Culture - Arts | Science - Education
1.3 million year old human fossil found in Ethiopia
afrol News, 14 November - Archaeologists have found what they term "an important new fossil of a Homo erectus female pelvis from approximately 1.3 million years ago" in Ethiopia. The fossil is expected to "reveal important new information about human evolution," researchers say.
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Society
40 Somalis, Ethiopians drowned off Yemen coast
afrol News, 4 November - Again, human traffickers shipping Somali and Ethiopian emigrants over the Gulf of Aden cynically forced 40 refugees overboard at high sees, to their certain death, for not agreeing to pay extra. Almost 150 African have died attempting to reach Yemen only in the past two months.
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Agriculture - Nutrition
"Millions more Ethiopians going hungry"
afrol News, 10 October - According to new information released by Oxfam International, aid efforts for Ethiopia are stalling while the number of Ethiopians needing emergency assistance has leapt by 40 percent from 4.6 million to 6.4 million people since June. Cereal rations to those needing assistance had been "reduced by a third because not enough food is reaching the country," it said.
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Human rights | Agriculture - Nutrition | Politics
Ethiopian rebels demand food aid in Ogaden
afrol News, 19 September - Ethiopia's Ogaden rebels have today demanded that United Nations security council secure aid corridor to their homeland, where they claimed emergency food is not getting out fast enough to starving in troubled Somali region. Read more
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Society | Agriculture - Nutrition
Aid appeal launched for Ethiopia
afrol News, 12 September - British Red Cross has launched an appeal to provide emergency aid to thousands of Ethiopian children facing acute malnutrition. Ethiopian government estimates that 4.7 million people are affected. Read more
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» 09.09.2008 - Ethiopia food shortages alarming - UN
» 04.09.2008 - Bomb blast kills four in Ethiopia
» 03.09.2008 - Ethiopia first nation to sign health compact
» 28.08.2008 - Ethiopia may withdraw troops from Somalia
» 22.08.2008 - Ethiopian exports under AGOA excel
» 20.08.2008 - Ethiopia emergency appeal revised upwards
» 19.08.2008 - Ethiopia, Yemeni agreed on oil and gas exploration
» 13.08.2008 - Ethiopian Airliner to increase its flight fleet
» 12.08.2008 - Ethiopia's general recalled
» 04.08.2008 - Ethiopia attracts $8 billion investments
» 31.07.2008 - Ethiopia seals $7.5 million deal
» 31.07.2008 - Ethiopia accuses Eritrea on termination of UN mission
» 30.07.2008 - Eritrea-Ethiopia peacekeeping discontinued
» 29.07.2008 - Ethiopians urged to avoid human traffickers
» 23.07.2008 - Ethio-Djibouti railway may get rehabilitation
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