Month: July 2015
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Africa
The Obama on a third business date with Africa
Tarikua Getachew, for Addis Standard (@tarikawipeace) No other visit to anywhere from sitting presidents, US or otherwise, has caused as…
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Africa
IOM speaks of Ethiopian migrants’ suffering in Yemen
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said it has helped 3,478 vulnerable Ethiopian migrants stranded by the conflict in Yemen,…
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The ICC Dilemma: To cooperate or not?
Mehari Taddele Maru The 25th AU Summit in South Africa began with fanfare and ended with news worthy legal debacle…
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U.S
Living in the ‘Land of Oz’
Instead of the tea party experiment which was supposed to lead to a Republican success story conservatives promised a few…
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Africa
FFD3: Political support crucial for successful Domestic Resource Mobilization
Political support and people’s buy-in of capacity development initiatives in domestic resource mobilization is crucial for successful fiscal reforms, which…
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Africa
FFD3: ends adopting the “Addis Ababa Action Agenda”
United Nations member states from 193 who attended the third Finance for Development Conference (FFD3) held from 13 to 16…
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A belated victory for Non-Proliferation
By Chris Patten London – Let us give praise where it is richly deserved. Despite all the criticism they…
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FFD3: Agricultural transformation in Africa needs leadership, partnership
Government leadership and partnerships with the private sector as well as civil society are crucial for Africa in order to…
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FFD3: MDG AIDS goals exceeded expectation ahead of time: UNAIDS report
A report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) announces today in Addis Abeba that sixth Millennium Development…
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FFD3: ActionAid says failure to create a UN global tax body “appalling”
The third international Financing for Development conference in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, has failed to agree on the creation of a…
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