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FAA lifts northern Ethiopia overflight ban

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The FAA has  lifted a nearly 15-year-old prohibition  on flight operations within the airspace or territory of northern Ethiopia. The ban was instituted in May 2000 “because of the threat posed by the outbreak of hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea,” according to the FAA. The agency, at that time, banned U.S. air carriers, commercial operators, holders of FAA-issued airman certificates and U.S.-registered aircraft (with the exception of foreign air carrier aircraft) from operating north of 12 degrees north latitude – roughly north of Lake Tana, Ethiopia’s largest lake. “The FAA has now determined that the safety and security situation that prompted the above flight prohibition has significantly improved, and that it is safe for U.S. civil flights to be operated within the entire territory and airspace of Ethiopia, subject to the approval of and in accordance with the conditions established by the appropriate authorities of Ethiopia,” the FAA said in its February 4 notice l

In terms of economic growth, Africa may go the way of China

All low-income countries have the potential for dynamic economic growth. We know this because we have seen it happen repeatedly: a poor, agrarian economy transforms itself into a middle- or even high-income urban economy in one or two generations. The key is to capture the window of opportunity for industrialization arising from the relocation of light manufacturing from higher-income countries. That was true in the 19th and 20th centuries, and it remains true today.Japan seized its opportunity in the years following World War II, using labor-intensive industries, such as textiles and simple electronics, to drive its economy until rising labor costs eroded its comparative advantage in those sectors. That shift then allowed other low-income Asian economies – South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and to some extent Malaysia and Thailand – to follow in Japan’s footsteps. China, of course, is the region’s most recent traveler along this well-trodden path. After more than three de

በሐዋሳ በደረሰው የእሳት ቃጠሎ ለግምት የሚያዳግት ንብረት መውደሙ ተጠቆመ

‹‹ቁጥራቸው ያልታወቀ ሰዎች ሲሞቱ በርካቶች የአካል ጉዳት ደርሶባቸዋል››  የታቦር ክፍለ ከተማ ነዋሪዎች ‹‹አንድ ሕፃን ልጅ ብቻ ሕይወቱ አልፏል››  የሐዋሳ ከተማ ፖሊስ ምክንያቱ በውል ያልታወቀው የካቲት 14 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. ከምሽቱ 1፡30 ሰዓት ላይ በሐዋሳ ከተማ ታቦር ክፍለ ከተማ ታራ ቀበሌ አዲስ ከተማ ተብሎ በሚጠራው ሥፍራ የተነሳው ከፍተኛ የእሳት ቃጠሎ፣ ለግምት የሚያዳግት ንብረት መውደሙን ተጎጂዎችና የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ለሪፖርተር ገለጹ፡፡ የወደመው የንብረት ግምት በውል ባይታወቅም፣ ከ800 በላይ ሱቆች በመቃጠላቸው በርካታ ንብረት መውደሙን ግን የክልሉ ፖሊስ አረጋግጧል፡፡ የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎችና ጉዳት የደረሰባቸው ባለሱቆች እንደገለጹት፣ ገበያው ከተመሠረተ ሦስት ዓመታት ሆኖታል፡፡ ቀኑ ሞቅ ያለ ገበያ የሚካሄድበት ከመሆኑ አንፃር፣ ከሌሎቹ ቀናት በተለየ ሁኔታ እያንዳንዱ ሱቅ በሸቀጣ ሸቀጦች ተሞልቷል፡፡ ነጋዴዎች ሙሉ ቀን ሲገበያዩ ውለው ሒሳባቸውን የሚሠሩት በነጋታው በዕለተ እሑድ በመሆኑ፣ አብዛኞዎቹ ከሽያጭ የሰበሰቡትን ገንዘብ እንኳን ይዘው አለመሄዳቸውን ተጎጂዎቹ ገልጸዋል፡፡ አደጋው የደረሰበት ሰዓት አብዛኛዎቹ ነጋዴዎች ሱቆቻቸውን ቆልፈው ወደ ቤታቸው የሚገቡበት በመሆኑና እሳቱ በፍጥነት ሱቆቹን በማዳረሱ፣ የተወሰነ ንብረት እንኳን ማዳን አለመቻሉን ገልጸዋል፡፡ ሐዋሳ ከተማ በተለይ የቱሪስቶችና የተለያዩ የአገሪቱ ዜጎች መዝናኛ ከተማ ከመሆኗ አንፃር፣ ድንገተኛ አደጋን ለመከላከል ልዩ ጥንቃቄ የሚያስፈልግ ቢሆንም፣ በቂ የሆነ የእሳት አደጋ መቆጣጠሪያ ባለመኖሩ ገበያው ሙሉ ለሙሉ ሊወድም መቻሉን ተናግረዋል፡፡ በርካታ ሚሊዮን ብሮች የሚገመት ንብረት መውደሙን የሚናገሩት ተጎጂዎቹ፣ የነበራቸውን ሀብት በሰዓታት ልዩነት ማጣ

Human Rights Watch Condemns World Bank Actions in Ethiopia

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On 23 February 2015, Human Rights Watch released a statement calling on the World Bank to address human rights issues that were raised by an internal investigation that the bank conducted on its actions in Ethiopia. The report found numerous links between investment projects conducted by the World Bank and a number of Ethiopian government initiatives that are deemed discriminatory and counter to basic principles of human rights. Source:  unpo.org Below is an article published by  Human Rights Watch : The World Bank should fully address serious human rights issues raised by the bank’s internal investigation into a project in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the bank’s vice president for Africa. The bank’s response to the investigation findings attempts to distance the bank from the many problems confirmed by the investigation and should be revised. The World Bank board of directors is to consider the investigation report and management’s response, which inclu

ERA Awarded Mojo – Hawassa Expressway for Keangnam

The first lot for Mojo – Hawassa Expressway project, which stretches for 93 kilometers, is awarded to a South Korean construction company, Keangnam Enterprises Limited, by Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA). Workeneh, Gebehu, Ethiopia’s Minister for Transport, explained the firm won the bid for the first lot of the entire 209 kilometers. Even if Keangnam has won the bid the agreement between ERA and the company is not yet concluded. The project is going to be financed partially from a loan that will be secured from the South Korean Government. The difference will be covered by a state funding and the project is expected to commence in the current fiscal year. Upon completion a toll road is expected to connect the capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, with the capital of the State of Southern, Nations, Nationalities and Peoples. Samsun Wondimu, Public Relations Head at the Authority, explained Keangnam is going to handle the first phase of the project that stretches from Meki to