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ADDIS ABABA, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Ethiopian government has vehemently rejected accusations that it has excluded some opposition supporters from a food-for-work programme, charges that are the focus of growing international concern in the run-up to elections in 2010.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s main opposition party criticized a U.S. aid program for helping a textile plant with ties to the country’s ruling party win a multimillion dollar contract from an American company.
Twenty-five years after releasing a hit single to raise funds for victims of Ethiopia's infamous famine, Bob Geldof on Wednesday visited one of the then worst-affected villages in the north of the Horn of Africa country.
Addis Ababa - Manush Ambaye carefully places pieces together to form the upper part of a chimney. These ovens use less wood than a normal fireplace, she said, proudly describing the advantages of the ovens she builds in her small workshop. ...
International mediator for Madagascar Joaquim Chissano is to visit the island next week to try and resolve renewed differences over forming a unity government, diplomats said Saturday.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya wants to invest in hydroelectric plants in neighboring Ethiopia to ensure the country secures enough energy imports to cover a domestic supply shortfall, Kenya Electricity Generating Co. said.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court on Thursday convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in an alleged coup plot earlier this year and acquitted five others.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court has convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in a coup plot.
It's 5:30 a.m. Friday and Ethiopia native Asad Abdi, with a blanket over his shoulder and a Sony laptop computer under his arm, is the picture of American life. Abdi, one of about 800 East African refugees living in Greeley, bundled in his blanket on the hard sidewalk outside Best Buy almost eight hours earlier. He and a friend staked out their spot at 10 p.m. Thursday and were among the first ...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 28 / Christian Newswire / -- Since November 19, World Vision and thousands of people around the world have been traveling the globe in search of the Christmas spirit as part of the Christian humanitarian agency's "Spirit of Christmas" tour . The month-long tour features interviews and stories with children and families in the United States, Ecuador, Cambodia, Zambia ...
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s government sold National Tour Operation and Travel Agency Enterprise to ABC Plc, the country’s largest car-rental company, Capital reported, citing Wondafrashe Assefa, a spokesman for the nation’s privatization authority.
For Marysville Rotarians Harv and Larry Jubie it was their first time in Africa, but the Jubie brothers will be the first to say that their Oct. 17-31 trip did more than broaden their cultural horizons.
Corruption in Ethiopia and many parts of Africa is the principal business of the state. Effective anti-corruption efforts require an active democratic culture based on the rule of law and a vigilant citizenry.
Al-Qaeda and Islamists fighting to topple Somalia's government provide "mutual support" to each other, the head of the African Union peacekeeping force here told AFP in an interview.
BAKO, ETHIOPIA -- In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland.
As of Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, at least 849 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST.
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