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Ethiopia - EPRDF gave away Ethiopia's land to Sudan

The following is a report by German Amharic Radio confirming that EPRDF gave away fertile agricultural land to Sudan.

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ቦን፧ ሱዳን ከኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት የእርሻ መሬት ስለማግኘቷ፧

የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት፧ በምዕራባዊው ኢትዮጵያ፧ ሱዳን ድንበር አካባቢ፧ የኢትዮጵያ ይዞታ የነበረ፧ መሬት ብዙዎች ባላወቁት ሁኔታ፧ ለሱዳን አስረክቧል የሚለውን ዜና፧ የሱዳን መንግሥት ባለሥልጣናት አረጋገጡ። ባለፈው ዓመት ሰኔ 26 ቀን 1999 ዓ ም፧ የምሥራቃዊው ሱዳን ጠቅላይ ግዛት ኧል ገዳሪፍ አስተዳዳሪ አብዱልራህማን ኧል ኪዲር፧ በዚያው ዕለት፧ የተሰበሰበ የሱዳንና የኢትዮጵያ የጋራ ኮሚቴ 17 የኢትዮጵያን መንደሮች ለሱዳናውያን የማስረከብ እርምጃውን ይጀመራል ሲሉ ካስታወቁ ወዲህ፧ የኢትዮጵያና የሱዳን ድንበር ጉዳይ ኮሚቴ የተሰኘ የኢትዮጵያውያን ድርጅት፧ በተደጋጋሚ የኢትዮጵያ መሬት ለባዕድ መንግሥት ሊሰጥ ነው የሚል ማስጠንቀቂያ መልእክት ሲያሰማ መቆየቱ ተመልክቷል። ኮሚቴው፧ መሬቱ ለሱዳን ተሰጥቷል ሲል ያወጣውን መግለጫ የሱዳን መንግሥት ባለሥጣናትም አረጋግጠዋል። በኢትዮጵያ የሱዳን ኤምባሲ አማካሪ ምስተር መሐመድ ሐሰን ባቢኬር፧....
«ይህ የሁለቱን አገሮች ድንበር ለማካለል፧ በመካሄድ ላይ ያለ ተግባር ነው። ግን፧ ይህ የሱዳን መንግሥት ያገኘው፧ ያተረፈው መሬት ሳይሆን፧ የሱዳን መንግሥት ቦታ የነበረ ነው። በሁለቱ አገሮች መንግሥታት መካከል ቀጣይነት ያለው የረጅም ጊዜ ድርድር ሲካሄድ ቆይቷል። እናም፧ አሁን ነው፧ ይህን ጉዳይ እልባት እንዲያገኝ ያደረጉት።«
የሱዳን ጦር ሠራዊት፧ ኢትዮጵያ ግዛት ውስጥ ገብቶ የኢትዮጵያውያንን የእርሻ መሬት፧ እንዲይዝ ተደርጓል። 30 ገደማ የሚሆኑ ኢትዮጵያውያንን፧ ሱዳኖች አሥረው መውሰዳቸው ይነገራልና፧ ለምንድነ ነው ይህን የመሰለ የኃይል እርምጃ የምትወስዱት? ተብሎ ለቀረበላቸው ጥያቄም ሲመልሱ።.....
«ይህ ሐሰት ነው። እውነት አይደለም፧ በፍጹም! መልሴ፧ በጣም ግልጽ ነው። ከኢትዮጵያ በኩል የወሰድነው እሥረኛ የለም።«

Ethiopia launches new brand to champion fine coffee export industry


Source: ENA

The Ethiopian government has launched an innovative and radical new brand management program to champion its fine coffee export industry and the nation's unique, distinctive coffees, the Ethiopian Intellectual Property office said.

The nation has launched its new coffee brand in the 20th Annual Conference of Specialty Coffee Association of America held in Minneapolis, the office told ENA in a statement.

It is the first time that an African nation has undertaken such a contemporary approach to developing its economy through brand management and it beings a new era in Africa’s economic development and independence.

Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee and exports more than 177,000 tones of coffee a year, representing about 15 percent of the world's total coffee production, it said.

However, until now, the international promotion of these famous fine coffees has not been proactively managed by Ethiopia. While coffee professionals are very conscious of Ethiopia’s distinctiveness, there is a significant opportunity to broaden consumer awareness and appreciation of coffee brands such as Yirgacehfe, Sidamo and Harar.

Leading brand specialist Brandhouse was commissioned to create a distinctive and easy-to-use brand identity system for Ethiopian Fine Coffees and for the initial trademarked fine coffee brands that will be used wherever these coffees arte distributed and sold.

The new brand identity comprises a central logo for Ethiopian Fine Coffee, which takes place its inspiration from the coffee bean itself, together with individual designs for each of the coffee designations. Licensees are required to feature Ethiopia's new brand identity in their marketing as part of their licensee agreements.

Speaking at the event Director General of the office, Getachew Mengistie said “few developing countries have realized that intellectual property plays a crucial role in income generation in the globalized economy.

Ethiopia is truly proud to be among the first to see IP management as a tool for development and poverty alleviation.

The launching of the new brand is a tribute to the coffee industry and pioneer licensees that they agree with Ethiopia and are prepared to cooperate with the nation on its mission to capture a greater share of the retail price for Ethiopian coffee farmers and coffee workers.

Crispin Reed, Managing Director of Brandhouse for his part said that “We have always known the power that great brands can have commercially, but to apply strategic and creative thinking to a project of this scale and with such social benefit is incredible"

He congratulated Ethiopia for taking such a savvy and forward thinking approach.

Ethiopia’s Trademarking and Licensing Initiative was launched in 2004. Licensing agreements are now in place with more than 70 companies in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

UK offers Ethiopia 133 million pounds to fight poverty


ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it will give Ethiopia 2.5 billion birr (133 million pounds) this year to help the Horn of Africa country try to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Some of the money will be used to send 1 million children to school and buy three million mosquito nets to prevent the spread of malaria, one of sub-Saharan Africa's biggest killers.


More from Reuters

Ethiopians pull out of Doha meet, organizers cite political tension

Source: AP

Ethiopian athletes pulled out of Friday's Doha Super Grand Prix meet because of political tension between the two countries, organizers said.

"We had prepared everything for them: the visa, the tickets and everything," said Dahlan Al-Hamad, the president of the Qatar athletics federation. "Unfortunately politics got into sports."

Last month, Ethiopia broke off diplomatic relations with Qatar, saying the energy-rich Gulf state had become a source of instability in the Horn of Africa. It cited Qatar's relations with Eritrea, which is involved in a long-standing feud with Ethiopia over their border.

Qatar said it was astonished by the diplomatic action and denied the accusations that it is hurting Ethiopia's security.

Seven Ethiopian athlete were on the starting list of Friday's meeting, including indoor world champions Deresse Mekonnen in the 1,500 meters and Tariku Bekele in the 3,000.

Al-Hamad said the IAAF world athletics federation would look into the matter.

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