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History In Search of a Statue, 2: Emperor Yohannes IV By Richard Pankhurst Faced by enemy incursions, by the Egyptians in the 1870s, and by both the Mahdists and the Italians in the 1880s, which were accompanied by blockades at the coast, Yohannes was in no position to undertake any great campaign of modernisation. He was, however, the first Ethiopian ruler, to have an Honorary Consul abroad (an Englishman, Samuel King, in London); the first to make use of a foreign physician at his court (Dr Nicholas, Parisis. a Greek); and the first to encourage the introduction of modern-style vaccination against smallpox (he, Ras Alula, and several other prominent figures, were all vaccinated). His reign likewise witnessed his utilisation of several foreign-educated Ethiopians Commentary The Ethio-Eritrean boarder crisis By: Atnaf Segued (Dec, 27, 2003) This problem started when the so called Eritrean Liberation Front (EPLF) aggressed and occupied vast mineral and agricultural rich territories in Northern Ethiopia in 1998. Needless to say, the EPLF Were dislodged from our land in a record breaking lightening time when they refused to withdraw peacefully. Focus: Creating an opportunity to share the benefits of the Nile Unlike the Awash river, which is considerably used for irrigation purposes, Abay (The Blue Nile) flows out from its motherland without providing any benefit to the country of its origin. Technology ECA Signs $203,430 Mou With Japan THE Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), with headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with the Government of Japan (GOJ) for a financial agreement of up to US$203,430, towards work on the Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA). Focus: Stealing the Nile: Famous falls no more 
Travel author recalls his shock on return to Ethiopia BLUE NILE FALLS, Ethiopia - The Blue Nile brought me to Africa in 1973. To locate its source -- Quaerere caput Nili -- had been the hope of many great captains and geographers of the classical age: Herodotus, Cyrus and Cambyses of Persia, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Nero. [The Nile River Basin is shared by the following 12 countries : Sudan, Ethiopia ; Egypt ; Uganda ; Tanzania, United Republic of Kenya ; Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) ; Rwanda ; Burundi ; Eritrea ; Central African Republic.] Technology Consultant warns that there is no way to ignore fast moving ICT in Ethiopia The Ethiopian business enterprises were advised last week to get involved in the flourishing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to be competitive in the global market. Ayalew Zageye, Managing Director of AMDAMU Management consultancy Firm and a long-time educator at the Addis Ababa University (AAU), said that globalization, which is the order of the day for free movement of goods, capital, resources and ideas, needed the use of advanced ICT to be sustained in doing business in the world. Egypt and Kenya in water row BBC (12/12/2003): 
The Egyptian Government has expressed its disappointment after Kenya
announced its intention to withdraw from the 1929 Nile Basin Treaty.The treaty restricts Kenya from using waters from Lake Victoria in the west, which is a source for the River Nile. The Kenyan Government says the treaty benefits Egypt and Britain and it will no longer honour it. Related News: Kenya wants Nile water The Nile Basin Treaty, which bars East African countries from exploiting the waters of Lake Victoria for economic gain, should be reviewed, according to a senior Kenyan cabinet minister. Mr Raila Odinga told the Kenyan parliament that this aspect of the treaty was particularly regrettable because Kenya was short of water - whereas Egypt, which he said was favoured by the Nile Treaty - was able to export water. "Queen of Africa" Land Back in Addis 
Hayat Ahmed arrived
back in the city yesterday to tumultuous welcome from her admirers after
competing in the Miss World pageant held in China early this
month.
Hayat Ahmed had failed to be one of the last five contestants after successfully landing in the semi-final comprising the 20 “most beautiful” women of the world. However, Hayat Ahmed had succeeded in being chosen as the "Queen of Africa". The "Queen of Europe” was Irish – who was also “Miss World”. The Queen of the Americas is Miss Canada and the Queen of the Caribbean Islands is Miss Jamaica. Analysis Ceding Ethiopian territories to Eritrea in the name of the rule of law? Which law and whose law? Foreign Lawyers and Governments Involved in Illegal Deceit against Ethiopia PART 2 By Tseggai Mebrahtu In part one of this Article, we concluded by saying that despite the discourse on rule of law and on popular sovereignty, there was no political possibility in Ethiopia to review the constitutionality of the acts of parliament and of the executive. The EPRDF constitution for example provides that the parliament cannot make treaties which don’t promote Ethiopia’s national interest. That the Algiers conspiracy is against Ethiopia’s national interest is also screamingly obvious. However, before we can say that the Algiers conspiracy is unconstitutional, we need to be sure the EPRDF dominated rubber-stamp parliament has ratified the conspiracy according to article 55 paragraph 12 of the constitution, which reads “ it (the House of Representatives) shall ratify international agreements concluded by the executive”. CEDING ETHIOPIA’S TERRITORIES TO ERITREA IN THE NAME OF RULE OF LAW? WHICH LAW AND WHOSE LAW? PART 1 Comment: [Must read Analysis] Let us make corruption a high-risk activity Currently, the issue of corruption and its disastrous impacts on national social and economic development endeavours seems to have received an ever-increasing recognition by the government. Here, mention can be made of the formation of corruption control and enforcement institution, i.e., the Federal Ethics and Anticorruption commission (FEAC), and also the agenda of the government to make ethics and anticorruption awareness creation among citizens as one of its priority activities. Monitoring of good governance reveals failure of government to bring about accountability in the country * Parliament blamed for inefficiency The most recent research launched last Monday by the Addis Ababa University (AAU) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) disclosed that although the Constitution of the country contained formal provisions for ensuring checks and balances in government activities, the general public in Ethiopia was not convinced that there were sufficient checks and balances among the three branches of the government. Speaking of people TV chef battles Ethiopian hunger  Ethiopia is probably the last place you would expect there to be a celebrity chef. But a land sadly best-known for its food shortages now has its very own television cook, who thinks that the lack of diversity in Ethiopia's cuisine is a big factor in the food supply problems. Press Release Tecola Hagos Launches a New Website Moblizing Ethiopians Living Abroad for the development of ETHIOPIA  In 2001, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) initiated a capacity building program for Africa entitled Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA). The MIDA program aims to establish links between African countries and their citizens living abroad, without jeopardizing their social status and benefits gained in their host country. ........ IOM would be grateful if you could complete the attached questionnaire and send it to the following electronic mailbox IOM.Belyou.Guirbo@wfp.org Or postal address of IOM, P.O.Box 25283 Code 1000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Questionnaire (Requires Adobe Acrobat reader - Download here) 
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