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During a workshop organized by European Union (EU) and Coffee Development Sector, the EU recommended Ethiopia to host a research institute of Coffee Arabica, according to The Reporter. A consultant at the German based Dipl. Lng, Gunther Herhaus, made a presentation of a research that revolved around the recent poor performance of Ethiopia’s coffee sector. During his presentation, Herhaus highlighted opportunities that can see the success of Coffee Arabica. He suggests the success will come through commencing various mechanisms that will mitigate the current problems and as well by coming up with ideas of establishing a research institute. Herhaus recommended one of the possible methods to bring back the Ethiopian specialty coffee was by establishing a research institute that helps farmers and exports maintain quality and production. He further noted, “Arguably, Ethiopia remains the most important place for Coffee Arabica and possibly the right location for a research institute as

Source  www.sudantribune.com By Tesfa-Alem Tekle June 1, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) - The US Embassy in Addis Ababa urged American citizens residing or traveling to Ethiopia to exercise caution over a possible attack by a Somali terrorist group. The safety advisory the embassy said was issued due to threat from Al-Shabaab against Ethiopia and western interests in Ethiopia. Citing to multiple and ongoing credible threats, the US embassy urged its citizens to take the highest precautions to maintain their personal safety and security. “The Embassy continues to receive credible threat reports of Al-Shabaab’s intent and capability to attack Ethiopia and western interests in Ethiopia” it said in a statement  Sudan Tribune received on Sunday. The embassy said that there have been a number of incursions along the Ethiopian-Somali border in recent weeks urging its citizens to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to enhance personal security. “While there is

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on authorities in Ethiopia to release a journalist being held without charge following a spate of similar arrests in recent weeks. Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian government has been condemned for detaining a journalist. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) An Ethiopian court on Tuesday extended by 14 days the pre-trial detention of Elias Gebru, Editor-in-Chief of the independent news magazine  Enku  who was detained for questioning in connection with a column published in his paper. "The detention without charge of Elias Gebru is the latest move by the Ethiopian government to tighten the noose on the country's independent press," said Mohamed Keita of the CPJ. "We call on authorities to release Elias immediately and to stop arresting journalists as a means to quell information and debate," he alleged. © somartin -  za.Fotolia.com According to the CPJ, Elias' column covered a controversial monument recen

አዲስ አበባ ፣ ግንቦት 23 ፣ 2006 (ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ.) በ22ተኛው ሳምንት የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ ኢትዮጵያ ቡና እና ንግድ ባንክ ድል ቀንቷቸዋል። ንግድ ናንክ በአበበ ቢቂላ ስታዲየም በተካሄደው ጨዋታ ነው ኢትዮጵያ መድህንን 2 ለ 0 የረታው። በክልል ከተሞች ዳሸን ቢራ ከወላይታ ዲቻ ፣  አርባ ምንጭ ከነማ ከሲዳማ ቡና በተመሳሳይ 0 ለ 0 ሲለያዩ ፤ ሙገር ሲሚንቶ በመብራት ሃይል 2 ለ 1 ተሸንፏል። በሌላ ጨዋታ ወደ ሀረር ያቀናው ኢትዮጵያ ቡና ሀረር ከተማን 1 ለ 0 አሸንፏል። በጉጉት ሲጠበቅ የነበረው የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ  እና ደደቢት ግጥሚያ  3 ለ 3 በሆነ ውጤት ተጠናቋል።

- ለኤክስፖርት የተዘጋጀ ቡና ላይ የኮንትሮባንድ ንግድ ደርቷል በቡና ንግድ ተሳታፊ ሳይሆኑ የቡና ፈቃድ አውጥተው ለዓመታት የተቀመጡና ምናልባትም አጭበርባሪዎች ሊሆኑ ይችላሉ የተባሉ 37 ግለሰቦችን ፈቃድ መሰረዙን የንግድ ሚኒስትሩ አስታወቁ፡፡ የንግድ ሚኒስትሩ አቶ ከበደ ጫኔ የአሥር ወራት የሥራ አፈጻጸም ሪፖርታቸውን ለሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ባለፈው ሳምንት ሲያቀርቡ፣ የቡና ንግድ መቀዝቀዙንና ኮንትሮባንድ መስፋፋቱን፣ እንዲሁም ከቡና ጋር የተያያዙ ችግሮችን ለመፍታት የንግድ ሚኒስቴር ምን እያደረገ እንደሆነ ተጠይቀዋል፡፡ የቡና ጉዳይ ድሮ በሚኒስቴር ደረጃ ይመራ ከነበረበት ወርዶ በአንድ ተቋም ውስጥ መመሸቁ እንደሚያሳስባቸው የተናገሩት ሚኒስትሩ፣ ከኮንትሮባንድ መስፋፋት በተጨማሪ የቡና ንግድ ሳይኖራቸው የቡና ፈቃድ ያወጡ መኖራቸውን አስረድተዋል፡፡ በቡና ንግድ ካልተሰማሩ ፈቃዱን ለምን እንደሚፈልጉት መገመት እንደሚቻል የተናገሩት ሚኒስትሩ፣ ዋነኛው መንግሥት ለቡና ንግድ የሚሰጠውን ትኩረትና ጥቅማ ጥቅም ለመቀራመት ሊሆን እንደሚችል ገልጸዋል፡፡ በቡና ንግድ ዘርፍ ለሚሰማሩ መንግሥት ቅድሚያ የባንክ ብድርና የውጭ ምንዛሪ እንዲያገኙ ስለሚያደረግ፣ እነዚህ በቡና ንግድ ላይ ለመሰማራት ፈቃድ ያወጡ ነገር ግን ኤክስፖርት አድርገው የማያውቁ ነጋዴዎች ይህንን ጥቅም ለመመዝበር አቅደው ሊሆን ይችላል ብለዋል፡፡ ‹‹እንዲህ ዓይነት የማጭበርበር ሥራ የሚሠሩ የቡና ንግድ ፈቃድ ይዘው የተቀመጡ ነጋዴዎች ፈቃድ ተሰርዟል፤›› ብለዋል፡፡ እነዚህ ነጋዴዎች የሚያገኙትን ብድር ተጠቅመው አራጣ የማበደር ተግባር ውስጥ  ተሰማርተው ሊሆኑ ይችላል የሚሉት አቶ ከበደ፣ የነጋዴዎቹን ማንነት ከመግለጽና ፈቃዳቸውን ከመሰረዝ ባለፈ የሚወሰድ ዕርምጃ ስለመኖሩ አልተናገሩ