Year: 2014
- Africa
Ethiopia gets world class eye care center
Center inaugurated by President Mulatu The public private partnership between the Ministry of Health of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (OIA) has borne fruit in the form of OIA India Eye Care Centre in the metropolis. “Ethiopia, the ancient ancestral land of human kind and civilization, a political and diplomatic hub for Africa, deserves to…
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World’s poorest have least access to safe water: UNICEF
Almost four years after the world met the global target set in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for safe drinking water, and after the UN General Assembly declared that water was a human right, over three-quarters of a billion people, most of them poor, still do not have this basic necessity, UNICEF said to commemorate World Water Day. Estimates from…
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Chinese train manufacturer signs deal with Ethiopia
The Chinese train manufacturer, CNR Corporation Limited, has signed an agreement with the Ethiopian government to provide 41 engines for use on the Addis Ababa light railway now under construction, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The engines will be custom-made for use in Addis Ababa. “They will be able to travel at a maximum of 70 kilometers per hour…
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Business between UAE and Ethiopia booming
Mahlet Fasil Trade relationship between Ethiopia and countries within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has shown huge progress over the last ten years. This was mentioned during business to business meeting between visiting officials and businesses from the UAE and their Ethiopian counterparts held at the Sheraton Addis Hotel yesterday. According to a document by the UAE’s trade mission, Ethiopia’s…
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Our exclusive on AU-EU relations with Gary Quince
In December 2007, at the second EU-Africa summit held in Lisbon, Portugal, leaders of the two continents adopted the ‘Joint EU-Africa strategy.’ Based on that the two continents have agreed to set out shared objectives and cooperation in eight different areas: peace and security; democratic governance and human rights; energy; trade, regional integration and infrastructure; millennium development goals; climate change;…
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Rwanda tops first African Retail Development index
Rwanda, Nigeria, Namibia, Tanzania and Gabon occupy the top five places of the inaugural A.T. Kearney African Retail Development Index (ARDI). South Africa ranks seventh due to the developed nature of its retail market. The ARDI is a useful framework for retailers because it not only identifies the markets in Africa most attractive for retail expansion today, but those that…
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In the shadow of the bombs
Two million people call the Las Vegas area home; another forty million tourists from all over the globe visit every year. It is an area sixty-five miles from the most nuclear-bombed place on earth, yet no one worries about it, writes our US Correspondent Tomas Mega, from Nevada Imagine what it would be like living sixty-five miles from…
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Four African countries to send “protection and deterrent” force to South Sudan
Mahlet Fasil Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda said they will send a stabilization and protection force to the troubled state of South Sudan as early as mid-April this year. At the end of the 25th extraordinary session of the IGAD assembly of Heads of State and Government, chief South Sudan mediator Amb. Seyoum Mesfin said, “we want to see the…
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HRW says transparency group should reject Ethiopia’s request for membership
Repression of Civil Society Contravenes Organization’s Rules A major global initiative to encourage governments to better manage natural resource revenues should reject Ethiopia’s bid for membership due to its harsh restrictions on civil society, Human Rights Watch said today.The governing board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is expected to make a decision about Ethiopia’s candidacy at its next…
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