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49% Ethiopian owned, Malawi Airlines, inaugurates first domestic flight

· Jan 31st, 2014
Malawian Airlines on Friday morning successfully celebrated its inaugural domestic flight from Lilongwe to Blantyre and back using its newly acquired Bombardier Q400 aircraft. Malawian Airlines...
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China Daily USA report on how Chinese investment in Ethiopia is a gateway to Africa

· Jan 31st, 2014
If the shoe fits then wear it Ethiopia trying to become center for manufacturing in Africa on the back of Chinese investment, report Andrew Moody and Wang Chao Modern and brightly lit with all...
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Africa: President Mugabe Voted AU Deputy Chair

· Jan 31st, 2014
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — President Mugabe was yesterday elected First Deputy Chair of the African Union, rendering futile a decision by the European Union not to invite him to a summit of the two...
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Ethiopia begins transporting military logistics to Somalia

· Jan 31st, 2014
Addis Ababa, 31 January 2014 (WIC) – Ethiopia has yesterday begun transporting military logistics to its forces that joined the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Ethiopian forces...
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Youth Paying High Price Due to Unemployment

· Jan 31st, 2014
Addis Ababa — In a statement delivered at a forum on the theme, 'Accelerating Youth Employment in Africa' the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa Mr. Abdalla Hamdok...
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Ethiopia’s renewable energy revolution shouldn’t fail to empower its poor

· Jan 31st, 2014
Large-scale clean energy projects shouldn't eclipse the urgent need to provide electricity to low-income and rural communities Ethiopia's renewable energy revolution shouldn't fail to empower its...
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Ethiopian designers are making an impression on the global fashion world

· Jan 31st, 2014
Ethiopian style Addis Ababa's designers and craftsmen are making an impression on the global fashion world Addis Ababa may not spring to mind as a hotbed of fashion creativity. Yet savvy young...
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Ethiopian Engineers to Beautify Hargeisa City

· Jan 31st, 2014
HARGEISA (Somalilandsun) - The minister of internal security Mr. Ali Mohamed Waran'ade has revealed to the press about his intention to beatify the city of Hargeisa, he was speaking after a meeting...
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BRT pilot project feasibility study nearing completion

· Jan 31st, 2014
The Addis Ababa City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) pilot project feasibility study is nearing finalization, Ethiopian Press Agency reported citing the City Roads and Transport Bureau. “We are very...
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Ethiopia Short of $351.2m to Feed Millions in 2014

· Jan 31st, 2014
Ethiopia needs to fill a net deficit of 351.2 million dollars in order to feed an estimated 2.7 million beneficiaries both the government and donors agree require emergency relief food assistance in...
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90 year old surgeon keeps a steady hand in Ethiopia

· Jan 31st, 2014
Australian surgeon Catherine Hamlin has just celebrated her 90th birthday, and for most people, this would be a good enough reason to slow down. Australian surgeon Catherine Hamlin has just...
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The Prince of Africa: ‘The author is dead’

· Jan 31st, 2014
The author of the novel, The Prince of Africa, Danel Gizaw, told to Radio Fana that he wished a road is named in Dawro after one of his characters of the Amhara “ruling class” Ato Mekuria who...