AllAfrica News: Ethiopia

18 januari 2020

• A New Nature-Based Food and Land Use Economy
  [WRI] "All my kids can go to school now, whereas before I might only have been able to send one" reports Balaynesh Kasa, a farmer in Debre Yakob Watershed, close to Bahir Dar town, in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, and mother to four children.
• Kipchoge, Bekele Renew Rivalry in London
  [Capital FM] Nairobi -The gladiatorial match-up the whole world has been waiting for - Eliud Kipchoge versus Kenenisa Bekele - is on and will take place on 26 April at the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon.
• Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan Make Slow Progress in Nile Dam Row
  [Deutsche Welle] The three countries have agreed the filling of the Nile dam should start in the wet season and proceed in stages. But they have delayed making a final agreement until later in January.
• Electoral Agency Sets Tentative Date for Elections
  [Nation] Ethiopia's upcoming general election will probably be held on August 16, the electoral agency said on Wednesday,
• Despite Trump's Urging, Egypt, Ethiopia Still Deadlocked on Nile Dam
  [VOA] Washington -The latest talks hosted by the U.S. Treasury produced some progress but failed to achieve a comprehensive agreement on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
• Joint Statement on Negotiations Over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
  [U.S. Treasury] Washington, DC -The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Water Resources of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan and their delegations met with the Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the World Bank, participating as observers, in Washington, D.C. on January 13-15, 2020.
• Banks Use Prizes As Magnet for Forex Mobilisation
  [Addis Fortune] More and more banks are offering lotteries that bestow prizes on customers who bring in forex through remittances. Some banking customers say they look forward to the annual or seasonal raffles, but other banks and experts fail to see the strategy doing much to ameliorate the forex crunch, reports TEMESGEN MULUGETA, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER.