Recent World Bank Group economic update indicated a rather optimistic prospect for Ethiopian economy with projected GDP growth of 8 percent for the current FY 2018/19.
The zonal administration council of the Kaffa Zone has unanimously passed a resolution supporting the statehood of Kaffa zone on its meeting held today in the zonal capital Bonga.
Wegagen Bank has become the third private bank in the industry to gross a billion birr profit before tax following Awash and Dashen banks. Wegagen profited 1.05 billion birr before tax.
In a statement he released today at press conference held at his Office, Attorney General Birhanu Tsegaye said that suspects especially of terrorism used to be detained in ghost prisons across the country and tortured by operatives of the National Information and Security Services (NISS).
Muferiyat Kamil – the newly-appointed Minister for the newly-established Ministry of Peace – met with members of the media for a meet and greet session at her office yesterday. Muferiyat briefed reporters about the plans that her ministry is aspiring to achieve.
More than 40 former officials of the Metals and Engineering Corporation (MetEC) and members of intelligence have been detained, The Reporter has learnt.
The Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit (LRT) standard gauge network which operates on an expanse of 34 kilometers in two directions has suffered a major setback caused by inferior signaling and communication cables, apparently manufactured by the Metal Engineering Corporation (MetEC), The Reporter has learnt.
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Interview
Brian MacHarg is director of civic engagement at the Appalachian State University, where he focuses on how civic participation can promote democratic values and facilitate learning.
Sergio Pimenta is vice president of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in charge of operations in the Middle East and Africa. IFC, a private sector arm of the World Bank Group, stands as a primary development financial institution.
Keith Rockwell is Director of the Information and External Relation Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) based in Genève. Two weeks ago Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES ) in collaboration with WTO has organized a seminar on “Challenges for the Multilateral Trading System ‐ Perspectives from East Africa” which took place in Nairobi.
Mustafa Mohammed Omar is the President of the Somali Regional State. He was born in Degahabur, some 765 kilometers away from the capital of the region Jigjiga in 1973. He joined Addis Ababa University in 1991 and graduated in economics in 1995.
The tireless Ethiopian human rights activist, Obang Metho, is back in Ethiopia after almost two decades. The head of the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) has been touring the nation advocating for a slew of ideals in pursuit of a new Ethiopia.
Saad Ali Shire (PhD) was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somaliland in October 2015. Prior to his appointment he was the Minister of National Planning and Development for five years from 2012 to 2015.
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