AllAfrica News: Ethiopia

23 februari 2020

• Ababel Brihane, Brigid Kosgei Break Half Marathon World Record
  [Nation] Ethiopia's Ababel Brihane is the new world half marathon record holder.
• U.S.-Africa Relations 'Built On Trust' - Top U.S. General At Largest-Ever Gathering of Military Leaders
  [Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -Some 40 Land Forces Chiefs & Representatives from across the African continent are in attendance of the summit in Addis Abeba
• Steady, Measured Reforms Would Help Country Reach Its Potential
  [ISS] Since the early 1990s Ethiopia has experienced reduced state repression, a relatively stable political climate, and has made encouraging strides to improve the living standards of its people. Education, health, infrastructure and economic growth have all improved, especially in the past decade.
• Secretary of State Pompeo Completes Trip to Africa
  [Council on Foreign Relations] Washington, DC -Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently completed his first trip in his current role to Africa. Over three days, he visited Dakar in Senegal, Luanda in Angola, and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, where he also visited the head of the African Union. During the trip, Secretary Pompeo advocated for a stronger U.S.-Africa relationship amidst China's growing role on the continent.
• Why Has the AU Been Silent On the Nile Dam Dispute?
  [ISS] Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are currently engaged in vital talks over the dispute relating to the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile River. While non-African actors are increasingly present in the negotiations, the African Union (AU) is playing a marginal role.
• Import Substitution - What Can We Learn From East Asian Countries?
  [Reporter] "Even if they do not explicitly say it like this, it seems foreigners who come to Ethiopia [with capital] would say to the Ethiopian people as follows: the reason why we have come to Ethiopia is to take the wealth of your country. However, since the land is yours, you will not let us work on it and take what is in it. [But] if you let us [do this], we will not bring workers from our country as the cost of labor would be high. As the wages of your labor are extremely low, let you yourself do the work and gi
• Joint Force to Patrol Sudanese-Ethiopian Border
  [Radio Dabanga] Amhara -The governor of El Gedaref, Maj Gen Nasreldin Abdelgayum, visited the bordering Ethiopian region Amhara with his Security Committee to meet his Ethiopian counterpart. They agreed to patrol the border together.