Press Release from ET - Ethiopian flight ET-409 scheduled to operate from Beirut to Addis Ababa on January 25th lost contact with the Lebanese air controllers shortly after take off. The flight departed at 02:35 Lebanese time from Beirut International Airport.

Discussions and deliberations ahead of the 14th Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit are scheduled to open in Addis Ababa on Monday, with the Nineteenth Ordinary Session of the meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC).

Washington, January 21, 2010 – World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick on Tuesday starts an eight-day, three-nation Africa visit to help focus the attention of African governments, development partners and private investors on seizing the opportunity for renewed momentum in economic growth and overcoming poverty.

Stratex International Plc, the AIM-quoted mineral explorer working on world-class gold and base metal deposits in Turkey and Ethiopia, has reported further encouraging gold results from its exploration programme on the 37 sq km Shehagne Exclusive Exploration Licence in northern Ethiopia.

PR - Volvo Trucks has signed an agreement to deliver trucks to Derba Cement in Ethiopia. The customer is aiming to buy approximately 1000 trucks and an order has been placed for 550 trucks to be delivered during 2010.

A 100 million Renminbi Yuan (US$14.6 million) grant agreement on economic and technical cooperation was signed Tuesday in Addis Ababa between the People’s Republic of China and the African Union Commission.

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Clovis, CA -- Pelco management is pleased to announce that Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia - Ethiopian Airport Enterprise (EAE) - has chosen Pelco, Inc. by Schneider Electric as the provider for its digital video recording.

As the world is tuned to United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, school children and disabled youths in Ethiopia have made their last call to the seal the deal.

Company Release - Stratex International Plc, the AIM-quoted exploration and development company currently developing gold resources and exploring for world-class gold and base metal deposits in Turkey and Ethiopia, is pleased to announce a significant new gold discovery in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and the issue of a three year 1,579 km² Exclusive Exploration Licence (‘EEL').

The MIDROC Gold Company exploration effort since year 2004 in the Sakaro area has resulted in minable gold resource of 20,483 kg (20.4 ton), which is about 57% of the total gold mined at Legedembi Mine in 10 years. This new mine will be identified as Sakaro Mine, and will be the second mine that will be run by MIDROC Gold. With the start up of the Sakaro mine and the continued operation of the Legedembi Mine, MIDROC Gold's operation in the area will extend by 12 years till year 2021.