Thevoicebw After an intervention by Botswana Football Association Officials, 10 players from the visiting Eritrea National team agreed to board the bus enroute to Gaborone where they’ll board a 18:20 flight to Johannesburg. The team missed the morning flight due to stand off as some players showed their desire to remain in the country. Eritrea
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By: Debra Black Government officials have signed off on paperwork for a prison transfer that would see Toronto man Bashir Makhtal back in Canada by the end of the year. Bashir Makhtal, a Toronto man who has spent almost nine years languishing in detention in Ethiopia, is one step closer to coming home. Government officials
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Future of negotiations remains unclear as Ethiopia asks to postpone the tripartite meeting of 4 October Ahram Online A tripartite meeting that was supposed to be held in Egypt on Sunday has been postponed upon the request of Addis Ababa in the latest setback to efforts to reach a compromise over Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam. Egypt
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Addis Ababa (AFP) – The number of hungry Ethiopians needing food aid has risen sharply due to poor rains and the El Nino weather phenomenon with around 7.5 million people now in need, aid officials said Friday. That number has nearly doubled since August, when the United Nations said 4.5 million were in need —
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By Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg The 550-kilometer line will import fuel from Djibouti coast Venture estimated at $1.55 billion; construction by 2018 Ethiopia and Djibouti signed an agreement for a $1.55 billion fuel pipeline with developers Mining, Oil & Gas Services and Blackstone Group LP-backed Black Rhino Group. The two countries in the Horn of Africa
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By Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg The 550-kilometer line will import fuel from Djibouti coast Venture estimated at $1.55 billion; construction by 2018 Ethiopia and Djibouti signed an agreement for a $1.55 billion fuel pipeline with developers Mining, Oil & Gas Services and Blackstone Group LP-backed Black Rhino Group. The two countries in the Horn of Africa
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By EDITH M. LEDERER and JOHN DANISZEWSKI UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in an interview that the Mideast region needs to cooperate to defeat a worsening terrorist threat that has led to a “ferocious war” in Egypt and created the danger of some countries “sliding into failure.” In a wide-ranging interview
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Ethiopia: World Bank Translator, Activists Face Trial Activists Heading for Food Workshop Charged With Terrorism Pastor Omot Agwa was charged by Ethiopian authorities under the anti-terrorism law after being detained for nearly six months. EXPAND Pastor Omot Agwa was charged by Ethiopian authorities under the anti-terrorism law after being detained for nearly six months.
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Over the past five years, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and the self-declared republic of Somaliland have all been attacked by Somalia-based Al-Shabab militants. Ethiopia, which invaded Somalia in 2006 to fight Al-Shabab, has since evaded a large-scale attack. According to Tewolde Mulugeta of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country’s secret to preventing attacks is public
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Over the past five years, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and the self-declared republic of Somaliland have all been attacked by Somalia-based Al-Shabab militants. Ethiopia, which invaded Somalia in 2006 to fight Al-Shabab, has since evaded a large-scale attack. According to Tewolde Mulugeta of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country’s secret to preventing attacks is public
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