Flag Day in Ethiopia

For the third consecutive year, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) celebrates Flag Day, on 20 September 2010. The events of the day are centred around the laying of a founding stone of the newly established Flag Square in...

Ethiopian cracks down on private higher education

The Ethiopia government has banned distance learning and has stopped private universities from granting degrees in law and education. Universities with off-campus learning schemes have been ordered to stop registering students immediately and legal and educational teaching will now only...

Conference in Addis Ababa on journalists’ safety

The safety and protection of journalists working in countries in Africa is one of the topics being discussed at the meeting of international journalists in Addis Ababa on 1-3 September at the African Union commission headquarters in the Ethiopian capital....

Breakthrough Fossil Find in Ethiopia

A breakthrough discovery in Dikika, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, has provided unambiguous proof that our ancestors were capable of using stone implements to butcher meat 3.4 million years ago, some 800,000 years earlier than previously realised. The...

Honorary doctorate for Ethiopia’s Catherine Hamlin

The Australian doctor Catherine Hamlin has been awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Addis Ababa University (AAU) for her work in Ethiopia with women suffering from fistula injuries due to obstructed labour. The obstetrician-gynaecologist collected her degree at a special...

Ethiopia gets new telephone directory

State telecommunications provider Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC) has finally launched its 2009 telephone directory over a year behind schedule due to contractual problems with the publisher. The new directory, published by Africa Phone Books, comprises 100,000 print copies – 70,000...

Ethiopia examines wind power project

State electricity company Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is considering an ambitious proposal for the construction of a 300 MW wind farm in eastern Ethiopia near the Djibouti border, the English-language business weekly Capital Ethiopia reports. The so-called Ayisha Wind Power...

Ancient Ethiopian Garima Gospels restored

British and French specialists working at a remote monastery in Ethiopia have helped restore what could be among the oldest surviving illustrated Christian manuscripts, the June 2010 issue of The Art Newspaper reports. The experts’ work has centred on the Garima...

Quality Ethiopian coffee

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), the only regulated commodities market in the country, has adopted the Q Coffee Quality Certification System to grade specialty coffee consignments for export as part of efforts to improve access for sellers to international markets....

New guide for Ethiopian exporters

Ethiopia’s chamber of commerce is preparing a guide for exporters in the country to reflect new national and international export regulations and procedures. The 155-page guide in Amharic and English replaces an earlier edition published ten years ago and is...