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Contents ETHIOPIA

World Bank approves $300 mln credit to improve urban transport systems in Ethiopia ......................................................................................................... 2

Kebri Dehar int’l airport inaugurated................................................................ 4

Sheep, goat meat export generates $80 mln in 10 months .................................. 5

Ethiopia: Engine Manufacturing Plant in Tigray to Launch Trial Production ......... 6

Council of Ministers proposes over 274 billion Birr ($13 billion) for 2016/17 fiscal year ...................................................................................................... 7

SOUTH SUDAN

Sudan and S. Sudan agree to activate the buffer zone ........................................ 8

DJIBOUTI

Djibouti : Création d’emplois et amélioration et des revenus............................ 10

EVENTS

Concerto – Saba Anglana................................................................................ 13

Concorso ippico - 12 giugno 2016 ..........................................................................14

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World Bank approves $300 mln credit to improve urban transport

systems in Ethiopia

The Worl

d Bank

Board of Executive Directors on Friday approved a 300 million US dollars International Development Association (IDA) credit to improve mobility along selected corridors in Addis Ababa and the effectiveness of road safety compliance systems throughout Ethiopia.

(06.06.2016 – FBC)

According to a press release

issued by the Bank, the project

aims to improve mobility in

Addis Ababa and road safety

countrywide. This will involve expanding

the existing traffic signal and

control systems in Addis

Ababa and improving the

conditions on selected streets for pedestrians, modernize the

operations of Anbessa City

Bus Enterprise, build the

operational and managerial

capacity and efficiency of

urban transport agencies in

dealing with urbanization and

transportation and support the

adoption of best practice

methods of driver training and

testing, as well as establishing

a secure database for driver

and vehicle licensing country-

wide. “By helping to ease traffic

congestion and develop a

modern public transport

system, this project will enable

Addis Ababa to remain a great

city in which to live and to do

business,” said Carolyn Turk,

World Bank Country Director

for Ethiopia. “Expanding the

current traffic signal and

control systems and providing

pedestrians amenities and

modernizing vehicle and driver licensing systems will

improve road safety.” “With this project, the process

of reforming the urban

transport sub-sector has just

begun, and its success will

require the support by all

Ethiopians” said Josphat

Sasia, the project’s Task Team

Leader. “The inclusion of the

improvement of public bus

transport operations that move

over 600,000 passengers daily

will relieve the worsening

traffic congestion that may

render urban areas unsuitable

as business destinations. The Transport Systems

Improvement Project

comprises of the following

components: Traffic

Management and Road Safety

in the City of Addis Ababa

($190.10 million),

improvement of Integrated

Urban Planning and Transport

System ($2.80 million), and

Road Safety Interventions and

Institutional Strengthening of

Selected Federal Transport

Institutions ($107.10 million). The improvement of selected

streets through providing pedestrian amenities and

safety, sidewalks, street

lighting, bus stops and

development of a parking

strategy bring solace to the

pedestrians who account for

54 percent of all trips” said

Haileyesus Adamtei, the

Project’s Co-Task Team

Leader. “Adopting best

practice methods of driver

training and testing, and

establishing a secure database


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for driver and vehicle

licensing country-wide

making it difficult to falsify

associated documents will

improve road safety.”

The World Bank’s

International Development

Association (IDA), established

in 1960, and helps the world’s

poorest countries by providing

grants and low to zero-interest

loans for projects and

programs that boost economic

growth, reduce poverty, and

improve poor people’s lives.


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Kebri Dehar int’l airport inaugurated

Kebri Dehar international airport built in the Ethiopian Somali regional state at a cost of more than half a billion birr inaugurated today.

(04.06.2016 – FBC)

The airport was

inaugurated by Dr

Debretsion

Gebremichael, Deputy

Prime Minister for

Finance and Economic

Cluster and Minister of

Communication and

Information

Technology, along with

Dr Workneh Gebeyehu,

Minister of Transport,

and Abdi Mohammed,

Chief Administrator of

the state.

“The airport is a

development project

which was achieved by

the sacrifice paid by

residents of the

regional state,” said Dr

Debretsion at the

inaugural ceremony.

"It is also part of

Ethiopia’s plan to

improve the aviation

industry in the second

Growth and

Transformation Plan

(GTP-II) period," he

added.

Abdi Mohammed, Chief

Administrator of the

regional state, said the

airport helps to

improve investment and

tourist flow to the

region.

The modern and

international Kebri

Dehar airport can

accommodate modern

jet airplanes, including

Boeing 737, according

to Wondim Teklu,

Public Relations

Director at the

Ethiopian Airports

Enterprise (EAE).


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Sheep, goat meat export generates $80 mln in 10 months

Sheep, goat meat export generates $80 mln in 10 months

(04.06.2016 – FBC)

Sheep and goat meat export during the past ten months has generated 80 million US dollars, according the Ethiopian Meat Producer-Exporters Association (EMPEA).

The revenue was obtained from 15, 500

tonnes of meat exported to the Middle East countries, said Abebaw Mekonnen, Secretary General of EMPEA.

The income made in the reported period increased by 4 million US dollars compared to the 76 million US dollars secured the same period the previous year from the export of 15, 400 tonnes of meat, he stated.

EMPEA is currently exporting 50 tonnes of meat in a day on average and is also working to increase the export volume to 80 tonnes in connection with the upcoming Ramadan, a holy month of fasting and prayer.

Established in August 2004, the Ethiopian Meat Producer-Exporters Association currently has 11 members, all of whom have their own export abattoirs.


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Ethiopia: Engine Manufacturing Plant in Tigray to Launch Trial

Production

Engine manufacturing plant found in Tigray State of Ethiopia is said to launch trial production of engines. Such was disclosed by Major Assefa Yohannes, General Manager of the Ethiopian Power Engineering Industry.

(02.06.2016 – 2Merkato)

The manufacturing

plant found in the

capital of Tigray State,

Mekelle, has the

capacity to manufacture

light, medium as well as

heavy engines.

Commenting on the

development the

General Manager said

the engine plant was

designed to supply

20,000 different types

of engines locally and

internationally. The

engines would offer

alternative source of

power, he added.

The plant, other than

manufacturing engines,

it will also repair old

engines, manufacture

light generators and

water pumps. In

addition to these, the

plant will in the near

future start

manufacturing radiators

and also intend to

produce jet aircraft

engines.


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Council of Ministers proposes over 274 billion Birr ($13 billion) for

2016/17 fiscal year

The Council of Minister has proposed over 274 billion Birr ($13 billion) budget for the 2016/17 fiscal year. The budget approved for the stated period has shown a 13.3 percent increase as compared to that of the just-ending Ethiopian budget year.

(04.06.2016 – ENA)

The draft budget which

is to be endorsed by the

House of People’s

Representatives was

released at the 14th

regular session of the

Council. The budget

allotted for regular

expenses is 68.79

billion Birr; 105.7

billion Birr is allocated

for capital expenses,

87.87 billion birr for

subsidy to regional

states, and 12 billion

Birr for sustainable

development. The

budget is derived from

the medium term

macroeconomic fiscal

framework endorsed for

the Ethiopian fiscal

years 2009-2013, it was

indicated. The council

has urged stakeholders

to utilize the budget for

the allotted purpose in

keeping with the law

and economically. On

the other hand, the

council has agreed to

the proposal to increase

the capital of Ethiopian

Airlines to 60 billion

Birr so that it could

meet the stiff

competition in the

industry, the release

stated.


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Sudan and S. Sudan agree to activate the buffer zone

Sudan and South Sudan Sunday signed a series of security agreements, including immediate re-deployment of joint military forces along the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone (SDBZ), and approved a plan to stop supporting and harbouring rebels as well as open the crossings points.

(06.06.2016 – Sudan Tribune)

The Joint Political and

Security Committee

(JPSC), co-chaired by the

defence ministers, held

a six-hour meeting in

Khartoum to discuss the

activation of the

security arrangements

agreed in September

2012.

On 14 October 2015,

South Sudan’s defence

minister Kuol Manyang

Juuk and his Sudanese

counterpart Mohamed

Ahmed Ibn Ouf signed

an agreement to

operationalize the

buffer zone between the

two countries.

But the JPSC meetings

to decide the effective

activation were

adjourned several times

due to the security

situation in South

Sudan.

In press statements

after the meeting,

Sudan’s Foreign

Minister Ibrahim

Ghandour told reporters

that the JPSC agreed to

enforce all the

concluded agreements

on the buffer zone,

flexible border and to

stop supporting rebel

groups.

"With regard to the

support of rebel groups,

specifics will be

enforced by the

concerned security

services of both

countries".

After the signing of the

Cooperation Agreement,

the two countries had

already deployed the

Joint Border Verification

and Monitoring Mission

(JBVMM). But on 22

November 2013, Juba

stopped the operation,

fearing that

delimitation of the

centreline, which

passes through

contested areas, may be

seen as final location of

the boundary.

Juuk, who led the South

Sudanese delegation,

said the meeting ended

by agreeing to

implement the joint

cooperation agreements

signed since 27

September 2012.

The two governments,

he added, will

immediately start

enforcing the agreed

decisions.

He further stressed the

need to reach


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negotiated solutions to

end tensions on the

border areas.

"The rebel movements

are a reality and their

problem must be solved

so that peace will

prevail between the two

countries," said Juuk

adding "This problem

will be resolved soon.".

South Sudanese

officials, on several

occasions, proposed to

mediate the conflict

with their former

comrades of the SPLM-

North in the Blue Nile

and South Kordofan,

but Khartoum rejected

this proposition saying

they are party and

cannot be a mediator.

Among the signed

documents, the parties

agreed to send separate

reports to the United

Nations Interim Security

Force for Abyei (UNISFA)

which will participate in

the JBVMM and the

African Union High-

Level Implementation

Panel (AUHIP) which

brokered the deal.

They also agreed that

the border crossing

point committee will

meet in Juba within the

next two week to

determine the dates and

procedures for the

opening of the 10

points. They will also

demand the African

Union to send the

needed technical teams

to implement the deal .

They also agreed to

establish three

consulates on the

demilitarised border

areas.

The meeting also agreed

to task a joint

committee headed by

the directors of

intelligence services

with the file of the

disputed areas. In

addition, with regard to

the committee of

disputed 14 Mile, it was

decided to task the

chiefs of general staffs

in the two countries

with its chairmanship.

It goes without saying

that this measure aims

to the Dinka Malual and

the South Sudanese

People Liberation Army

(SPLA) Chief of General

Staff, Paul Malong Awan

who convinced

President Salva Kiir in

November 2013 to stop

the operation on the

ground that it would

enable Sudan to pretend

in the future to the

ownership of the

disputed areas.


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Djibouti : Création d’emplois et amélioration et des

revenus

Le Conseil des

administrateurs du

Groupe de la Banque

mondiale a entériné

mardi 31 mai dernier

l’actualisation de sa

stratégie pour Djibouti

dans l’objectif d’aider

ce pays à atténuer ses

vulnérabilités et à

améliorer les services

de base.

(02.06.2016 – La Nation)

Le Conseil a également

approuvé une série de

financements

concessionnels

provenant de l ’IDA, le

fonds de la Banque

mondiale pour les pays

les plus pauvres, pour

un montant total de 31

millions de dollars

destinés à trois

opérations : un Projet

pour atténuer l’impact

des déplacements

forcés sur les

communautés d’accueil

des réfugiés (20

millions), qui s’inscrit

dans une initiative

régionale pour la Corne

de l’Afrique dotée de

175 millions de dollars ;

un financement

additionnel en faveur

du Projet de

développement rural

communautaire et de

mobilisation des eaux (7

millions) ; et un autre

financement

additionnel pour le

Projet de renforcement

des filets de protection

sociale (4 millions).

La version actualisée de

la Stratégie de

Partenariat- Pays avec

Djibouti, qui repose sur

la revue à mi-parcours

de la stratégie en cours,

reflète les avancées

obtenues jusqu’ici,

notamment en termes

d’amélioration de

l’environnement des

affaires, de création

d’emplois, d’aide aux

communautés rurales et

d’élargissement de

l’accès à l’énergie. Le

but est d’intensifier

l’engagement du

Groupe de la Banque

mondiale dans les

domaines où les

opérations précédentes

ont donné des résultats

probants mais aussi de

s’adapter aux priorités

des autorités nationales

conformément à leur

stratégie de long terme

« Djibouti Vision 2035

».

En plus des trois

opérations mentionnées

précédemment, la

stratégie actualisée

prévoit deux nouveaux

financements pour

2017 en faveur de la

gouvernance et de

l’environnement des

affaires (5 millions de


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dollars) et de l’accès

des pauvres à l ’énergie

(7 millions). « La lutte

contre la pauvreté

extrême qui sévit à

Djibouti exige des

interventions

ambitieuses et durables

en faveur de la création

d’emplois, notamment

pour les jeunes, de

l’amélioration des

revenus des

populations pauvres et

vulnérables et du

renforcement des

services pour tous. Les

opérations du Groupe

de la Banque mondiale

vont dans ce sens et

traduisent les priorités

énoncées dans sa

nouvelle stratégie pour

le Moyen-Orient et

l’Afrique du Nord dans

le but de soutenir une

croissance solidaire,

améliorer la résilience

et promouvoir la

coopération

régionale»,souligne

Asad Alam, directeur

des opérations de la

Banque mondiale pour

Djibouti, l’Égypte et le

Yémen.

Depuis 25 ans, Djibouti

accueille les réfugiés

des pays voisins fuyant

les conflits, mais les

nouveaux flux de

population en

provenance du Yémen

menacent de submerger

des institutions et des

services publics déjà

fragiles. Consciente de

ces risques, la Banque

mondiale va financer un

projet de 20 millions de

dollars visant à faire

face aux conséquences

des déplacements de

population sous l’angle

durable du

développement.

L’objectif est de

renforcer les

infrastructures de base

pour permettre au pays

de répondre à ces

nouvelles demandes et

d’offrir des débouchés

économiques aux

réfugiés et aux

communautés d’accueil.

« Nos interventions ont

pour objectif d’aider le

gouvernement à

multiplier les

opportunités pour les

populations pauvres et

vulnérables dans les

secteurs où le Groupe

de la Banque mondiale

possède un avantage

comparatif. Avec des

institutions

gouvernementales plus

efficaces et plus

transparentes, Djibouti

peut renforcer son

économie, poser de

nouveaux jalons pour

une croissance tirée par

le secteur privé avec la

création d’emplois, et

réduire

considérablement la

pauvreté. Afin de

répondre à ces

engagements multiples,

le portefeuille de nos

programmes en faveur

de Djibouti s’élève

désormais à plus de 100

millions de dollars»,

explique Homa-Zahra

Fotouhi, ancienne

représentante-résidente

de la Banque mondiale à

Djibouti.

Soucieux de soutenir les

avancées actuelles de la

gestion des ressources

hydriques du pays, peu

abondantes, la Banque

mondiale a approuvé un


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financement

additionnel de 7

millions de dollars en

faveur du Projet de

développement rural

communautaire et de

mobilisation des eaux

(PRODERMO). Ce projet

a jusqu’ici permis

d’alimenter

durablement en eau 1

600 ménages et 10 260

têtes de bétail. En

soulageant les femmes

de la corvée d’eau, le

projet leur est

particulièrement

bénéfique, puisqu’elles

peuvent se consacrer

davantage à des

activités productives.

Un financement

additionnel de 4

millions de dollars en

appui au Projet de

renforcement des filets

sociaux a également été

approuvé pour aider les

autorités à bâtir un

système de protection

sociale plus efficace,

répondant aux besoins

des plus fragiles et

permettant d’extraire

progressivement les

populations de la

pauvreté. Ces fonds

supplémentaires

financeront la

finalisation d’un

registre social pour

identifier les ménages

les plus vulnérables,

renforcer le programme

communautaire

d’alimentation et offrir

aux femmes des

possibilités de gain à

court terme. Le projet a

jusqu’aujourd’hui

sensibilisé 12 000

personnes à

l’importance de la

nutrition et fourni des

emplois temporaires à

plus de 9 000 ménages.

Le portefeuille actuel du

groupe de la Banque

mondiale à Djibouti

recouvre sept projets

dans différents

secteurs, pour une

enveloppe globale de

45,4 millions de dollars,

et 15 fonds fiduciaires

représentant un

engagement total de

24,5 millions de dollars.

Le financement

concessionnel de ces

opérations est assuré

par l’IDA, l’élément don

provenant des fonds

fiduciaires.


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