servizio news 11.02.2015 - Ambasciata d`Italia
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servizio news 11.02.2015 - Ambasciata d`Italia
Ambasciata d’Italia ad Addis Abeba SERVIZIO NEWS 11.02.2015 1 ETHIOPIA Ethio-Swedish Agro Technology Forum held in Addis…………………………………….3 Ethiopian National Defense Force - Laying the Groundwork for Ethiopia's Renaissance………………………………………………………………………………………....4 UN, AU, EU, IGAD, UK and US welcome the approval of the new Cabinet…………..5 President urges business community to apply Code of Ethics………………………….6 Crown Princess set to visit Ethiopia…………………………………………………………..7 AU Summit provides Ethiopia with opportunity to strengthen ties with various countries……………………………………………………………………………………………..8 Ethiopian to fly Dublin to Los Angeles………………………………………………….9 SOUTH - SUDAN S. Sudanese official accuses Khartoum of supporting rebels………………………….10 Greater Pibor raiders blamed for latest killings…………………………………………..11 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……………….12 Audiences du Premier ministre : Le PDG de Touchroad annonce le lancement imminent de ses projets………………………………………………………………………..13 EVENT Opera & Cocktail with Murielle Tomao at the piano Ludovic Amadeus Selni…………………………………………………………………………………………14 2 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 3 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. 4 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. 5 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, 6 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 16 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 7 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. 8 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, 21 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 9 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. 10 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”. 11 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, 12 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. 13 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 Entrance for non-Members 585 birr For more information call 011 551 6464 or 011 5517558 Circolo.juv [email protected] 14