AllAfrica News: Ethiopia

21 februari 2019

• Managing Ethiopia's Unsettled Transition
  [ICG] Ethiopia's charismatic new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has generated great excitement with initiatives breaking with the past. But he faces challenges as formidable as his promises are bold: he urgently needs to halt communal strife, smooth the road to elections and boost the ailing economy.
• Dialogue to Accelerate CSOs' Role On Women's Health in Ethiopia
  [WHO] CSOs' had a dialogue on women's health with a theme "Meeting Women's Health Needs in Ethiopia; Challenges and Opportunities" in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 15th February 2019. The meeting was organized by the ECA, AU Department for Social Affairs and WHO, in collaboration with Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), the Ethiopian Ministries of Gender and Health, UNDP, UNICEF, UNAIDs, and UNWOMEN.
• Ethiopian Businessman Fights Fred Matiang'i Deportation Order
  [Nation] An Ethiopian businessman who was declared a prohibited immigrant by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has gone back to court seeking to reverse the decision.
• Ethiopian Teenager Breaks Decades-Old Indoor 1500m World Record
  [This is Africa] Samuel Tefera from Ethiopia has set the running world alight by breaking the 1 500m indoor world record set by Hicham El Guerrouj 22 years ago.
• Eight Former Prison Officials Charged After Deadly Qilinto Prison Fire
  [Addis Standard] The federal attorney general's office has filed charges on eight former prison officials in connection with the September 2016 deadly fire at Qilinto federal maximum security prison located in the southern outskirt of the capital Addis Abeba.
• The Sidama Quest for Self Rule Is Ripe, Smearing It Is Ineffective
  [Addis Standard] With the coming of prime minister Abiy Ahmed and his reformist agenda, a political change has been sweeping Ethiopia like never before. PM Abiy has introduced significant transformation and his reform initiatives have been gathering pace. Optimism is high in various parts of the country challenging the hitherto incompetent and impotent bureaucracy. Nonetheless, there have been visible backlashes that have challenged, and in some cases dashed, the vistas of hope and good intentions of the new prime minister
• Ethiopia, Djibouti Seal Gas Deal
  [This Day] Ethiopia and Djibouti have signed a deal to build a pipeline to transport Ethiopian gas to an export terminal in the Red Sea state, officials said.