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Ethiopian government and partners request $67.7 million for drought response

Friday, April 18, 2008
The Ethiopian government and its humanitarian partners yesterday announced that a total of $67,737,459 is required to fund the country’s humanitarian...
AFRICA: Soaring food and fuel ...

AFRICA: Soaring food and fuel prices may hurt growth

IRIN: http://www.irinnews.org
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Tayech Ali arrived half an hour before the grain distribution centre in Gojam Berenda, in the capital, Addis Ababa, opened, but still had to queue...
Activists released from prison...

Activists released from prison in Ethiopia

Amnesty International
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005. Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie...
ETHIOPIA: Lifting of grain tax...

ETHIOPIA: Lifting of grain tax may ease food burden for urban poor

Sunday, March 23, 2008
The Ethiopian government’s decision to remove some taxes on grains is unlikely to have an immediate impact on rising food prices in rural areas,...
ETHIOPIA: “Eight million need ...

ETHIOPIA: “Eight million need assistance, despite record harvest”

IRIN
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Ethiopia experienced a record harvest during the meher season that runs from June and October but pockets of poor food production across the country...
ETHIOPIA: Strategy to focus on...

ETHIOPIA: Strategy to focus on malnutrition

IRIN
Monday, February 11, 2008
Ethiopia’s new national nutrition strategy will target children younger than two years of age because a significant number suffer chronic...
ETHIOPIA: Prisoners of conscie...

ETHIOPIA: Prisoners of conscience unfairly convicted; face possible 10 year prison terms

Amnesty International
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Amnesty International today condemned the convictions of two human rights defenders in Ethiopia on charges of provoking and preparing "outrages...
ETHIOPIA: Drought insurance ex...

ETHIOPIA: Drought insurance extended to 6.7 million people

IRIN
Sunday, December 16, 2007
The World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding "the first humanitarian insurance policy" in Ethiopia. Officials are hoping to raise US$230 million in...
ETHIOPIA: Healing the scars of...

ETHIOPIA: Healing the scars of conflict

IRIN
Friday, December 14, 2007
Just a month ago, Bela, 35, a mother of two from the Karo ethnic group, saw her neighbour shot dead. "She was planting grain with her husband. She...
EAST AFRICA: Locust infestatio...

EAST AFRICA: Locust infestation serious in Kenya and Ethiopia, says FAO

IRIN
Thursday, December 13, 2007
The locust infestation remains serious in northeast Kenya and southeast Ethiopia, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). ...
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