Local rights groups denounce UN HLP report – DhakaTribune


DhakaTribune

Local rights groups denounce UN HLP report
DhakaTribune
Two Bangladeshi civil society rights groups have criticised the United Nations High Level Panel (UN HLP) report on post-2015 Development Agenda, calling it “a lofty goal and an empty bowl”. The groups, EquityBD and VOICE, held a press conference
Ethiopia On Track to Meet MDGsAllAfrica.com


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Ethiopia: What to Do With Capital Flight – AllAfrica.com


spyghana.com (press release)

Ethiopia: What to Do With Capital Flight
AllAfrica.com
For over 30 years, since 1980, close to 1.4 trillion dollars have been drained out of Africa. Most of these capital flights were illegal in nature and due to corruption, kickbacks, tax evasion, criminal activities, transactions of certain contraband goods and other
Stakeholders on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa meet in Nigeriaspyghana.com (press release)



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Ethiopia: Realities Support Narrow Political Spectrum – AllAfrica.com

Ethiopia: Realities Support Narrow Political Spectrum
AllAfrica.com
Ethiopia's failure to realise democracy in its fullest form is not due to the unwillingness of the ruling EPRDF party. Rather, weak media, weak public institutions, an uninformed electorate, a vulnerable nation and the way the opposition political parties behave

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Is the anti-corruption crusade for real? (Hindessa Abdul) – Awramba Times


Awramba Times

Is the anti-corruption crusade for real? (Hindessa Abdul)
Awramba Times
Around 60 people have been arrested on suspicion of various charges that can be bundled as corruption. The detention of Melaku Fenta, the Director General of the Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority (ERCA) with the rank of a minister; his powerful

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Live on air: Egypt leaders plot Ethiopia dam sabotage – Times of India

Live on air: Egypt leaders plot Ethiopia dam sabotage
Times of India
CAIRO: Top Egyptian politicians were left red- faced after they were caught on live TV hatching plots to sabotage a dam in neighbouring Ethiopia during talks with President Mohammed Morsi, leaving viewers stunned. The gaffe happened as an official failed

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Egypt’s worst hot-mic gaffe? – Aljazeera.com


Ahram Online

Egypt's worst hot-mic gaffe?
Aljazeera.com
On June 3, Egyptian politicians were caught on camera brainstorming ways to disrupt Ethiopia's Nile River dam project. The conversation was live-streamed without their knowledge and included suggestions to back Ethiopian rebels to use as a bargaining
Egyptian politicians caught discussing plan to sabotage Ethiopian damABC Online


Blue Nile dam won't affect Egypt's water supply: Ethiopian ministerAhram Online
Egypt's leaders caught on air debating attack on damThe Times (subscription)
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ElBaradei calls on president Morsy to apologize to Ethiopia – Awramba Times

ElBaradei calls on president Morsy to apologize to Ethiopia
Awramba Times
Mohamed ElBaradei, National Salvation Front Coordinator, called on President Mohamed Morsy to apologise to Ethiopia and Sudan for “the irresponsible utterances” made during the national dialogue session held on Monday to discuss the Ethiopian
Missing conscript found deadEgypt Independent



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Manvel senior wants to develop less expensive medicines to help the poor – Houston Chronicle

Manvel senior wants to develop less expensive medicines to help the poor
Houston Chronicle
Starting at a new high school is a big adjustment for any teen, all the more when adding relocation to a new continent. That adjustment hasn't held back Ethiopian-born Faben Girma of Manvel High School. "Faben is an intelligent and well-rounded young lady.

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Somaliland: IOM Supports the Voluntary Return Home of Ethiopian Migrants – Somaliland Sun

Somaliland: IOM Supports the Voluntary Return Home of Ethiopian Migrants
Somaliland Sun
Returnees enjoy a meal enroute homeSomalilandsun – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says it has helped volunteer return of 42 Ethiopian migrants stranded in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The return by IOM bus from Hargeisa to Jijiga, on the
Ethiopian Migrants Return from SomalilandNew Business Ethiopia



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Somaliland: IOM Supports the Voluntary Return Home of Ethiopian Migrants – Somaliland Sun

Somaliland: IOM Supports the Voluntary Return Home of Ethiopian Migrants
Somaliland Sun
Somalilandsun – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says it has helped volunteer return of 42 Ethiopian migrants stranded in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The return by IOM bus from Hargeisa to Jijiga, on the Ethiopian side of the border, took three

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