The Ethiopian News Week in Review at Ezega.com

Feb. 2, 2009 - PRLog -- The most viewed news post at Ezega.com this week was entitled “The World’s 10 Oldest Leaders”. This post lists the top ten current world leaders who are the oldest. Topping the list was ROBERT MUGABE, 84, president of Zimbabwe, who has been in power for 28 years, followed by KING ABDULLAH, 84, king of Saudi Arabia, who has been in power for 12 years.

Also in the list were GIRIJA PRASAD KOIRALA, 83, prime minister of Nepal, with two current years in power; ABDOULAYE WADE, 81, president of Senegal, who have been eight years in power; and HOSNI MUBARAK, 79, president of Egypt, who has been 26 years in power.

In another top news, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi reaffirmed that Ethiopia's Renaissance is inevitable and the effort launched to realize Ethiopia's renaissance would be further intensified. Meles said the effort which will also benefit the pastoralists would also be consolidated.

Prime Minister Meles made this remark at an event marking the National Pastoralists' Day which was observed in Semera, the capital of Afar State, on Sunday. The Prime Minister said Ethiopia's renaissance is inevitable. Extensive efforts will be exerted across the country to realize the country's renaissance by further motivating pastoralists, farmers and investors thereby enabling the entire population to enjoy benefits of economic and political development.

Another news post that received considerable attention was the identification of oil prospective areas in Ethiopia by a Canadian company. Epsilon Energy Ltd, a Canadian oil and gas company, this week disclosed that it has identified prospective areas for oil and gas exploration in northwestern Ethiopia, west of Lake Tana. The Abay Gorge and Tana surrounding area is one of the five sedimentary basins in Ethiopia.

The company has disclosed its interest to acquire oil concession in the area. The head of the petroleum department within the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Dr Ketsela Tadesse, declined to comment on the matter.  On June 6 2008, Epsilon signed the “North West Area Study Agreement” with the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). In its update on the exploration activity in Ethiopia, Epsilon said after completing an analysis utilizing an existing landstat imagery, digital evaluation mapping, hydrology and old gravity readings, it had identified a prospective area of approximately 27,500 sq km within the boundaries of the northwest area, a discovery that warranted conducting a high resolution airborne gravity and magnetic survey.

At Ezega Jobs, many new Ethiopian jobs were posted. Vacancy ads that received the most attention were “Project Coordinator” posted by Flintstone Engineering Pvt.; “Education Management Information system” posted by Ministry of Education; “Administrative Assistant” posted by SNV Ethiopia; “Network Administrator” posted by Wegagen Bank S.C.; and “Management Assistant” posted by German Technical Cooperation, GTZ. For more information on these and other employment opportunities in Ethiopia, please visit http://www.Ezega.com/Jobs/index.aspx.

At Ezega Real Estate, many new homes were posted for sale and rent. The most viewed properties posted include “4BR, 2.5Bath G+1 home for sale” in Bole Bulbula, Addis Ababa, for 1,300,000 ETB; “2BR, 2Bath House for sale“ in Addis Ababa for 1,150,000 ETB; and “Multi-purpose G+3 building for sale” in Bole, Addis Ababa, for 8,000,000 ETB. For more information on these and other homes and properties for sale in Ethiopia, please visit http://www.Ezega.com/RealEstate/Index.aspx.

For more news and information about Ethiopia, please visit Ezega.com, the premier online source for Ethiopian News, Jobs, Real Estate, Classifieds, Entertainment, and Social Networking. Website: http://www.Ezega.com.

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