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Ethiopia, Africa

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AFRICA: Need to focus on mater...

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

Thursday, February 5, 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 6, 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 4, 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 2, 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 1, 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...