Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority’s (ECAA) working procedure for the coming year is going to be audited by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
According to the Director General of the Authority, Wossenyeleh Hunegnaw (Col.), ICAO will audit ECAA from April 20 to April 29, 2015. A team of inspectors, whose task will be auditing the working procedure of ECAA, will be deployed.
The Director General explained ICAO’s audit comprises of eight critical elements. “From one to five inspections will be conducted on ECAA while the rest will concern operators,” Wossenyeleh said.
ICAO was established in 1944 as a body of the United Nations (UN) under the Chicago Convention and its task is to monitor the global aviation industry. Among other tasks, it inspects and certifies countries civil aviation authorities.
On the other hand ECAA provides air navigation, inspection and certification of aircraft, airports, airlines and aviation professionals. The objective of the authority is to ensure safe and reliable air transport service in Ethiopia.
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Djibouti has announced embarking on several mega infrastructure projects with a total investment of $9.8 billion.
The cost of the projects is six times more than the tiny eastern Africa country's Gross Domestic Products (GDP).
Djibouti is currently constructing $804 million multi-purpose and three specialized ports to be dedicated for export of livestock, and 4 million tons of potash export per year from Ethiopia and 6 million tons of industrial salt annually from Djibouti.
"Out of the $9 billion total investments for the 14 mega projects, we have already secured 58 per cent funding," Mr Abubaker Mohamed Hadi, the Chairman of the Djibouti Ports and Free Trade Zone Authority (DPFTZA), told visiting journalists from Ethiopia.
The funds, he explained, are from China Exim Bank and the 23.5 shareholder of DPFTZA, China Merchants and other financers.
New airports
Currently, most of Ethiopia's $13 billion import and $3 billion export goods come and exit through Djibouti port.
In addition to Ethiopia, which has become a major client of the Djibouti port following the 1998 Ethiopia-Eritrea War, Djibouti also plans to expand its services to South Sudan.
"...Of the 17 landlocked countries in Africa, 10 are in our region," Mr Hadi said, explaining the prudence of investing in the mega infrastructure projects.
The other mega projects in the country with less than one million people, include new airports, national shipping company and an airline, crude oil terminal, development of business districts and $3 billion natural gas refinery.
The $525 million Doraleh Multipurpose Port is expected to be completed in the two years.
When complete, the old Port of Djibouti will be converted to a business district, according to Mr Hadi.
Mr Hadi further noted that the investment also took into considerations the connectivity plan of Africa and integration of the continent.
He indicated that Ethiopia's fast economic growth in recent years had helped Djibouti to grow by 5 per cent on average annually for the past five years.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Started Flying to Qatar’s Capital
The press release by the Airline noted the flight is going to enable travelers to and from Doha to enjoy convenient and seamless connectivity options, with minimum layover in Addis Ababa, thanks to Ethiopian extensive network in Africa covering 49 destinations. Convenient connections will be available to and from cities such as Johannesburg, Nairobi, Kinshasa, Lagos, Accra, Dakar, Dar-es-Salaam and Entebbet, it furthered.
The Korea UN body, Ethiopian Airlines sign accord for library project
By Lee Min-hyung
The agreement is part of efforts by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)'s Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty (ST-EP) Foundation to help African countries suffering from the Ebola virus. Most of those countries are now in desperate need of aid.
The agreement means the library construction project, "Thank You Small Library," will continue for the foreseeable future. The ST-EP Foundation has built 153 libraries in 19 countries as of September, and is now extending its aid project to other countries outside of Africa such as Moldova and Cambodia. The organization was established in Korea a decade ago to provide financial and humanitarian aid to underdeveloped countries.
Teddy Afro's Helsinki, Finland concert for Dec 6, 2014 cancellation was confirmed by his promoter
Teddy Afro's Helsinki, Finland concert for Dec 6, 2014 cancellation was confirmed by his promoter. The Amharic and English press release was given by Teddy Afro's Helsinki promoter. The reason for Teddy Afro's travel ban is still unknown. Abugeda Band and his manager from US had arrived in Finland as scheduled but Teddy Afro's passport was confiscated at the last minute and forced the promoter to canceled the show. This is not the first time Teddy Afro is head to head to Ethiopian authorities, in the past Teddy was accused of hit-and-run and was sentenced few months in jail and later released. Later Teddy cleared his name. Recently there were rumors Teddy Afro once avian head on with Ethiopian laws for tax related issues. At this time there is no a clear news for the main reason for his travel ban from Ethiopia. Most fans suspect it could be poetically motivated because there will be a general election in few months. 70 Ethiopian migrants drown in shipwreck off Yemen coast
Monday, 8 December 2014
Seventy Ethiopian migrants have drowned after their boat sank near the entrance to the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, the Yemeni Interior Ministry said.
The boat capsized in bad weather off the port city of al-Makha, near the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website Sunday. It did not clarify when the boat sank.
"All those who were on board died," the statement said, adding that all were from Ethiopia.
Thousands of people fleeing troubled countries in the Horn of Africa try to reach Yemen every year in the hope of making their way on to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
On May 31, 60 migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia along with two Yemeni crew members drowned in the worst such tragedy off the coast of Yemen this year, according to the UNHCR.
In the past five years, more than 500,000 people -- mostly Eritreans, Ethiopians and Somalis -- have reached Yemen via the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea following treacherous journeys on vessels that are often overloaded.
The country is home to up to two million migrants, mostly illegals who entered from other countries of the Arabian Peninsula, according to unofficial estimates commonly cited by experts and humanitarian organizations.
In October, the U.N.'s refugee agency said the number of migrants and asylum seekers from the region losing their lives in an attempt to reach Yemen in 2014 was the highest in years, exceeding the combined total for 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Yemen is the only country in the Arabian Peninsula that is signatory to two international accords dating back to 1951 and 1967 governing the protection of refugees.
It currently hosts 246,000 refugees, of whom more than 230,000 are from Somalia and a smaller number from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iraq and Syria, according to UNHCR figures.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Not Just for Export: Ethiopia's Coffee Culture
Imagine my dismay when, upon settling into a cozy local restaurant, and requesting a coffee, I received... Nescafe.
As I continued to travel to countries famous for their coffee - Peru, Tanzania, Rwanda - I realized that my experience in Costa Rica was no aberration. As many frustrated travelers come to find, the countries richest in coffee often produce almost exclusively for export, resigning themselves to drinking instant.
Not so in Ethiopia.
Coffee culture in Ethiopia - considered to be the drink's birthplace - dates back centuries, and continues to this day. In fact, according to the International Coffee Organization (ICO), domestic coffee consumption accounts for more than half of the country's production; unheard of in Africa.
Indeed, when I recently visited Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's bustling capital, I was overwhelmed by the abundance of good, strong coffee. And not just at "western" shops and restaurants, but on the street, at work, and in small local cafes. I tried the "macchiato"; not the kind we associate with Starbucks, but a shot of milk topped with ultra-strong espresso, served in a small glass and occasionally drizzled with cocoa.
Tyler Perry's Girlfriend Ethiopian's Gelila Bekele Gives Birth, Couple Welcomes Baby Boy Aman(አማን)
An early holiday gift! Tyler Perry and his model girlfriend Gelila Bekele have welcomed their first child together, sources confirm to Us Weekly. The couple's son Aman Tyler Perry arrived on Sunday, Nov. 30.
"They are totally and completely excited, and really looking forward to their first holiday with their son," a source tells Us. "Everybody is happy and healthy."
Us confirmed back in September that Perry and Bekele, 28, were expecting. The If Loving You Is Wrong creator announced the news to loved ones at his 45th birthday bash at his Atlanta, GA., home on Sept. 22.
"They are overjoyed and really, really happy," an insider told Us at the time. "He was so happy in the moment so he told the guests."
Days later, Perry accidentally revealed that the couple were having a son. "The greatest gift I'm being given right now is the opportunity to give the little boy in me everything I never had, so that's what I'm excited about," the filmmaker-mogul said during an interview with Extra.
"This beautiful human being that God has allowed to come into my life for me to get to know, because they come with their own personalities," he continued, "...to shepherd and usher him."
Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/tyler-perrys-girlfriend-gelila-bekele-gives-birth-welcomes-son-2014412#ixzz3L5RwDKoV
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