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Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China has loaned Ethiopia $349 million for the construction of a 79-kilometer expressway between the capital Addis Ababa and Adama, the Ethiopian News Agency said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns to Washington, D.C., Monday to address a conference of the American Jewish Federations at a time of concern in Israel that the U.S.-Israel relationship is adrift.
Kuol Dut was six when the swirling chaos of war churned through his village.
Mebrahtom “Meb” Keflezighi was born on May 5, 1975 in Asmara, Eritrea. His father, Russom Keflezighi, had supported Eritrean rebels in their attempt to win independence from Ethiopia. On July 1, 1981, fearing for her husband’s safety, Meb’s mother, Awetash, convinced Russom to leave Eritrea.
What's Your Reaction? CBS Evening News recently profiled a TOMS shoe drop in Southern Ethiopia, where TOMS Shoes Founder and Chief Shoe Giver Blake Mycoskie spoke about his desire to stamp out podoconiosis , a debilitating foot disease that is caused by walking barefoot in silica-heavy volcanic soil.
In a rare interview, Eritrea's president Isaias Afwerki denies helping Islamic militants in Somalia, and says his country doesn't need elections.
In the streets of the Ethiopian capital hundreds of disabled people beg, some from makeshift wheelchairs, the less fortunate dragging themselves on their hands from car to car.
HARGEISA, 10 November 2009 (IRIN) - Days after Saudi Arabia lifted a nine-year ban on livestock imports from Somalia, the market in Hargeisa, Somaliland, has seen a 10-fold increase in sales, according to local traders.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Coffee exports from Uganda , Africa’s biggest producer of the robusta variety, may decline by more than 1.9 percent in the 2009-10 season because of drought, the National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises said.
As of Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at least 836 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 Monday at 10 a.m. EST.
ASMARA, Eritrea — In this lonely corner of the world, the first sign of distress is the luggage.
World and Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Kenenisa Bekele were among five contenders shortlisted for the male Athlete of the Year award on Monday.
Although Jewish people are united under one religion, the country of Israel boasts a variety of subcultures that were on display Monday night at the Union.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 30 October 2009 – Ethiopian schoolchildren recently celebrated Global Handwashing Day, with roughly 24,000 participating schools in Ethiopia.
In Ethiopia, the ruling Ethiopia People's Revolutionary Democratic Front says it's unaware that hundreds of opposition members have allegedly been jailed ahead of next year's election.
ASMARA, Eritrea — In this lonely corner of the world, the first sign of distress is the luggage. When one of the few international flights that are still operating here touched down one recent afternoon, the returning passengers emerged from baggage claim as if from a big shopping trip.
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