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SERVIZIO NEWS
11.02.2015
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ETHIOPIA
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Ethio-Swedish Agro Technology Forum held in Addis…………………………………….3
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Ethiopian National Defense Force - Laying the Groundwork for Ethiopia's
Renaissance………………………………………………………………………………………....4
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UN, AU, EU, IGAD, UK and US welcome the approval of the new Cabinet…………..5
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President urges business community to apply Code of Ethics………………………….6
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Crown Princess set to visit Ethiopia…………………………………………………………..7
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AU Summit provides Ethiopia with opportunity to strengthen ties with various
countries……………………………………………………………………………………………..8
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Ethiopian to fly Dublin to Los Angeles………………………………………………….9
SOUTH - SUDAN
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S. Sudanese official accuses Khartoum of supporting rebels………………………….10
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Greater Pibor raiders blamed for latest killings…………………………………………..11
DJIBOUTI
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Visite officielle du Premier ministre éthiopien à Djibouti : Le chef de l’Etat et M.
Desalegn parrainent le lancement d’un projet touristique à Moucha……………….12
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Audiences du Premier ministre : Le PDG de Touchroad annonce le lancement
imminent de ses projets………………………………………………………………………..13
EVENT
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Opera & Cocktail with Murielle Tomao at the piano Ludovic Amadeus
Selni…………………………………………………………………………………………14
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ETHIOPIA
Ethio-Swedish Agro Technology Forum held in Addis
The Forum was organized by
and
the
in
stak eholders of diary , sugar
A gro Technology Forum for
Stock holm and The Ministry of
and energy sectors and the
the dairy, sugar and energy
Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia in
Swedish
business
delegates
sectors
their
respectiv e
The
first
Ethio-Swedish
was
held
at
Ethiopian
Embassy
DeLav al.
Ethiopian
Addis Ababa, in collaboration
made
Sheraton A ddis yesterday
with
International
presentations,
with
of
Projects
founded
business-to-business meetings
Ethiopia’s State Minister of
Swedish
Industry,
Gustafsson and his Ethiopian
the
presence
Dr
Mebrahtu
Meles and A mbassador of
Sweden
to
Ethiopia
Sadek.
Valley
(VIP),
businessman
Carl
by
in the afternoon.
The forum was attended by
partner Ak al Mamo.
Jan
about 50 people engaged in
The
Swedish
delegation
(11.02.2015 – WIC)
by
followed
business
consisted
the sectors." (FBC)
of
companies TetraPak , AlfaLav al
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Ethiopian National Defense Force - Laying the Groundwork for Ethiopia's
Renaissance
(10.02.2015 – A llA frica)
peace
participated. The celebrations,
and security; it also prov ides a
which conclude on February
The celebration of the 3rd
major
towards
14, will allow v arious elements
National Army Day opened on
unleashing
technological
of the ENDF, including the
Sunday (February 8) in Bahr
innov ation in the country and
Defense Indoctrination Center,
Dar, capital of the Amhara
placing Ethiopia's renaissance
the Metals and
Regional State. Speak ing at the
on
He
Corporation, the Information
opening of the celebration, the
expressed his appreciation of
Network Security Agency , the
President
the
Defense Univ ersity
of
Regional
Force
Ethiopia's
contribution
a
solid
Amhara
State,
Gedu
implementing law and order
Defense
the
and protecting civ ilians in the
Dev elopment Construction, to
v arious
display
said
National
(ENDF)
Defense
not
only
ENDF's
footing.
missions
UN
in
role
in
Engineering
the
Andargachew,
Ethiopian
safeguards
peacek eeping
which
it
and
the
Infrastructure
their
activ ities
and
products.
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UN, AU, EU, IGAD, UK and US welcome the approval of the new Cabinet
“We welcome the approv al of
2015 is a critical y ear to ensure
The United Nations, A frican
the new Cabinet and we call on
continued success on the road
Union,
Somalia’s
to
European
Union,
leaders
and
sustained
security
and
Inter-Governmental
institutions to work together to
stability
A uthority on Development
accelerate
deliv ery
of
the
improv e the liv es of ordinary
(IGAD),
milestones
of
the
Federal
Somalis. International partners
‘Vision
2016′
also condemn the murder, this
and
United
United
Kingdom
States
A merica
welcome
approval
of
the
of
the
new
Gov ernment’s
in
which, together with the New
morning,
Deal
Parliament,
Compact
for
Somalia,
Somalia and
of
Member
Abdullahi
to
of
Qay ad
Cabinet list by the Federal
remains the guiding framework
Barre, who was k illed by armed
Parliament.
for our engagement.
men in Mogadishu while on his
way to Parliament.
(10.02.2015 – WIC)
It is now important to preserv e
According to a press release
AMISOM sent to WIC, they
reiterated their call for the
President, Prime Minister and
the Federal Parliament to mov e
expeditiously
toward
implementation
remaining
of
Vision
objectiv es through
Cabinet
Parliament.
the
the
2016
the new
approv ed
by
the unity and stability of the
They call on the authorities to
Federal Gov ernment in order to
bring
stay
justice swiftly and offer their
the
course
in
the
perpetrators
implementing the Vision 2016
sincere
agenda.”
family of Mr Barre and to his
“We
are
also
encouraged by the inclusion of
female
Ministers.
condolences
to
to
the
fellow legislators.
The
participation of women, youth
and minority groups and the
commitment to work
in an
accountable way will remain
v ital as we mov e forward.”They
said.
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President urges business community to apply Code of Ethics
honest
President
Dr.
Teshome
should
said
target
Mulatu
and
responsible
manner.
Associations said business for
greed is destined in failure.
business
both
the
He
urged
the
business
He said the introduction of the
to
show
model is the first of its k ind
materializing
and will hav e a positiv e impact
progress of the sector and
community
owner as well as the well-
commitment
being and benefit of the
the model in their actual work .
in
community.
as far as putting the business
community in to the accurate
(10.02.2015 – WIC)
Associations President Solomon
track for mutual benefit of both
Afework for his part said: “The
the business owners and the
model
community .
will
help
in
having
confident
and
The President made the remark
ethical,
y esterday at a launching ev ent
corruption
of 'Model Code of Ethics for
community .” Business without
also
Ethiopian Businesses' by the
ethics will ruin a good will
published Ethiopian
Ethiopian
established, Solomon said.
directory . It was learnt that the
Chamber
Commerce
&
of
free
business
Sectoral
Associations.
Meanwhile,
the
introduced
Associations
the
newly
business
directory , made accessible in
Solomon said that the model is
fiv e thousand copies, includes
av ailable both in Amharic and
information
In order for the business to
English
business community .
possess quality of ethics, the
v ersions: Trading & Serv ice
President
and Manufacturing Ty pes of
urged
concerned
bodies to effect their respectiv e
languages
in
two
of 15 thousand
Businesses.
responsibilities.
In an exclusiv e interv iew with
Dr. Mulatu, therefore, said the
The
av ailability of the model code
Woubshet Work alemahu, Lion
of ethics would enable the
Adv ertising Managing Director
business community to do their
and former President of the
Ethiopian
Herald,
businesses in a transparent,
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Crown Princess set to visit Ethiopia
women's and girls' issues to
Among other topics, the Crown
Next week, Crown Princess
discuss the specific challenges
Princess and Jensen will be
Mary will travel to Ethiopia
they face, as well as possible
discussing
to
solutions.
v iolence and female genital
continue
Denmark's
furthering
agenda
to
gender-based
mutilation (FGM).
improve women's and girls'
They
will also
be meeting
health and rights issues
Ethiopian
around the world.
entrepreneurs.
(10.02.2015 – WIC)
“Girls and women hav e the
and
female
The issue of women's and girls'
health and rights is at the
forefront of Danish priorities
the
country
prov ides
right to decide ov er their own
support to two UN agencies –
cphpost.dk ,
bodies, as well as to seek
UNFPA and UNICEF – that fight
accompany ing her will be the
education and contribute to
for the elimination of FGM in
trade
society ,” Jensen said. “If the
Ethiopia
poorest
countries.
According
to
and
dev elopment
minister, Mogens Jensen.
communities
really
and
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other
want to lift themselv es up,
The pair are set to meet with
civ il society organizations and
indiv iduals
women must be included.”
The v isit to Ethiopia will tak e
place from February 16-18.
championing
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AU Summit provides Ethiopia with opportunity to strengthen ties with various
countries
The
24th
Summit
week
African
Union
concluded
provided
with the
last
Ethiopia
opportunity
European counties as well as
He further said that the v isit
heads
paid
of
continental
international
He
said
PM
and
by
Prime
Minister
organizations.
Hailemariam to Djibouti ov er
Hailemariam
the week end was significant in
to
Dessalegn and Foreign Affairs
further
strengthen its bilateral ties
Minister Dr Tedros Adhanom,
relationship between the two
with various countries.
held discussion with heads of
neighboring countries.
states
(10.02.2015 – WIC)
MoFA
Spok esperson,
Ambassador Dina Mufti made
the
remark
at
a
press
conference held today at the
Ministry ’s premises.
He said the Summit helped
and
ministries and representativ es
During his v isit, the two sides
of the v arious organizations at
signed
the sideline of the Summit.
help both countries tak e their
six
agreements
that
relationships one step further.
According to Ambassador Dina,
The agreements were signed in
the discussions were successful
the areas of boarder trade,
in
deepening
transport,
with
the
railway , among others.
officials
with
terms
of
Ethiopia’s
ties
countries
v arious
whom PM Hailmariam and Dr
and
the
gov ernments,
Ethiopia to held discussion with
African, Asian
cementing
and
mining, gas
and
Tedros met.
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Ethiopian to fly Dublin to Los Angeles
Ethiopia n
A irlines
will
commence three weekly
flights from Dublin to A ddis
A baba on June 19, and
from Dublin direct to Los
A ngeles.
(10.02.2015 – WIC)
Ethiopian flights from Dublin
will be flown by the Boeing 787
Dreamliner. These flights will
be the only direct serv ice
connecting Africa with Ireland
and the West Coast of the
United
States.
Ethiopian will be selling both
the Dublin-LA segment and the
Dublin-Addis Ababa segment
separately . The aircraft will
hav e a two-hour stopov er in
Dublin.
Ireland has granted Ethiopian
what are termed fifth freedom
rights, which enable the airline
to sell tick ets on all sectors of
the new Addis Ababa to Los
Angeles route. The
Dublin-Addis flight will connect
with
Ethiopian's
extensive
African network .
passengers on a fleet of 70
aircraft during its most recent
financial y ear.
Ethiopian has connections from
its Addis Ababa hub to African
destinations
such
as
Johannesburg,
Khartoum,
Lagos, Nairobi, and Zanzibar
and the new Dublin flight will
be timed to offer the best
range of possible onward
connections in Africa.
A member of the global Star
Alliance, Ethiopian's current
schedule includes flights to 49
African
destinations,
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locations in the Gulf, Middle
East and Asia, nine European
cities, and four cities in the
Americas. (Bizplus)
Los Angeles will be Dublin
Airport's
fourteenth
direct
destination in North America.
Dublin was the sev enth largest
airport
in
Europe
for
transatlantic flights in summer
2014 and the addition of this
new LA serv ice will further
strengthen Dublin's position as
a transatlantic hub. Fiv e of
Dublin Airport's 14 North
American
destinations
are
being serv ed by more than one
airline in2015.
Ethiopian is one of Africa's
leading airlines, serv ing 83
international destinations from
its hub at Addis Ababa Airport.
The airline carried 4.6 million
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SOUTH-S UDAN
S. Sudanese official accuses Khartoum of supporting rebels
A senior South Suda nese
official has accused the
army
in
neighbouring
Sudan of allegedly entering
the young nation in support
of rebels loyal to former
vice
president,
Riek
Machar.
(10.02.2015
Tribune)
–
Sudan
Addressing reporters in Juba
on Monday , South Sudan’s
Western Bahr el Ghazal state
gov ernor,
Rizik
Hassan
Zachariah, said the rebel forces
hav e lately intensified their
military offensiv es in Raja area.
He claimed the rebels came
from Sudan’s direction.
“There is no contradiction in
what we hav e reported the
attack in which commissioner
surv iv ed
narrowly .
The
information we hav e now
shows
that
it
was
a
coordinated
attack ,”
said
Hassan.
“The forces of Riek Machar
came from Kafia Kingi, which is
controlled by the gov ernment
of Sudan. They are there.
When they
launched the
attack , they crossed into our
territory with heavy weapons
prov ided by the gov ernment of
Sudan,” he added.
Sudanese gov ernment officials
were not immediately av ailable
to comment.
Hassan is part of a six-member
delegation
of
gov ernors
headed to East Africa to brief
the v arious heads of states on
the ongoing peace talk s aimed
at ending the conflict.
“Our mission to East Africa is to
go and meet with the regional
leaders, especially those who
are play ing a strong role in the
conflict, those who want peace
to come to South Sudan,”
disclosed Hassan.
“We are going to meet them so
they hear from us the on the
ground perspectiv es about
peace process from our
people,” he added.
South
Sudan’s
Central
Equatoria gov ernor, Clement
Wani Konga leads the sixmember delegation comprises
of his counterparts from
Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Upper
Nile,
Eastern
Equatoria,
Western Bahr el Ghazal and
Western Equatoria states.
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Greater Pibor raiders blamed for latest killings
Jonglei
sta te
caretaker
in the
“There were just about 200
governor John Kong Nyuon
gov ernment-controlled counties
women,” he said. “The media
claims
remains stable ov erall.
exaggerated the protest but it
raiders
from
Greater
the
(SSTV) that security
Pibor
was just a v ery small group,”
A dministrative Area (GPAA)
He also confirmed that the
are
raiders had come from the
responsible
for
the
recent killing of five people
Greater Pibor area.
The protesters accused
gov ernor
in Jalle payam (district) in
Bor
county
and
the
separate attacks in Twic
East.
(10.02.2015
–
Sudan
he added.
of being
the
a rebel
“There were raids in Jalle that
sy mpathiser
led to the k illing of fiv e people,
salaries to be transferred to
but the cattle were rescued by
opposition-controlled
SPLA (South Sudanese army )
The
soldiers and organised forces,”
claims.
by
gov ernor
allowing
denies
areas.
the
said Ny uon, without prov iding
Tribune)
further details on what the
Jonglei state is largely div ided
The raid in Jalle a week ago
gov ernment is doing to avoid
into three areas, with Ny uon
was the first deadly attack to
further raids.
controlling Bor, Twic East and
be blamed on cattle raiders
Duk
counties,
while
rebels
since Pibor-based rebels group
According to Ny uon, the attack
remain in control of Ak obo,
led by Dav id Yau Yau signed an
in Twic East county had left at
Uror, Ny irol, Fangak and parts
agreement with president Salv a
two
of
Kiir’s gov ernment in May 2014.
unspecified number of cattle
gov ernment
looted.
entered the town, is also still
people dead, with
an
Yau Yau was appointed the
chief
administrator
for
the
decree
and
expanded the former Pibor and
Pochalla counties to
sev en.
Following a meeting with Kiir
on Monday , Nyuon told stateowned South Sudan Telev ision
Ayod,
forces
where
hav e
under rebel control.
WOMEN PROTEST
GPAA, which was created by
presidential
Pigi.
GPAA is administered by Yau
Meanwhile,
the
gov ernor
downplay ed the magnitude of
Yau under the office of the
president Kiir.
protests held in late January in
Bor by
a group of women
(ST)
calling for his remov al from
power, say ing media reports
had been “exaggerated”.
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DJIBOUTI
Visite officielle du Premier ministre éthiopien à Djibouti : Le chef de l’Etat et M.
Desalegn parrainent le lancement d’un projet touristique à Moucha
Desalegn ont coparrainé hier
après leur séjour en Ethiopie,
A vant son retour à A ddis-
matin
de
profiter de la mer, du sable,
A beba, le Premier ministre
lancement
projet
des mangrov es et des produits
éthiopien a participé dans
touristique priv é.
une
cérémonie
d’un
de la mer ici à Moucha », a dit
la matinée d’hier avec le
le Président.
chef de l’Eta t Ismaïl Omar
Un homme d’affaires éthiopien,
Guelleh à la cérémonie de
M. Tadios Belete, entend en
Le Premier ministre éthiopien,
pose de la première pierre
effet inv estir sept millions de
M. Desalegn, a lui aussi félicité
d’un
dollars
son compatriote pour son choix
projet
privé
à
touristique
Moucha.
promoteur,
un
d’affaires
Le
homme
éthiopien,
dans
un
projet
de
complexe touristique composé
d’inv estir
de 32 bungalows de luxe.
Djibouti. Il s’est réjoui de
M.
en
République de
pouvoir parrainer av ec le chef
Tadios Belete, était présent
Des Ethiopiens aisés mais aussi
de
aux
des
et
cérémonie de lancement d’un
v oudraient
tel projet qui, a-t-il estimé,
clôturer leur séjour en Ethiopie
contribuera au rapprochement
par
entre les peuples des deux
côtés
des
deux
touristes
occidentaux
dirigeants.
(10.02.2015 – La Nation)
un
asiatiques
qui
week -end
en
mer
constitueront l’essentiel de la
L’île Moucha, av ec ses eaux
l’Etat
djiboutien
la
pay s.
clientèle de ce complexe.
émeraude, ses plages de sable
Sa v isite officielle de trois jours
fin, ses mangrov es et sa brise
Le chef de l’Etat djiboutien a
en RdD s’étant achev ée par
marine, est un endroit unique
souligné que ce projet illustrait
cette cérémonie dans le cadre
dans le pay s.
les relations de confiance entre
magnifique des îles, le Premier
nos deux pay s. Il a tenu à
ministre éthiopien a regagné
C’est sur cet ilot préserv é de la
féliciter le promoteur d’avoir
son pay s en fin de matinée. Il a
pollution
président
choisi notre pay s pour inv estir
été accompagné jusqu’au pied
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh et son
hôte,
le
éthiopien
que
le
dans le tourisme. « Ceux qui
de son av ion par le président
Premier
ministre
aiment la montagne, l’Histoire
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh.
Haile
Mariam
et l’archéologie vont pouvoir,
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Audiences du Premier min istre : Le PDG de Touchroad annonce le lancement
imminent de ses projets
De retour à Djibouti dans le
cadre
de
ses
projets
d’investisseme nts,le
PDG
de
la
multinationale
chinoise
Touchroad, He
Liehui, a été reçu hier par
le
Premier
ministre
A bdoulkader
Kamil
Mohamed.
L’homme
d’A ffaires
chinois
l’a
confirmé lors de cette
audience : le temps est
venu pour lui de passer à la
phase de réalisation de ses
projets à Djibouti.
(10.02.2015)
Le charismatique milliardaire
chinois He Liehui, PDG de
Touchroad, fait aujourd’hui
partie des noms qui comptent
à Djibouti.
Habitué des palais de la
République, il a de nouv eau été
reçu hier par le Premier
ministre Abdoulk ader Kamil
Mohamed.
Au cours de cette audience, qui
a eu lieu en présence de notre
ambassadeur à Pék in, Abdallah
Abdillahi
Miguil,
l’homme
d’affaires chinois a annoncé au
Premier ministre AKM que le
temps était v enu pour sa
société de passer à la phase de
concrétisation
de
ses
engagements.
Ainsi a-t-il indiqué que dans les
jours
qui
v iennent,
la
construction d’un grand «mall
» (centre commercial) allait
commencer.
Le Premier ministre s’est réjoui
de la célérité av ec laquelle
Touchroad a décidé de lancer
ce projet et a réitéré à
l’inv estisseur
chinois
la
confiance et le soutien des
autorités nationales.
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Event
Opera & Cocktail with Murielle Tomao at the piano Ludovic Amadeus Selni at
Juventus Club on Thursday 26 th February at 7:00 p.m.
Entrance for Members:450 birr
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