The Economist | LUSAKA BUYING ‘Fair Trade’ coffee is not really helping the very poor, new research suggests. By comparing living standards in Fair Trade-certified producing areas in Ethiopia and Uganda with similar non-Fair Trade regions, four development economists from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London found that Fair Trade agricultural
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Time.com By Charlotte Alter @charlottealter A U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food warned that obesity is a bigger global health threat than tobacco use, lamenting that it isn’t taken seriously A United Nations official called for greater regulation of unhealthy foods on Monday, saying junk food is just as bad for global health as tobacco. Olivier
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By Paul Schwartz, NYPost Nat Berhe born from Eritrean father *”Ethiopia, Eritrea, it’s all the same, just different name.” Nate Berhe You may or may not be able to tell a man by his tweets, but in Nat Berhe’s case, two he shot off right after he was taken by the Giants in the fifth
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BY KENNETH AGUTAMBA The New Times Rwanda-LI KEQIANG is not the president of China. He’s the prime minister, but the presidential red carpet welcome accorded to him on his recent visit to Africa speaks volumes. In Ethiopia, Li addressed African Union leaders; in Nigeria he delivered a keynote speech during the World Economic Forum and
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Ahram Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb met with United States and European Union special representatives on Sunday, after the diplomats discussed the Nile Water issue with Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. The meeting with Mehleb also came after the diplomats, EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa Alexander Rondos and Special Coordinator for Water Resources at
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In December of last year, Saudi deported more than 160,000 Ethiopians working in the kingdom on grounds that they lacked the necessary documentation. World Bulletin / News Desk Ethiopian authorities have been alarmed by a surge in the number of people previously deported by Saudi Arabia who are trying to return to the oil-rich kingdom
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World Finance Moody’s has issued Ethiopia with a B1 rating for currency sovereign credit. Prime Minister Hailemarian Desalegn has indicated that with the sovereign credits ratings, a bond sale will follow Two top global agencies rate the fast-growing African nation for the first time and investors pay attention Ethiopia has been one of the fastest
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The curious incident of the novelist who conquered his fear of flying with the help of Valium, Mogwai and Ethiopian Airlines flight 707 to Addis Ababa. Mark Haddon The Observer, Experts in their field: Mark at the Halaku irrigation Scheme in Awassa. He is talking with farmer Alamu Kufa, who is 35 and has seven children.
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Amnesty International UK Meriam Yehya Ibrahim is eight months pregnant. Sudan intends to execute her just because she is Christian. Meriam has been sentenced to death for ‘apostasy’, or refusing to renounce her religion. Meriam has also been sentenced to 100 lashes for being married to a Christian man. She is a prisoner of conscience.
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AddisAdmass. Com • ‹‹የፓትርያርኩን ሥልጣን ይገድባል›› በሚል ተተችቷል ‹‹አመራራቸውን በብቃት እንዲያከናውኑ የሚያግዝ ነው›› /የሕግ ረቂቁ/ ቃለ ምዕዳንና ቡራኬ የሚያስተላልፉት በብሔራዊ ቋንቋ ብቻ ይኾናል የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ምልዓተ ጉባኤ፣ ፓትርያርኩን የሚያግዝ እንደራሴ እንደሚመደብ በሚገልጽና የፓትርያርኩን ሓላፊነትና ተጠያቂነት በጉልሕ የሚያሳዩ አንቀጾችን ባካተተ የሕግ ረቂቅ ላይ እየተወያየ እንደኾነ ተገለጸ፡፡ ቤተ ክርስቲያኒቱ በ1991 ዓ.ም.
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