South Sudan backs Egypt bid for African Union reinstatement

12 March 2014    Joel Gulhane Prime Minster discusses ways to strengthen relations with South Sudan South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Benjamin said his country has exerted efforts “in every African forum” to lift Egypt’s suspension from activities within the

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South Sudan backs Egypt bid for African Union reinstatement   

12 March 2014 Joel Gulhane Prime Minster discusses ways to strengthen relations with South Sudan South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Benjamin said his country has exerted efforts “in every African forum” to lift Egypt’s suspension from activities within the African

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Tigray drills gold discovery in Northern Ethiopia

The Adyabo gold project in Northern Ethiopia continues to yield strong gold hits for Tigray Resources. Author: Kip Keen Tuesday , 11 Mar 2014  HALIFAX, NS (MINEWEB) -  Tigray Resources (TSX-V:TIG) drilled the Da Tambuk target in Northern Ethiopia for the

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Reykjavik to Start Drilling on $2 Billion Ethiopia Power Project

By William Davison March 11, 2014 Reykjavik Geothermal, the Icelandic power-plant builder, plans to begin drilling in Ethiopia by July as part of a $2 billion project to develop the renewable energy source, Chief Operating Officer Gunnar Orn Gunnarsson said.

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Addis Ababa looks like a construction site 

By Jenny Vaughan, AFP  March 11, 2014 Addis Ababa (AFP) – Above Addis Ababa’s concrete skyline, cranes tower high amid blasts from nearby drills and diggers. At the feet of buildings shrouded in bamboo scaffolding, excavators dig up dirt tracks,

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Do massive dams ever make sense? 

By Lauren Everitt, BBC  March 11, 2014 A new report from researchers at Oxford University argues that large dams are a risky investment – soaring past projected budgets, drowning emerging economies in debt and failing to deliver promised benefits .

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Ethiopia: South Sudan Should Not be Another Failed State

March 11, 2014 VOA Marthe van der Wolf FILE – South Sudan refugees at Kiryandongo settlement camp in Uganda. Ethiopia’s prime minister believes a fast deployment of regional troops to South Sudan is important, so that South Sudan does not

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SatLink chosen as global TV distribution partner for Ethiopian Television

11 March 2014 SatLink Communications, a teleport, Content Management & HD Playout Centre, has nnounced that SatLink has been selected by the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA) for the global distribution of its ETV news channel. The Ethiopian Government

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National service in Eritrea: Miserable and useless

Mar 11 2014 | LONDON The Economist WHEN Isaias Afewerki, Eritrea’s president, introduced compulsory military service in 1995, he said it would be good for the emerging nation. Conscription was supposed to create a disciplined, hard-working generation, strengthen the army

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$1 billion worth of Indian lines of credit help Ethiopia build sugar and power sectors

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS): Lines of Credit worth more than $1 billion extended by India to Ethiopia have helped the landlocked country build its sugar and power industries and rail network, Ambassador Gennet Zewide said here Monday. These three sectors

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