የወረደ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴር...ለስም እና ጐራ የሚሰራ ሰው!በኔ ስልጣን ዘመን ethiopia and eritrea ኣስታረኩ ለማለት እሱን ተማምነው እየኖሩ ያሉ ህዝቦች የካደ ሰው[እንስሳ] ነው：：እንደዚህ ቀላል ቢሆን ለምን እስካሁን ለሱ ይጠብቅ ነበር？ወይስ እች ሃገር መንግስት ኣልነበራትም：： የቀድሞ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስተር መለስ ዘናዊ የተናገርዋት ኣንድ ነገር ኣለች ''የባድመ መሬት ለኛ ምንም ማለት ኣይደለም ሆኖም ግን ወርቅ የሆነ ህዝብ እዛ ኣለን ''' እንደዚህ ነው መሪ ማለት ህዝቡን ሚያስቀድም：：እንደማያቸው ኣገሪትዋ በወኔ እና በ ቆራጥ ኣመራር ከመምራት ይልቅ በልመና ሊመርዋት እየፈለጉ ነው：： ችግሮችን ላለመጋፈጥ እየጣሩ ነው：：ሆኖም ግን ልክ ሊወራላቸው እየፈለጉት እንዳለ ሁሉ እንደ ሚኒሊክም
በመጪው ትውልድ ሊወቀስ እንደሆነ ኣይዘንጋ：：
እሄ ግን ዘላቂ መፍትሄ ይሆናል？？？？？ እንደዚህ ኣይነት ውሳኔ ሲካሄዱ ለመጀመርያ ግዜ ኣይደለም：：ኦሮሚያ ላይም ቢጥብጥ ሲበዛበት ግዜ [ ከ adis abeba ሊዩ ሊዩ ጥቅማጥቅሞች እንዲሰጥ ተወስኖ ነበር እና ሌሎችም！እሱ እንኳ ከ ኣንዱ ኪስህ ወደ ኣንዱ ኪስህ ማለት ቢሆኒም] ግን ብጥብቱ ማቆም ኣልተቻለም ነበር：：
እንደዚህ ኣይነት ጉዳይ ከ ሱዳን እንደማይነሳስ ምን ያህል እርግጠኛ ነው？？？？ እነሱም የቆየ ጥያቄ ኣላቸው ኣደለ：：ወይስ ETHIOPIA ቆራርጦ ሊያስቀራት ነው ኣላማው!!ዘላቂ መፍትሄ ሊገኝ ሚችለው የ ኤርትራ መንግስትም ለ ኣንድነት እና እርቅ ሲያስብ እና ሲያስብ ቢቻ ነው：：እንደውም president esayas ኣምና እንደዚህ ብሎ ነበር “ ቅድምያ የ algereis agreement ይከበር ቦታቺን ይመልሱ ከዛ እናየዋለን“ ስለዚህ ሊታረቁ ነው ወይ ሚለዉም ሚታወቅ ኣይደለም：：ሰውየው ጭንቅላታቸው መጠየቅ ያለባቸው ነገር ግን ”እንደዚህ በሰዓታት ሊፈታ ሚችል ነገር ከ ሆነ ለምንድ ነው ጠ/ሚኒስቴር መለስ ዘናዊ የ 50 አመት እቅድ ሲያወጡ አንድ ቀን ያላሰቡበት？？？“ እንደዚህ ከሚያደርጉ ዪሊቅ ኢሃደግ ሲልጣን ከሚይዝ ጀምረው እስካሁን ውህንቤት እየበሰበሱ ያሉትን የ ደርግ ባለ ስልጣናትን ሚወቱበት መንገድ ኣይፈልጉም：：：：

Addis Ababa, June 7, 2018 (FBC) –The U.S. government yesterday delivered a C-130 aircraft to the Ethiopian Air Force.

U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, Michael Raynor participated in a ceremony held at Bishoftu to deliver the aircraft on behalf of the United States Government to Ethiopian Air Force Head, General Adem Mohammed.
The C-130 will further enhance Ethiopia’s capacity to play a vital role in regional peacekeeping missions, enabling Ethiopia to move humanitarian supplies where they are needed in a timely manner and protect the lives of civilians in conflict areas.
“This aircraft represents a deep bond between our two countries, and our shared pledge to play constructive leadership roles on the world stage.” said Ambassador Raynor.
“The U.S. commitment to this partnership is stronger than ever, and I look forward to building upon it in the days ahead.”
Brigadier General Deiter Bareihs of the U.S. Air Forces Europe and Africa also took part in the ceremony along with other representatives from the U.S. armed forces.
He said, “We are excited to deliver this C-130 at a time of such great optimism. This handover pays homage to our long-valued friendship and lays the foundation for new possibilities for cooperation and interoperability.”
The United States values Ethiopia’s role in peacekeeping operations and ongoing commitment as the largest contributor to UN Peacekeeping forces in the world, the US Embassy said in a statement sent to FBC.
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Addis Ababa, June 6, 2018 (FBC) -Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) has taken delivery of its 100th aircraft, Boeing 787 Dreamliner today, once again leading the way in fleet expansion and modernization in Africa.

As part of Ethiopian Corporate Social Responsibility commitments, the new aircraft has ferried medical equipment from the Seattle-based NGO, Direct Relief, to St Paulos Hospital in Addis Ababa.
The shipment includes surgical stools and other medical supplies to be used for both teaching and patient care, the airlines said in a statement to FBC.
Group CEO of Ethiopian, Tewolde Gebremariam, remarked, “It is an immense honor for all of us at Ethiopian to reach the milestone of 100 aircraft. This milestone is a continuation of our historical aviation leadership role in Africa and a testimony of the successful implementation of our fast, profitable and sustainable growth plan, Vision 2025.”
Ethiopian was the first to avail jet service in the continent back in 1962, and operated the first African B767 in 1984, the first African B777-200LR in 2010, the first African B787-800 Dreamliner and B777-200 freighter in 2012 and the first African A350 in 2016 and the first African B787-9 aircraft in 2017.
Ethiopian now operates one of the youngest and most modern 100 aircraft, with an average age of less than 5 years.
Marty Bentrott, senior vice president sales for Middle East, Turkey, Africa, Russia & Central Asia Boeing Commercial Airplanes on his part said, “The delivery of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner as Ethiopian Airlines’ 100th aircraft is a proud moment in our historic partnership.
Over the years, Ethiopian has been an aviation pioneer in Africa, flying technologically- advanced airplanes such as the Boeing 777, 787 and soon the 737 MAX as well. It's an honor to be Ethiopian Airline's partner. We are also proud to work with Ethiopian to continue a tradition of transporting humanitarian supplies on the delivery flight.”
“We are very pleased to deliver the 100th aircraft to Ethiopian Airlines, and to be a part of the airlines’ great success story,” said Aengus Kelly, CEO of AerCap.

Addis Ababa, June 6, 2018 (FBC) –Ethiopia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hirut Zemene, briefed Addis Ababa-based diplomatic community on the statement issued by Executive Committee of EPRDF on Tuesday.

The Committee decided to take the measures after realizing the importance of taking economic reforms which coincides with the economy and to spur economic growth and improve export performances, she said.
Accordingly, decision has been made to expand mixed ownership or full privatization of state-owned railway and sugar development projects, industrial parks, hotels and other manufacturing industries, the state minister told the diplomats.
The committee also put directions to privatize Ethio-telecom, Ethiopian Airlines, electric power generation projects, the Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprise, with the government having the majority stake.
After reviewing the current Ethio-Eritrea situation, the Committee decided the feud between the two countries to end and underscored the need to maintain peace between people of the two countries.
The Committee passed decisions to accept and implement the Algiers Agreement and the Ethio-Eritrea Boundary Commission’s decision for the sake of mutual benefit of the people of both countries, she stated.
The Algiers Agreement was a peace agreement between the governments of Eritrea and Ethiopia signed on December 12, 2000, at Algiers, Algeria for the formal end of Ethio-Eritrean war fought from 1998 to 2000.
 

Addis Ababa, June 6, 2018 (FBC) –Two South Africa’s firms- MTN Group and Vodacom Group-are interest in the Ethiopian telecoms market, a day after the East African country announced plans to partially liberalize its economy.

According to Reuters, South Africa’s MTN Group said on Wednesday “it was excited by the potential opening up of the Ethiopian market “as it would be a natural fit for MTN’s existing pan African footprint.”
“Ethiopia presents many exciting telecommunication opportunities and we look forward to further discussions with that nation’s authorities on potential partnerships and opportunities,” the mobile network provider told Reuters in an emailed response to questions.
Similarly, South Africa’s Vodacom Group is interested in the Ethiopian telecoms market, it said today.
“Vodacom has said on many occasions that Ethiopia is an attractive market so it follows that there would be interest. Naturally this is dependent on what might become available and if it fits within our investment parameters,” Vodacom’s spokesman said.
The Executive Committee of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) yesterday passed decision to partially liberalize the economy.
The move is aimed at attracting Ethiopian Diaspora as well as potential local and foreign investors in Ethiopia’s fast-growing economy.
The Committee decided to expand mixed ownership or full privatization of state-owned enterprises such as railway and sugar projects, industrial parks, hotels and manufacturing industries.
The Committee also put directions to privatize Ethio-telecom, Ethiopian Airlines, electric power generation projects, with the government having the majority stake.

Addis Ababa, June 6, 2018 (FBC) - The European Union expects to hit U.S. imports with additional duties from July, ratcheting up a transatlantic trade conflict after Washington imposed its own tariffs on incoming EU steel and aluminium.

EU members have given broad support to a European Commission plan to set 25 percent duties on up to 2.8 billion euros ($3.3 billion) of U.S. exports in response to what is sees as illegal U.S. action. EU exports that are now subject to U.S. tariffs are worth 6.4 billion euros.
“The Commission expects to conclude the relevant procedure in coordination with member states before the end of June so that the new duties start applying in July,” Commissioner Maros Sefcovic told a news conference on Wednesday after he and other commissioners endorsed the plan for duties on U.S. imports.
That plan also includes duties of between 10 and 50 percent on a further 3.6 billion euros of U.S. imports in March 2021 or potentially sooner if the World Trade Organization has ruled the U.S. measures illegal.
U.S. products on the list include orange juice, bourbon, jeans, motorcycles and a variety of steel products.
The European Union, Canada and Mexico have all responded after U.S. President Donald Trump last Friday ended their exemptions from tariffs of 25 percent for steel and 10 percent for aluminium.
Canada has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs on C$16.6 billion ($12.9 billion) worth of U.S. exports from July 1. Mexico put tariffs on American products ranging from steel to pork and bourbon on Tuesday
Some of the products chosen are designed to target states of senior Republicans who are seeking to retain control of both chambers of Congress in hotly contested November elections.
The European Commission launched a legal challenge against the U.S. tariffs at the World Trade Organization last Friday. It is also assessing the need for measures to prevent a surge of imports of steel and aluminium into Europe as non-EU exporters divert product initially bound for the United States.
Source: Reuters
 

Addis Ababa, June 6, 2018 (FBC) –Ethiopia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, today held talks with his Danish counterpart, Anders Samuelsen.

During the discussion, Dr Workneh briefed Samuelsen on the current developments in Ethiopia, including the lifting of the State of Emergency and decision to engage with Eritrea.
“Ethiopia wants to invest its full capacity and resources in development by resolving the years-long border dispute with Eritrea,” Dr Workneh said adding “the move is beneficial to maintain peace in the Horn of Africa.”
The Ethiopian Foreign Minister also briefed his Danish counterpart on the reforms being taken by the government to widen the political space and improve the economy. 

Danish Foreign Minister for his part commended the measures being taken by the Ethiopian government and pledged to provide the necessary support.
Ethiopia is very important for the peace and stability of the Horn of Africa and “we appreciate its efforts to bring peace in the region,” he said.
Samuelsen also invited Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed to attend the Copenhagen Climate Change summit scheduled to take place on October 2018.

Addis Ababa, June 6, 2018 (FBC) –A study is underway to import more steel products to ease supply shortage and price increase, said the Ministry of Trade (MoT) of Ethiopia.

Steel manufacturing companies said the shortage during the past 8 months led to price increase and unnecessary spending as well as caused delay in projects and also affected the economy.
Melaku Alebel, Minister of Trade said his ministry is conducting a study to identify the gap between supply and demand.
Data shows Ethiopia spent over 4.6 billion birr to import 448.7 metric tonnes of reinforcement bar in 2016 and 4.5 billion birr to import 309 metric tonnes rebar in 2017.
Once the study is completed, the government will boost the amount of steel it imports by allocating additional budget, thus helping the country to stabilize the market, he said.
In addition to improving the amount of distribution, the study would also help to fix prices in consultation with producers and importers, Melaku noted.