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Addis Standard is an Ethiopian monthly social, economic and political news magazine published [1] [2] and distributed by Jakenn Publishing Plc, and was established in February 2011 by Tsedale Lemma, [3] who is also the editor-in-chief of the magazine as of January 2021.
The Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Rail Transport S.C., a bi-national public company headquartered in Addis Ababa, was formed in 2017 to operate the railway. It is owned by the governments of Ethiopia (75% share) and Djibouti (25% share). Ethiopia holds the CEO post, represented through the Ethiopian Minister of Transport. The company currently ...
Rail transport in Ethiopia is done within the National Railway Network of Ethiopia, which currently consists of three electrified standard gauge railway lines: the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, the Awash–Weldiya Railway and the Weldiya–Mekelle Railway. Other lines are still in the planning phase.
Tsedale promoted women's rights for the 8 March 2014 International Women's Day by moderating a United Nations supported debate at Addis Ababa University titled "Equality for Woman is Progress for All: Celebrating Ethiopian Women's Achievements in Ethiopia", among seven prominent women panelists, Aster Zaoude, Birtukan Gebregzi, Chachi Tadesse, Desta Hagos, Ingidaye Eshete, Selamawit Adugna and ...
ISO 3166-2:ET is the entry for Ethiopia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Ethiopia's economy is ranked 159th place out of 190 countries in 'Ease of doing business'. [35] Ethiopia is also a part of African Continental Free Trade Area, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the G24, and has observer status at the World Trade Organization.
A common unit of weight in Ethiopia was the load - a simple measure of the amount carried by a beast of burden such as a camel [1] A number of different units of measurement have been used in Ethiopia. The values of most of these units are not well defined. [2] In 1963, Ethiopia adopted the metric system. [3]
The Ethiopian Railways Corporation began construction of the double-track electrified light rail transit project in December 2011 after securing funds from the Export-Import Bank of China. [10] Trial operations were begun on 1 February 2015, [9] with several months of testing following that. [11] It is operated by the Shenzhen Metro Group. [12]