Daily Ethiopia

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam-Dedesa-Holeta 500 KV Power Transmission Project has been signed between Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) and China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co.Itd.

A saline lake in Ethiopia that's baffled scientists by its 15-fold growth threatens to spill into the nation's longest river and damage plans by Africa's biggest coffee grower to become a commodities powerhouse.

The death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in August 2012 marked the end of an era in contemporary Ethiopian politics. After defeating the brutal Derg regime in 1991, Meles headed the powerful ruling party that led the country of more than 80 million through a massive transformation. But it is a mistake to think of his tenure as a period of one-man rule or his death as creating either a political vacuum or an opportunity for liberal reform, as power, authority and resources never rested in Meles' hands alone.

Ethiopia's plans to store 84 billion cubic metres of Blue Nile water via a new dam should not affect Egypt, says Egyptian presidency spokesperson.

Press Release: Hossana - Jhpiego-Ethiopia in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), regional health bureaus and the Ethiopian Midwives Association (EMA) with funding from UNICEF will officially inaugurate a fully-equipped basic emergency obstetric and newborn care (BEmONC) training site on April 23, 2013 at the Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Hospital in Hossana.

The privatization bid for the biggest state-owned hotel, Ghion Hotel Enterprise, once again failed to attract interested buyers on the bid opening day held on Friday. Even though the bid opening was expected to be well attended by parties interested in the acquisition of the hotel, no bid documents were submitted for Ghion when the sealed box was opened in the bid hall of the Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA).

Egypt's military, financed by the United States, has been preparing for what could be a war for control of the Nile. Western intelligence sources said the military command has urged President Mohammed Morsi for a buildup meant to block any attempt to divert the Nile.

Saudi Arabia' s Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Khalid Bin Sultan has been dismissed by a royal decree issued on Saturday, according the Saudi Press Agency which was reported by several middle-eastern websites.

Ethiopian Air Force graduates 31 military pilots in an event it had at the DebreZeit Air Force Base.

Ethiopia is a federal republic. On August 20, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died. The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) elected then deputy prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn to take Meles's place as chairman of the party. The EPRDF subsequently nominated him for the post of prime minister. On September 21, parliament elected Hailemariam as prime minister.