China Inc. Moves Factory Floor to Africa

The WSJ May 14, 2014 Rise Wages at Home Spur Makers of Shoes, TVs, Cars to Expand on the Continent By PETER WONACOTT A shoe factory in Ethiopia CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Each sparkly green television motherboard that rolls off the Hisense Co. factory line here moves China a tiny step toward a new global manufacturing base.

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British-Bahraini Activist Hails ‘Damning’ Verdict on HMRC over Spyware Export

By Gianluca Mezzofiore, IB Times May 14, 2014 Dr Ala Shahabi A British citizen at the forefront of the Bahraini 2011 uprising who was allegedly targeted by spy technology from a UK-based company has urged the British government to be held accountable for alleged violation of export laws. In a case that highlights the danger

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CHINA IN AFRICA: A CLOSE FRIEND OR A NEO COLONIALIST? – ANALYSIS

By Prof. B. R. Deepak Eurasiareview Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Ethiopia, Nigeria, Angola and Kenya between 4th and 11th May 2014. It was Li’s first visit to Africa, and coincides with the 50th anniversary of Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai’s first visit to Africa in 1964. Li’s visit has been considered as another milestone in

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‪Ethiopia‬ says “not yet decided” on any Eurobond issue 

By Richard Lough ADDIS ABABA, May 14 (Reuters) – Ethiopia has not yet decided if it will follow other African countries that have tapped international markets with Eurobonds, the finance minister said on Wednesday after his country secured a sovereign credit rating. Ethiopia, which has previously said it was considering issuing a Eurobond, was awarded

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Who would want the right to be forgotten?

BBC An EU court ruling has taken step towards giving people the “right to be forgotten”, forcing Google and other search engines to remove certain links from search results. But what kind of things do people normally want to be forgotten online, asks Chris Stokel-Walker. Mario Costeja Gonzalez wants Google to stop displaying a search

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Ethiopian Troops Under Amisom Flee From Baladxawo

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) A fleet of Ethiopian peacekeepers under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) withdrew their presence from Baladxawo in Gedo region after intense clashes broke out yesterday. Almost as many as an entire contingent was reported to have fled the town early this morning. Witnesses described to Shabelle that several battlewagons of

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Ethiopia ignores ‘repeated’ calls for dam negotiations: Egypt FM

Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy says Egypt has repeatedly called for negotiations with Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam but has not received a real response Ahram Online Egypt has repeatedly called for negotiations with Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam but has not received a real response, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said. Fahmy, in

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Women in Ethiopia struggle to survive without water

MSNBC By Mustafah Abdulaziz and Johnny Simon Photo by Mustafah Abdulaziz In the Konso Region of southern Ethiopia, the struggle for clean, safe water is a daily reality for women and young girls. “Bringing the water is not a simple task,” says Mariam Bakaule, a mother standing at the edge of the mountaintop village of Jarso. “This is

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Women in Ethiopia struggle to survive without water

MSNBC By Mustafah Abdulaziz and Johnny Simon Photo by Mustafah Abdulaziz In the Konso Region of southern Ethiopia, the struggle for clean, safe water is a daily reality for women and young girls. “Bringing the water is not a simple task,” says Mariam Bakaule, a mother standing at the edge of the mountaintop village of Jarso. “This is

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U.N. expecting to feed 6.5 million Ethiopians this year

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Food Programme will help to feed nearly 6.5 million Ethiopians this year, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday, with the country hit by locusts, neighboring war and sparse rainfall. “We are concerned because there is the beginning of a locust invasion in the eastern part of the country, and if

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