Addis Ababa, March 15 (WIC) – A national consultative workshop aimed at sensitizing all stakeholders on the need to develop a national human rights action plan (NHRAP) for Ethiopia was held here on Monday, March 15, 2010.
Addis Ababa, March 13 (WIC) – German Ambassador to Ethiopia Dr.Claas Dieter Knoop said his government will continue to work with the Ethiopian government to maximize the potential of the bamboo sector in Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa, March 15 (WIC) - Eritrea continued to support last year armed Islamist groups fighting the Somali government in violation of an arms embargo and new UN sanctions, UN experts concluded in a report.
March 13, 2010 -- South Africa expects the United States to abstain from voting on its disputed application to the World Bank for a loan to fund a power project, on which a decision is likely in early April, a minister said on Friday.
March 15, 2010 -- Oil explorers have started to return to Kenya after a break occasioned by the financial crisis but activities will pick up after the drilling of a Chinese well in the north, the Kenyan energy minister said on Monday.
“Ethiopians definitely have the desire and the will to be the best in the world.” Professor Avindra Nath, Director, Division of Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infections, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Ethiopia's Meseret Defar competes in the second heat of the 3000m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships at the Aspire Dome in the Qatari capital Doha on March 12. Defar won a record fourth consecutive women's world indoor 3000m title on Saturday.
“Massive resource flow for enhancing agricultural productivity, building human capital, increasing access to clean water, expanding infrastructure, among others, help for poverty reduction.” Sufian Ahmed, MoFED.
In its “A Week in the Horn” report of March 12, 2010, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) raised issues on the extra-ordinary summit of IGAD, Death threats against the UN Monitoring Group, the reports of US on Human Rights, the attempts of US Senator Feingold to interfer in the elections,African Regional Preparatory meeting for the 4th UN Conference on LDCs, Human Trafficking and media roles, responsibilities
Does BBC’s web of lies about Ethiopia emanate from its Editorial Policy? Many analysts have agreed on that. The Gilgel Gibe, land policy, current food shortage and Ethio-Eritrea disputes are some among many fabrications by the BBC. Although the worst comes nowadays, the BBC, in its history, never reported positive stories about Ethiopia even in the incumbency of both the Emperor and Derg. The analysts say creating negative images about Ethiopia in particular and Africa in general by bringing destabilizing stories into view must be its editorial policy.What do you say?