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UNICEF
commends
“strong
political
leadership”
in Ethiopia
01/24/2008
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UNICEF praised Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s
leadership for reforms that led Ethiopia to
achieve one of the fastest declines in child
mortality rates.
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UN envoy to Somalia
optimistic about
talks between
government,
opposition
Addis Ababa,
January 16, 2008
(WIC)
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The U.N. special envoy for Somalia said the Somali
transitional government and the opposition alliance
are talking and that he is hopeful the talks could
lead to reconciliation.
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White Nile signs Ethiopian production share
agreement
Wed 16 Jan 2008
LONDON (SHARECAST)
Oil and gas company White Nile has signed a
production sharing agreement with the Ethiopian
government for a 29,000 square kilometre block in
the Southern Rift Basin in the south west of the
country.
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US contenders
eye next key
state
Friday, 4
January 2008
BBC
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Democratic candidate Barack Obama and
Republican Mike Huckabee emerged victorious
there in the first contest of the 2008 US presidential
election.
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Ethiopia,
Austria sign
MoU on higher
education,
research
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Ethiopia and Austria here on Thursday have signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that would
enable them to work in collaboration on higher
education, science and research sectors.
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Nation secures over
331 billion birr
from local,foreign
investors
Addis Ababa, January 3,
2008 (WIC)
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More than 331 billion birr has been obtained from
local and foreign entrepreneurs who have
embarked upon investment activities during the last
16 years,according to the Ethiopian Investment
Agency.
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US Creative Marketing Firm Eyes
Promising Market in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, January 3, 2008 (Addis Ababa) -
Studio North, a US-based creative marketing firm,
is to embark on a business venture with small
business owners in Ethiopia, allAfrican.com
reported on Wednesday.
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Success of farmers proves viability of
Ethiopia’s renaissance in new
millennium:
MoARD Addis Ababa, January 1 (WIC) – Farmers
success in accumulating wealth estimated in
millions of birr is a fact that proved the viability of
realizing Ethiopia’s renaissance in the new
millennium, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development ( MoARD) said.
Amhara State Speaker urges public to
register en masse for upcoming elections
Bahirdar, January 1 (WIC) – Amhara State Council
Speaker urged the public today to register en
masse in the voter registration underway and
further benefit from their constitutional rights.
Ethiopia, Egypt pledge more troops for
Darfur
Addis Ababa, January 1 (WIC)
Ethiopia and Egypt will each send 850 troops early
in the new year to serve with a joint United Nations-
African Union force in Sudan’s Darfur region, an AU
official told Reuters on Monday.
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AN amazing life
01-01-2008
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Every cloud has a silver lining. This saying applies
to the life of Yezina Mekonnen an amazing woman
in the Amhara Region who overcame difficult odds
to eventually become a model citizen and an
inspiration to others. Capital’s Addis Mulugeta
traveled to Lalibela and met this hardworking
woman
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Ethiopia: Country Sees $1.7 Billion
Profit From Exports
The Daily Monitor
(Addis Ababa) 2 January 2008
Ethiopia expects to earn 1.7 billion USD income
this Ethiopian budget year, according to the Ministry
of Trade and Industry.
Ethiopia: Japan Provides $1.5 Mln to
Support Health Sectors
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) 1 January 2008
Addis
Abeba
The Japanese Social Development Fund (JSDF) on
Monday provided a grant amount of more than 1.5
million US Dollars (approximately equivalent to 13.8
ETB), for supporting Ethiopia' s efforts to address
emergency access needs for
health services in Amhara and the Southern
Nations,
Nationalities and Peoples' Regional State
(SNNPRS)
Ethiopia: Gov't Officials to Register
Assets, Interests
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)1 January 2008
Fikremariam Tesfaye
The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commission is
preparing on the law that will oblige governmental
and public institution officials to register their
property in assets
including financial interests, a senior official said
on Monday According to Consultant Wendatir
Deneke, the move was in an effort by the
commission to exercise its power fully and
discharge duties responsibilities of combating
corruption and other impropriety.
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Isaias blasts US,
Ethiopia as Payne visits
Saturday, 05 January
2008
reporter
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US Congressman Donald Payne met and
held talks in Asmara Thursday with Eritrea’
s president Isaias Afwerki who criticized
both the United States and his neighbor
Ethiopia.
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Government Striving To Make Dire Dawa
Heart Of Development:Meles
Dire Dawa , January 5, 2008 (Addis Ababa)
- Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said his
government has been striving to make Dire
Dawa City the heart of development in the
next couple of years. 105th founding
anniversary of the City of Dire Dawa was
celebrated colorfully here on Saturday.
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Ethiopia: Gov't Officials to Register
Assets, Interests
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
1 January 2008 Fikremariam Tesfaye
The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commission is preparing on the law that
will oblige governmental and public
institution officials to register their property
in assets including financial interests
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Minster of Trade and Industry
Girma Biru on Ethiopia's
ambitious sugar industry,
irrigation projects which is close
to realization (Jan09, 2008)
interview
source WIC VIDEO
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