Ethiopia, Africa

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ETHIOPIA: Delays in third national census

IRIN

Friday, June 01, 2007

Ethiopia began a nine-day national census on 29 May to determine demographic trends in the country, but the exercise was delayed in Afar and Somali,...

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ETHIOPIA: Rural HIV - time to wake up and smell the coffee

africa » ethiopia

PlusNews

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Like his neighbours in the southern Ethiopian district of Yirgacheffe, Birhanu Gizamu is a smallholder coffee farmer. Unlike the rest of the...

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Oxfam optimistic on progress between Starbucks and Ethiopia on trademarking initiative

africa » ethiopia

Oxfam International

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Boston International agency Oxfam welcomed todays news that the Government of Ethiopia and the Starbucks Coffee Company have agreed in principle to...

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ETHIOPIA: Locust threat in the east

africa » ethiopia

IRIN

Saturday, May 12, 2007

A swarm of locusts is likely to infest the eastern part of Ethiopia in mid-June, the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA)...

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ETHIOPIA: Thousands exposed to danger from landmines

africa » ethiopia

IRIN

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Ethiopia's Afar and Tigray regional states are so heavily mined that hundreds of thousands of people living there are exposed to danger from the...

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ETHIOPIA: New strategy to tackle reproductive health issues

africa » ethiopia » addis ababa

IRIN

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Ethiopia has launched a national strategy on adolescent and reproductive health that aims to tackle the problems of early marriages and pregnancies,...

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ETHIOPIA: Flash flood damages houses in Dire Dawa

africa » ethiopia » addis ababa

IRIN

Monday, April 16, 2007

Several houses were damaged by flood waters in the eastern Ethiopian town of Dire Dawa, 515 km from the capital of Addis Ababa, after heavy rains...

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ETHIOPIA: Surviving forced marriage

africa » ethiopia » addis ababa

IRIN

Friday, February 23, 2007

Standing at the front of her classroom, Mulu Melka reads out of her English book in a shy voice like any other 13-year-old schoolgirl; betraying...

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COTE D'IVOIRE: Meningitis outbreak reported

africa » ethiopia

IRIN

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Health authorities in Côte d’Ivoire have reported an outbreak of meningitis in the north of the country where health infrastructure has deteriorated...

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GLOBAL: Continue supporting Africa, Annan urges

africa » ethiopia » addis ababa

IRIN

Monday, November 20, 2006

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on the international community on Thursday to continue supporting the African continent, saying...

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