Diredawa Region

Ethiopia: World Bank provides $480 mln to combat food insecurity

Source: The World Bank Group Press Release No:2010/111/AFR WASHINGTON, October 22, 2009 - The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank today approved a $350 million grant and a $130 million credit from the International...

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Ethiopia: Germany Donates Heavy Waste-Disposal Trucks, Mine Detectors

Addis Ababa — German Development Bank (KfW) on Thursday handed over seven heavy trucks for urban waste-disposal worth 600 thousand EUR to the City Administrations of Dire Dawa, Gonder, Kombolcha and Awassa. In a related story...

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Ethiopia: Humanitarian Bulletin - 07 Sep 2009

Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Full_Report (pdf* format - 73 Kbytes) AWD Affects Ten Sub-cities in Addis Ababa Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) cases have been reported from all...

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Ethiopia: Hiwot Project Implementation Said Encouraging

CARE-Ethiopia has undertaken Health Improvement and Women Owned Transformation (HIWOT) Project through which it is working on Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH), HIV/AIDS and rights of communities living in 291 Kebeles of...

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Ethiopia: Institutional Transformation Pilot Study Successful - Regions

Amhara, Oromia and Tigray regional states disclosed on Thursday the institutional transformation studies they undertook have been concluded successfuly. The regions have planned to implement the strategy in all institutions in...

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Fears Over New Anti-Terror Law

A little over 18 years ago, when the ruling Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power, people were so eager to exercise democracy that even children started to challenge their parents saying "this...

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Obama Fails To Mention Islamic Slave Trade

The U.K. Guardian is reporting that Barack Hussein Obama was "deeply moved" during his visit to a 17th century fort called Cape Coast Castle in Africa, used in the slave trade in it's later years. While the European slave trade...

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Ethiopia: Locust Threat in Northwest

Addis Ababa — Locust swarms have migrated from northwestern Somalia and spread to seven regions of Ethiopia, but have so far caused minimal damage to crops, an official has said. "About a dozen swarms have entered the country,"...

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Ethiopia to revive railway glory

A major project is under way to restore Ethiopia's 100-year-old imperial railway, and there are even plans to build a new national network. The French built it for the Emperor Menelik in the early 1900s, and French influences...

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India to invest $4.2 bn in 439 projects in Ethiopia

India will invest $4.2 billion in 439 projects in Ethiopia, the Indian Ambassador to the country announced today. "Indian entrepreneurs have received licences from the Ethiopian authorities to invest an aggregate capital of...

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