World’s Top 11 Coffee Cities Every Coffee Lover Should Visit 

By LifeHack WHEN you love coffee, you lovecoffee. You have distinct opinions on where the best coffee is in your local area. When you travel, you have to know the scoop on where to get some quality brew. But if the entire city had a high chance of providing a tasty cup of Joe…well, it could be

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Aurora hosts first Sister City delegation from Adama, Ethiopia

Aurorasistercities.org. The city of Aurora has partnered with its first sister city, Adama, Ethiopia, under a revived Aurora Sister Cities program. A delegation from Adama will visit Aurora, and other parts of Colorado, August 22 through 31. Aurora is Adama’s first U.S. sister city, providing a unique opportunity to create innovative and new programs both

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‘MADE IN CHINA’ NOW BEING MADE IN AFRICA

The Daily Beast By Brendon Hong HONG KONG — Sun Qiaoming is a trader from Jiangsu. He operates his import-export business on the Eastern coast of China, where there is plenty of space for a man with his drive and skills to prosper. Already fairly successful, he recently set his sights beyond his country’s borders. “There’s

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Ethiopia, South Africa and Kenya lead Africa clean energy drive

Rtcc.org Renewables investments set to rise slowly on continent as countries explore potential for wind, solar and geothermal NASA satellite photos show how undeveloped Africa’s electrical resources are (Pic: NASA) By Ed King Clean energy investment in sub-Saharan Africa is likely to rise from US$5.9 billion in 2014 to $7.7 bn in 2016, according to analysts.

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Ethiopia Coffee Export Earnings May Rise 25% on World Supply

Bloomberg By William Davison Ethiopia’s arabica coffee export earnings are forecast to climb 25 percent to about $900 million in 2014-15 because of higher prices after a drought damaged plants in the biggest grower of the bean, Brazil, an industry group said. Arabica prices on the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange could average $2 a pound if supplies of the

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Land Grab and the False Promise of Food Security 

By Destaw Andargie (PhD)  One can only speculate why the secretive government of Ethiopia is giving away the country’s fertile land to foreign agribusinesses. But we know the official explanation; that is, such ‘long-sought’ agricultural investments enhance the country’s food security. For a country that is intuitively associated with hunger and starvation, there should indeed

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Ethiopian subsidiary, ASKY Airlines, suspends Guinea flights

Ch-aviation ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé) has suspended its flights to the Guinean capital, Conakry, effective immediately. In a statement, the Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) subsidiary said the worsening Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa had forced the airline to take drastic action. “The Ebola virus continues to spread in the sub-region forcing many states in Africa to close their air

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KEFI defines ‘attractive’ gold project at Tulu Kapi in Ethiopia

Mine Web The latest JORC compliant resource figures for the Tulu Kapi project, although showing a small reduction, give KEFI the confidence to proceed with hoped for initial mine development in 2015. Author: Lawrence Williams LONDON (MINEWEB) -  London-listed gold-focused exploration/development company KEFI Minerals (AIM: KEFI) with its principal projects located on the Arabian/Nubian Shield, which is highly

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The New Scramble for Africa

AlJazeera Caught between competing powers to the West and East, how can Africa emerge from the race for its riches? Decades after the European powers carved up the African continent for their own imperial needs, Africa is undergoing a new wave of resource and strategic exploitation – some are calling it the new scramble for

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The New Scramble for Africa

AlJazeera Caught between competing powers to the West and East, how can Africa emerge from the race for its riches? Decades after the European powers carved up the African continent for their own imperial needs, Africa is undergoing a new wave of resource and strategic exploitation – some are calling it the new scramble for

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