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08.05.2015
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Contents
ETHIOPIA
Padiglione italiano alla prossima “Hotelshow” di Addis Abeba .....................................................3
Ethiopia Pm Thanks Egypt For Freeing Libya-Held Citizens...........................................................4
Ethiopia Will Consolidate Evacuation Efforts: Mofa .......................................................................5
Circum Proves Up Major World Class 4.2b Tonnes Potash Project In Ethiopia ............................6
Ethiopian Commodity Exchange Appoints New Ceo.......................................................................8
Ethiopia: Jimma Airport Gets 250 Million Birr Upgrade .................................................................9
Ethiopian Roads Authority To Inaugurate 69 Km Road .............................................................. 10
Arab Bank For Economic Development In Africa Loans 266 Million Birr To Ethiopia................ 11
Ethiopian Government To Resume Teff Exports By Next Budget Year ...................................... 12
SOUTH SUDAN
UN Says Over 500 Displaced People Arrive In Unity State ......................................................... 13
DJIBOUTI
Djibouti To Create National Airline ............................................................................................... 14
EVENTS
Evento Di Beneficienza In Residenza – 14 Maggio 2015 ............................................................ 15
Concerto 2 Giugno – Ore 18:30 – Istituto Italiano Di Cultura.................................................... 16
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ETHIOPIA
PADIGLIONE ITALIANO ALLA PROSSIMA “HOTELSHOW” DI ADDIS ABEBA
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ETHIOPIA PM THANKS EGYPT FOR FREEING LIBYA-HELD CITIZENS
Hailemariam made a phone
call with President Abdel-
Fattah al-Sisi during which
expressed "gratitude" for
Egyptian efforts to free
Ethiopians in Libya.
(08.05.2015 – WIC)
Ethiopian Prime Minister
Hailemariam Desalegn on
Thursday thanked Egypt for
rescuing Ethiopian nationals
held in Libya, the Egyptian
presidency has said.
It said in a statement that
Hailemariam made a phone call
with President Abdel-Fattah al-
Sisi during which expressed
"gratitude" for Egyptian efforts
to free Ethiopians in Libya.
According to the statement, the
Ethiopian premier said he was
looking forward to v isiting
Egypt in June to attend a
summit of the Common Market
for Eastern and Southern Africa
(COMESA), which will be held
in the Egyptian resort city of
Sharm el-Sheikh.
Al-Sisi, meanwhile, said that
both Egyptians and Ethiopians
had a common fate.
Earlier Thursday, television
footage showed the Egyptian
President shaking hands with
Ethiopian nationals who arrived
at Cairo Airport on board of an
Egyptian plane.
At the airport, al-Sisi said his
country would continue to offer
help to its African sister states.
"We want to send the message
to our Ethiopian brothers that
they can count on us," al-Sisi
told the media.
Al-Sisi added that the Ethiopian
nationals who arrived in Egypt
on Thursday were only the first
group of other nationals freed
by Egypt after being held in
Libya. (Anadolu Agency)
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ETHIOPIA WILL CONSOLIDATE EVACUATION EFFORTS: MOFA
The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MoFA) said that
Ethiopia will consolidate its
efforts of evacuating its
national from Libya.
(07.05.2015 – WIC)
“Some 11 Ethiopian evacuees
have arrived in Addis Ababa
yesterday and the government
will continue transporting those
who want to return to their
country,” Tewolde Mulugeta,
Spokesperson at MoFA, told
journalists today.
According to Tewolde, a total
of 640 Ethiopians have
registered through Ethiopian
embassies in Egypt and Sudan
to return to their home from
Libya.
He said Foreign Affairs Minister
Dr Tedros Adhanom has
travelled to Cairo, Egypt early
this week to discuss and
facilitate the return of
Ethiopians from that country.
The government will also
continue to bring back
Ethiopians from Yemen and
South Africa. Hundreds of
Ethiopians have already
returned from both countries
recently, he noted.
In his press briefing, the
Spokesperson said Ethiopia is
ready to successfully host the
3rd International Conference
on Financing for Development,
scheduled to take place from
13 to 16 July 2015.
The country will showcase its
broad based and inclusive
development at the Conference
expected to attract over 5,000
participants from all over the
world, he said.
He further said that Ethiopian
public diplomacy team
comprising of scholars,
government officials, religious
leaders and prominent figures
will travel to Sudan tomorrow.
In its five-day visit, the team
has an assignment of
expressing Ethiopia’s stand on
the Renaissance Dam and
strengthening the ties between
the two countries.
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CIRCUM PROVES UP MAJOR WORLD CLASS 4.2B TONNES POTASH PROJECT IN
ETHIOPIA
The Chairman and Co-
founder of Circum Minerals
Ltd. ("Circum" or the
"Company") Stephen
Dattels, today announces
that: "Circum has proven
up a major world-class
potash project in the
Danakil Basin in Ethiopia.
(07.05.2015 – WIC)
Given its location on the
doorstep of the Asian Markets
this discovery has the potential
to dramatically change the
dynamics of the potash
industry and become a future
source of significant supply of
potash."
Circum owns a 100% interest
in an exploration license
encompassing 365 square
k ilometers in the Danakil Basin
in North-Eastern Ethiopia (the
"Danakil Project").
The Company acquired the
rights to the deposit in 2013
and has been privately
financed to date with total
equity raised of some US$50
million inclusive of share
issuances for acquisition costs
and service agreements.
As well as the founders,
Stephen Dattels and Mike Beck,
the Company's shareholders
include Plinian Capital Limited
(which also is the operator),
led by former BHP Senior
Executive, Brad Mills, and
African Minerals Exploration &
Development Fund II SICAR
("AMED"), an African focused
natural resources private equity
group.
Circum is currently in the
process of completing a private
placing of approximately US$30
million through Smith &
Williamson Corporate Finance
Limited, a UK based specialist
investment bank and advisory
group, to fund optimization of
the Phase 1 Definitive
Feasibility Study (DFS) (2.75
million tonnes of annual
production), costs to convert
its exploration license to an
exploitation license, a Phase 2
scoping study for an additional
2-3 million tonnes of annual
production and value-adding
engineering studies taking the
Company's work program
through to the end of 2016.
Furthermore, the Company is
in the process of engaging a
major international investment
bank to provide strategic
advice on the options to be
pursued to develop and
maximize the value of this
game changing potash industry
asset.
Brad Mills explained that:
"Circum's Danakil Potash
Project, which is located just
600 km's from the major port
facility of Tadjoura, Djibouti on
the Indian Ocean, is expected
to be one of the world's largest
and potentially lowest cost
potash deposits. The current NI
43-101 compliant Mineral
Resource Estimate, which has
tested about 35% of the
license area to a depth of 400
meters, consists of 2.6 billion
tonnes of Measured and
Indicated material grading, on
average, 19.2% KCl (the
average of the Sylv inite layer,
Upper and Lower Carnallite
layers and the lower Kainitite
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layer) and 1.6 billion tonnes of
Inferred material grading on
average 17.1% KCl. The
geologic estimate of the
endowment of the remaining
65% of the project area is an
additional 7-9 billion tonnes to
a depth of approximately 800
meters. With a total geologic
endowment projected in the
range of 11-13+ billion tonnes
of potash rich mineral salts,
Circum's Project in the Danakil
Basin of North-Eastern Ethiopia
will be one of the world's best
and largest undeveloped
potash mineral deposits. Its
uniquely shallow depths and
multiple bed lithology lend
themselves to the development
of a large scale, exceptionally
low capital and low operating
cost in-situ leaching and solar
evaporation process well suited
for the area, given
temperatures on site that
average 40 degrees Celsius
year round."
The DFS for Phase 1 of the
Project is scheduled for
completion in July 2015. The
Phase 1 Project Plan is to
produce 2 million tonnes per
annum of muriate of potash
("MOP") and 0.75 million
tonnes per annum of sulphate
of potash ("SOP"). With
estimated lowest quartile
operating costs and capital
intensity of approximately half
of that of existing major
producers in Russia and
Canada, Circum will be an
extremely competitive
producer. When added to its
substantial transportation
advantages to India, South
East Asia and South China,
Circum is poised to become
one of the suppliers of choice
for all countries close to the
Indian Ocean and South China
Sea. Beyond Phase 1, Circum
envisions that its resources are
sufficient to support at least
two and possibly three
production expansions of
similar size giv ing it the
ultimate capacity to meet a
significant amount of the
demand for MOP and SOP in
this, its natural marketing
region.
With a population of 4 billion in
its target market and a market
that is leading the world as the
fastest in terms of GDP growth
per capita, Circum has the right
deposit in the right location to
be a fundamental underpin for
sustaining this growth over the
long term. (prnewswire.com)
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ETHIOPIAN COMMODITY EXCHA NGE APPOINTS NEW CEO
The Board of Directors
Office of the Ethiopian
Commodity Exchange
Thursday announced the
appointment of Ato Ermias
Eshetu as Chief Executive
Officer of the ECX.
(07.05.2015 – WIC)
Ato Ermias has held a range of
leadership positions locally and
abroad. Since 2007, he has
served as an Executive
Management Member at
Zemen Bank, most recently as
Vice President for Marketing &
Corporate Services. He
received his Masters in
International Business from
Manchester School of
Management and a Bachelor
degree in Computation at
UMIST, in the United Kingdom.
Over the past 20 years, Ermias
has worked at multi-national
organization such as IBM,
Alcatel, Orange and
MicroStrategy.
Ermias’s background in
Software Engineering and as a
Principal Consultant in Business
Intelligence systems has
allowed him to acquire unique
skills specializing in the ability
to integrate real business
challenges with practical
information technology lead
solutions.
With his wide-ranging
professional experience abroad
in Europe and the United
States, and most recently here
in Ethiopia at Zemen Bank, Ato
Ermias brings technical and
managerial knowhow fitting to
take the ECX to new levels of
performance and growth.
“I believe in a practical
application of technology and
market-based institutions in
our path to transform the
agricultural based economy.
Through technology, strong
partnership with the private
sector, and enhanced exposure
to international best practices,
I shall aim to ensure that ECX
remains relevant and continues
to deliver new innovations”
said Ato Ermias, the incoming
CEO of ECX.
Ato Shimelis Habtewold, Chief
Compliance Officer, who has
also been serving as an interim
CEO since January 2014, will
continue on his role as Chief
Compliance Officer as of
January 1, 2015. (china.org.cn)
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ETHIOPIA: JIMMA AIRPORT GETS 250 MILLION BIRR UPGRADE
Ethiopian Airports
Enterprise (EAE) is to
inaugurate its upgraded
airport in Jimma on May
16, 2015, Addis Fortune
reported.
(07.05.2015 – 2Merkato)
Aba Segud Airport was one of
the oldest built in 1961 along
with Addis Ababa, Asmara and
Dire Dawa.
The airstrip of the old one was
two kilometers long and 45
meters wide and could
accommodate Fokker-50 and
the terminal could welcome
only 52 passengers at a time.
The upgraded airport has now
3.3 k ilometers long asphalt,
concrete and 60 meters wide
airstrip and can accommodate
Boeing 737 Jetliners.
Additionally, the airport has
constructed new one-storey
passenger terminal on 3,960
square meters plot of land that
can serve 236 passengers at a
time.
Yirgalem General Construction
Plc and Varnero Construction
Plc (Italian firm) undertook the
upgrading work in 2009.
The new airport will be
beneficial in exporting
commodities such as Coffee,
hides and skins and boost the
number of tourists flow to the
area, according to Kebede
Birru, Head of Safety
Management and Regional
Coordination Office at EAE.
EAE was established as a public
enterprise in January 2003 by
the Council of Ministers.
EAE currently administer 21
airports across Ethiopia.
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ETHIOPIAN ROADS AUTHORITY TO INAUGURATE 69 KM ROAD
Ethiopian Roads Authority
(ERA) is to inaugurate 69
kilometer road project,
according to Addis Fortune.
(07.05.2015 – 2Merkato)
The road project, which costs
one billion Birr, is part of
Zarima-Adiarkay-Shire road-
upgrading project and joins
Mytsebri and Shire. The road
links Amhara Regional State
with Tigray Regional State.
The consultancy and contract
supervision of the project have
been undertaken by Sheladia
Associates Inc, Ethio Infra
Engineering Plc, and Hi-tech
Engineering Plc.
The construction contract was
awarded to the Ethiopian
Roads Construction Corporation
(ERCC) in 2011 to complete
upgrading the road to asphalt
concrete level. On January
2015, ERCC completed the
road.
The road has a width of seven
meters in rural towns and 10
meters to 19 meters width in
urban areas. The project also
involves a 10.8 k ilometers
drainage system.
The total road coverage of
Ethiopia in 2014 had reached
100,000 kilometers, of these 80
percent was gravel and
situated in rural areas.
ERA expects the total road
network in Ethiopia to reach
136,044 kilometers in 2015.
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ARAB BANK FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA LOANS 266 MILLION
BIRR TO ETHIOPIA
Arab Bank for Economic
Development in Africa
(BADEA) has concluded 266
million Birr loan agreement
with Ethiopia to finance the
Shambu-Bako Road project
in Oromia Regional State,
according to Ethiopian
News Agency (ENA).
(07.05.2015 – 2Merkato)
Ahmed Shide, Minister for
Finance and Economic
Development of Ethiopia and
Abdelaziz Khelef, BADEA’S
Director-General has concluded
the loan agreement.
State Minister Ahmed said, the
project is going to benefit
300,000 consumers, traders
and producers.
Ethiopia has 30 years, including
a grace period to repay the
loan with one percent of
interest a year.
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ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT TO RESUME TEFF EXPORTS BY NEXT BUDGET YEAR
Ethiopia is to resume
export of Teff flour in the
coming budget year after
the ban set by the
government in 2006, Addis
Fortune reported.
(07.05.2015 – 2Merkato)
The export resume is targeted
at utilizing the comparative
advantage of Ethiopia in the
national market as a result of
the special flavor and taste of
the Teff it produces according
to Khalid Bomba (PhD), the
Ethiopian Agricultural
Transformation Agency’s Chief
Executive Officer (CEO).
“We will be implementing it in
two major ways; the first is we
will not export raw grain and
secondly, we will ensure that
we will not affect the domestic
supply of the product in the
country,” Khalid stressed.
6,000 hectares of land will be
cultivated for 2015/16 budget
year exclusively for Teff export
and 20 to 30 quintals of Teff a
hectare is expected.
Ethiopia’s Teff production for
2013/14 fiscal year was 44.2
million quintals and the
cultivated land was three
million hectares, according to
the Central Statistical Agency
(CSA) Agricultural Sample
Survey Report on Area of
Production of Major Crops.
Commercial farmers will
commence exporting Teff and
smallholder farmers will be able
to export in the future, said
Khalid.
Currently, the export of Teff,
except in the form of Injera is
prohibited and the new
initiative will direct to other
ways of exporting such as
milling the grain and packaging
it.
The Ethiopian government has
put a ban on Teff exports
because of the price hike,
according to the January 2013
Food & Agriculture
Organization’s (FAO),
Monitoring African Food and
Agricultural Policies Report on
Analysis of Incentives and
Disincentives for Teff in
Ethiopia.
“The Teff that will be exported
from Ethiopia will be tagged
‘Ethiopian Teff’ and companies
can put their own signs in
addition to that,” Khalid said.
“All processes from the access
to land to the time of export
will be monitored by the
government; the moisture
content and the existence of
any impurities will be checked,”
said Sileshi Getahun, State
Minister of Agriculture.
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SOUTH SUDA N
UN SAYS OVER 500 DISPLACED PEOPLE ARRIVE IN UNITY STATE
The United Nation mission
in South Sudan (UNMISS)
said over 500 displaced
people have arrived at its
protection of civilians site
in the Unity state capital,
Bentiu since 3 May.
(07.05.2015 –
SudanTribune)
Most of them, the UN said,
came from Guit county and the
area of Nhialdiu in Rubkona
county, where heavy fighting
reportedly took place between
pro-government Sudan
People’s Liberation Army
(SPLA) troops and the armed
opposition forces.
This new influx of displaced
people reportedly brings to
53,000 the total number of
civ ilians protected at the
UNMISS site in Bentiu.
Meanwhile UNMISS said it was
aware of reports that SPLA
forces have gained control of
Nhialdiu territory and Guit
county that has been under the
control of the armed opposition
forces for some time, but was
unable to independently verify
these reports.
The mission also expressed
concerns that its patrols in
Bentiu face movement
restrictions impeding
monitoring and protection
activ ities outside the
protections site.
Tens of thousands of people
have been killed and nearly
two million displaced since the
outbreak of v iolent conflict in
South Sudan in mid-December
2013.
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DJIBOUTI
DJIBOUTI TO CREATE NATIONAL AIRLINE
The first objective for the
creation of this national
carrier is to have an
indispensable tool for
international influence and
promotion of our country’s
visibility,” Djibouti’s
Foreign Minister Mahmoud
Ali Youssouf said in a press
statement.
He explained that the project’s
second objective is economic
growth and development of air
traffic.
“Creation of this new national
airline will on one hand lead to
the creation of over 750 jobs
and on the other, make
Djibouti International Airport a
regional hub in air transport,”
he said.
Youssouf said the adoption of
the project will enable Djibouti
to have a tool for implementing
its transport and job creation
policies as well as diversify its
sources of revenue.
(06.05.2015 – spyghana.com)
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