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02/08/07

News From Ethiopia This Week

Posted by : Mary Owlhaven in Ethiopia Adoption Blog at 10:17 pm , 459 words, 78 views
Categories: In The News

Here are some news highlights from Ethiopia this week. As always, links are only good for a few weeks, unless you subscribe to the news service.

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Ethiopia: Airline Taking Measures to Meet High Market Demand

The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa) February 7, 2007

The Ethiopian AirLines (EAL) said it has been taking various measures to meet the high market demand in air transport sector at the international level.

Chief Operation Officer Tewolde Gebre-Mariam told ENA yesterday that Ethiopian has been undertaking activities that would enable it expand its market share and become competent in the aviation industry.

Tewolde said Ethiopian has a vision to increase the annual number of passengers to three million by 2010 from the present 1.7 million.

Ethiopian currently flies to twenty-eight cities in Africa, and has increased its income around 25% in the past three years. The airline is planning to add ten more Boeing 787's by September 2008.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200702070602.html
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Ethiopia: Eye Patients Receive Ophthalmic Treatment Services

The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa) February 8, 2007

Ophthalmology Department of the Jimma University said it has provided free ophthalmic treatment services to over 3,000 eye patients admitted to Mizan Hospital over the last two weeks.

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http://allafrica.com/stories/200702080474.html

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Ethiopia: Potable Water Projects Underway

The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa) February 8, 2007

The construction of 122 potable water projects is well underway in Dembia Woreda of North Gondar Zone at a cost of six million birr, the Woreda Administrator said. Yedeme Yeshalem told ENA Tuesday that the potable water projects are being executed with the fund obtained from government and non-governmental organizations as well as with free labour and material contribution of the public.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200702080485.html

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Ethiopia: EARI Says Ethiopia Loses 200,000 Hectares Forest Annually

The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa) February 8, 2007

The Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute says Ethiopia loses up to 200,000 hectares of forest every year, and warned that if the trend continues the country would lose all of its forest resources by the year 2020. Institute Forestry development head, Dr. Alemu Gezahegn told ENA that deforestation has continued at an alarming rate in several parts of Ethiopia.

The warning was given here Monday at a day-long symposium on 'Functional Ecology and Sustainable Management of Mountain Forests in Ethiopia,' organized by the Institute in collaboration with the German Research Foundation (DFG). Dr. Alemu said the stated area of forest has been destroyed due to deforestation, select logging, and other human activities.

The Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute has begun to train farmers and offers microfinance loans to help them produce fish on reservoirs, ponds in hopes that the addition income would boost the economy and improve the lives of farmers. Currently 10,000-15,000 farmers live near small water bodies and are expected to become beneficiaries of the new technology.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200702080477.html

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Comment from: llh24 [Member]

Hello--

Here is political news from Ethiopia that I thought might be of interest--
(it is in the form of an email from the Save Nega organization):

Greetings,

It has been over a year since you first worked with the Save Nega organization to free the political prisoners being held in Ethiopia. In the subsequent months, the Meles regime continued to refuse the release of their detained political opponents. Today we urge you to once again voice your disapproval of continued US support for the human rights violations in Ethiopia by signing this petition to your Congress members. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/involved/ethiopia
Since November 2005 Dr. Berhanu Nega and his colleagues have been incarcerated in Kaliti Prison, awaiting trial. We hope our Representatives will show their disapproval of the Bush Administration's support for these unjust conditions by sending a letter from Congress to the Ethiopian government and calling for the release of the political prisoners, journalists, and human rights activists who are currently imprisoned. We need your support by February 14, 2007 for the court ruling in Ethiopia on February 19, 2007. Please ensure that your representatives understand the importance of this issue to their constituents by clicking this link.
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/involved/ethiopia
We appreciate your help as we work toward the fair treatment of our colleagues and fellow democratic advocates in Ethiopia.
Thank you sincerely for your time and assistance,

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