Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
2009 World food prize laureate goes to Ethiopian scientist
afrol News, 11 June - The US State Department has named Dr Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia as the winner of the $250,000 World Food Prize for his monumental contributions in the production of sorghum, one of the world’s five principal cereal grains, which have dramatically enhanced the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Environment - Nature | Society
European bank withdraws funding from Ethiopia’s dam
afrol News, 4 June - The European Investment Bank has decided to pull back its funding for Ethiopia’s hydropower dam following pressure calls by environmentalists that the Gibe 3 Dam threatens the food security and local economies that support more than half a million people in Southwest Ethiopia. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights
Ethiopia rebels accuse oil companies of genocide
afrol News, 3 June - The Ethiopian rebel movement Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) is accusing "certain multinational oil corporations" of contributing to "genocide and War crimes in Ogaden" by clearing large tract of vegetation in their search for oil.
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Society | Politics | Human rights
Alleged coup plotters denied bail
afrol News, 26 May - The Ethiopian court has ordered that the 41 alleged coup plotters to remain behind bars while prosecution prepares to lay the charges. The group was arrested more than a month ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the Ethiopian regime and to assassinate the top leaders. Read more
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Human rights | Society | Politics
Ethiopia completes destruction of mines
afrol News, 15 April - The Addis Ababa Ministry for Foreign Affairs has announced that Ethiopia has completed its destruction of stockpiled anti-personnel mines, two months before the 1 June global deadline and despite its ongoing conflict with Eritrea.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Agriculture - Nutrition
Govt tramples over coffee producers' trade reserves
afrol News, 26 March - Ethiopian government has shut down warehouses of the country’s six largest exporters of coffee and revoked their licenses after failing to adhere to a call to sell all their produce kept in the warehouses. Read more
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Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society | Economy - Development
Melez threaten to seize coffee stocks
afrol News, 19 March - Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, has threaten to take coffee stocks held by producers if they are not sold to government, blaming the country’s current economic crisis on producers keeping piles in warehouses. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society
Ethiopia runs out of Coca Cola
afrol News, 17 March - Ethiopia has this week run out of Coca-Cola after its local bottler suspended operations saying it no longer had enough foreign currency to buy bottle tops. The closure of the factory on 12 March saw the factory sending home more than 1,000 employees on forced annual leave. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society
Africa told to team up or miss the development train
afrol News, 3 March - The UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, has urged African countries to team up and work together because the "transformation of Africa is beyond the resources and capacities of individual countries and companies". Read more
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» 02.03.2009 - Ethiopian press ordered to re-register
» 25.02.2009 - Eritrea rejects mediation effort to end border row
» 24.02.2009 - Ethiopia Airlines plans to cut flights to US and China
» 19.02.2009 - Africa's slow progress blamed on poor use of gadgets
» 04.02.2009 - Ethiopia denies Somalia re-entry reports
» 02.02.2009 - Ethiopia rejects World Bank report
» 26.01.2009 - Ethiopia completes Somalia pullout
» 15.01.2009 - Ethiopia's last troops leave Somalia
» 13.01.2009 - Ethiopia pulls out of main posts in Somalia
» 12.01.2009 - US launches American chamber of commerce in Ethiopia
» 08.01.2009 - AU ministers to forge greater economic bonds
» 06.01.2009 - Ethiopia adopts a bill to restrict aid agencies
» 06.01.2009 - Rebel attacks takes toll as govt fails to control forces
» 05.01.2009 - Ethiopia re-arrests opposition official
» 19.12.2008 - Former Ethiopian leader freed
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