Daily Ethiopia

Many Eritreans who have taken refuge in Canada have complained for years that the Eritrean government has continued to try and force them to contribute to the government funds through its 2 percent ‘Diaspora tax’ and a national defence levy to the government in Asmara in addition to any taxes paid in Canada in order to be allowed to access any services from the Eritrean authorities.

The Climate Resilient Green Economy Facility (CRGEF) was launched on September 10, 2012, with the intent of supporting the government’s vision of attaining a middle income economy with low carbon growth by 2025.

Registration began on Thursday last week (September 13th) for the forthcoming elections for the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council. Polling day is October 7th.

The ruling party, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), elected Hailemariam Desalegn as the new chairman of EPRDF, who will automatically be the Prime Minister. The council also elected Demeke Mekonen chairman of the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM) as vice chairman of EPRDF. EPRDF started its regular meeting on Friday 14, September 2012, by conducting a minute of silence commemorating the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The meeting completed on Saturday September 15 elects its chairperson and his deputy.

After the failure of the Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA) to fully privatize Ghion Hotel Enterprise, the biggest state hotel, in early August, Aklile Berhan Mekonnen (Prince), who had agreed with the Agency in 2010 to manage the hotel jointly, convey his interest to initiate the deal again.

A two-day EPRDF Council meeting began today (September 14th) here in Addis Ababa. The EPRDF secretariat announced that the 180 member council will agree on a chairman and deputy-chairman for the Front following the death of Prime Minster Meles Zenawi It is also expected to decide on a number of related matters.

A spokesman for the African Union Mission in Somalia, Colonel Ali Houmed, said on Thursday that Somalia's newly elected President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has moved to the secure presidential compound following the assassination attempt at his hotel.

The government announced on Thursday (September 13th) that it is planning to establish a Petroleum Development Enterprise to develop oil and gas resources in partnership with private companies.

የአዲስ ቤቶች ልማትና አስተዳደር ኤጀንሲ በ7ኛው ዙር እጣ የወጣላቸውን 7300 ዕድለኞችን ስም ዝርዝር ይፋ አደረገ።

በታላቁ መሪ ጓድ አቶ መለስ ዜናዊ የህሊና ፀሎት መደበኛ ስራውን የጀመረው ሥራ አስፈፃሚ ኮሚቴው የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ከጫፍ ጫፍ፣ ከህፃን እስከ አዋቂ ዜና እረፍቱን ካሰማበት ዕለት ጀምሮ መሪር ሀዘኑን በመግለፅና የተጀመረውን የህዳሴ ጉዞ በየተሰማራበት ለውጤታማነት በመትጋት ለማስቀጠል ያሳየውን ቁርጠኝነት በማድነቅ ምስጋናውን አቅርቧል፡፡ የታላቁ መሪ ህልፈት ለሀገራችን፣ ለአፍሪካና ለመላው ዓለም ተራማጅ ኃይሎችና ጭቁን ህዝቦች ከፍተኛ ጉዳት መሆኑንም አመልክቷል፡፡