Selome Tadesse, independent election candidate
The ex-General Manager of Ethiopian Television & Radio Enterprise, Selome Tadesse, is on her way to becoming the first woman independent candidate in the general election on 24 May. She collected over 5,000 support signatures, more than four times the minimum needed to register with the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), and will run in the Bole […]
Read More →$1.2 million memorial for Meles Zenawi
After a mausoleum and a foundation, the late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died in Brussels on 20 August 2012 and became a national icon, is to have a memorial built in Mekele. The work will be carried out mainly by the firms Yurap Plc, Elias Power and Sami Machinery plus some small companies. […]
Read More →Desalegn asks IOG to calm Issa leader
The traditional Issa elder Moustapha Mohamed Ibrahim, based in Dire Dawa, has drawn the wrath of Addis Ababa. The creation of three kebele (small administrative entities) administered by the Issa within the Afar Regional State is a cause of ongoing concern for the Ethiopian authorities. During his official visit to Djibouti on 7 February, Ethiopian […]
Read More →MEP Ana Gomes still critical of Addis Ababa
The Portuguese MEP Ana Gomes (Portuguese Socialist Party) hasn’t dropped her guard against Ethiopia since she led an electoral mission to Addis Ababa in 2005. She helped to persuade Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to oppose sending a mission to observe the Ethiopian elections […]
Read More →A French firm vs the tycoon Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi
After complaining unsuccessfully for two years, the small French company providing luxury services Advalis (ION 1375) managed to make his debtor, the Saudi-Ethiopian tycoon Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi, give a little leeway. Acting via his Paris-based lawyers, François Meynot and Valentine Guerrero in December 2014, Al-Amoudi recognised a portion of the debt he owes Advalis, namely […]
Read More →Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi’s financial advisor
The Saudi-Ethiopian tycoon has close business ties with a London-based company. A recent event illustrates the close ties between the London-based finance company Capital Trust Group (CTG) and the Ethiopian businessman Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi. Last year, CTG accepted a court summons for Al-Amoudi brought to its premises by the bailiff acting for the firm Advalis, […]
Read More →The Reporter attacks Al-Amoudi again
The weekly The Reporter is continuing to wage its campaign against the Saudi-Ethiopian magnate Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi; Even though the magazine is run by a former executive in the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF, the main part of the EPRDF in government in Addis Ababa), Amare Aregawi. The latter signed a virulent editorial in the […]
Read More →Africa Oil starts year on a fresh footing
The Canadian company is raising $100 million and altering its portfolio in keeping with its new priorities. Africa Oil Corp retained Dundee Securities Europe LLP and Pareto Securities as bookrunners for a new issue of shares worth $100 million. The money will used this year to press ahead with an oil project in the South Lokichar basin […]
Read More →Egypt court grants bail to Al Jazeera journalists
Trial of Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, who had been detained for 411 days in Cairo jail, to resume on February 23. More to this story Unbiased: Al Jazeera’s reports from Egypt An Egyptian court has granted bail to the detained Al Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy. A retrial was ordered by the […]
Read More →Global Sustainable Development Goals need clearer, more measurable targets, according to new report from science experts
Paris, Feb 13 – The proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a universal set of goals to guide international development to 2030 – will struggle to achieve their stated policy objectives without clearer, more measurable targets, according to a new report released today by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International […]
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