Day: September 16, 2014
- Africa
World hunger falls, but 805 million still chronically undernourished
MDG target to halve proportion of world’s hungry still within reach by end of 2015 – FAO About 805 million people in the world, or one in nine, suffer from hunger, according to a new UN report released today. The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI 2014) confirmed a positive trend which has seen the number of hungry…
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Addis Abeba-Adama expressway opens for traffic
The 84.5 km Addis-Adama express way, the first for the country, is now operational as of Sep. 14th, the Ethiopian Toll Roads Enterprise’s CEO, Hiwot Mossisa, told journalists. Although it was inaugurated in April, issues related to toll regulations have delayed the opening for the traffic of the six-lane expressway built by China Communications and Construction Co. (CCCC) and financed…
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