By Alan Dron Air Transport Word UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has confirmed the cause of a 2013 fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 at London Heathrow Airport. It was caused by thermal runaway in the lithium metal batteries of the aircraft’s Emergency Location Transmitter (ELT), AAIB has stated in an official
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Author: Elisabeth Gouel Alert Ethiopia, Afar Drought Response Geneva, 19 August 2015 1. Brief description of the emergency and impact The current drought in Afar National Regional State, Ethiopia, occurred as both the Karma (main) and Sagum (small) rains received all over the region was poor. As a result, the pasture condition has become very
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Author: Elisabeth Gouel Alert Ethiopia, Afar Drought Response Geneva, 19 August 2015 1. Brief description of the emergency and impact The current drought in Afar National Regional State, Ethiopia, occurred as both the Karma (main) and Sagum (small) rains received all over the region was poor. As a result, the pasture condition has become very
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir has assured U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that he would sign a peace deal with his rival within days, the State Department said Wednesday, as fighting resumed in parts of the country. During a telephone call, Kiir assured the top American diplomat that he would
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir has assured U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that he would sign a peace deal with his rival within days, the State Department said Wednesday, as fighting resumed in parts of the country. During a telephone call, Kiir assured the top American diplomat that he would
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If you ask “Is Ethiopia rising?” the answer will most likely depend on who you are asking. If you ask a regular follower of the country’s public media outlets, the answer will be an astounding yes! The same question posed to someone who gets his reports from the independent media and social media activists, will
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By Annette Weber, SWP Berline Two decades after achieving independence from Ethiopia, Eritrea is back in the European headlines above –all for a wave of refugees arriving in Europe. At the same time, a recent United Nations Commission on Human Rights report accuses the Eritrean regime of gross human rights violations. President Isayas Afewerki sees
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Source: Al Ahram, By Menna Alaa El-Din A deadline for the foreign consultancy firms to finalise their report on the dam will be decided when the tripartite committee meets later this week Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation, Hossam Moghazi, said on Monday that the tripartite committee for Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam will meet on 20 and 21
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By ABDULKADIR KHALIF, AFRICA REVIEW Correspondent in Mogadishu Ethiopian troops patrol at the entrance of an abandoned building in Baidoa, Somalia. An Amisom Sector four commander indicated that some Ethiopian troops receive orders from Addis Ababa and do not operate under Amisom. PHOTO | FILE | AFP Some of the Ethiopian soldiers operating in Central
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Police lead Natnael Feleke (center right) and fellow blogger Atnaf Berahane (center left) to court. Photo courtesy of Trial Tracker Blog. Five members of Ethiopia’s Zone9 blogging collective expect to learn their fate this Wednesday, August 19, when a panel of three judges will meet at Addis Ababa’s Lideta High Court to rule on whether
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