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AFRICA: Need to focus on maternal, child health - top AU official

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Countries in Africa should promote maternal, infant and child health and report on progress, in order to curb high deaths rates on the continent, a...

ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIA: Zahara Abdu, "Five years ago we had 50 cows, now we have nothing"

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81835

Saturday, December 06, 2008

EREBTI Friday, December 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Afar region in north-eastern Ethiopia has had little rainfall for the past six to 10 years, resulting in a...

Ethiopia starts coffee exchange

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7760321.stm

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Ethiopia, Africa's largest coffee producer, has started trading the crop on a national commodity exchange.In a move aimed at both increasing quality...

ETHIOPIA: Children at greatest risk among Afar’s drought-displaced

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81773

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

EREBTI Tuesday, December 02, 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of vulnerable civilians who left their homes in north-eastern Ethiopia in June because of...

ETHIOPIA: New initiative against FGM/C

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81753

Monday, December 01, 2008

SEMERA Monday, December 01, 2008 (IRIN) - Like most pastoralists in the remote Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia, Ahmed Mohammed made sure his...

Southern Region to Reclaim Undeveloped Land

http://www.addisfortune.com/Southern Region to Reclaim Undeveloped Land.htm

Saturday, November 29, 2008

The board of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS) Investment Agency has decided to reclaim land from 137 investors...

Whole New Heights for Turkish Airlines

http://www.addisfortune.com/Whole New Heights for Turkish Airlines.htm

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Anwar Kedir, an Ethiopian businessman based in Addis, had what he called an “opportunity” that made his importing and distributing of garments in...

Behind Closed Doors

http://www.addisfortune.com/Behind Closed Doors.htm

Saturday, November 29, 2008

For two days late last week, Members of Parliament from the ruling Revolutionary Democrats discussed the controversial bill on Civil Society...

Bole Road Project up for Grabs Again

http://www.addisfortune.com/Bole Road Project up for Grabs Again.htm

Saturday, November 29, 2008

The Addis Abeba City Roads Authority (AACRA) has short listed 15 foreign companies engaged in road construction projects in various parts of the...

Litigation Stalls “Operation Move Out”

http://www.addisfortune.com/Litigation Stalls “Operation Move Out”.htm

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Amid protests by those affected by its eviction operations, the Agency for Government Houses (AGH) has decided to suspend its plan to evict over 129...