Language and media:
A sample of their newspaper:
An Ethiopian language newspaper:
English language newspaper:
Links:
http://ethiopiadaily.com/Source:http://en.ethiopianreporter.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2395&Itemid=26
Ethiopian to increase fleet to over 100 in the next decade
Saturday, 20 March 2010
By Kaleyesus Bekele
The management of Ethiopian Airlines has revealed a new ambitious and strategic 15-year plan called “Vision 2025” in which it envisions to increase the airline’s fleet to over 100 jet liners.
At the internal staff meeting held the previous Thursday at the Addis Ababa Conference Center, Ethiopian CEO, Girma Wake told the employees that the airline had drafted a new farsighted development strategy. Girma said that the development strategy will have three phases with a five-year term. The development strategy would be evaluated every five years.
The management will soon present the development strategy to its board of directors chaired by Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin. The public relations department of Ethiopian said that it would not reveal the details of the strategy before it is submitted to the board.
However, reliable sources told The Reporter that the strategy included increasing the number of the airline’s jet fleet to over 100. Ethiopian currently operates 30 jetliners. Ethiopian also plans to increase the number of employees to over 10,000 from the existing 4850. Sources said the management anticipates to raise its destinations to 200 and its operating revenue to three billion dollars. The airline has achieved its vision 2010 that included making an annual revenue of 1 billion dollars.
Names of local famous writers and samples of short stories:
Āfeworq Gebre Īyesūs
Āfeworq Gebre Īyesūs ; (July 10, 1868 - September 25, 1947) was an Ethiopian writer and possibly the first novelist from that country to gain repute. He was born in Zegé on the southern shore of Lake Tana. He was nevertheless controversial due to statements he made during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
His famous works:
ልብ ፡ ወለድ ፡ ታሪክ ። (A heart born story from english translation)
ዳግማዊ ፡ ምኒልክ ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ ። (King of kings of ethiopia)
Some of his short stories:
እውነት ተመዶሻው ነው
አጤ ፋሲል
(no translation. Sorry)
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