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It's confirmed: New ocean to split Ethiopia

afrol News, 5 November - Since a gigantic rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia in 2005, scientists have speculated the rift was the first step in a process that will split eastern Ethiopia and Somalia from the African continent by a new ocean. Now, they have found proof it indeed will.

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Ethiopia election schedule approved

afrol News, 4 November - The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has approved the schedule for the upcoming national elections, which are to be held in May next year. Planning and preparations are now to start.

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Politics | Society

Ethiopia launches 2010 elections campaign

afrol News, 29 October - Ethiopia will launch the national election campaign on 8 December for the 2010 national polls slated for May, a government official has confirmed today.

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$480 million to help in Ethiopia's food security

afrol News, 23 October - Ethiopia has been approved to receive a grant from the World Bank to help the country meet its food security challenges.

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Economy - Development | Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society

Ethiopia needs urgent food aid

afrol News, 22 October - Ethiopia has appealed for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people following five year drought that has ravaged poor communities in the Horn of Africa.

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Africa evaluates 15 years of population development ahead of MDGs deadline

afrol News, 20 October - Fifteen years after the adoption in 1994 of the Plan of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD PoA) in Cairo, Egypt, African Ministers and experts in population and social development are meeting at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to review the progress made by African Governments in the implementation of the ICPD.

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Politics | Society | Human rights

Ethiopia rebels deny state media reports

afrol News, 19 October - Ethiopia's rebels, Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) have refuted state media reports alleging that a weapons cache displayed by the government belonged to the group.

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Africa's climate change negotiators meet in Ethiopia

afrol News, 19 October - Negotiators and experts from Africa, the continent said to be most vulnerable to global warming, have converged in Ethiopia for their last United Nations-backed meeting before the December’s summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, where nations are set to conclude negotiations on a new climate change agreement.

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African countries conclude gender and climate change training

afrol News, 19 October - Delegates from 26 African countries, plus Canada, Jamaica and Philippines, today in Addis Ababa concluded a three-day sensitisation training on gender and climate change, resolving to put necessary pressure on political leaders and African lead negotiators to integrate gender issues in climate change negotiations ahead of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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Agriculture - Nutrition | Society | Health | Economy - Development

Ethiopia still vulnerable to serious hunger

afrol News, 13 October - Food security continues to plague many areas of Ethiopia because of drought, according to the latest joint report by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network.

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Politics | Economy - Development | Society

Experts to discuss strategies for Africa’s integration agenda

afrol News, 9 October - Senior officials from African countries and experts representing pan-African institutions and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are convening next week in Addis Ababa to devise strategies to translate commitments to regional integration into concrete actions at national level.

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USAID awards $387,000 for indigenous health in Ethiopia

afrol News, 7 October - A $387,000 grant by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will help Northwest-based nonprofit Global Team for Local Initiatives (GTLI) implement clean water and sanitation programmes in Ethiopia.

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UN steps up work in W/Africa and flashes urgent appeal for Ethiopia

afrol News, 23 September - A lack of resources for emergency relief efforts in Ethiopia threatens to cut off food aid delivery to the most vulnerable people in the coming days, the United Nations humanitarian arm has warned today.

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Society | Health | Agriculture - Nutrition

Diarrhoea threatens to wreaks havoc in Ethiopia

afrol News, 8 September - The United Nations emergency humanitarian relief wing today warned of an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea rife in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa that is threatening to continue its spread across other regions of the country.

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EU commissioner in Africa to boost science partnership

afrol News, 7 September - The EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potoènik will today start the official visit to the African Union and Kenya from 7 to 9 September, during which he will hold high-level political meetings and will visit EU-supported research centres in Nairobi (Kenya) and in Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia).

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» 01.09.2009 - Africa hosts special session on climate change concerns
» 01.09.2009 - AU Commission signs compact agreement with Ethiopia
» 27.08.2009 - Ethiopia gets IMFs shocks facility funding
» 14.08.2009 - Ethiopia’s food security continues to decline
» 29.07.2009 - Ethiopia first African carrier to order long-range Boeing
» 24.07.2009 - CPJ worried on new anti-terror legislation
» 23.07.2009 - 42 NGOs suspended in Ethiopia
» 08.07.2009 - Amnesty International warns Ethiopia on new anti terrorism law
» 11.06.2009 - 2009 World food prize laureate goes to Ethiopian scientist
» 09.06.2009 - 32 alleged coup plotters charged in Ethiopia
» 04.06.2009 - European bank withdraws funding from Ethiopia’s dam
» 04.06.2009 - Ethiopia finally admits presence in Somalia
» 03.06.2009 - Ethiopia rebels accuse oil companies of genocide
» 26.05.2009 - Alleged coup plotters denied bail
» 20.05.2009 - Ethiopia rejects Somalia invasion reports

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