ESAT News August 17, 2013 Members and supporters of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) have started collecting signatures to oppose the decision of U.S. Congressman Chris Smith to introduce a new Human Rights Bill on Ethiopia. Congressman Chris Smith of the Republican Party announced that the ‘Ethiopian Human Rights Act’ would be reintroduced […]
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By kuchiye Born this very day August 17, 1844, Emperor Menelik II, was, by far the most enlightened leader, most astute politician and diplomat, most progressive of all previous generation of kings. He was the most judicious leader and trailblazer of Ethiopia’s modernization. He started most everything that we know today; the first hospital, the
An Ethiopian housemaid committed a suicide by hanging herself inside the bathroom at her employer’s house in the Gulf Kingdom, police said on Saturday. The Saudi employer found the maid, in her 30s, hanging in the bathroom at his house in the eastern Saudi province of Ihsa, they said. “Forensic examination showed the maid had
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has quietly removed the late dictator’s widow Azeb Mesfin from the helm of EFFORT as Chief Executive Officer a few months after her husband’s demise, it emerged. Azeb, widely known as the ‘Queen of Mega’ and ‘mother of corruption’ among Ethiopians, had snatched the reins of power within the
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By KIRUBEL TADESSE, Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A European Union parliament delegation on Wednesday called on Ethiopia’s government to release jailed journalists and activists, but in a sign the call may not be heeded the delegation was denied from visiting a prison it had been approved to see. The head of the
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When you make coffee with breakfast, or grab a to-go cup at a cafe before work, or raid your office’s break room for a cup in the afternoon, you’re probably not thinking about how scientists are studying it. So we’ll just tell you: Many studies have looked at the health effects of coffee, even though measuring
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CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman has further raised the death toll from the previous day’s clashes between police and supporters of the country’s ousted president to 421. The spokesman, Khaled el-Khateeb, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the number of injured in the previous day’s violence has also risen to 3,572.
In the January 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine, we featured a review of the Ethiopian cement industry. At the time we were hopeful with respect to the country’s future cement demand, buoyed along by Ethiopia’s own bold targets for development of the sector. It seemed only a matter of time before international and regional