Prime Minister Abe’s Visit to Ethiopia (Outline and Outcomes)

TOKYO, Japan, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. Outline and Outcomes (1) Prime Minister Abe selected Ethiopia as his last stop of his tour of Africa because it is the country Japan holds the longest bilateral relation in Africa,

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Will Ethiopia’s renewable energy project light up poor communities?

Large-scale clean energy projects shouldn’t eclipse the urgent need to provide electricity to low-income and rural communities Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP Katie Auth in Washington, DC Thu 30 January 2014 The 84 wind turbines erected just south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s

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Police investigating alleged abduction of two ONLF Officials in Nairobi

By Cyrus Ombati Nairobi, Kenya: Kenyan police are investigating alleged abduction of two top officials of Ethiopia’s Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) from outside a popular restaurant in Upper Hill, Nairobi. The two who were identified as Mr Sulub Ahmed

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Ethiopian Troops Deploy to South-Central Somalia

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) Baidoa& Baladweyne — Reports from Baidoa the provincial capital of Bay Region suggest that additional troops from Ethiopia arrived at Baidoa, Shabelle radio reports. Local residents as well as confidential sources from Baidoa confirmed to radio Shabelle

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Ethiopia plans GM crop boost for cotton industry

29 Jan 2014 Author: E.G.Woldegebriel A salesman arranges cotton cloth for sale in a shop in Kathmandu, Dec. 18, 2013. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ethiopian farmers are preparing to plant genetically modified cotton seedlings when the rainy

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How likely is a Coup in Ethiopia in 2014?

01/29/2014 According to the Washington Post Ethiopia is listed as one of the 40 countries in the world most at risk for 2014. According to a study conducted by political scientist Jay Ulfelder using a mathematical model to predict the

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AU: African Countries need United Action on Infrastructural Development

(Pan African News Agency Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries need to act as one in implementing the continent’s programme for infrastructure development, which was approved by the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in

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Alleged S. Sudan coup plotters flown to Kenya granted political asylum

ILYA GRINDEFF and TOM ODULA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Seven men detained for allegedly plotting a coup in South Sudan were flown to Kenya and granted political asylum, President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday of a breakthrough expected to foster negotiations

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ተነሳ ተራመድ [Tenesa Teramed] – Ethiopian Revolutionary Song

This song was once popular all over the country during the Mengistu led regime prior to 1991

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Princess Marie of Denmark brings joy to locals on tour of Ethiopia

29-01-2014 Princess Marie of Denmark is halfway through her official tour of Ethiopia. The elegant royal, who left her husband Prince Joachim of Denmark and the couple’s two young children at home, has had a busy schedule organised for her. As patron of

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