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Ambasciata d’Italia ad Addis Abeba

SERVIZIO NEWS

17.03.2015

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Contents

ETHIOPIA

Padiglione italiano alle prossime fiere agrex e hotelshow di Addis Abeba...................................3

Ethiopia: AACRA Concluded Five Contracts.....................................................................................4

Ethiopia Mines Ministry Gives Go Ahead For Tulu Kapi Development ...........................................5

Iom Repatriates 71 Irregular Ethiopian Migrants ..........................................................................6

Summit On Ethiopia Dam In Khartoum On 23 March: Sudanese Fm ............................................7

Ethiopian High-Level Delegation Attending Un Conference On Disaster Risk Reduction In Japan

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Ethiopia: Five Flour To Start Production In Two Months ...............................................................9

Ethiopia: Ppds Earned 120 Million Birr ......................................................................................... 10

SOUTH SUDAN

Au Commission Dismisses Leaked Draft On S. Sudan Crimes..................................................... 11

DJIBOUTI

Quatre Nouveaux Ambassadeurs Présentent Leurs Lettres De Créance Au Chef De L’etat :

Ballet Diplomatique Intense Au Palais De La République ................................................... 13

AFRICA

Africa: Energia, Piano Continentale D’interconnessione Elettrica Entro Il 2020....................... 16

EVENTS

Concorso Equestre – Domenica 22 Marzo Nel Compound dell’Ambasciata Italiana ................. 17

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ETHIOPIA

PADIGLIONE ITALIANO ALLE PROSSIME FIERE AGREX E HOTELSHOW DI ADDIS

ABEBA

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ETHIOPIA: AACRA CONCLUDED FIVE CONTRACTS

Addis Ababa City Roads

Authority (AACRA)

concluded construction

agreement with five

different companies for the

construction of new roads

in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis

Ababa. The roads are aimed

at connecting residential

condominium houses with

the main road.

(16.03.2015 – 2Merkato)

The projects are going to

primarily link the following

40/60 condominium sites; Kuye

Fiche, Yeka Abado, Tulu Dimtu

and Kilinto Housing projects.

The roads will have 10 to 30

meters width and stretch for a

total length of 33 kilometers,

the Authority explained. The

roads are scheduled to be

completed from three to six

months.

The Authority ’s General

Manager Fekade Haile (Eng.)

noted the projects are

expected to be finalized before

the 40/60 condominiums are

transferred to their owners in

the coming months.

According to him, there are

three local contractors that

have won projects.

Nonetheless, there is one

foreign company who has

concluded an agreement.

The fifth company is an

Ethiopian firm dubbed UNICON

Consulting Engineers and it

contracted the consulting

service of the road projects for

an outlay of 406,525 Birr.

The rest four contractors are

IFH Engineering, Melcon

Construction, Hafcon

Construction and Aser

Construction. Their contracts

are worth an aggregate of 829

million Birr.

According to The Reporter in

addition to the road

construction, the project

includes expansion work for

electric lines and

telecommunication lines.

“The project will not face any

delay due to write offs and

other issues as it has been

solved earlier,” Fekade noted.

Nonetheless, if there will ever

be anything that gets on the

way of the project, it will easily

be solved in cooperation with

the Office of the Prime Minister

as it is the Premier that is

following the development of

the project.

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ETHIOPIA MINES MINISTRY GIVES GO AHEAD FOR TULU KAPI DEVELOPMENT

Aim-listed goldexplorer and

developer Kefi Minerals has

received approval from

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Mines

to develop its Tulu

Kapiproject.

(16.03.2015 – WIC)

The company's application for

the 86 000-oz/y mine was now

before the Council of Ministers

for approval to execute a

mining agreement and to issue

the mining license and full

permitting to develop and

operate the project for 20

years.

Further, Kefi Minerals on

Monday said the estimated

development expenditure for

the mine had been reduced

from $150-million to $120-

million, based on initial bids

received from mining

contractors and on terms on

offer to the company for the

acquisition of the identified

suitable process plants.

The development funding plan

would be a combination of debt

and equity finance, drawn

down in the second half of this

year and comprising $100-

million of project debt, with the

balance of $20-million being

financed by one of a number of

possible sources currently

being assembled, including

financing from contractors and

equity at the project or parent

company level.

"It is an exciting period for

Kefi, with a great deal of

progress occurring across the

board. As we rapidly move

towards the receipt of the

mining license and advance our

funding plans, we remain on

track to start development at

the project this year, [aiming]

for production in 2017,” Kefi

executive chairpersonHarry

Anagnostaras-Adams said.

The company also planned to

conclude its definitive feasibility

study and start construction of

the 1.2-million-ton-a-year

processing plant, during this

year.

The Tulu Kapi project had a

probable ore reserve of one-

million ounces of goldand

mineral resources of 1.9-million

ounces of gold.

(miningweekly)

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IOM REPATRIATES 71 IRREGULAR ETHIOPIAN MIGRANTS

The International

Organisation for Migration

(IOM) – Tanzania, together

with the Tanzania

Immigration Department

last week facilitated the

voluntary repatriation of 71

Ethiopian migrants.

(16.03.2015 – WIC)

The migrants had been

detained in Iringa, Ubena and

Morogoro prisons for entering

Tanzania irregularly.

The migrants, some of whom

have been here for as long as

two years, expressed their

gratitude to finally be able to

join their families.

Since 2009, more than 3,000

Ethiopian detainees have been

assisted by IOM to return home

through funding from the

government of Japan.

Ethiopia with escorts provided

for minors, reception in Addis

Ababa, onwards transportation

to places of origin and

reintegration assistance.

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SUMMIT ON ETHIOPIA DAM IN KHARTOUM ON 23 MARCH: SUDANESE FM

Sudanese capital Khartoum

will host a trilateral summit

for Egypt, Ethiopia and

Sudan on 23 March, state

news agency MENA

reported.

(16.03.2015 – WIC)

Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali

Karti said on Saturday that

Egyptian President Abdel-

Fattah El-Sisi, Ethiopian Prime

Minister Hailemariam Desalegn

and Sudanese President Omar

Bashir would attend the

summit to sign a final

agreement on Ethiopia’s Grand

Renaissance Dam after talks

were held between the three

countries earlier this month.

Karti described the upcoming

agreement as "historic." The

summit will be also attended by

the water and foreign

ministers, Karti told MENA.

The Sudanese president and

Ethiopian prime minister

headed their countries'

delegations at the Egypt's

Economic Conference in Sharm

El-Sheikh.

Egypt fears Ethiopia's Grand

Renaissance Dam, of which 40

percent is built, will adversely

affect its share of the Nile's

water. Ethiopia is building the

dam on the Blue Nile, the

river's most significant

tributary, supply ing most of its

water.

The Ethiopian 6,000 megawatt

dam, set to be Africa's largest,

is expected to be fully

completed by 2017.

In a related news Egyptian

Minister of Water Resources

and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi

said potential international

consultancy firms have been

narrowed down to two and a

selection will be made within

days.

The firm will study the impacts

of the construction of the

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance

Dam on downstream countries

Egypt and Sudan, particularly

on their shares of water.

Moghazi was cited by state

news agency MENA as saying

that either one of the firms will

be selected or both of them will

be tasked with conducting the

study.

The announcement of the

name of the international

consultancy firm which will

conduct studies on the effects

of the dam was due on March

9, but was delayed.

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ETHIOPIAN HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION ATTENDING UN CONFERENCE O N

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN JAPAN

A delegation led by Mitiku

Kasa, State Minister for

Agriculture is attending the

Third United Nations World

Conference on Disaster

Risk Reduction in Sendai,

Japan.

(16.03.2015 – WIC)

The Ethiopian High-Level

delegation, led by a State

Minister of Agriculture, Mituku

Kasa, is actively taking part at

the Third United Nations World

Conference on Disaster Risk

Reduction which is being held

in Sendai, Japan.

Today in the morning the State

Minister delivered the official

statement of Ethiopia at the

Plenary meeting highlighting

the salient aspects of the

Ethiopian new Disaster Risk

Management Policy which is

consistent with Hyogo

Framework of Action.

He also described the efforts of

the Government implementing

the strategic plan and

programs designed under the

Policy in order to prevent and

address the challenges

associated with the natural

disasters and calamities in the

country. The Policy, he added,

is also aligned with the

strategies on Disaster Risk

Reduction and Management of

the Africa Union and IGAD

which are aimed at tackling

challenges caused by Disasters

on the Continent and its sub-

regions.

He expressed the firm belief of

Ethiopia that Disaster Risk

Reduction requires joint

international actions and

sharing responsibilities if

concrete results are expected

from the New Framework of

Disaster Reduction beyond

2015. In his Statement, the

State Minister further noted

that Ethiopia is making

preparations for the UN Third

Financing for Development

(FFD) which will be held in

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in July

this Year, and called on

member States' support and

cooperation to make the

Conference a success.

The State Minister also

participated in several High-

level events organized on the

margin of the Conference.

These include: Round Table

Ministerial Meeting on

Governing Disaster Risk

Overcoming Challenge,

Working Session on Building

Resilient Future for Rural Areas

and Ministerial Round Table on

Reducing Disaster Risk in

Urban Setting. In all these High

level events the State Minister

presented the activ ities carried

out by the Ethiopian

Government and the

achievements registered.

He also indicated that a lot

remains to be done in order to

address the challenges of

Disasters in a sustainable

Manner. The State Minister will

take part tomorrow in another

Working Session on Food

Security Disaster Resilient

Agriculture and Nutrition. (FBC)

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ETHIOPIA: FIVE FLOUR TO START PRODUCTION IN TWO MONTHS

Five wheat processing

factories that were built at

the cost of 153 million Birr

in Amhara State, Ethiopia,

will commence operation in

two months. The factories

are built in East Gojam

Zone and they consumed

153 million Birr.

(13.03.2015 – 2Merkato)

Out of the five factories three

of them are built by farmers’

cooperative. The rest two are

owned by private investors.

As the factories go fully

operational they are expected

to have a capacity of

processing over 1,000 quintals

of wheat every day.

Mesel Worku, Zonal

Cooperatives Manager, noted

the Zone is known for its

abundant wheat. He added

farmers will be able to supply

enough input to the factories

and there are also preparations

taking place to utilize waste

products of the factories owned

by the cooperatives.

According to Ethiopian News

Agency (ENA), the Zone

produces and brings to the

market a total of five million

Quintals.

Haimanot Belte, general

manager of Selam Flour

Factory, said his company is

building a pasta and macaroni

factory in addition to the wheat

factory.

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ETHIOPIA: PPDS EARNED 120 MILLION BIRR

Ethiopia’s Federal Public

Procurement and Property

Disposal Service (PPPDS)

disclosed it generated

about 120 million Birr from

the sale of disposable

vehicles.

(13.03.2015 – 2Merkato)

PPPDS’ Director General Yigezu

General noted between the

years 2011 – 2015 PPPDS has

disposed 711 vehicles and

148,887 properties in open

auction.

He also explained in the

current fiscal year PPPDS

concluded a framework

agreement worth 1.3 billion

Birr. It has also increased using

locally produced paper and

toner which in turn has saved a

lot of hard currency, he

furthered.

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SOUTH SUDA N

AU COMMISSION DISMISSES LEAKED DRAFT ON S. SUDAN CRIMES

The Chairperson of the

African Union Commission,

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma

has expressed concerns

over the recent circulation

of what is purported to be

the draft report of the

African Union Commission

of Inquiry on South Sudan.

(16.03.2015 – Sudan

Tribune)

Zuma, in a statement issued on

Tuesday, said the so-called

‘report’ which has been leaked

is “not that of the Commission

of Inquiry”.

“The Chairperson further

wishes to reassure the public,

especially, the South Sudanese

citizens, that the report of the

Commission of Inquiry has not

been publicly released to

anyone,” reads the statement.

Earlier on, however, the AU

Peace and Security Council

(AUPSC) deferred the

consideration of the report to a

later date, during the 24th AU

Summit of Heads of State and

Government, the African Union

Peace and Security Council

(AUPSC) held on 29 January

2015 at which the final

Commission of Inquiry report

was submitted.

“The Chairperson, therefore,

wishes to emphasise that as

soon as the AUPSC considers

the report and makes a

decision on its release to the

public the report of the

Commission of Inquiry will be

realised accordingly,” stressed

the AU Commission

chairperson.

The draft AU report, which has

been published by various

media outlets, generated fury

among those mentioned in the

document, with some

petitioning the continental body

over its contents.

For instance, in an open letter

to Zuma, South Sudan’s former

chief justice, Mou Ambrose

Riny Thiik questioned what he

described as serious security

issues and unethical reporting

on indiv iduals by the African

Union Commission of Inquiry

on South Sudan (AUCISS).

According to Thiik, some

aspects of the leaked AU draft

showed breaches and

violations of human dignity and

rights, rendering the exercise

futile and modality used in the

reporting questionable.

He cited a section of the

report, which quoted a certain

Major General of Military

Intelligence by the name Mac

Paul who believes that justice

Thiik chaired and organized the

mobilization for the k illing in

Juba between December16 and

18, 2014, and that this

mobilisation started in

November, 2013.

“This, madam chairperson, is

pure character assassination of

Shakespearean pedigree and a

fake testimony of illicit nature

by Mac Paul who knows exactly

how the gates of hell were

opened loose against the

innocent people of South

Sudan in general and the Nuer

brothers and sisters in

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particular,” Thiik wrote in his

letter to the AU chair.

“In contrast to Justice Ambrose

Riny Thiik, Mac Paul has no

clear track of contribution to

the welbeing of this nation,” he

added.

There have been several calls

from activ ists for the AU to

release the findings of its

inquiry into a conflict that has

k illed thousands of people and

displaced millions since

December 2013.

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DJIBOUTI.

QUATRE NOUVEAUX AMBASSADEURS PRÉSENTENT LEURS LETTRES DE CRÉANCE

AU CHEF DE L’ETAT : BALLET DIPLOMATIQUE INTENSE AU PALAIS DE LA

RÉPUBLIQUE

Le président de la

République, M. Ismail Omar

Guelleh a reçu hier matin

les visites successives de

quatre nouveaux

ambassadeurs

extraordinaires et

plénipotentiaires venus lui

remettre leurs lettres de

créances. Dans l’ordre, ce

sont les ambassadeurs de

Géorgie, du Bénin,

d’Australie et de Norvège

qui ont présenté les

documents les accréditant

en qualité de représentants

officiels de leurs Etats

auprès de la République de

Djibouti.

(17.03.2015 – La Nation)

La journée d’hier était quasi-

exclusivement celle des

ambassadeurs au palais

présidentiel. Le ballet

diplomatique était intense,

puisque quatre nouveaux

ambassadeurs extraordinaires

et plénipotentiaires ont remis

leurs lettres de créances au

chef de l’Etat.

Pour l’occasion, le protocole

d’Etat avait déployé les grands

moyens dans et autour du

nouveau et somptueux palais

présidentiel : troupe d’honneur

et étendards aux quatre vents.

C’est le tout nouvel

Ambassadeur de la République

de Géorgie auprès de la RdD,

M. Vakhatang JAOSHVILI, qui a

ouvert le bal. Il s’est présenté

en ces termes au président de

la République : «J’ai l’honneur

de vous présenter les lettres

par lesquelles le Président de la

Géorgie, M. Giorgi

Margvelashvili, m’accrédite

auprès de la République de

Djibouti en qualité de premier

Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et

Plénipotentiaire de Géorgie ».

Et le diplomate de mettre

l’accent sur l’importance que le

gouvernement Géorgien

accorde à établir une

Ambassade à Djibouti «La

Géorgie est un jeune Etat et un

ancien pays (…).

Nous sommes résolus à

approfondir les liens avec nos

amis, et Djibouti est l’un deux

» M. Jaoshvili a rappelé enfin

que de nombreux projets

communs d’approfondissement

des relations ont été discutés

entre les chefs de la diplomatie

Djiboutienne et Géorgienne. «

Vivement que ces projets

puissent aboutir afin d’apporter

un bénéfice mutuel pour les

deux nations » a-t-il conclu.

Le président de la République

qui était entouré comme l’exige

le protocole d’Etat, du chef de

la diplomatie, Mahmoud Ali

Youssouf et de la conseillère

diplomatique de la présidence

de la République, Mme Fathia

Djama Oudine a répondu sur

un ton aussi solennel au

diplomate géorgien. Il a

souligné combien «Djibouti se

réjouit de pouvoir entretenir

avec la Géorgie des rapports

ouverts et chaleureux fondés

sur une communauté

d’intérêts. »

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M.Ismail Omar Guelleh s’est dit

«convaincu que [l’Ambassadeur

Géorgien] saurait donner un

nouvel élan aux relations

diplomatiques entre nos deux

peuples ». Il l’a enfin

encouragé à aller à la

rencontre des Djiboutiens qui

sont un peuple « ouvert, riche

de sa culture et fier de ses

réalisations ».

Puis, c’est l’Ambassadeur du

Bénin, M. Naim Akibou qui s’est

présenté au chef de l’Etat. Le

diplomate béninois, qui était

accompagné de deux de ses

collaborateurs, a officiellement

adressé la lettre de créance

l’accréditant comme

Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et

Plénipotentiaire de la

république du Bénin auprès de

la république de Djibouti au

chef de l’Etat. Par la même

occasion, l’ambassadeur lui a

transmis les hommages de son

homologue Béninois, DrBoni

Yayi, qui lui a dit toute son

appréciation pour « son rôle de

leadership dans la zone de la

Corne d’Afrique ».

Le président de la République a

accepté les lettres accréditant

le nouvel ambassadeur

béninois en RdD. Il a rendu

hommage à son prédécesseur

qui, a-t-il dit, a « beaucoup

contribué au raffermissement

des relations diplomatiques

entre nos deux pays ».

Le président Guelleh a rappelé

combien les relations entre

Djibouti et le Bénin étaient «

loin d’avoir épuisé tout leur

potentiel » et qu’elles sont

appelées à « progresser dans

tous les domaines d’intérêts

communs entre nos deux

pays».

Le ballet s’est poursuiv i avec

l’arrivée de l’Ambassadeur

d’Australie en République de

Djibouti. M. Mark Sawers s’est

dit heureux et priv ilégié de

représenter officiellement son

pays, l’Australie, en République

de Djibouti. Il s’est dit réjoui

que l’Australie ait ouvert un

consulat honoraire à Djibouti-

v ille, qui est géré par l’éminent

homme d’affaires de la place,

M. Ahmed Osman Guelleh.

M. Sawers a félicité le rôle

proéminent et l’engagement

continu du président de la

République dans la résolution

de la crise somalienne et

surtout la lutte contre des

phénomènes comme la

piraterie maritime ou le

terrorisme dans la sous région.

Il a réaffirmé le soutien de son

pays à la RdD dans les

domaines comme l’assistance à

la formation, l’éducation,

l’agriculture, les mines et la

langue anglaise.

Le président de la République

s’est dit en retour heureux «

d’accepter les lettres

accréditant le nouvel

ambassadeur en RdD ». Il a dit

tout son plaisir de voir

l’Australie et la RdD entretenir

des relations et des rapports

chaleureux et ouverts fondés

sur les intérêts communs.

Le président Guelleh a

réaffirmé la haute appréciation

de son pays pour le soutien

que « l’Australie lui accorde et

partage avec lui la profonde

conviction qu’une solidarité

active entre nos deux pays est

nécessaire en vue d’un

développement harmonieux,

intégré et solidaire.» C’est enfin

l’Ambassadeur du Royaume de

Norvège, M. Andreas

GAARDER, qui a présenté ses

lettres de créance au chef de

l’Etat.

L’occasion pour lui de souligner

l’intérêt d’approfondir et de

renforcer les relations entre la

RdD et la Norvège dans tous

les domaines. Il a pris

l’engagement devant le chef de

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l’Etat d’user de tous les moyens

et de s’employer à accroitre les

rapports tant politiques et

économiques que commerciaux

entre la RdD et la Norvège.

Le président de la République,

M. Ismail Omar Guelleh a en

retour exprimé sa satisfaction

devant l’accréditation d’un

nouvel ambassadeur norvégien

à Djibouti, qui sur les traces de

son prédécesseur, saura porter

les relations d’amitié et de

confiance vers des horizons

encore plus prometteurs.

Le président de la République

s’est dit confiant dans la

poursuite et le raffermissement

des relations bilatérales entre

la Norvège et Djibouti qui sont

empreinte d’un respect mutuel

basé sur le dialogue constructif

et sur une vision commune.

Notons qu’à l’issue de chaque

remise de lettres de créances,

les nouveaux diplomates

accrédités en république de

Djibouti ont chacun et à tour

de rôle signé le livre d’or ouvert

à cette occasion dans le hall du

nouveau et somptueux palais

présidentiel.

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AFRICA: ENERGIA, PIANO CONTINENTALE D’INTERCONNESSIONE ELETTRICA

ENTRO IL 2020

AFRICA – I paesi dell’Africa

si sono accordati per

realizzare entro il 2020

l’interconnessione delle

loro rete elettriche

nazionali. A dirlo è stato il

capo del direttorato per

l’energia della Nuova

Partnership per lo sviluppo

dell’Africa (NEPAD), Mosad

Elmissiry, uno degli

organismi per promuovere

lo sviluppo economico in

seno all’Unione Africana.

(17.03.2015 – Africa e

Affari)

I blocchi costituenti del piano

d’interconnessione saranno

quattro corridoi regionali, che

serviranno a collegare tra loro

le griglie principali già esistenti,

in Africa australe, in quella

occidentale, centrale e del

nord.

Uno dei corridoi consentirà di

interconnettere la griglia

sudafricana con quella

egiziana, che dovrebbe essere

anche il primo a essere

realizzato.

“Le connessioni tra Kenya e

Tanzania, Kenya ed Etiopia,

Sudafrica e Zimbabwe, Egitto e

Sudan sono già in una fase

avanzata di assegnazione dei

contratti”, ha detto Elmissiry

sottolineando l’importanza del

progetto e ricordando che

l’Unione Africana si è

impegnata nella realizzazione di

progetti per generare 15.000

ulteriori MW all’attuale

produzione di circa 120.000

MW dell’intero continente

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