By Matt Fitzgerald The use of teff, shown here in flour form, is popular in Ethiopia. Photo: www.shutterstock.com Eating teff, an iron-rich grain found in Africa, can boost iron levels—and athletic performance. Iron deficiency is the most common nutrient deficiency in the world. The problem is especially common in poor populations, where red meat—the best
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7Even: http://youtu.be/d7p5GhUypso (Wbaltv)- Baltimore business faces multimillion-dollar lawsuit from 7-Eleven Convenience store chain files suit against 7-Even claiming trademark infringement Ethiopian Store owner face a Multimillion dollar lawsuit BALTIMORE —A Baltimore business is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by the owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain. The Texas corporation said in its 13-page lawsuit
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The Guardian Tree and shrub-planting program has transformed degraded and deforested land across Africa, with Ethiopia planning to restore a further 15m hectares by 2030 Bale Mountains, Ethiopia: Trees and shrubs can be seen growing on the steeper slopes along a ravine that was once plagued by erosion. Photograph: Aaron Minnick/WRI By John Vidal Fifteen years
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By Wossen Michael (PhD) We live in a world-historic moment where grain or food has become the most precious commodity around. To state matters bluntly, if oil is the master resource of the Middle East, agricultural and mineral resources are those of Ethiopia and Africa in general. Water also constitutes a major agricultural resource. This
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By Seid Hassan, Minga Negash, Tesfaye T. Lemma and Abu Girma Moges Determining the sustainability of a developing country’s public debt is a challenge. This is because most developing countries in general and Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) countries in particular face an undiversified export base, a large share of agriculture in GDP (which itself is
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PRESS RELEASE UN Secretary-General, WBG and IsDBG Presidents, and other Agency Heads Visit Region to Link Peace Efforts with Economic Progress Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 27, 2014—Leaders of global and regional institutions today begin an historic trip to the Horn of Africa to pledge political support and major new financial assistance for countries in the
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Six Indian workers died on Friday, October 24, 2014, in a tragic accident happened in Fincha Sugar Factory. The Indians were working for an Indian Company, Surendra Engineering Corporation LTD, which is a sub contractor of Overseas Infrastructure (Aliance) India PVT LTD, the major contractor of Fincha Sugar Factory Expansion Project. The accident happened by
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Analysis by James HassamReprint ,IPS Ethiopia has an estimated 70 million smallholder farmers, many of whom only grow sufficient amounts of crops like grain and coffee to support their families like those in Lalibela, Amhara Region. Climate change will inevitably have an impact on people’s lives. Credit: James Hassam/IPS ADDIS ABABA, Oct 21 2014 (IPS) -
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By Thandi Skade If you were ever to be stuck between flights and forced to spend a night at an airport, Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International is apparently where you’d want to be. This is according to travellers website sleepinginairports.net’s 2014 Best Airports in Africa survey. The survey asks travellers to vote for their best airports
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By James Jeffrey, Al Jazeera ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Eighteen-year-old Aster Endale quickly gives the coffee cups a rinse before putting them back into her basket and picking up a bag with canisters of coffee. Then she crosses the road, weaving between traffic, to find her next customers. Time wasted is coffee not poured —
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