Condoleezza Rice due here
this week
Dr. Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State is expected
to pay a one day visit to Addis Ababa this week.
The US Department of State has announced that Dr. Rice will hold
talks on Ethio- American relations with Ethiopian government officials
and will also confer with officials from Somalia, DR-Congo and
Sudan. This is Rice’s first ever visit to Ethiopia.
 MORE
|
|
| |
International
humanitarian, peace maker arrives Thursday
By Addis Mulugeta
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of the Art of Living
Foundation and a renowned international humanitarian, peace maker,
and a deep and profound speaker, will visit Ethiopia for the first
time, December 6-7, 2007.
He is coming to Addis Ababa in recognition of the work that his
organization has performed in Addis Ababa, such as projects aiming
to make the youth catalysts for community change. The organization
is also working with Ethiopian parliamentarians on bolstering feelings
of social responsibility and commitment through its Art of Living
courses.
MORE
Starbucks agrees to pay premium price for
Ethiopian coffees
By Andualem Sisay and Kirubel Tadesse
A few months ago, Oxfam had accused US coffee chain Starbucks of
denying Ethiopia more than 88 USD a year. Oxfam reported that Starbucks
asked the National Coffee Association (NCA) to block the country’s
bid to trademark three types of coffee bean in the US but Starbucks
had denied initiating any kind of opposition to Ethiopian trademark
application.
It was also reported that the Ethiopian government filed its applications
to trademark its coffee bean names - Sidamo, Harar and Yirgacheffe
and at that time Oxfam claimed that Starbucks flagged up the application
to the NCA, which then filed its opposition at the US Patent and
Trademark Office.
MORE
|
|
| |
|
|
