Ethiopia

New Varieties Of Teff Help Double Production Of This Crop In Ethiopia's Amhara ...
Bernama
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 18 (BERNAMA-NNN-ERTA) -- Ethiopian Agriculture Minister Tefera Deribew has voiced optimism that a significant volume of teff, a species of lovegrass native to the northern Ethiopian Highlands, can be harvested this season as new teff ...

Nazret.com (blog)
Ethiopia Community-Based Nutrition Program Helps Reduce Child Malnutrition
Nazret.com (blog)
Addis Ababa, October 16, 2012—A “model mother” from Gelsha kebele (village) in Ethiopia's Amhara region, Zenitu Sheperaw is 24 years old with two young children. Her first child was often sick and crying at night as an infant, but after learning about ...

Africa Review
Ethiopia surprises itself with peaceful transition after Meles
Christian Science Monitor
Mr. Hailemariam, the new prime minister, leads a historically weak, multi-ethnic southern bloc in the ruling Ethiopian People's Democratic Revolutionary Front (ERPDF), which is made up of three other ethnic groupings: the Tigray, Amhara, and Oromo, who ...
Prime Minister Hailemariam's Briefing to the House - EconomyAllAfrica.com
Ethiopia sees double-digit economic growthSudan Tribune
Ethiopia's Economy to Maintain 11% Growth2merkato - Ethiopian Business Portal (blog)
Africa Review -Daily Ethiopia
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Ethiopia: Should Africa be growing more wheat?
Nazret.com (blog)
Ethiopia last week hosted a conference to look at ways to increase the amount of wheat African farmers grow. Only 44 percent of the wheat consumed in Africa is produced locally. "The first task is to convince policy makers that there is a potential to ...

BBC News
Swedish journalists tell of time in Ethiopia jail
BBC News
Swedish journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye have been speaking to the BBC about their time in prison in Ethiopia. They were recently freed after serving more than 400 days of an 11-year sentence. The pair were found guilty of entering the ...

ONE Moms in Ethiopia: First Health, Then Happiness
Huffington Post
Asha Dornfest is the founder of Parent Hacks, an award-winning blog devoted to sharing parents' "forehead-smackingly smart" tips and practical wisdom. She is traveling in Ethiopia with ONE this October. This piece, originally published on ParentHacks ...

UPDATE 1-Ethiopia sees economy growing 11 pct in 2012/2013
Reuters
IMF says economy to grow 7 percent. * Meles' tenure plagued by high inflation in last four years (Adds details). By Aaron Maasho. ADDIS ABABA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's economy is expected to maintain a growth rate of 11 percent in 2012/2013, ...

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Ethiopia: South Africa's Dlamini-Zuma, first female AU chief
Nazret.com (blog)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A female leader on Monday was inaugurated into the top leadership position at the African Union for the first time. South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma took charge of the African Union commission where she will be in ...

Dispatches From Ethiopia
Huffington Post (blog)
Gabrielle's story continues in "Part 2" below with reflections on a life-changing visit to a fistula hospital in Ethiopia. Yesterday I learned about fistula. At its most basic, it means a hole. A hole that can be repaired with a few stitches in a ...

South African Broadcasting Corporation
Cape Verde and Ethiopia shake up Africa Cup of Nations
CNN
... Niger and Equatorial Guinea also qualify. (CNN) -- Cape Verde and Ethiopia showed over the weekend that David remains very capable of dealing Goliath a knockout blow in international football as both nations advanced to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
Ethiopia break duck, Cape Verde celebrateNewsDay
Ethiopia secures Afcon 2013 spotSouth African Broadcasting Corporation
Africa Cup of Nations: Cape Verde and Ethiopia qualifySudan Vision
Tadias Magazine -Ahram Online -AllAfrica.com
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Bikya Masr
Fresh Ethiopian Troops Mass in Luq Town, Gedo Province
AllAfrica.com
Luq — Columns of armoured vehicles and military pick-up tracks carrying numerous units of Ethiopian troops are reportedly massed into the Somalia's border town of Luq located in Gedo province for battle. Somali national army (SNA) commanders in the ...
Ethiopia troops along Somali border, says fearful residentsBikya Masr
Unstable Addis, Nairobi governments to derail Somalia peace processMareeg

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EthioSports
Ethiopia Frees Eritrean Pows
AllAfrica.com
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia has released a total of 75 Eritrean prisoners of war who were captured by the Ethiopian army during cross border attacks it carried out in March 2011. However Ethiopia said that the move does not necessarily imply a restoration ...
Sudan confident ahead of Ethiopia tieEthioSports
DNA Confirms Genetically Distinct Lion Population for EthiopiaScience Daily (press release)

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The Public Accounts Affairs Standing Committee, Its Undertakings
AllAfrica.com
In doing so, the standing committee was capable of observing and controlling, in 2004 Ethiopian fiscal year, the following sector offices: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development as well as Revenue and ...

Counting the Intangibles in Tourism
AllAfrica.com
The Amhara State enjoys a unique position in Ethiopia that the majority of the natural and manmade tourist attractions are found there, making it one of the most sought after destinations in the country. The Fasiladas Castle in the town of Gondar, the ...

More Effort to Foster Good Governance
AllAfrica.com
The efforts to realize good governance and democracy have shown some results that encourage the people of Ethiopia to move forward for complete achievements in this regard. The prevailing of good governance and democracy in the country is getting ...

Problems With Addis Taxis
AllAfrica.com
Ethiopia: Problems With Addis Taxis. By Samuel Taye, 10 October 2012. Comment. opinion. It is critical and undoubtedly essential that various forms of public transportation services to be adequately available in cities and urban areas that help people ...

'Live and Let Others Live'
AllAfrica.com
Ethiopia: 'Live and Let Others Live'. By Mengesha Amare, 10 October 2012. Comment. A lot has been written and talked about HIV and AIDS. Billions of dollars have also been pumped into the effort to dramatically arrest the rapid prevalence of the deadly ...

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ONEMoms in Ethiopia: Visiting Schools in Mojo
Care2.com (blog)
Editor's note: a group of ONEMoms are in Ethiopia, and we will be running updates from them daily. Here's the first installment. Read more here. My respect for educators took another leap when we visited two schools in the village of Mojo. This town ...

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From God's hand, a single woman's adoption journey from US to Ethiopia
Washington Post (blog)
Sandy Tidwell and her children. (Courtesy of Sandy Tidwell) It was in January 2002 when my adoption adventure began. As I was praying about my focus for the upcoming year, I got a mental picture of placing my hand in God's hand. With my hand open, I ...

Ethiopian Builder Sees Revenue Doubling on Infrastructure Spend
Bloomberg
... Davison - 2012-10-10T09:13:54Z. Sur Construction Plc, a construction company with ties to Ethiopia's ruling party, expects to almost double revenue this year as the state boosts investment in infrastructure, General Manager Tadesse Yemane Hailu said.