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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.
(Adds comments, details.) "We will provide $10 billion in concessional loans to African countries," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said at the opening ceremony of the two-day Forum On China-Africa Cooperation, or FOCAC, at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh.
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. Old metal trolleys squealed under the weight of mundane items: tires, a laptop computer, tubs of detergent and ...
New report By African Science AcademiesThe lives of almost 4 million women, newborns, and children in sub-Saharan Africa could be saved every year if well-established, affordable health care interventions reached 90 percent of families, according to a joint report by the national science academies of seven African countries.
Newton Various mediums of acrylics, mono prints, painted silk and water colors by artist Phylis Barfoot of Highland Lakes will be featured at the Glimpses exhibit at Sussex County Community College, in Building C.
12:12 am CST Nov 10, 2009 (ThePoles.com) Bill Hanlon is Founder and Medical Director of Basic Health International (BHI) Foundation and one of the Everest summiteers who will challenge themselves on skis this season.
As of Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at least 833 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. EDT.
Evan Hadingham wants to introduce you to a 3.3 million-year-old relative named Selam who just might change what you think about being human.
The cross country teams head to Tuscaloosa, Ala. to run in the NCAA Division I South Regional meet Nov. 14. This is the first division I post-season event for both the men and women’s programs. Both teams have spent the majority of the season in the top 15 of the regional rankings. The men have spent [...]
SANA‘A, Yemen, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A boat carrying refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea was seized in the territorial waters of Yemen, authorities said Saturday.
Beijing's abuses affect many issues the U.S. holds dear.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Uganda will take more than a year to introduce inflation-targeting, said Elias Kasozi, the executive director for operation at the central bank, five years after first announcing plans to adopt the system.
Madagascar's former president Marc Ravalomanana, who was ousted in a coup earlier this year, is promising to cooperate in a transitional government with the young leader who replaced him.
Are you born an artist, or are you nudged in that direction by circumstance? Is it a pure and simple gift, or does experience provide the spark that coaxes creativity into full bloom?
Talks on Madagascar's political impasse have opened in Addis Ababa with a plea for rival factions to put aside mutual animosities for the sake of the country's economic survival.
Reaching the world with the Gospel can be like working a jigsaw puzzle—but with half the pieces missing. False religions, political oppression, multiple languages, harsh living conditions and religious persecution are some of the barriers to sharing Christ with unreached people groups.
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