received any notification or grace period to take operational measures".
"However, we do understand the great concern and exposure the Ebola virus is causing within the region. Permit me to seize this opportunity to let you know that we are highly concerned as about the security and wellbeing of everyone and are fully willing to cooperate with all authorities, governments, medical institutions and international organizations to prevent the wide spread".
Zewoldi listed some measures the carrier had taken as the stoppage of uplifting food and overnight in the affected destinations such as Sierra Leone, Liberia and Conakry; protection of ASKY Airlines staff to avoid direct contacts and eliminate the spread of the virus; deployment of medical teams to the airport to screen all transiting passengers; and the agreement of the local civil aviation in Lome, Togo to put in place a scanning machine at the airport just like in Conakry, Guinea.
He further disclosed that He however requested that Adeliyeka reconsiders his decision, adding that the carrier had since suspended its operations to Freetown and Monrovia until situations come under control.
Meanwhile, Ethiopian department of Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority in a certificate dated July 27, 2014, presented to the carrier stated that the aircraft ET ALN schedule operate Flight number 452 has been disinfected with Aerosol No. 333370 3333356 333363.
THE management of ASKY Airlines said it received with great surprise the decision of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) which stopped the airlines operations to Lagos and Abuja, when the carrier had already suspended all its flights to and from Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monrovia and some other routes in West Africa.
This is coming as the director general of ASKY Airlines, Yissehak Zewoldi yesterday said the travelling restriction is currently seriously affecting passengers within the region. He urged the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to reconsider its position on suspending ASKY airline's operations into Nigeria.
Zewoldi said since the initial outbreak of the Ebola virus in Conakry, Guinea in February 2014 and the recent spread in Liberia and Sierra Leone, the airline had been highly concerned and taking measures to avoid further spread.
He disclosed that he had written to the director general of NCAA twice on the measures taken so far and his full commitment to closely work with all authorities, governments and organizations in the fight against the spread of this disease.
According to him ASKY is determined to keep its passengers and staff safe during this unsettling time, adding that the carrier is following the situation closely and will issue updates as the situation changes.
Meanwhile, ASKY's Country Commercial Manager (Nigeria), Bolaji Ogunwunmi said that in a bid to ameliorate the sufferings of the airline's passengers who had pre-booked their flights to Nigeria and other places where it has stopped operations, the Ethiopian Airlines had undertaken to airlift the passengers.
He reiterated that virtually all its passengers which trip had been disrupted as a result of the deadly virus had been communicated to while some other carriers which it has interline who declined to travel had been refunded.
ASKY Airlines is Ethiopian Airlines feeder airline with its hub in Lome, Togo. Since its operations about four years ago, the airline has been a dominant carrier in West and Central Africa region.
Zewoldi in a letter sent to the director-general of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Benedict Adeliyeka, dated July 28, 2014, said the airline has already started working closely with all authorities, institutions, health organizations and governments who are directly concerned.
He noted that through its local civil aviation, they are having series of meetings daily and following up with the instructions of the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the Ministry of Health to implement a number of measures both on ground and in all ASKY flights in order to prevent contamination.
He stated that the action of the Nigerian aviation regulatory body "is giving us great concern as we haven't received any notification or grace period to take operational measures".
"However, we do understand the great concern and exposure the Ebola virus is causing within the region. Permit me to seize this opportunity to let you know that we are highly concerned as about the security and wellbeing of everyone and are fully willing to cooperate with all authorities, governments, medical institutions and international organizations to prevent the wide spread".
Zewoldi listed some measures the carrier had taken as the stoppage of uplifting food and overnight in the affected destinations such as Sierra Leone, Liberia and Conakry; protection of ASKY Airlines staff to avoid direct contacts and eliminate the spread of the virus; deployment of medical teams to the airport to screen all transiting passengers; and the agreement of the local civil aviation in Lome, Togo to put in place a scanning machine at the airport just like in Conakry, Guinea.
He further disclosed that He however requested that Adeliyeka reconsiders his decision, adding that the carrier had since suspended its operations to Freetown and Monrovia until situations come under control.
Meanwhile, Ethiopian department of Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority in a certificate dated July 27, 2014, presented to the carrier stated that the aircraft ET ALN schedule operate Flight number 452 has been disinfected with Aerosol No. 333370 3333356 333363.
Only One Out of Six Enterprises Attract Bidders in Privatisation Bid
By Fasika Tadesse
Bidders swarm warehouse offer with highest bidden providing 10.1m Br
Only a warehouse, which was under a court injunction order, attracts bidders out of the six public enterprises offered for sale by the Privatisation & Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA), in its latest round tender.
The tender was announced on May 14, 2014, and remained open until 15 minutes before a financial opening was held on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The tender involved seven companies, five of which have previously failed to attract any buyers. Bilito Siraro Farm and the warehouse of the Ethiopia Fibre Products Enterprise are up for sale for the first time.
During the financial opening, five bidders provide offers only for the warehouse of the Ethiopia Fibre Products Enterprise. No one made offers for Bahir Dar Textile S.C., Kombolcha Textile S.C., Agricultural Mechanisation Service Enterprise, Transport Construction Design S.C. and Bilito Siraro Farm.
The financial opening for the Ethiopian Mineral Development S.C is extended till July 6, 2014, following the request from the bidders, stating they could not finalise the preparation of the proposal, according to Berhane Gebremedihen, chairperson of the Evaluation Committee at PPESA.
The highest bid for the warehouse came from G Seven Trading & Industry Plc, who acquired the Ethiopia Fibre Products Enterprise in 2008 from the Agency. G Seven was established in May 2005 with an initial registered capital of 7.2 million Br. It has bought Meher Fibre Products Factory in July 2006 from PPESA. It produces jute sacks, twine and ropes from natural fibre.
G Seven come up with 10.1 million Br offer, followed by Ture Plc, who came up with 8.8 million Br. The third offer was 7.158 million Br from Ambalay Raiey Trading Plc. Dukem Textile Factory extended a very closer amount with Ambaly, by proposing 7.155 million Br. The least offer of 5.5 million Br came from Adabo Midroc Trading Plc.
The bidders, which are all local companies, came up with Certified Payment Order (CPO) or Bid Bond of 96,569 Br, along with technical proposals. Four of them proposed a payment of 30pc in advance and the remaining 70pc five days before the handover, while Ture Plc offered to pay 30pc in advance and 70pc in a year time.
The warehouse, located around Saris, occupies 650.3sqm. It lies on a plot of 2,550sqm, which also has office buildings sitting on 266sqm. In addition, it has two metal containers that cover 37sqm. The warehouse was not part of the transfer when G Seven acquired Ethiopian Fibre Products in 2008.
Hawassa Textiles was using the warehouse, when it was a public enterprise, and still use the warehouse even after it was sold to Dukem Textiles in 2011 for 37 million Br. Hawassa has utilised the warehouse for a total of 20 years. Dukem went to court in mid-May 2012, when it learned that the PPESA had floated a tender to sell the warehouse in April 2012.
Following the tender, the financial opening was meant to be held on May 21, 2012 and the warehouse got a single offer from the buyer of the Enterprise, G Seven. But the bid was not opened because of a law suit that Hawassa Textiles filed against the Agency.
"After the court reviewed the case, it ruled in the favour of the Agency earlier this year, so we offered the warehouse for sale again this year," said Wondafrashe Assefa, corporate communications head with the Agency to Fortune.
Both G Seven and Dukem Textiles participated in this round to acquire the warehouse.
The evaluation committee intends to conduct a technical evaluation in a few weeks time and the Agency's final decision on the warehouse will be announced in a month's time after the Board of the Agency gives approval, according to Wondafrash.
According to Wondafrash, the agency will float another tender for those enterprises that do not mange to attract any bidder.
Previously, the PPESA used to transfer enterprises through three different approaches. One was through lease, where a private sector company would have full use of the enterprise for a limited time by paying rent. Bahir Dar Textile Factory, one of the enterprises slated to be fully transferred to private investors this year, but with no bids, was previously leased to a Chinese company. This type of transfer, however, was abandoned two years ago, as the Agency deemed that private companies were not taking proper care of enterprises that they leased.
The Agency has so far privatised 370 units and able to collect 14 billion Br from the privatised enterprises since its establishment back in 1994. During the last fiscal year, the Agency has managed to privatise only five enterprises out of the planned 20 enterprises.
The Agency attempted to discover, through a questionnaire, why so few offers were being made, and the responses pointed towards the high prices, a source in the Agency said. It did not respond to that concern, however, claiming that it based its indicative prices on the market and did not think they were too high.
But during this year's six month performance report,Beyene Gebremeskel, director general of PPESA, cited poor promotion and a lack of interest from investors to engage in the manufacturing sector as reasons and he noticed the Agency will try to reach to the masses through more aggressive promotions.
Published on [ Vol 15 ,No 743]
Bidders swarm warehouse offer with highest bidden providing 10.1m Br
Only a warehouse, which was under a court injunction order, attracts bidders out of the six public enterprises offered for sale by the Privatisation & Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA), in its latest round tender.
The tender was announced on May 14, 2014, and remained open until 15 minutes before a financial opening was held on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The tender involved seven companies, five of which have previously failed to attract any buyers. Bilito Siraro Farm and the warehouse of the Ethiopia Fibre Products Enterprise are up for sale for the first time.
During the financial opening, five bidders provide offers only for the warehouse of the Ethiopia Fibre Products Enterprise. No one made offers for Bahir Dar Textile S.C., Kombolcha Textile S.C., Agricultural Mechanisation Service Enterprise, Transport Construction Design S.C. and Bilito Siraro Farm.
The financial opening for the Ethiopian Mineral Development S.C is extended till July 6, 2014, following the request from the bidders, stating they could not finalise the preparation of the proposal, according to Berhane Gebremedihen, chairperson of the Evaluation Committee at PPESA.
The highest bid for the warehouse came from G Seven Trading & Industry Plc, who acquired the Ethiopia Fibre Products Enterprise in 2008 from the Agency. G Seven was established in May 2005 with an initial registered capital of 7.2 million Br. It has bought Meher Fibre Products Factory in July 2006 from PPESA. It produces jute sacks, twine and ropes from natural fibre.
G Seven come up with 10.1 million Br offer, followed by Ture Plc, who came up with 8.8 million Br. The third offer was 7.158 million Br from Ambalay Raiey Trading Plc. Dukem Textile Factory extended a very closer amount with Ambaly, by proposing 7.155 million Br. The least offer of 5.5 million Br came from Adabo Midroc Trading Plc.
The bidders, which are all local companies, came up with Certified Payment Order (CPO) or Bid Bond of 96,569 Br, along with technical proposals. Four of them proposed a payment of 30pc in advance and the remaining 70pc five days before the handover, while Ture Plc offered to pay 30pc in advance and 70pc in a year time.
The warehouse, located around Saris, occupies 650.3sqm. It lies on a plot of 2,550sqm, which also has office buildings sitting on 266sqm. In addition, it has two metal containers that cover 37sqm. The warehouse was not part of the transfer when G Seven acquired Ethiopian Fibre Products in 2008.
Hawassa Textiles was using the warehouse, when it was a public enterprise, and still use the warehouse even after it was sold to Dukem Textiles in 2011 for 37 million Br. Hawassa has utilised the warehouse for a total of 20 years. Dukem went to court in mid-May 2012, when it learned that the PPESA had floated a tender to sell the warehouse in April 2012.
Following the tender, the financial opening was meant to be held on May 21, 2012 and the warehouse got a single offer from the buyer of the Enterprise, G Seven. But the bid was not opened because of a law suit that Hawassa Textiles filed against the Agency.
"After the court reviewed the case, it ruled in the favour of the Agency earlier this year, so we offered the warehouse for sale again this year," said Wondafrashe Assefa, corporate communications head with the Agency to Fortune.
Both G Seven and Dukem Textiles participated in this round to acquire the warehouse.
The evaluation committee intends to conduct a technical evaluation in a few weeks time and the Agency's final decision on the warehouse will be announced in a month's time after the Board of the Agency gives approval, according to Wondafrash.
According to Wondafrash, the agency will float another tender for those enterprises that do not mange to attract any bidder.
Previously, the PPESA used to transfer enterprises through three different approaches. One was through lease, where a private sector company would have full use of the enterprise for a limited time by paying rent. Bahir Dar Textile Factory, one of the enterprises slated to be fully transferred to private investors this year, but with no bids, was previously leased to a Chinese company. This type of transfer, however, was abandoned two years ago, as the Agency deemed that private companies were not taking proper care of enterprises that they leased.
The Agency has so far privatised 370 units and able to collect 14 billion Br from the privatised enterprises since its establishment back in 1994. During the last fiscal year, the Agency has managed to privatise only five enterprises out of the planned 20 enterprises.
The Agency attempted to discover, through a questionnaire, why so few offers were being made, and the responses pointed towards the high prices, a source in the Agency said. It did not respond to that concern, however, claiming that it based its indicative prices on the market and did not think they were too high.
But during this year's six month performance report,Beyene Gebremeskel, director general of PPESA, cited poor promotion and a lack of interest from investors to engage in the manufacturing sector as reasons and he noticed the Agency will try to reach to the masses through more aggressive promotions.
Published on [ Vol 15 ,No 743]
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