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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 1:03 am ET
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.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 1:08 pm ET
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.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 10:12 pm ET
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. ...
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 10:48 am ET
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.
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Sun-Sentinel - Thu Nov 19, 7:04 am ET
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.
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FOX 11 Tucson - Thu Nov 19, 7:18 am ET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court has convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in a coup plot.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 2:18 am ET
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.
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Marysville Globe - Tue Nov 24, 12:37 pm ET
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.
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The Huffington Post - Thu Nov 26, 11:24 pm ET
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.
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Washington Post - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 am ET
BAKO, ETHIOPIA -- In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland.
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Greeley Tribune - Fri Nov 27, 2:51 pm ET
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 ...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Mon Nov 23, 12:26 am ET
BAKO, Ethiopia I "Why Attractive?" reads one glossy poster with photos of green fields and a map outlining swaths of the country available at bargain-basement prices.
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NPR - Thu Nov 26, 12:09 am ET
Marcus Samuelsson was born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden and now is a world-renowned chef in New York City. His Thanksgiving food traditions are as international as his life story. He sat down with NPR's Steve Inskeep to discuss what he's eating this year.
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Polulation Action International - Tue Nov 24, 6:19 pm ET
The old adage, think globally and act locally, should be heeded in discussing solutions to climate change.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 6:15 am ET
From prolonged droughts to melting ice caps to heavy flooding and unpredictable weather patterns, climate change effects are already wrecking lives in Africa, the continent that pollutes the least.