Ethiopia’s long awaited Mega-Hydro electric (Gilgel Gibe II project) finalizes Friday
By Dereje Berhanu
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia- Salini Construttori, an Italian contractor, is scheduled to finalize today June 5, the construction of the Gibe II hydroelectric project that is projected to have the capacity to generate 420 megawatts of electricity. When operations start in the coming two months for testing, the project is expected to upgrade the country’s power supply by 40 percent.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is appealing to the international community to provide Africa with policy space so that the continent can weather the current economic challenges. The Prime Minister said that the international community could and should provide adequate policy space, live up to its commitments in terms of development assistance, limit global warming and pay compensation for the unavoidable damage caused by it so that it could assist Africa.“Sovereign African nations are not so sovereign when it comes to economic policy making”, Meles said indicating that most African states depend heavily on foreign aid and credit to sustain their economic activities and the aid is largely disbursed on the basis of how well countries adhere to the policy orthodoxy promoted by donors. 
Baladwein, Somalia- Somalia is destined to further escalations of violence as the country’s Security Minister, Omar Hashi Aden and former ambassador to the African Union (AU) and Ethiopia Abdikarin Farah laqanyo were yesterday assassinated in a suicide bombing that targeted a hotel where the two officials had been staying. The attack on Medina hotel, in Baladwein, 400Km North of Mogadishu, which also killed 20 others was later claimed by the Al shabaab militants fighting the moderate Islamist led government. Somalia’s beleaguered president, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has blamed the attack on Al qaeda in a press conference he held in his Palace in Mogadishu.“Al qaeda was behind the attack” President Ahmed said. “Foreign fighters are streaming into Somalia everyday and want to turn the country into Al qaeda safe-haven” he added. He claimed victory over Islamist insurgents during the recent clashes in Mogadishu. 
