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Ethiopia eyes end of food aid within five years: PM
Category: General. Location: Ethiopia. Source: Reuters Posted by Justin Mensah on Thu, 12th Aug 2010.
Ethiopia may not need any food aid within five years thanks to an ambitious development plan that targets a heady average economic growth of 14.9 percent over the period, its prime minister said Wednesday....read more »
Coffee helps boost Ethiopia exports to $2 bln: minister
Category: Business. Location: Ethiopia. Source: Reuters Posted by Justin Mensah on Sat, 7th Aug 2010.
Resurgent coffee sales and diversification into other products lifted Ethiopia's exports to a record $2 billion in 2009/2010 from $1.5 billion in the previous year, the trade ministry told Reuters on Friday....read more »
Ethiopia reburies Mengistu victims
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Dozens of Ethiopians marched Thursday to rebury family members massacred during dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam's "Red Terror" purge which claimed tens of thousands of lives some 30 years ago....read more »
Web campaign against Ethiopia Gibe III dam
A group of international campaigners has launched an online petition against Ethiopia's huge Gibe III dam project....read more »
Journalist jailed for criticising Ethiopian PM: CPJ
An Ethiopian journalist has been jailed for one year for writing a newspaper article disagreeing with the country's prime minister, a U.S.-based press freedom watchdog said on Tuesday....read more »
Ethiopia to pass laws to boost mining by mid 2010
Ethiopia's parliament will pass new mining laws aimed at boosting investment in the sector by mid-2010, State Minister Sinknesh Ejigu said on Tuesday....read more »
African group leader says never again to coups
African Union leaders said on Tuesday they intended to strengthen the group's powers to fight a rising tide of coups and electoral fraud on the continent....read more »
Priorities of Africa food, transport, energy: AU head
New African Union president Bingu wa Mutharika said Wednesday that food security, transport infrastructure and energy will be his priorities as leader of the pan-African body.
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Africa leaders wrap up summit
African leaders wrapped up a three-day summit Tuesday, calling for action on coups and increasing pressure on Madagascar's political foes to honour deals meant to end a prolonged crisis....read more »
Ethiopian journalist jailed for criticising leader
An Ethiopian journalist has been jailed for a year for criticising the prime minister, the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) said Tuesday....read more »
African leaders urged to tackle Al-Qaeda threat
Senegal's president urged African leaders on Monday to join forces in the fight against Al-Qaeda's North African branch, saying the network's campaign was taking on "new and disturbing" forms....read more »
African leaders focus on continents hot spots
African Union heads of state focused on rising tensions in oil-rich, secessionist southern Sudan on Monday as they reviewed their response to the continent's many crises and conflicts....read more »
What is the African Union and what does it do?
Leaders from around the continent are gathered in Ethiopia's capital for an African Union (AU) summit. Below are some questions and answers about the organisation:...read more »
African Union relief at Kadhafi exit
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's handover of the African Union presidency to Malawi Sunday was greeted with hushed relief by many diplomats after a year of infighting they said harmed the body's image....read more »
African summit hears world ignoring Somalia crisis
The worsening crisis in Somalia is as big a threat to global security as Afghanistan but is being ignored by the world, delegates told an African Union summit on Sunday....read more »