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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Italia, in piedi!/Italy, standing!
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Italia, in piedi!
Words: Cap. Alfredo De Biasio Music: Dino Olivieri
canzone marcia
O Italia chiusa fra le Alpi e il Mare,
terra d’artisti, martiri ed eroi,
l’Europa e i vili tentan soffocar
la tua possanza ed affamare noi,
devoti figli, poiché l’Anglia vuole
toglierci il posto che ci spetta al sole.
Italia in piedi, bandiere al vento,
comanda il Duce con ferreo accento;
tutti i tuoi figli son stretti a te,
in un sol fato ed in una fe’!
Italia è Roma e noi romanamente
figli d’Italia pugneremo, nessuno
pensi piegarci senza e duramente
aver prima molto combattuto,
resisteremo per la tua gloria
o madre Italia fino alla vittoria.
Se occorre il ferro noi daremo i letti,
se occorre l’oro noi darem le fedi,
se occorre il sangue offriremo i petti,
tutto daremo per te, Italia in piedi,
e vinceremo poiché oggi, o Albione,
tutta l’Italia è Decima Legione.
Italia in piedi, ancor non doma
è la vittoria, figlia di Roma,
tutti i tuoi figli son stretti a te,
pronti a morire per il nostro Re.
Words: Cap. Alfredo De Biasio Music: Dino Olivieri
canzone marcia
O Italia chiusa fra le Alpi e il Mare,
terra d’artisti, martiri ed eroi,
l’Europa e i vili tentan soffocar
la tua possanza ed affamare noi,
devoti figli, poiché l’Anglia vuole
toglierci il posto che ci spetta al sole.
Italia in piedi, bandiere al vento,
comanda il Duce con ferreo accento;
tutti i tuoi figli son stretti a te,
in un sol fato ed in una fe’!
Italia è Roma e noi romanamente
figli d’Italia pugneremo, nessuno
pensi piegarci senza e duramente
aver prima molto combattuto,
resisteremo per la tua gloria
o madre Italia fino alla vittoria.
Se occorre il ferro noi daremo i letti,
se occorre l’oro noi darem le fedi,
se occorre il sangue offriremo i petti,
tutto daremo per te, Italia in piedi,
e vinceremo poiché oggi, o Albione,
tutta l’Italia è Decima Legione.
Italia in piedi, ancor non doma
è la vittoria, figlia di Roma,
tutti i tuoi figli son stretti a te,
pronti a morire per il nostro Re.
MACHINE TRANSLATION
Words: Cap. Alfredo De Blasio Music: Dino Olivieri
march song
Or Italy closed between the Alps and the Sea,
land of artists, martyrs and heroes,
Europe and the cowardly Tentan choke
your might, and starve us,
devoted children, since the Anglia wants
deprive us our rightful place in the sun.
Italian standing, waving flags,
controls the Duce with steely emphasis;
all your children are close to you,
in a sulfate and a fe '!
Italy is Rome and us in Roman
children of Italian pugneremo, nobody
think hard and acquiesce without
We are having first hard-fought,
We resist for your glory
mother or Italy to victory.
If necessary we will give the iron beds,
if you need the gold we darem faiths,
if you need the blood offer the breasts,
we will give everything to you, Italian standing,
and we will win because today, or Albion,
across Italy's Tenth Legion.
Italian standing, not yet tamed
is victory, daughter of Rome,
all your children are close to you,
ready to die for our King
Cara mamma/Dear mother
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Cara mamma
canzone tango
Là nel deserto sterminato
sotto la luna, bianco, appar…
come un villaggio addormentato
l'accampamento militar.
Ma in una tenda più avanzata
un volontario veglia ancor…
pensa alla mamma sua adorata
e pieno d'ansia scrive allor:
Mamma, cogli occhi in pianto t'ho lasciata…
mamma, io son felice… Son soldato!
e se alla sera
più non mi vedi a te vicino
non piangerai perchè il figlio tuo quaggiù
[non pensera che a te!…
E mentre l'alba si avvicina
lui veglia e intanto sogna ancor…
la sua casetta, l'officina, e forse un piccolo tesor…
…Suona l'allarme in lontananza:
ogni soldato è pronto già…
(Tra poche ore già avanza!..)
Ei scrive allor con ansietà:
Mamma, è giunta l'ora più desiata…
comincia alfine l'avanzata!
S'io non tornassi, non maledire il mio destino
sul campo del'onor io morirò così… col nome tuo nel cuor!
Sola, in una rustica casetta…
la mamma prega con una lettera alla mano:
“O Madonnina, Tu, fa che ritorni ancor il figlio mio quaggiù„.
MACHINE TRANSLATION
">Dear mother
Words: C. Bruno Music: Eldo Di Lazzaro
tango song
There, in the boundless desertunder the moon, white, appar ...like a sleeping villagethe military camp.
But in a tent more advanceda voluntary vigil even ...He thinks of his beloved motherand filled with anxiety allor writes:
Mother, tears in his eyes left thee ...Mom, I'm happy ... I am a soldier!and in the evening,most do not see me close to younot weep because your son down here[Not gonna think that to you! ...
And as dawn approacheshe is dreaming and waking even ...his house, workshop, and perhaps a small treasure ...
... The alarm sounds in the distance:every soldier is ready already ...(In a few hours already advancing ..)And he writes allor with anxiety:
Mom, it's time Desiata more ...It begins at last the advance!If I do not come back, do not curse my fatefield del'onor so ... I will die with your name in the dead!
Alone, in a rustic log cabin ...Mom prays with a letter in hand:"O Virgin Mary, You, is that even return my son down here"
Cantate di legionari/Sing of legionnaires
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canzone marcia
Ce ne fregammo un dì della galera,
ce ne fregammo della brutta morte
per preparare questa gente forte
che se ne frega adesso di morir.
Il mondo sa che la Camicia Nera
s’indossa per combattere e patir.
Duce! Per il Duce e per l’Impero
eja, eja, alalà! Alalà! Alalà!
I morti che lasciammo a Passo Uarieu
sono i pilastri del romano impero.
Gronda di sangue il gagliardetto nero
che contro l’amba il barbaro inchiodò.
Sui morti che lasciammo a Passo Uarieu
la croce di Giuliani sfolgorò.
“Ma la mitragliatrice non la lascio!”
gridò ferito il legionario al Passo.
Colava sangue sul conteso sasso
il costato che a Cristo somigliò.
“Ma la mitragliatrice non la lascio!”.
E l’arma bella a un tratto lo lasciò.
È allegro avere tutto il mondo addosso,
sentirsi in petto questo orgoglio atroce.
Siamo i più lesti a trasformarci in croce
noi, bersaglieri della nuova età.
È bello avere tutto il mondo addosso
finché giustizia il Duce non farà.
In testa è il “Primo Gruppo d’Eritrea”,
“Ventotto Ottobre”, poi “Ventitré Marzo”.
“Primo Febbraio” è un cuore solo e un balzo
in marcia dal Mareb allo Scirè.
In testa è il “Primo Gruppo d’Eritrea”:
ognuno contro venti nel Tembien.
Ci sta nei ranghi l’anima di Berta
e ci comanda un Principe Savoia,
implacabili a morte, mondo boia,
qualcuno prima o poi l’ha da scontar.
Ci sta nei ranghi l’anima di Berta:
la sventolammo sull’Amba Aradam.
Fummo noi della “Tre Gennaio” i primi
a dare il colpo all’Amba tormentata.
Ad Amba Alagi ce l’abbiam piantata
noi “Sesto Gruppo” l’asta per metà.
Fummo noi della “Tre Gennaio” i primi
a dare il colpo a Ras Mulughietà.
Aspettiamo il nemico per freddarlo
col ferro noi “Ventuno Aprile”: noi
se abbiamo il volto duro degli eroi
siam gli squadristi di Selaclacà.
Aspettiamo il nemico per freddarlo
alla romana: ferro e volontà.
Anche stroncati eccoci in marcia, pronti
a misurarci con qualunque pelle
noi della “Sesta”. Che brusio di stelle
a Mogadiscio quando si sbarcò!
Ma le ferite sono le più belle
che l’Italia del Duce ci donò.
L’abbiamo alfine la nostra ferita
anche noi: vi guardiamo bene in faccia
veterani del Carso, e andremo a caccia
insieme, a caccia grossa nel Setit.
Ci siam buscata la nostra ferita
anche noi fra i tucul ed i ghebì.
Veniamo dal vallone della morte,
forestali d’inferno allo sbaraglio,
un colpo di moschetto uno di taglio,
ad ogni colpo un ceffo nero viene giù.
Veniamo dal vallone della morte:
ci abbiamo ragionato a tu per tu.
Nomi belli d’amanti han le conquiste
del volontario: Amba Aradam – Scirè.
Quante sciarpe di seta abbiamo viste
su Amba Alagi Uorcamba Tzellerè!
Nomi belli d’amanti han le conquiste
del legionario: Amba Aradam – Scirè.
De Bono salda un conto, uno Graziani:
col barbaro faremo la “burgutta”.
O Marescialli, la vogliamo tutta
questa terra di schiavi liberar!
Una botta Badoglio, una Graziani.
Starace pianta l’asta su Gondar.
Riappare sotto il cielo di Galliano
il teschio bianco della “Disperata”:
fra Ciano ed i Mussolini che pestata
di negri, che pasticcio di tribù!
Riarde sotto il cielo di Toselli
la fiamma o Duce che accendesti tu.
I conti vecchi son belli e saldati
ma la partita non è chiusa ancora.
Quella che sorgerà è la nostra aurora,
quella ch’è sorta non ci piace più.
I conti vecchi son belli e saldati:
ci manca qualche Ras Nasibù.
Povero Nasibù, tutto vestito
a festa col suo tragico Pascià!
Tu ci mancavi ed eccoti servito…
Oh, le batoste sulla via di Harrar!
Povero Nasibù, tutto vestito
a festa col suo tragico Pascià!
Duce che hai al popolo l’Impero
noi col lavoro lo feconderemo,
col vecchio mondo diventato scemo
ci sono sempre conti da saldar.
Duce che hai dato al popolo l’Impero,
siamo pronti per te a ricominciar.
MACHINE TRANSLATION
Sing of legionnairesWords: Auro D'Alba Music: Francesco Pellegrino
march song
There fregammo a day of jail,there fregammo of ugly deathto prepare these people strongwho cares now to die.The world knows that the Black ShirtIt is worn to fight and suffer.
Duce! For the Duce and the Empireeja, eja, Alala! Alala! Alala!
The dead who left in Step Uarieuare the pillars of the Roman Empire.Drips with blood the black pennantthat against the Barbarian pinned amba.The dead left in Step Uarieuthe cross of Giuliani flashed.
"But the gun does not leave!"She cried the wounded Legionnaires Passo.Blood dripped on the disputed rockHis side that resembled Christ."But do not let the machine gun."And the weapon beautiful suddenly left him.
It is joyful to have the world on him,feeling in his chest this atrocious pride.We are the most quick to transform the crossus, sharpshooters of the new age.It's nice to have the whole world on himJustice until the Duce will not do.
At the head is the "First Group of Eritrea""Twenty-eight October", then "Twenty-three in March.""First February" is a heart and a leapmarching from Mareb to the Shire.At the head is the "First Group of Eritrea"each against winds in Tembien.
There is blood in the ranks of Bertaand commands us a Prince Savoy,implacable death, world Executioner,sooner or later someone has to scontar.There is blood in the ranks of Berta:the waved sull'Amba Aradam.
We were the "Three in January," the firstto give the coup all'Amba tormented.At Amba Alagi angry we have plantedwe "Sixth Group" auction for half.We were the "Three in January," the firstto give the shot in Ras Mulugheta.
We expect the enemy to freddarloiron us with "Twenty-April": usif we face tough heroessiam squads of Selaclaca.We expect the enemy to freddarlothe Roman and iron will.
Even here we are cut off on the march, readyto measure ourselves against any skinwe of the "Sixth". That buzz of starsMogadishu when they landed!But the wounds are the most beautifulthat Italy's Duce gave us.
We finally our injurytoo: we look straight in the faceveterans of the Carso, and we will hunttogether, to hunt big game in Setit.There we are buscata our woundedwe also between tukul and Ghebbi.
We come from the valley of death,forest of hell into the fray,a musket one cutting,at each stroke a black mug comes down.We come from the valley of death:There we reasoned face to face.
Names beautiful lovers han achievementsVolunteer: Amba Aradam - Shire.How many silk scarves have seenAmba Alagi Uorcamba Tzellerè!Names beautiful lovers han achievementsLegionnaires: Amba Aradam - Shire.
De Bono firm accounts, one Graziani:we will do with the Barbarian "burgutta".Or Marshals, we want the wholethis land to liberate slaves!A blow Badoglio, a Graziani.Starace plant auction of Gondar.
Reappears in the sky of Gallianothe white skull of the "Desperate"between Ciano and Mussolini that poundedAfricans who mess of the tribe!Riarde under the sky of ToselliDuce who kindled the flame or you.
The old accounts are beautiful and weldedbut the game is not closed yet.One that will rise is our dawn,which we are not the kind we like more.The old accounts are beautiful and welded:we miss some Ras Nasibu.
Poor Nasibu, all dressedto feast with his tragic Pasha!You missed you and you've got those ...Oh, the setbacks on the road to Harrar!Poor Nasibu, all dressedto feast with his tragic Pasha!
Duce you to the people of the Empirewe work with the feconderemo,with the old world became stupidThere are always bills to saldar.Duce that you gave to the people of the Empire,we are ready for you to ricominciar.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Songs for Ethiopia by Italy in war time.. የዛሬው ቆይታዬ ከጣልያኑ ጋር
የዛሬው ቆይታዬ ከጣልያኑ ጋር።
ነገሩ የተከሰተው በአጋጣሚ ነው። የእሁድ ጠዋት ፀሀይን ለመሞቅ ወደ መናፈሻው ጎራ ስል አንድ እድሜው ወደ 80 አምት የሚጠጋ ሽማግሌ （ነጭ） ውሻውን ይዞ ከተፍ አለ። ምንም ፋታ ሳይሰጠኝ ተዋወቀኝ። ስሜንም ጠየቀኝ፣ ስሜ ትንሽ ግር ሲለው የዬት አገር ስም ነው አለኝ እኔም ያው የማማ ኢትዮጵያ ብቸኛው አቻ የሌለው ስም ነው አልሁት። እኔም ብድሬን ለመመልስ ይመስላል በተራየ ከሄት ነው የመጣሀው አልሁት። ነጭ ቢመስልም አነገገሩ ትንሽ ያዝ ስለሚያደርገው የአሜሪካ ሰላቶ እንዳልሆነ ያስታውቃል። ስውየውም ሰምቼው የማላውቀው የአገር ስም ጠራልኝ። እኔም ግራ ተጋብቼ “ የት ነው ？” አልሁት ሰውየውም ከጣልያን ነኝ አለኝ፣ እኔም ግራ ተጋብቼ ታዲያ ለምንድን ነው ከዚያ ሰምቼው ከማላውቀው አገር ነህ ያልኸኝ ሰለው አይ እኔ እኮ ያልሁህ በጣሊያንኛ ገምት ነው ያልሁ ብሎኝ ፈገግ አደረገኝ።
ቀጥሎም ለመሆኑ ስንት አመትህ ነው አለኝ። እድሜየን ነገርሁት። የእሱን እድሜ ግን ብን ካለው ፀጉሩና ከተጨማደደው ቆዳው መገመት ሰለማያዳግት እድሜውን አልጠየቅ ሁትም ። ወደ ሰማንያው ሳይጠጋ አይቀርም። ከዚያ “ይህንን ሙዚቃ ታውቀዋለህ？” አለኝና ትንሽ በጣልያንኛ ተቀኘልኝ። እኔም የትም ሰምቼው አላውቅም ስለው
“ አወ ልጅ ልሆን ትችላለህ” ብሎ ስለ ሙዚቃው አወጋኝ።
እንደነገረኝ ሙዚቃው የጣልያን ወታደሮች ኢትዮጵያን ሊወጉ ሲነሱ ህዝቡና ወታደሮች የሚዝፍኑት አነቃቂ ዘፈን ነበር። ይገርማል። እኔም ምኔ ሞኝ ነው ስውዬውን“ ምን ይል ነበር እስኪ በእንግሊዘኛ ንገረኝ ” ስለው ይህን አለኝ።
“ሙዚቃው የሚለው” አለ፣“ የአቢሲንያን ጥቁር ፊት በጣልያን ፊት ተካው ነው አለኝ።” “ ምን？” አልሁት።
አወ የጣልያን ታላቁ ህልም ኢትዮጵያን ቀምቶ ህዝቧን ጨርሶ በጣልያን ብቻ ለመሙላት ነበር：： እኔም እባብን የልቡን አይቶ በሆዶ አስተኛው እንደሚባለው የጣልያንንም ከይሲ ሴራ አይቶ ፈጣሪ በአጭሩ አነሳቸው። እኔም ምኔ ሞኝ። ያ ሽማግሌ ጣልያን ልክ ሮም ላይ አብርሃም ደቦጭና ሞገስ አስግዶም ያደርጉትን አስታወሳኝ። ፊቴ ፈካ ብሎ “ታዲያ ምን ያደርጋል ተሽነፋችኋ！！！” አልሁት። አወ እሱም የኔ ኩራት ሳይገባው አልቀረም። ከዚያም በአይኔ ህሊናዬ ጣልያኖች ኢትዮጵያን ቢይዙ ኖሮ ምን እሆን ነበር የሚለውን አሰላሰልሁ።
እኔ እፈጠር ነበር？መልሱን ማግኘት አልቻልሁም ግን አንድ ነገር እንደሚሆን አወቅሁ ያም ዛሬ የምናያት ኢትዮጵያ እንደማትኖር። እኔም ማንነቴ እንደ ኑግ ተወቅጦ ተለውሶ ማንንቴ ለዘላልም ተዳፍኖ ይቀር ነበር። አወ ዛሬ በኩራት የምፅፈው አማርኛም ዳብዛው ጠፍቶ ጣሊያንኛ ለአለቆቼ ስመልስ ባይኔ ታዬኝ። ያ ኔ ነው ሂወታቸውን፣ አንገታቸውን ሰጥተው፣ ደረታቸውን ለመትረየስ አፈሙዝ ግልብጠው ስጥተው ማቄን ጨርቄን ሳይሉ ቤት ንብረታቸውን ትተው በዱር በገደል ቅጥል በልተው ጎርፍ ጠጥተው ፣ ቅማል በላያቸው ላይ እንደ ዝናብ እየዘነበ፣ እርሃብና ጥምን አምቀው ይዘው እማማ ኢትዮጵያን ለዚህ ያበቋትን የቁርጥ ቀን የኢትዮጵያ ልጆችን በአይነ ሂሊናዬ ቃኘኋቸው። አፍረትም ተሰማንኝ：：
እኔን ለሀገሬ ምን አደርግሁላት？？？？ የሚለውን ሳስብ። መጪው ትውልድስ ከኔ ምን ይወርሳል ጉድ ነው አልሁ። ያ ፈረንጅ (ሰላቶ) እኔን በሃሳብ ውቅያኖስ ውስጥ ለቆ ጉዞውን ቀጠለ። እኔ ግን ሃሳቤን ከኒያ የቁርጥ ቀን ልጆች ጋር አድርጌ ጉዞየን ቀጠልሁ። ለራሴም ቃል ገባሁ ይህንን ለማካፈል። ባለኝ አቅም እና ችሎታ ቀሪውን የሙዚቃ ስንኝ እና ግጥም ለማግኘት ወደ መከረኛው ጉግል አንባ አመራሁ። ያስብሁም ተሳካ። ጣልያን ኢትዮጵያን ልትወጋ ስትመጣ የተዘፈኑ ዘፈኖችን አንድ በአንድ አገኘሁ። ጉድ ነው አልሁ። ፈጣሪ አያድርገውና ቢያደርገው ኖር የሀገራችን ዘፋኞች በጣሊናኛ ነበር የሚያዝናኑን። እረ ስንቱ？ እነ ማሪቱ ለገሰ ማራቸው አልቆ፣ እነ እሳቱ ተሰማ እሳታቸው ተዳፍኖ፣ እነ ሜሪ አርሚዴ መሪ አልባ ሆነው፣ እነ ጥላሁን ገሰሰ ጥላቸው ተገፎ ሁሉም እርቃናቸውን ይቀሩ ነበር። ደግነቱ የኢትዮጵያ ጀግኖች አርቆ አሳቢ ለትውልድ ተቆርቋሪ ነበሩና ማሪቱም ማር፣ እሳቱም እሳት፣ ጥላሁንም ጥላ ሁሉም ዘፋኞች ዘፋኝ እንዲሆኑ አድርገዋል። ታዲያ የነዚህ የቁርጥ ቀን የኢትዮጵያ ልጆች ውለታችው ምን ይሆን？ መልሱን ለእናንተው
ለሁሉም ጣልያን ለኢትዮጵያ የዘፈነላትን ዘፈን በከፊል እንሆ
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==================================Saturday, December 5, 2015
Breaking News! Police responding to ‘high-risk incident’ in Neenah, WI, fears of hostages taken
Police are monitoring a high-risk incident in the city of Neenah, Wisconsin. Local media report an active shooter has barricaded himself inside a shop and taken hostages.
“Neenah PD is monitoring a high risk incident in the 200 Blk of Main St. There has been a report of at least one possible shot fired,” the police said on their Facebook page.Dean Kaufert, the Neenah Mayor, told FOX11 around 30 shots were fired. He also said there are people in the basement of the Eagle Nation Cycles shop, where the incident is taking place.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
ALERT: San Bernardino shooting: Police seek 1-3 suspects, reports of possibly 20 victims
SWAT teams and the bomb squad were working to clear the buildings where the shootings took place.
[Latest developments, posted at 4:02 p.m. ET]
• The three suspects are believed to be armed with AK-47-type weapons, a local law enforcement official told CNN.
• Witnesses told police they saw three men with long guns, a law enforcement source told CNN. The source said the suspects got into a black SUV and drove away.
The bomb squad found a suspicious package on the second floor of a building and determined it is "not normal," the source said. They are going to handle it with a robot, the source added.
• A woman who works at a building where the shootings occurred texted her father: "Shooting at my work. People shot." The father told CNN affiliate KABC his daughter told him 10 to 20 people were shot.
• Loma Linda University Medical Center is expecting an unknown number of patients from the shooting, spokeswoman Briana Pastorino said. She said the extent of the anticipated patients' injuries is not clear.
• There are multiple buildings in the complex, CNN affiliate KTLA reported. SWAT teams are moving methodically through to clear them.
• The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were responding, agency representatives said.
• Wednesday's shooting occurred at the Inland Regional Center, a facility for people with developmental disabilities. It is unclear how many people were at the facility at the time of the shooting. The center's Facebook page says it employs nearly 670 people at its facilities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, providing service to more than 30,200 people.
It aims to "work on a personal, one-on-one basis with people with developmental disabilities to make their lives better as they define it." No information is yet available on how many people were at the facility at the time of the shooting.
• The sheriff's department tweeted that there was an "active shooter in the area of Orange Show Rd/Waterman Ave near Park Center."
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
$4bn ‘mega airport’ is planned for Addis Ababa
$4bn ‘mega airport’ is planned for Addis Ababa
Ethiopia is planning a $4bn mega airport in Addis Ababa that is intended to serve as many as 120m passengers annually when it opens in more than a decade’s time. This will put it on par with the new Istanbul Airport that is now under construction and, if it comes off, will offer one of Africa’s biggest duty free and travel retail opportunities further down the line.The new airport will have four runways, several passenger terminals and an airport city on the outskirts of the capital. “The project reflects the scale of Ethiopia’s economic ambitions and will form an important component in developing the country’s tourism and light manufacturing sectors,” says Charles Pembroke an analyst at UK-based risk intelligence house PGI.
The scheme is helped by strong growth (and profits, see below) by national carrier Ethiopian Airlines (+17% seat growth in the 12 months to September) which has been a ‘good news’ story for Africa amid a difficult period for the continent, hit by multiple terrorist attacks and health scares. The government wants to transform Addis Ababa into an aviation hub for the African region in the way that Dubai and Istanbul have done in their regions through national carriers Emirates and Turkish Airlines respectively.
SECURING FINANCE
However Pembroke warns: “The project is at risk of delays due to challenges securing finance, while the huge costs entailed threaten to exacerbate foreign exchange shortages in the coming years.”
The planned airport will be one of Ethiopia’s most ambitious projects, surpassed only by the $4.8bn Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and demonstrates a commitment to state-led investment in huge infrastructure projects.
However, such schemes are putting enormous pressure on Ethiopia’s public finances with the IMF reporting Ethiopia’s public debt-to-GDP ratio at a high 50%. Access to finance and liquidity could therefore curtail big projects.
The new hub plans are in addition to an ongoing $350m expansion of Addis Ababa’s existing Bole International Airport which now ranks fourth in Africa, having overtaken Cape Town. That expansion is set to increase capacity from 6m passengers annually to 22m by 2018.
The existing Bole airport has overtaken Cape Town to become Africa's fourth busiest airport by seat capacities
The existing Bole airport has overtaken Cape Town to become Africa’s fourth busiest airport by seat capacities in the 12 months to September
TOURISM TARGETS
The two developments combined should transform Addis Ababa into one of the largest aviation hubs in Africa and will help Ethiopia to develop its tourism and light manufacturing sectors. In August the culture and tourism ministry announced plans to triple Ethiopia’s annual foreign visitors to 2.5m by 2020.
Tourism currently generates $2.9 bn for the economy and several international hotel chains have set up operations in the country in recent years. PGI also notes that global brands such as Unilever, General Electric and GlaxoSmithKline are all planning investments that will supply international markets from Ethiopia.
ADDIS ABABA TO OVERTAKE NAIROBI?
At a time when major African airlines, including South Africa Airlines (SAA) and Kenya Airways, are scaling back operations or facing financial difficulties, Ethiopian Airlines reported record profits of $175m in 2014/15.
Of the four African airlines that carry more than 5m passengers annually, Ethiopian Airlines has doubled its traffic since 2009 and increased the number of aircraft in its fleet, while the other three – SAA, Kenya Airways and Royal Air Maroc – have seen virtually no growth, says PGI.
Pembroke says: “With the arrival of the new airport, Ethiopian Airlines will be well positioned to consolidate its market share, benefiting from increased passenger traffic and air freight. This is likely to see Addis Ababa emerge as the principle aviation hub in East Africa, overtaking Nairobi over the next decade.”
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Meet the female pilots who are taking over Zimbabwe and Ethiopia’s skies
“Here in the continent of Africa, we are lagging behind in women empowerment,” Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam wrote in a statement. He also noted that “women are the continent greatest untapped resource,” and that the decision to have a fully female-operated flight was primarily “an opportunity to inspire young African female students to believe in their dreams”, with an eye to the skill gap for aviation professionals.
Ethiopian Airlines says 31% of his personnel is female—though women are mostly employed as cabin crews, and technical positions remain predominantly male.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Two South African thieves caught wearing meat as dress
Embarrassment to the whole African nation two south African women caught red handed wearing a meat as under garment. They covered their crime with their working green overall.Too shame!
Suspected mastermind of Paris massacre killed in terror raid
Officials also confirmed that his cousin was killed, when she apparently blew herself up.
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, had been linked to as many as four thwarted attacks since this spring, including the plot to kill passengers on a Paris-bound high-speed train in August, a plot that three young Americans helped foil. He was identified from skin samples after the Saint-Denis apartment raid, the French prosecutor's office reported.
Later Thursday, police in the eastern French city of Charleville-Mezieres blew open a door to enter a house during a new raid.
French police are looking for anything that could be linked to jihadi networks or illegal weapons. Police spokeswoman Mathilde Coulon would not give further details about the Thursday evening raid.
Abaaoud had claimed he successfully moved back and forth from Europe to Syria coordinating terror attacks, and narrowly escaped a January police raid in the Belgian city of Verviers. “Allah blinded their vision and I was able to leave... despite being chased after by so many intelligence agencies," he told the ISIS magazine Dabiq.
Two counterterrorism sources tell Fox News his death marks a major advance for the investigation, but add they are operating on the premise that more senior suspects connected to the plot are still out there.
They describe Abaaoud as the “Mohammed Atta” of the Paris attacks, the “tactical guy” who identified and pulled together the operatives, in the same way the lead hijacker kept the 9/11 teams on course.
They emphasize that based on his skill set and experience, Abaaoud was not the strategic planner, in the same way Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was for the 9/11 attacks. The Paris massacre involved a plot or plots with multiple layers and upwards of 20 players, according to the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Texas Republican Michael McCaul.
Police say they launched Wednesday's operation after receiving information from tapped phone calls, surveillance and tipoffs suggesting that Abaaoud was holed up in the apartment. Investigators said it was still unclear how he died. Eight other people were arrested.
French authorities did not know he was in Europe before the massacre, France's interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Thursday. He demanded Europe do everything in its power to "vanquish terrorism."
During the raid, according to one police official, an officer approached Abaaoud's cousin, Hasna Aitboulahcen, and asked her, "Where is your boyfriend?" She responded angrily: "He's not my boyfriend!" Then there was an explosion.
The bodies recovered in the raid were badly mangled, with a part of the woman's spine landing on a police car, complicating formal identification. Her possible role in the Paris massacre was unclear.
Abaaoud's death may provide some relief not only for Europeans, but also for his own family. “We are praying that Abdelhamid really is dead,” his sister, Yasmina, said last year, The New York Times reported. At the time, there was word he died fighting for ISIS, but it eventually emerged that he escaped Syria for Europe.
His own father, Omar, said the jihadi "dishonored" his family, the Times added.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Ethiopian Airlines starts all women operated flight
Ethiopian Airlines, the leading, fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it will operate an All-Women Functioned Flight on November 19, 2015 on the Addis Ababa- Bangkok Route. It is the first time Ethiopian has operated such a flight in the 70 years of its service.Ethiopian Airlines starts all women operated flight
Come and Watch All-Women Functioned Flight at Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it will operate an All-Women Functioned Flight on November 19, 2015 on the Addis Ababa - Bangkok route.
This historic flight is aimed at crystalizing Ethiopian corporate conviction of “Women Empowerment for a Sustainable Growth” and it is the first of its kind in Ethiopian 70 years of service.
This historical flight will be operated by an All - Female crew led
by Female Flight deck crew members and senior female executives onboard
that flight. On ground Flight preparations will also be conducted by
females only such as Cabin Operations, Airport Operations, Flight
Dispatcher, Load Controller, Ramp Operations, On-board logistics,
Aviation Safety and Security, Ticket Offices, Catering, Air Traffic
Controllers as well as Global Call Center.
Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, remarked, “It is a great honor for us to have competent Women Aviation Professionals at Ethiopian in every aspect of the aviation field, which portrays Ethiopian as gender responsive organization that strives to pursue its underlying stance of being an equal opportunity employer. We are very proud of their achievements and contributions and it is our sincere belief that this will continue with an enhanced magnitude and passion to sustain Ethiopian on its fast growth trajectory.
Above all, this is an ample opportunity to inspire young African female students to believe in their dreams and embark to fill the skill gap for Aviation professionals. Women are the continent’s greatest untapped resources, and hereby fully dedicated to ensure the increase number of women in decision making positions on top of key operational areas by consistently grooming and mentoring successor female employees for top managerial, technical and operational positions. We invite the whole world to watch our all-female operated long haul flight to and from Bangkok.”
It is to recall that Ethiopian Airlines has created a more conducive situation for new mothers, by launching a Nursing Room equipped with modern amenities; comfortable reclining chairs, and refrigerators for the storage of breast milk. New electronic breast pumps are also distributed to new mothers. The fact that female employees comprise 30% of the total Ethiopian employee population signifies Ethiopian core value of equal opportunity employer.
Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it will operate an All-Women Functioned Flight on November 19, 2015 on the Addis Ababa - Bangkok route.
This historic flight is aimed at crystalizing Ethiopian corporate conviction of “Women Empowerment for a Sustainable Growth” and it is the first of its kind in Ethiopian 70 years of service.
This historical flight will be operated by an All - Female crew led
by Female Flight deck crew members and senior female executives onboard
that flight. On ground Flight preparations will also be conducted by
females only such as Cabin Operations, Airport Operations, Flight
Dispatcher, Load Controller, Ramp Operations, On-board logistics,
Aviation Safety and Security, Ticket Offices, Catering, Air Traffic
Controllers as well as Global Call Center.Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, remarked, “It is a great honor for us to have competent Women Aviation Professionals at Ethiopian in every aspect of the aviation field, which portrays Ethiopian as gender responsive organization that strives to pursue its underlying stance of being an equal opportunity employer. We are very proud of their achievements and contributions and it is our sincere belief that this will continue with an enhanced magnitude and passion to sustain Ethiopian on its fast growth trajectory.
Above all, this is an ample opportunity to inspire young African female students to believe in their dreams and embark to fill the skill gap for Aviation professionals. Women are the continent’s greatest untapped resources, and hereby fully dedicated to ensure the increase number of women in decision making positions on top of key operational areas by consistently grooming and mentoring successor female employees for top managerial, technical and operational positions. We invite the whole world to watch our all-female operated long haul flight to and from Bangkok.”
It is to recall that Ethiopian Airlines has created a more conducive situation for new mothers, by launching a Nursing Room equipped with modern amenities; comfortable reclining chairs, and refrigerators for the storage of breast milk. New electronic breast pumps are also distributed to new mothers. The fact that female employees comprise 30% of the total Ethiopian employee population signifies Ethiopian core value of equal opportunity employer.
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