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SERVIZIO NEWS
02.02.2016
ETHIOPIA
Standby Force to open headquarters in Ethiopia ...................................................... 2
RwandAir Selected Ethiopian Airlines as Strategic Partner ......................................... 3
Tsehay Insurance Reported 11.6 Million Birr Profit After Tax ..................................... 4
Institute releases 91 new agricultural technologies, recommendations ........................ 5
ACSI disburses over 968 million birr loan in six months............................................ 6
SOUTH SUDAN
S. Sudan rebels accuse gov’t forces of using chemical weapons .................................. 7
DJIBOUTI
Au terme de sa participation au 26e sommet de l’Union africaine, le chef de l’Etat a
regagné le pays hier en début de soirée : Un sommet marqué par de nombreuses
rencontres bilatérales ........................................................................................ 9
AFRICA
L’Italia all’assalto dell’Africa............................................................................... 10
ALTRO
Appuntamenti – Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Addis Abeba....................................... 12
Aperte le iscrizioni per i corsi di lingua italiana ..................................................... 13
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[SERVIZIO NEWS] [02.02.2016]
Standby Force to open headquarters in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has signed an
agreement to host the
headquarters
of
Eastern Africa Standby
Force (EASF) today.
(01.02.2016 – WIC)
The
agreement
was
signed between State
Minister for Foreign
Affairs
Taye
Atsekesilasse
and
Eastern Africa Standby
Force
Director
Ambassador
Chanfi
Issmail.
After the signing of the
agreement,
Spokesperson
for
2
Ministry
of
Foreign
Affairs
Tewolde
Mulugeta
told
journalists that Ethiopia
has
been
working
tirelessly
for
the
establishment of the
standby force.
The host agreement
signed between the two
parties will support the
enhancement
of
collective security in
the
region
and
international peace, he
added.
According
to
him,
Ethiopia
has
been
contributing a lot in the
highly volatile region. It
has been involved in
many peace keeping
tasks and missions.
The agreement to hos t
EASF is part of this lofty
mission,
the
spokesperson pointed
out.
Director of the Eastern
Africa Standby Force
Chanfi
Issmail
has
reportedly said on his
part Ethiopia has been
committed
and
determined to support
EASF starting from its
establishment.
Established
in
July
2004, the Eas tern Africa
Standby Force (EASF)
has been contributing
to African peace and
security.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [02.02.2016]
RwandAir Selected Ethiopian Airlines as Strategic Partner
RwandAir, the national
carrier of Rwanda, has
selected
Ethiopian
Airlines as strategic
partner, according to
The Reporter.
(01.02.2016 –
2Merkato)
RwandAir
has
been
offering 49% stake for a
strategic
partner
to
invest in RwandAir, be
represented
in
management
provide
the
and
technical
assistance to the airline.
interest in RwandAir's
"We will have a series of
offer.
meetings
After
several
reviewing
international
airlines,
the
and
negotiations
details"
on
the
Tewolde
told
management board of
The Reporter. Ethiopian
RwandAir has selected
and Rwandan Ministry
Ethiopian Airlines as a
of
strategic partner.
expected
Ethiopian Airlines CEO
partnership
Tewolde
in
Gebremariam,
Transport
the
to
are
sign
the
agreement
coming
few
told The Reporter that
months.
two
RwandAir is the third
weeks
ago
delegation
a
from
African
airline
to
RwandAir led by John
partners wi th Ethiopian
Mirenge,
following
CEO
of
ASKY
and
RwandAir came to Addis
Malawi Airlines. Kigali
Ethiopian Airlines and
Ababa and informed the
will
Ethihad
selection of
Ethiopian's fourth hub
Airways
were
Ethiopian
among the international
Airlines
airlines that have shown
management board.
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to
its
also
become
after Addis Ababa, Lome
and Lilongwe.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [02.02.2016]
Tsehay Insurance Reported 11.6 Million Birr Profit After Tax
Tsehay Insurance S.C.
has
reported
11.6
million Birr profit after
tax, a 185.7% increase
from
last
financial
year,
Fortune
reported. Accordingly,
the
company's
earnings
per
share
(EPS)
have
almost
doubled to 32 Birr.
(01.02.2016 –
2Merkato)
The huge jump in profit
is owing to the parallel
expansion in all income
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sectors, according to
Fortune.
The
report
indicated
that
underwriting
surplus
has increased by 57.6%
to 21.1 million Birr.
Moreover, the increased
interest
income
has
moved upward by 146%
to 6.2 million Birr as a
result of company’s
increased
investment
earning
deposits.
Tsehay has investments
amounting
16.45
million Birr in United
Bank
S.C.,
Dynamic
Micro Finance, Tsehay
Industry S.C., Ethiopian
Re
and
government
bond.
Tsehay's total assets
have also increased by
67.2% to 140.3 million
Birr. Out of the total
assets 99.68 million Birr
has been invested in
shares
and
time
deposits.
The paid up capi tal of
Tsehay has increased by
43% to 42.46 million
Birr. However, Tsehay
short of the National
Bank
of
Ethiopia’s
minimum
paid-up
capital requirement of
60 million Birr.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [02.02.2016]
Institute
releases
91
new
agricultural
technologies,
recommendations
The Ethiopian Institute
of
Agricultural
Research (EIAR) said it
has released new 91
agricultural
technologies
and
recommendations
in
the last six months.
(01.02.2016 –WIC)
Planning
and
Supervision Head with
the
Insti tution,
Mekonen Hailu, told
WIC that the institution
has released 91 new
agricultural
technologies
and
scientific
recommendations
for
beneficiaries in the first
half of this budget year.
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Mekonen noted that the
institute
mainly
releases
best
cro p
varieties,
improved
agricultural
practices
and
scientific
recommendations, and
efforts are exerted to
increase the supply of
agricultural
technologies.
The
Institute
undertakes promotion
and expansion of new
agricultural
technologies
by
participating
the
beneficiaries in order to
enable
them
appropriately utilize the
new
technologies,
Mekonen
indicated.
About 48, 298 farmers
have participated in the
technology promotion
program
during
the
stated period, he added.
Furthermore,
capacity
building trainings were
given for 8,901 farmers
that are beneficiaries of
the
agricultural
technology,
Mekonen
said. The institute had
planned to train 15, 982
farmers
across
the
country
during
the
period.
The Ethiopian Institute
of Agricultural Research
is currently celebrating
its 50th anniversary and
it has mandates to
adapt
imported
agricultural
technologies,
promotion
of
new
technologies
and
replication of seedlings.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [02.02.2016]
ACSI disburses over 968 million birr loan in six months
Addis
credit
and
saving
institution
(ACSI) has disclosed
that it has disbursed
over 968 million birr
loan during the first
half of this budget
year.
(01.02.2016 –WIC)
Public relations Head
with the insti tution,
Miraf Alemayehu, told
WIC that the institution
planned to give 1,199
910, 614 birr in the
stated period and has
managed
to
offer
968,436, 487 birr or 81
percents of the targeted
amount.
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Miraf noted that the
Institution had planned
to offer loan for 24, 948
citizens
engaged
in
different activities in
the last six months, i t
has given loan for 17,
436 citizens in the
stated period.
The number of citizens
who have benefitted
from the loan and the
total amount of money
allocated for loan in the
last six months has
decreased by 7 and 6
percents respectively as
compared to the same
period last year, Miraf
underscore.
The
institution
has
provided a loan for
residents of Addis Abba
engaged in different
types
of
economic
activities, Miraf noted.
Particularly small and
micro
enterprises
involved
in
service,
trade
and
manufacturing sectors
have taken the largest
amount of the loan, she
added.
Addis credit and saving
institution
is
established
to
encourage the saving
culture in the society
and has also managed
to collect 658 , 515,
185 birr through its
saving services in six
months , planning to
collect 660, 309, 634
birr, walta learnt.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [02.02.2016]
S. Sudan rebels accuse gov’t forces of using chemical
weapons
South Sudan’s armed
opposition
group,
(SPLM-IO) on Monday
accused forces loy al to
the Juba government
of
allegedly
using
chemical weapons on
their forces in Lanyi
and Mundri in East
county
of
western
equatoria state.
(01.02.2016 –
SudanTribute)
Colonel Nyarji Roman,
the
deputy
spokesperson in the
office of the SPLM-IO
chairman
told Sudan
Tribune there
was
a
heavy fighting between
government forces and
opposition forces loyal
to Riek Machar in Lanyi
and
Mundri
areas
Sunday.
counter
government
forces in self-defense,
from
entering
the
cantonment site and
they pursued them up
to their camp before he
ordered his forces to
withdraw.
“On arriving to their
camp in Lanyi the
government
started
bombing towards our
forces with very unique
weapon which has led
our forces to go blind
and started vomiting
seriously”,
said
the
SPLM-IO
force
commander.
“About forty of our
forces went blind in a
second due to the effect
of what we suspected to
be a chemical weapo n
fired on us,” he added.
"But we are able to
salvage them very fast
by moving them to the
site and give them sal t”.
Nyarji said he had
received a report from
the
ground
that
government forces left
their base in Lanyi and
entered towards the
SPLM-IO site where the
fighting took place.
The two warring SPLM
factions in August last
year signed a final
peace agreement to end
the over two-year old
conflict in South Sudan.
However,
clashes
between the two rivals
have
since
then
continued in various
parts of the country.
The field commander of
the SPLM-lO forces in
Mundri East said his
forces
managed
to
The opposition official
accused president Salva
Kiir
government
of
continuing to deploy its
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forces in all villages in
Greater Mundri contrary
to the agreement.
He
alleged
that
government forces were
deployed
in
Tapari ,
Jambo, Buagyi, Lanyi,
and Lui in Mundri Eas t
and
Okari,
Kotobi,
Adango,
Karika
and
Langowa in Mundri West
County.
“The presence of those
forces
in
the
said
locations
were
very
destructive to the local
population
as
they
were, burning houses ,
arresting
youths,
rapping women and
killing civilians” added
Nyarji Roman.
According to him, few
weeks ago, in Lanyi –
Mundri
East,
three
women were kidnapped
by the (SPLA- Juba)
Soldiers; the women
kidnapped were still
under the custody as
SPLA (Juba) Soldiers in
their camp in Lanyi till
now.
“The
conditions
in
which many of our
people are now living in
Mundri are a negative of
human dignity and a
disgrace
to
the
twentieth
century
World”, said a mother
of two, who preferred
anonymity.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [02.02.2016]
She added “But we
believed in the facts
that our real security
and freedom does no t
depend
on
the
pressures
and
negativities
of
the
government forces in
our area, but it depends
on the unity of the
people of South Sudan
and on our united
discretion’’.
The Mundri resident
described the situation
in the area as very
frightening and requires
the special attention
from the regional bloc
(IGAD)
and
the
international
communities.
The two South Sudan
warring factions were
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supposed to form a
transitional government
by
January
22,
a
deadline set by the
Joint Monitoring and
Evaluation Commission
(JMEC) however failed
to meet the dead line.
During
the
26th
ordinary session of the
African
Union
(AU)
heads of states and
governments concluded
on
Sunday,
UN
Secretary-General Ban ki
Moon
commended
efforts by the African
Union (AU) to bring
peace and stability to
South Sudan.
However Ban
regrettable
partners to
deadline to
said it
for
miss
form
was
the
the
the
transitional government
of national Unity .
Ban urged the two
warring factions to let
the people of South
Sudan enjoy the fruits
of independence.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [02.02.2016]
Au terme de sa participation au 26e sommet de l’Union
africaine, le chef de l’Etat a regagné le pays hier en début
de soirée :
Un sommet marqué par
de nombreuses
rencontres bilatérales
Le président Ismaïl
Omar
Guelleh
a
regagné le pays hier en
fin d’après-midi après
avoir
participé
à
Addis-Abeba
aux
travaux
du
26e
sommet de l’UA à
Addis-Abeba. Il a été
accueilli au pied de
son
avion
par
le
Premier
ministre
Abdoulkader
Kamil
Mohamed, le président
de
l’Assemblée
nationale,
Mohamed
Ali
Houmed,
mais
aussi par l’ensemble
des
membres
du
gouvernement et les
représentants
des
corps constitués civils
et militaires.
(01.02.2016 –LaNation)
Le
Président
étai t
accompagné à AddisAbeba, de son ministre
des Affaires étrangères,
Mahmoud Ali Youssouf,
du
président
de
l’Autorité des ports et
des zones franches ,
Aboubaker Omar Hadi
et des membres de son
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cabinet. L’ambassadeur
de Djibouti à AddisAbeba et représentant
permanent auprès de
l’UA, Mohamed Idriss
Frarah, a également pris
part aux travaux de ce
26e sommet qui a été
marqué par un vif
débat sur la situation au
Burundi et l’envoi ou
non
d’une
force
africaine sur place. Le
sommet a aussi été
marqué par le passage
de flambeau entre le
président sortant de
l’organisation
panafricaine,
Robert
Mugabe, et Idriss Déby
Itno.
En marge du sommet, le
chef de l’Etat djiboutien
a
eu
plusieurs
rencontres bilatérales ,
notamment avec son
homologue
kényan
Uhuru Kenyatta et le
Premier
ministre
éthiopien Haïlé Mariam
Desalegn.
Partenaire
économique de premier
plan, l’Ethiopie est un
pays ami auquel la
République de Djibouti
est
liée
par
de
nombreux
accords
économiques
et
commerciaux.
La
rencontre
Guelleh-
Desalegn en marge de
ce sommet a permis aux
deux
dirigeants
de
discuter de plusieurs
sujets
d’intérêt
commun.
Le Kenya, qui est aussi
l’une des puissances
régionales,
entend
renforcer
ses
liens
économiques avec la
République de Djibouti
qui est en train de
renforcer sa position de
hub régional. Les deux
chefs d’Etat ont eu des
échanges fructueux au
cours de leur réunion
de travail. Le président
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh a
également
eu
une
réunion de travail avec
M.
Carlos
Lopes,
secrétaire exécutif de la
commission
économique
des
Nations
unies
pour
l’Afrique. L’entretien a
porté sur les choix
économiques de la RdD
pour les années à venir.
Le chef de l’Etat et M.
Lopes se sont déjà
rencontrés à maintes
reprises à Djibouti mais
aussi à Addis-Abeba où
il travaille.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [02.02.2016]
L’Italia all’assalto dell’Africa
AFRICA
–
[Pubblichiamo
di
seguito la traduzione
di un articolo apparso
il 29 gennaio 2016 sul
quotidiano congolese
‘Les
Dépeches
de
Brazzaville’ e dedicato
alla st rategia politica
italiana
verso
il
continente africano]
(01.02.2016 – Info
Africa)
Senegal. Il secondo ha
in
cui
il
in
italiano
ha
programma
presidente
della
Repubblica si accingono
a partire per l’Africa,
continente
ritenuto
diretto
l ’Africa
Camerun. Nel prossimo
subsahariana dal Paese
mese di giugno, l’Italia
che
sarà
con
ospita
la
sua
organizzazione
continentale,
l’Unione
primo ministro Matteo
Renzi
in
Africa,
quest’anno si vedrà e si
sentirà
anche
il
presidente
della
Repubblica
italiana,
Sergio
Mattarella.
primo
si
Il
appresta
a
tornare in Africa per la
terza
volta
tournée
che
con
dal
una
1°
febbraio lo porterà in
Nigeria,
10
Ghana
e
inoltre
anche
l’ospite
d’onore
del
Festival
internazionale
africana, in Etiopia. In
del caffè di Yaoundé.
questi giorni presa da
gli operatori umanitari
A
Roma,
è
s tato
sottolineato
come
il
viaggio di Renzi sia
l’occasione soprattutto
di rafforzare i legami
economici con questa
parte del continente il
cui
dinamismo
economico
è
stato
lodato da tutti. Il suo
primo viaggio lo aveva
portato nel 2014 in
Mozambico, Repubblica
del Congo e Angola. Il
secondo, nel luglio del
2015, fu dedicato al
Kenya e, di nuovo,
all’Etiopia.
Il
primo
ministro italiano non fa
mistero della volontà
del
suo
Paese
di
riconoscere un ruolo
chiave all’Africa per la
sicurezza energetica del
Paese “per i prossimi
trent’anni”.
italiani si sono molto
L’Italia ha anche buon
impegnati
questi
gioco a sostenere tutto
Salute,
ciò in un momento in
istruzione e agricoltura
cui le economie africane
una grave siccità che
la
sua
popolazione, l’Etiopia è
anche
un
partner
importante per
l’Italia
che qui porta avanti una
determinante
attività
multi-settoriale.
Ma il presidente Sergio
Si è già visto e sentito il
un
ruolo fondamentale in
strategico per l’avvenire
della penisola.
avuto
iniziare i suoi contatti
minaccia
Il primo ministro e il
di
know-how
Mattarella visiterà anche
il
Camerun,
così
il
toccando
cuore
continente
del
durante
il
suo viaggio. In effetti,
visiterà il Camerun, che
si
trova
in
Africa
centrale, uno dei Paesi
dove la cooperazione e
ultimi
in
anni.
sono alcuni dei settori
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [02.02.2016]
rischiano
di
andare
incontro
a
serie
riportare la normalità in
necessità
difficoltà a causa del
un Paese come la Libia,
posizionarsi idealmente
crollo
dei
Paese
sulla
molte
materie
prezzi
di
per
africano
e
ritorno
comporti
la
di
scena
mediterraneo.
internazionale. Ques to,
come il petrolio, così da
“Vogliamo riprendere e
sostiene ancora il primo
evidenziare
la
sua
intensificare le relazioni
ministro,
solidarietà
con
il
con una rete di Paesi
l’obbligo di promuovere
che questi
“una
continente.
parlare
prime,
multilaterale
Per
della
non
tenaglia
anni
sono
implica
nuova
visione
po’
dello sviluppo”, meno
esercitata ogni giorno di
‘dimenticati ’ in Italia”,
verticale e più ancorata
più
si
alla
dalla
jihadista,
violenza
le
cui
stati
un
legge
comunicato
manifestazioni in Nord
Presidenza
Africa richiedono
Consiglio
risposta
parte
una
in
della
coerente
da
Renzi,
tutta
la
recentemente
di
comunità
internazionale.
Roma
un
pregiudizio
né
italiana.
precedenza
che
ha
stabilisca delle barriere
accolto
tra Paesi ricchi e Paesi
con favore il “ritorno”
più poveri; tra donatori
del
e recipienti congelati in
suo
che
Paese
sulla
scena
un’offensiva
aggiunge come questo
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del win-win senza alcun
del
esercita in questo senso
diplomatica
regola sacrosanta
internazionale,
un
atteggiamento
fissato
da
storiche.
tradizioni
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