The Lion Economies – a term coined by the global management consulting firmMcKinsey & Company two-years-ago to describe the seven out of ten fastest economies currently located in Africa – is also the slogan being used to promote the 2012 “Ethiopia Investment Summit” that is scheduled to take place at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) building in Addis Ababa this week. The event is timed to coincide with the World Economic Forum’s meeting on Africa set to commence at the Sheraton Addis on Wednesday.“The medium to longer-term goal is to change the image of Ethiopia from Live Aid to an emerging African frontier market,” says Henok Assefa, an investment and finance adviser based in Addis Ababa, whose firm Precise Consult International is organizing the UNECA conference. “In the short run, we hope to initiate profitable and job creating opportunities for investors and for the country.”But does not reinventing Ethiopia’s image abroad, begin at home, where it remains mostly a one-party-rule, and locked in chronic-poverty, corruption, embezzlement, and the muzzling of journalists?“I’m not saying this to support the Government’s position,” Henok said. He points to a report by The Economist magazine published in December 2011 entitled The Hopeful Continent: Africa Rising, which gave a positive economic assessment for several African countries, including Ethiopia. “For me, whether you take the Ethiopian Government’s 11% growth numbers or you look at those alternatively suggested by the IMF at around 8%, you’re still talking about incredible growth in this country,” he said. “In fact, Ethiopia is expected to be the best performer, with The EconomistIntelligence Unit forecasting the country to be the fastest growing in Africa and the third fastest in the world for the period 2011-2015.”

 One Indian man and five Ethiopian men were arrested during a police sting operation and rescue mission of 47 Ethiopian would-be slaves.

A GROUP of 47 Ethiopian men has been rescued from being sold into slavery by a human trafficking syndicate in Limpopo.It is alleged that fellow Ethiopians helped in the snatch.Police spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said the 47 men were in good health and being kept in a place of safety.An Indian man and five Ethiopian men, ranging in age from 26 to 37 years, were arrested during the police sting and rescue mission at the weekend, Mulaudzi said.“They were destined to allegedly (end up as slaves) in different parts of the province.”An Ethiopian businessman in Joburg, who for fear of repercussions declined to be named, said such cases were not unusual.“This thing is common, especially close to the borders,” he said.The problem arose when would-be immigrants agreed to pay networks to get them to SA, but then couldn’t pay, he said. He had paid R5 000 for his own access to SA.“People kidnap them and demand money from relatives. When they are being smuggled to SA, they promise to pay some of the money. Sometimes they reach here and are unwilling to pay, so for a smuggler to get his money they hold that person and contact his family.”The businessman said it could take anything from two weeks to years for a Ethiopian to get from East Africa to SA.Legal Resources Centre activist Desmond D’Sa said modern slavery in SA was common.“We are seeing more and more people being brought in through human trafficking and sold. Their families are often back home under threat, so they work and work and don’t get paid.”D’Sa said there were a lot of cases from Pakistan.

Nathan Eshete was born at Stord hospital, western Norway, on 1st May 2005. His parents are from Ethiopia and have had their asylum application rejected.The family are now set to be deported from Norway on 16th May, the day before Norwegian National Day. Nathan’s father , Asfaw Eshete, believes he faces persecution and imprisonment in Ethiopia for being politically active.Mr Eshete told Dagsavisen that Nathan is struggling to understand why he is being sent to a country he has never been to before.“He asks why he should be thrown out when he is Norwegian, has friends here and does not recognise anything about Ethiopia”.In March, the Immigration Appeals Board (UNE) told the family that their application was being looked into again, but last week they received their rejection notice.

Zevadia: Excited and proud (Photo: Foreign Ministry)

Foreign Minister Avigdor Belaynesh Zevadia as Zebadiah, 43, was also the first Ethiopian-born Foreign Ministry cadet. She was previously stationed in Illinois and Texas. She has a Masters in African Studies and International Relations.

Immigrated as teen, returing as envoy

The new ambassador, who made aliyah when she was 17, told Ynet: “I don’t have the words to describe how excited and proud I am to be the first representative (of the Ethiopian community) to become an ambassador.”I immigrated from Ethiopia as a teen, and I’m coming back as an ambassador. It’s a great honor for me and my family, and I want to thank the foreign minister and the ministry staff for their confidence in me. This is proof that Israel gives a chance to everyone, even those who have made aliyah.

ጋዜጦችና መጽሔቶችን የሚያትሙት ማተሚያ ቤቶች ለግል ጋዜጦችና መጽሔቶች አሳታሚዎች የላኩት የሕትመት ውል ቅድመ ምርመራን (Censorship) አንግሶ ሕገ መንግሥቱንና የፕሬስ ነፃነትን የሚፃረር ነው ሲሉ አሳታሚዎች ተቃውመውታል፡፡አቤቱታቸውንም ለጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር መለስ ዜናዊና ለአታሚዎቹ አቅርበዋል፡፡አሳታሚዎቹ የሕትመት ‹‹ስታንዳርድ›› ውል ረቂቅ አዋጅ ቅጂ ከደረሳቸው በኋላ በተናጠል ሳይሆን በጋራ አቋም ለመያዝ በተደጋጋሚ ተሰብስበዋል፡፡ በስብሰባቸውም ላይ እንደዚህ ዓይነት ውል እንዲፈርሙ የተላከው ከብርሃንና ሰላም ማተሚያ ድርጅት፣ ከቦሌ ማተሚያ ቤትና ከሌሎችም መሆኑን ተገንዝበዋል፡፡ለጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ባቀረቡት የአቤቱታ ደብዳቤ በሌሎች ማተሚያ ቤቶች የሚያሳትሙ አሳታሚዎችም በጋራ ያሉበት ሲሆን፣ በብርሃንና ሰላም ማተሚያ ድርጅት የተላከው ግን እዚያው ለሚያሳትሙ አሳታሚዎች ነው፡፡ አሳታሚዎቹ በወሰዱት አቋም እንዲፈርሙ ከተላከላቸው የውል ረቂቅ ውስጥ እጅግ ያሳሰቡዋቸው አንቀጽ 10 ላይ የሰፈሩት ሐሳቦች ናቸው፡፡

አንቀጽ 1ዐ ሕግን የተላለፈ ይዘትን አለማተም  አታሚው በአሳታሚው እንዲታተም የቀረበለት የጽሑፍ ስክሪፕት ሕግን የሚተላለፍ ስለመሆኑ ለማመን በቂ ምክንያት ካለው አላትምም የማለት መብት አለው፣  አታሚው አሳታሚው የሕግ ተጠያቂነትን የሚያስከትል የሕትመት ይዘት የማውጣት ዝንባሌ ያለው መሆኑን ለማመን በቂ ምክንያት ካለው በማንኛውም ጊዜ ውሉን ለማቋረጥ ወይም ለመሰረዝ ይችላል፡፡

Addis Ababa, May 5 (WIC) - Ethiopian Airlines, for a second time in a row, has won “The 2011 Annual Airline Reliability Performance Award” from the Bombardier Aerospace on April 30, 2012.According to a statement issued by the airlines, Ethiopian achieved the highest overall dispatch reliability and placed first overall in the Q-400 product category for the Middle East and Africa region.Mesfin Tassew, Chief Operating Officer of Ethiopian Airlines received the award at the annual Airline Reliability Performance Awards Gala Dinner held at the Disney Atlantic Dance Hall in Orlando, Florida, USA on April 30, 2012.