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Uganda rebuffed Egyptian delegation | Update on Ethiopia’s Grand Millennium dam

The 40 man strong delegation that Egypt sent to Uganda failed to convince Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The delegation consisted,…

Friday, April 8, 2011 @ 5:56 am

[Updated with PM Meles Zenawi speech on the occasion.] Ethiopia officially launched the 'Millennium Hydropower plant', this morning on Nile…

Saturday, April 2, 2011 @ 5:05 pm

Ethiopian Premier Meles Zenawi told, to some 600 delegates, including about 60 African minister, that: the neo-liberal paradigm has got…

Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 5:02 am

Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJP, a.k.a. Andinet) confirmed Bertukan Mideksa resigned from her post as chairman of the…

Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 4:03 am

The opposition party Ethiopian Democrats Party (EDP) installed a new leadership last week. In its 5th party Congress held from…

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 6:19 am

Former President of Addis Ababa University, Professor Andreas Eshete, appointed as Advisor to the PM, Minister without portfolio. It has…

Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 3:40 am

Last January, a week or two after the announcement of the price ceilings on a dozen of food and other…

Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 1:34 am

This is a scanned image of a letter allegedly written by the President of Ethiopia and it has been circulated…

Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 12:34 am

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt issued a new statement, titled ‘Constitutional Proclamation’, on Sunday. Accordingly: The…

Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 10:32 pm

There were developments after my previous post of President Mubarak’s resignation and the 2nd Communiqué from Egypt Army. Later on…

Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 5:56 am