Ebola vaccine Mark Doyle reports on the first people to receive the vaccine The first large-scale trials of two experimental vaccines against Ebola have begun in Liberia. The potentially preventative medicines were taken under strict security to a secret location in the West African country. Scientists aim to immunise 30,000 volunteers, including front-line health workers.
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle February 2, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese president Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar partially signed a symbolic power-sharing agreement proposed by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Monday, recommitting themselves to further negotiations on outstanding issues. According to the agreement signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, after
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Marthe van der Wolf, VOA ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA—More than $60 billion leaves the African continent every year through illicit financial flows, and the amount keeps on growing. A report with recommendations for African countries was presented Sunday. A new report says African countries need to take concrete measures to stop billions of dollars from illegally
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By Karim Lebhour Addis Ababa (AFP) – African leaders have agreed in principle to impose a flurry of taxes in a bid to finance their pan-African bloc, set up to push the continent’s diplomatic agenda but dependent on foreign handouts. After a two-day summit held in the African Union’s Chinese-built headquarters in the Ethiopian
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By Karim Lebhour Addis Ababa (AFP) – African leaders have agreed in principle to impose a flurry of taxes in a bid to finance their pan-African bloc, set up to push the continent’s diplomatic agenda but dependent on foreign handouts. After a two-day summit held in the African Union’s Chinese-built headquarters in the Ethiopian
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African leaders tell intl court to drop charges against Sudan’s president, Kenyan VP Ruto By ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The International Criminal Court should drop or suspend charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto until African concerns about the court and proposals to change its
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Daily News Egypt President attended AU’s opening session before urgent return to Cairo following North Sinai attacks President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi travelled to Addis Ababa on 29 January as the AU summit is to conclude Saturday. (Photo Presidency Handout) President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said Egypt does not oppose Ethiopia’s right to development through implementation of
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The African Union (AU) has backed plans for a West African task force of 7,500 troops to fight Boko Haram militants. AU commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the threat posed by the Islamist group required a “collective, effective and decisive response”. Boko Haram has seized control of a swathe of north-east Nigeria and killed thousands
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PRI’s The World Reporter Dalia Mortada Things always get lost in translation. Sometimes, words or phrases just cannot be converted word-for-word from one language to the next. But in most places, the date and the time works pretty much the same all over the world. Not in Ethiopia. There, it’s currently the end of the
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US State Dept The Zone 9 bloggers and journalists The United States is concerned by the Ethiopian Federal High Court’s January 28, 2015, decision to proceed with the trial of six bloggers and three independent journalists on charges under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation. The decision undermines a free and open media environment—critical elements for credible and
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