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Ambasciata d’Italia ad Addis Abeba
SERVIZIO NEWS
14.04.2015
1Contents
ETHIOPIA
Padiglione Italiano A lle Prossime Fiere A grex E Hotelshow Di A ddis A beba ...........................4
Ethiopia n A mong The Top 10 Most Dependable A irlines In The World ....................................5
Border Crossing Between Sudan A nd Ethiopia To Be Opened...................................................6
Ethiopia, Djibouti Lay A Founding Stone For The Construction Of Center For Afars’ Culture,
Language ....................................................................................................................................7
London Miner Kefi Signs Gold, Silver Mine Deal In Ethiopia .....................................................8
Testing Ride Of Light Railway Continue s In Ethiopia ................................................................9
A ngola, Ethiopia Seeking New A reas For Cooperation ........................................................... 10
Ethiopia : Construction Completed On Roa d Connecting Dolobay A nd Doloado In Somali
Region ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Ethiopia’s Credit Rating Ke pt A t B By Fitch Ratings ............................................................... 12
SOUTH SUDA N
South Suda nese President Sacks Interior Minister, Governor ............................................... 13
DJIBOUTI
Mise En Œuvre De L’accord-Cadre Entre Le Gouvernement Et L’opposition : « Nous Somme s
En Bonne Voie « , Declare M. Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh........................................................... 14
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3ETHIOPIA
PADIGLIONE ITALIANO ALLE PROSSIME FIER E AGREX E HOTELSHOW DI ADDIS
ABEBA
4ETHIOPIAN AMONG THE TOP 10 MOST DEPENDABLE AIRLINES IN THE WORLD
Ethiopia n A irlines among rank ed as the 6th most Ethiopian Airlines
the top 10 most dependable airlines in the Fleet size: 76
dependable airlines in the world. Number of destinations: 101+
world. Ethiopian flies to more On-time percentage: 71%
destinations in Africa than any Av erage age of fleet: 7 y ears
(13.04.2015 – WIC) other airline in the world and it Africa's largest and most
is Africa's dominant airline in profitable airline has been in
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's Asia, fly ing to 21 cities in Asia rapid expansion mode to
largest and most profitable including the Middle East and capture the hot Africa-Asia
airline has been rank ed as the Gulf. mark et.
6th most dependable airline in The most dependable airline in Ethiopia is building a massiv e
the world according to CBS the rank ing is Qatar Airway s airport to house the airline's
news. With a fleet size of 76 followed by Emirates and China home base. The country is
aircraft and more than 100 Eastern. Singapore Airlines is look ing to shed its image of
destinations, 81 of them rank ed 4th and China Southern famine and pov erty , and
internationally . Airlines 5th. You can see the showcase its booming
Ethiopia's flag carrier has an complete list on CBS news. economy .
on-time record of 71% and is
5BORDER CROSSING BETWEEN SUDAN AND ETHIOPIA TO BE OPENED
The final arrangements for representativ es from the passenger transport
the opening of Gala bat- ministry , Department of agreement, which was signed
Matamma border crossing Passports. in December 2013 with
between Sudan and Ethiopia, and approv ed by the
Ethiopia will be made this He stressed the need to Council of Ministers," Hamid
A pril. integrate the roles for the said.
extension of the state's
(13.04.2015 – WIC) prestige and coordinate efforts Galabat - Matama crossing is
to rev erse the bright face of one of the most important
Sudan and prov ide excellent strategic crossings for its
State Minister at the Ministry of serv ice. economic and political
Transport, Sirajuddin Ali Hamid importance of the two
said the competent authorities "The crossing comes in countries.
held a meeting that included implementation of the
6ETHIOPIA, DJIBOUTI LAY A FOUNDING STONE FOR THE CONSTR UCTION OF
CENTER FOR AFARS’ CULTURE, LANGUAGE
The Djiboutian delegation came
A s there is nothing that to Ethiopian Afar region to put In his v isit to Mogadishu last
differs Ethiopian and the first stone for the month accompany ing president
Djiboutian A fars, they have establishing the Center for Gelle while putting down the
to work together in keeping Afars’ Language and Culture in cornerstone for the founding of
and maintaining their Samara. the Somali Regional Academic,
language and culture, the Minister praised Afar
Ministery of Culture & The minister also emphasized people for k eeping their
Muslim affairs of Djibouti that he project will contribute a beautiful tradition no matter
said. significant role in k eeping, how mobile they are.
dev eloping and maintaining the
(12.04.2015 – WIC) Afar language and culture. “No matter where y ou reside,
”We are committed to either in Ethiopia or in Djibouti,
In his speech while lay ing the strengthen our Culture, you are the great people called
first founding stone for the Language and treasure for the Afar so y ou should be proud to
construction of center for the v ery fact that it is our own k eep the good culture of liv ing
Language and culture of the asset, he said, adding that on peacefully with one another,
people of Afar in Samara, the Djiboutian side President Dr. respecting your gov ernments,
minister H.E. Aden Hassan Ismail Omar Gelle has v owed and sharing y our qualities
Aden said that the two Afars to k eep and maintain the Afar positiv ely with in the other
are Afars at the end so they and Somali languages. communities,’ Mr. Aden
should treasured their Culture He said, “Here we came to our Hassan added.
and Language. sister Country , Ethiopia, and
we are glad to share the
foundation of this center”.
7LONDON MINER KEFI SIGNS GOLD, SILVER MINE DEAL IN ETHIOPIA
company said it aimed to national economy , especially in
London-listed miner KEFI produce 28.6 tonnes of gold foreign currency ," Mines
Minerals signed a deal with ov er 11 y ears. Minister Tolesa Shagi said,
the Ethiopia n government "Production will be in 2017, adding he expected the firm to
on Monday to mine for gold and 2016 will be the y ear of deliv er rev enues of $1.6 billion
and silver in the west of the construction," KEFI Chairman to the state ov er 11 y ears.
Horn of A frica country. Harry Anagnostaras-Adams Tulu Kapi will be Ethiopia's
said at the signing ceremony in second mine after Lege Dembi,
(14.04.2015 – WIC) the Ethiopian capital. which is in the Adola gold belt
Gold is Ethiopia's second- about 300 k m (186 miles)
KEFI took ov er exploration largest export rev enue southeast of Addis Ababa. The
rights for the Tulu Kapi project generator after coffee and mine is run by Midroc, a firm
in the Oromia region from earned an av erage of $450 owned by Saudi-Ethiopia
Australia's Ny ota Minerals Ltd . million (306 million pounds) to businessman Mohammed al-
Under the 20-y ear agreement, $500 million a y ear for the past Amoudi.
KEFI plans to mine for both fiv e y ears.
gold and silv er ov er an area of "We hope this mining of gold
7 square k ilometres. The and silv er will contribute to our .
8TESTING R IDE OF LIGHT RAILWAY CONTINUES IN ETHIOPIA
south section of the corridor trials with excitement.
Test riding of the A ddis and this will be extended in “You can ev en witness when
A baba light railway, which the upcoming day s following we driv e this, when we do this
was launched on Feb. 1 this the temporary power supply trial ride, you can see the
year, has been going on connection to the west and to public outside of the line is just
without any technical the north corridors of the light watching with excitement and
problem, said Behailu rail lines,” he said. just tak ing pictures and so on,”
Sintayehu, Project Manager Ask ed about any problem he noted.
of the A ddis A baba Light during the testing of the Speak ing at the official launch
Railway Transit Project. railway , the project manager of testing the rail in February ,
responded say ing, “There is no Prime Minister Hailemariam
(14.04.2015 – WIC) any technical or major problem Desalegn of Ethiopia hailed the
happened during the trial test.” project’ s contribution not only
The project manager on He also stated that the light rail to the transportation in Addis
Sunday told reporters of local sy stem is expected to be Ababa but also to technology
and international media, who connected to the national grid and sk ill transfer in the
were on board of a testing ride with a dedicated line for power country .
on the 9 k m distance between consumption, and no power The 475-million-dollar
Kality and Mesk el Square in the fluctuation will be at the time electrified railway project, with
south section of the corridor. when the project goes fully two lines of total length of 32
Sintay ehu said the testing ride operational. k m, is being contracted by the
of the rails, which is being The light railway transit is China Railway Group Limited
underway in the south section, designed to solv e the (CREC) in the capital of the
would be extended to the west transportation problem in the East African nation.
and north corridors in corridors where the project is The Addis Ababa light railway
upcoming day s. under construction, he said. is one of Ethiopia’s mega
“This is one of the test rides we With regard to the enthusiasm dev elopment projects in the
hav e among the many rides of the public, the project country ’s fiv e-y ear growth and
before; since Feb. 1, 2015, this manager said the public by the transformation plan, which
trial ride is undergoing in the lines of the rails is watching the ends this y ear. (Xinhua)
9ANGOLA, ETHIOPIA SEEKING NEW AREAS FOR COOPERATION
A ngola and Ethiopia are The v isiting minister said that
reportedly seeking new The message was deliv ered by in addition to the presence of
areas for cooperation in the Ethiopian Minister of the Ethiopian airlines in Angola,
view of the requirements of Federal Affairs, Shiferaw the two countries' gov ernments
Pan-A fricanism. Tek lemariam, during an are seek ing new areas for
audience granted to him by the cooperation, in v iew of the
(14.04.2015 – WIC) Angolan official. Speak ing to requirements of Panafricanism.
the press at the end of the
This was rev ealed after audience, Hailemariam Angola and Ethiopia enjoy
Ethiopia Prime Minister Desalegn's env oy stressed the strong ties of friendship that
Hailemariam Desalegn sent wish of his country to hav e the dates back to the day s before
message to Angolan v ice relations with Angola the independence of the
president Manuel Domingos reinforced. former, on 11 Nov ember 1975.
Vicente last Friday , according (Allafrica)
to Allafrica.com.
10ETHIOPIA: CONSTR UCTION COMPLETED ON ROAD CONNECTING DOLOBA Y AND
DOLOADO IN SOMALI REGION
ERA disclosed that new This locality has now standard
The road which was built to technology had been used to grav el road.
connect Dolobay and div ert Genale Riv er when a Pan African Consultancy and
Dolado in Somali Re gion bridge ov er it is constructed, Transnational Engineers carried
with Birr 405 million had which is 136 meters long as out the consultation and
started its operation, part of this road. superv ision work s and Macro
according to Ethiopian The bridge will shorten the General Consulting constructed
Road A uthority (ERA). length of the prev ious road by the road. All the participant
12 to 14 k ilometers, according companies are indigenous.
(14.04.2015 – WIC) to The Ethiopian Herald. The cost was fully cov ered by
Ethiopian gov ernment
.
11ETHIOPIA’S CREDIT RATING KEPT AT B BY FITCH RATINGS
Fitch Ratings had rated Eurobonds with a coupon of “The authorities expect this
Ethiopia’s credit and kept it 6.625 percent to European and debt to be repaid from
at a “highly speculative” B American inv estors. The commercial receipts, but Fitch
expecting the government gov ernment expressed the v iews this as a rising
to meet its fiscal deficit proceeds would be spent on contingent liability for the
target of 2.9 percent of infrastructure projects. gov ernment for which data
gross domestic product in International monetary Fund av ailability remains limited,” it
2015, Bloomberg reported. data shows, the Ethiopian said.
economy has grew faster other Ethiopia has borrowed a great
(13.04.2015 – 2Merkato) than any African country , a deal both at home and
decade ago, at an av erage of ov erseas for current projects
The company disclosed in its 10.9 percent increased by lik e Africa’s largest power plant
statement on April 10, 2015 expenditure on infrastructure. and a Chinese-built railway
that the expansion in the fiscal Public debt may rise to 27.1 along the main trade route to
y ear which completes on July 7 percent of gross domestic Djibouti during the 5-y ear
will possibly fall in the nine to product from 26 percent the growth plan which ends this
ten percent range, down from y ear before, mostly on y ear.
an av erage 10.2 percent in the concessional terms and thus at Fitch indicated this y ear’s
past fiv e y ears. “moderate” risk of current account deficit is
Standard & poor’s and Fitch sustainability in the short-to- anticipated to be 7.6 percent
assigned Ethiopia B, where medium-term, Fitch told. within “limited” signals of
Moody rates it B 1 in its first State-owned enterprises had a branched out exports and slow-
rating in May . The B rating loan from 22 percent of output mov ing foreign direct
from Fitch signifies”that in June compared to 12.1 inv estment. IMF said it
material default risk is present, percent in 2010, such entities anticipated last y ear’s current-
but limited margin of safety are lik e the Railway s account deficit to be 7.1
remains,” according to its Corporation and Sugar percent. Fitch also noted
website. Corporation increasingly foreign currency reserv es will
Ethiopia sold its first sov ereign- borrowing ov erseas on non- possibly remain tight and
debt offering in December concessional terms, the external debt continues to
worth USD 1 billion of 10-y ear company reported. increase in the “coming y ears”.
12SOUTH SUDA N
SOUTH SUDA NESE PRESIDENT SACKS INTERIOR MINISTER, GOVER NOR
South Sudan’s president, Meanwhile, unk nown gunmen motiv e being the officers’
Salva Kiir has issued shot and k illed two officers k illings.
decrees sacking interior from the presidential protection
minister, A leu A yieny A leu unit just hours before the new GOVERNOR’S WOES
and Northern Bahr el decree was read. Its now clear Kuel was impeached by
Ghazal’s caretaker of the interior minister’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state
governor, Kuel A guer Kuel. sack ing was link ed to the k illing lawmak ers in February for
of the officers, who are y et to charges, including
(13.04.2015 – Sudan be identified. misappropriations of funds and
Tribune) Ateny Wek Ateny , the abuse of office, a charge he
spok esperson for the denies.
According to the decree, the presidency , confirmed He instead accused his
deputy gov ernor, Salv a Chol Monday ’s incident. predecessor and current chief
Ay at replaces Kuel while the of army staff, General Paul
interior minister’s position “The wild announcement on Malong Awan, of opposing his
remained unoccupied social media that the shooting mov e to fight corruption
The decrees, read on the state- occurred in the presidential through introducing new
owned SSTV, did not giv e palace are not correct,” Ateny regulations.
reasons for these changes. told Sudan Tribune by phone. The caretak er gov ernor
A former deputy minister of “The two security guards were remained in Juba since his
interior in the Sudanese k illed while off duty in Nimera impeachment and recently
gov ernment, Aleu was Talata, v ery far from the blamed President Kiir’s office
appointed South Sudan’s presidential palace,” he added. for allegedly block ing him from
interior minister in July 2013. meeting the South Sudan
Police hav e reportedly leader.
launched inv estigations into the
13DJIBOUTI.
MISE EN ŒUVRE DE L’ACCORD-CADRE ENTRE LE GOUVER NEM ENT ET
L’OPPOSITION : « NOUS SOMMES EN BONNE VOIE « , DECLARE M. ILYAS
MOUSSA DAWALEH
l’USN (opposition), selon lequel Dawaleh a ensuite énuméré «
Le ministre de l’Economie la partie gouv ernementale les mesures entérinées par le
et des Finances et par serait en train de tergiv erser gouv ernement qui, depuis la
ailleurs secrétaire général afin de se soustraire aux signature de l’accord-cadre, ne
du RPP, M. Ilyas M oussa obligations de l’accord-cadre cesse de multiplier les
Dawaleh, a fait hier une signé le 30 décembre dernier. initiativ es dans l’unique souci
mise au point sur les ondes d’instaurer un climat de
de la « Voix de l’A mérique «La campagne de confiance propice au consensus
». A u cours de cette sortie désinformation à laquelle se et au respect mutuel. »
médiatique, il a énuméré liv re M. Daher Ahmed Farah v ia
les mesures entérinées par les médias étrangers n’engage « Il en v a ainsi, a-t-il dit, de
le gouvernement qui, que lui-même, mais je tiens à l’approbation la semaine
depuis la signa ture de dire que les parties prenantes dernière par le Conseil de
l’accord-cadre, ne cesse de [gouv ernement et opposition] ministres d’un projet d’amnistie
multiplier les initiatives trav aillent main dans la main v isant à supprimer les
dans l’unique souci pour traduire dans les faits les condamnations prononcées
d’instaurer un climat de engagements pris dans le contre les trois cheick s qui ont
confiance propice au cadre de cet accord », a été relâchés. »
consensus et au respect déclaré M. Ily as Moussa
mutuel. Dawaleh. Ily as Moussa Dawaleh a
également cité « le v ersement
(14.04.2015 – La Nation) « Les principaux responsables en partie des rémunérations
de l’USN dont M. Ahmed des députés issus des rangs de
Dans une interv iew accordée Youssouf Houmed qui en est le l’opposition qui, en dépit de
hier au serv ice somali de la « président sont en contact leur refus de siéger au
Voix de l’Amérique », le permanent av ec le Premier parlement pendant plus de 22
ministre de l’Economie et des ministre, M. Abdoulk ader Kamil mois, sont traités sur le même
Finances et par ailleurs Mohamed, av ec lequel ils ont pied d’égalité que leurs
secrétaire général du RPP, M. une réunion de trav ail chaque collègues de la majorité. » «
Ily as Moussa Dawaleh, a rejeté semaine », a-t-il ajouté. C’est le président de la
les allégations de M. Daher République, Ismaïl Omar
Ahmed Farah, porte-parole de Guelleh, qui en a décidé ainsi
14», a-t-il rappelé, av ant général du RPP a reconnu dans le cadre de ces
d’ajouter qu’il s’agit là d’une « cependant que certaines négociations démontrent
preuv e tangible de sa politique clauses de l’accord-cadre ne clairement que nous sommes
d’ouv erture v isant à susciter le sont pas encore entrées en en bonne voie concernant la
progrès démocratique et à application. « Cela ne saurait mise en œuv re de l’accord-
priv ilégier encore et toujours la tarder », a-t-il estimé, car les cadre conclu le 30 décembre
voie du dialogue pour résoudre négociations amorcées à cet entre le gouv ernement et
nos différends. » effet par les deux parties se l’opposition », a indiqué enfin
poursuiv ent et v ont bientôt M. Ily as Moussa Dawaleh.
Le ministre de l’Economie et déboucher. » « Les av ancées
des Finances et secrétaire enregistrées d’ores et déjà
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