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Inside a large ramshackle shed a struck match is held to the end of a metal pipe, and a faint blue flame springs into life. Zenebech Alemayehu smiles, puts her finger tips to her lips, then towards the flame, a symbolic kiss for her new biogas business. A single mother with a nine-year-old son to look after, Ms Zenebech, 32, recently bought a local franchise from a company called B-Energy, which aims to provide households across Ethiopia with cheap, portable biogas for cooking. The metal pipe leading into Ms Zenebech's shed comes from a 5m (16ft) long plastic tank, which is a sealed compost bag or "digester". Read more at: BBC

The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) has revoked the award given to Keangnam Enterprises Limited and has issued a re-bid for Meki- Zeway section of the Modjo- Hawassa Expressway project. The cancellation comes after a warning from the Export- Import Bank of Korea, the entity financing the road project. The project is worth USD 100 million, will be only open for bidding by Korean construction companies, according of the bid announcement published on the Ethiopian Herald on August 5. Lately, the Export- Import Bank of Korea evaluated Keangnam’s capacity in Ethiopia and suggested that ERA cancels the agreement. It was in February 2015 that ERA announced it had selected Keangnam to construct the 37 kilometer road. The road was expected to begin this budget year. Keangnam Enterprises is under investigation on suspicion of embezzlement in its country, South Korea. It allegedly misappropriated USD nine million out of the USD 31 million it received from overseas projects, which were mostly fund

By:  Big News Network.com This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 13 August 2015.  The Italian spyware firm Hacking Team took no effective action to investigate or stop reported abuses of its technology by the Ethiopian government against dissidents, Human Rights Watch said today. A comprehensive review of internal company emails leaked in July 2015 reveals that the company continued to train Ethiopian intelligence agents to hack into computers and negotiated additional contracts despite multiple reports that its services were being used to repress government critics and other independent voices.  The Italian government should investigate Hacking Team practices in Ethiopia and elsewhere with a view toward restricting sales of surveillance technology likely to facilitate human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said. "The Hacking Team emails show that the company's training and technology in Ethiopia directly contributed to human rights violations," said Cynth

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 elicit a flagrantly different response, something to the effect that the country is not making any tangible progress and that it is rather engaging in huge infrastructural projects to camouflage and mask the underlying poverty. Read more:  https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawit-ayele-haylemariam/how-real-is-the-ethiopia-_b_7985180.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc3Mjc5OTY0MjYwMTQwMTAyNTUyGjIyYzhkMDcyMWEwOWM0YjI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHJhb8MgFo2bne1RxYQEjkX43TOhw

ግንባታው እየተጠናቀቀ ያለውና 40 ሺ ሰዎችን መያዝ የሚችለው የሀዋሳ ስታዲየም የውድድሩ ድምቀት እንደሚሆን ይጠበቃል፤ 8 ኛው የፌዴራል ስፖርት ምክር ቤት መደበኛ ጉባኤ ከትናንት በስቲያ በተጠናቀቀበት ወቅት በ 2008 ዓም የሚካሄደውን የ 5 ኛውን መላ ኢትዮጵያ ጨዋታዎች እቅድ ሰነድ አጽድቋል። ውድድሩን የሀዋሳ ከተማ ታስተናግዳለች። ጉባኤው ሰነዱን ያጸደቀው ከትናንት በስቲያ በተናቀቀበት ወቅት ነው። በ 1999 ዓም የተጀመረውና ሁሉንም ክልሎች ባሳተፈ መልኩ የሚካሄደው የመላ አፍሪካ ጨዋታዎች የኦሎምፒክን ጽንሰ ሃሳብን ይከተላል። በየሁለት ዓመቱ የሚዘጋጀው ይህ ውድድር ብዛት ባለው የስፖርት ዓይነት ብዛት ያላቸውን ስፖርተኞች በማሳተፍም ይታወቃል። በ 2008 ዓ . ም የሚካሄደው የ 5 ኛው መላ ኢትዮጵያ ጨዋታም በደቡብ ብሄር ብሄረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ክልል በሃዋሳ ከተማ የሚዘጋጅ ይሆናል። የጨዋታው እቅድ ሰነድም በፌዴራል ስፖርት ኮሚሽን የስፖርት ተሳትፎና ውድድር ፌስቲቫል ዳይሬክቶሬት ዳይሬክተር አቶ ተስፋዬ በቀለ ቀርቧል። በዕቅዱም ላይ በሃዋሳ ከተማ በሚዘጋጀው ውድድር ተጫዋቾችን፣ አሰልጣኞችን፣ የቡድን መሪዎችንና ሌሎችንም ጨምሮ 4 ሺ 150 የሚሆኑ የልኡካን ቡድን አባላት ይሳተፉበታል ተብሎ ይጠበቃል። በዚህም መሰረት ከጥር 1 እስከ መጋቢት 30 ቀን 2008 ዓ . ም ድረስ ክልሎች ዝግጅታቸውንና የተጫዋቾች መረጣቸውን እንደሚጨርሱ በእቅዱ ላይ ተገልጿል። በዚህም መሰረት የክልሉ መንግስት ባለፈው ዓመት አዘጋጅ ከነበረው የኦሮሚያ ክልል መልካም ተሞክሮዎችን እንዳገኘ ተገልጿል። ክልሉ ለውድድሩ ማካሄጃ የሚያውላቸው የስፖርት ማዘውተሪያ ስፍራዎች ዝግጅት ከወዲሁ ተጀምሯል። አዲሱ የሃዋሳ ከተማ ስታዲየም፣ የደቡብ ክልል ፖሊስ ሜዳ እንዲሁም