Day: September 18, 2014
- Africa
UN experts urge Ethiopia to stop using anti-terrorism legislation to curb human rights
A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Ethiopia to stop misusing anti-terrorism legislation to curb freedoms of expression and association in the country, amid reports that people continue to be detained arbitrarily. The experts’ call comes on the eve of the consideration by Ethiopia of a series of recommendations made earlier this year by…
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Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency creates a hotline to help smallholder farmers nationwide
A new information hotline is giving smallholder farmers across Ethiopia access to best practice agronomic advice revolutionizing traditional agricultural extension. In collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), and Ethio Telecom, the 8028 hotline was created by the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), who placed the extension information typically provided to agricultural Development…
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Zambian contractors in Ethiopia for cobblestones course
A delegation of Zambian medium and small-scale contractors is in Ethiopia to confer with their counterparts on matters of road construction using cobblestones. The seven-man delegation is led by National Association for Medium and Small Scale Contractors (NAMSSC) president Mutale Mpepo. This is according to a statement issued by the Zambian Embassy in Addis Ababa. Mr Mpepo said when he…
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