(CPJ)- Nairobi, October 27, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s sentencing of Ethiopian journalist Temesghen Desalegn to three years’ imprisonment on charges of defamation and incitement that date back to 2012. A court in Addis Ababa, the capital, convicted Temesgen on October 13 in connection with opinion pieces published in the now-defunct Feteh news
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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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By Matt Petronzio Time is dwindling to meet the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations’ blueprint to tackle an array of large-scale global problems by a target date of 2015. One of those goals, eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, has seen progress, but there’s still work to be done. According to the International Food Policy
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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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(IflScience)- Certain hoaxes, like the one claimingMars will look as big as the moon, keep getting circulated year after year, despite being debunked repeatedly. Another such hogwash claim states that NASA predicted a global blackout in Decemberthat will last for three days due to alignment of the universe. Supposedly, the events would temporarily cause our planet
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BBC Senzo Meyiwa was South Africa’s captain and goalkeeper South Africa’s football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has died after being shot, South African police say. The incident reportedly happened at Meyiwa’s girlfriend’s house in Vosloorus, south of Johannesburg. The 27-year-old played for Orlando Pirates and had played in South Africa’s last four Africa Cup
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Colorectal cancer is the leading cancer in males followed by leukemia and prostate cancer, according to the registry. World Bulletin/News Desk An Ethiopian official said Saturday that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and particularly cancer are alarmingly increasing in Ethiopia. “Earlier NCDs were considered as problems affecting developed countries,” Dr. Mahlet Kifle of the Health Ministry told
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Colorectal cancer is the leading cancer in males followed by leukemia and prostate cancer, according to the registry. World Bulletin/News Desk An Ethiopian official said Saturday that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and particularly cancer are alarmingly increasing in Ethiopia. “Earlier NCDs were considered as problems affecting developed countries,” Dr. Mahlet Kifle of the Health Ministry told
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By Stephen Tschida ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJLA) – Police were looking for a man who shot an Alexandria gas station clerk during a robbery late Sunday night. It happened about 11:30 p.m. at the Liberty gas station in the 700 block of North Washington Street in Old Town Alexandria. Police said the employee gave the armed
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By Abel Ephrem ‹‹በጎ ፈቃደኞች የተባሉት በግዳጅ የተሰባሰቡ ናቸው››የጤና ባለሞያ በቅርቡ የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት 200 የሚደርሱ በጎ ፈቃደኞችን በኢቦላ ወደተጠቁት የምዕራብ አፍሪካ አገራት ለመላክ ዝግጅቱን ማጠናቀቁን ፋና መዘገቡ አይዘነጋም፡፡ የጤና ባለሞያዎቹ በተለያዩ የመንግስት ጤና ጣብያዎች መስራት ከጀመረ አንድ ዓመት ያልሞላቸው መሆናቸውን የጠቆመው ምንጭ በአዳማ ለአስር ቀናት ያህል ስልጠና ከወሰዱ በኋላ በግዳጅ መልክ ላይቤሪያ እንደሚሄዱ የተነገራቸው መሆኑን ገልጧል፡፡
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