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Ethiopia's supporters celebrate after Ethiopia's first goal during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying football match Ethiopia vs South Africa on June 16, 2013 in Addis Ababa.
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Through USAID support in Ethiopia, President Obama's Feed the Future initiative is leveraging hundreds of millions of dollars of other donor, government and private sector resources to help Ethiopia take steps to reduce its dependence on food aid ... The sales to WFP are a promising start for Ethiopia's relatively more productive farmers in the food-secure districts to sell surpluses to benefit not only themselves, but the residents of food-insecure areas.
Hungary has offered scholarship to the Ethiopia's Civil Service University
The United States strongly condemns the shelling of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) interim headquarters today in Kadugli, Sudan's Southern Kordofan state reportedly by elements of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), which killed one United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) peacekeeper from Ethiopia and wounded two othersMore quotes »
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Nile dam politics: Egypt, Ethiopian officials meet
Ethiopia to sabotage the dam. A week later, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi warned that "all options are open" to challenge Ethiopia's Nile project.In response, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn vowed "nothing" and "no one" will stop the dam's Read more »
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Egypt warns all options open for Ethiopia Nile dam
mass protests planned on the anniversary of Morsi's taking office June 30.The president appeared to be using the concern about Ethiopia's Nile dam to whip up nationalistic fervor ahead of the protests. He said he would be willing to approach the opposition Read more »
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Ethiopia: Thousands protest political repression
-- Thousands of Ethiopian demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Sunday demanding the immediate release of jailed journalists and activists in a rare show of public opposition to the ruling party which maintains strict control over the East African Read more »
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Ethiopia diverts Nile flow, Egypt says no impact
ignores the needs of five upriver countries. Some 84 percent of the water from the world's longest river originates in Ethiopia.The Blue Nile is one of two major tributaries of the river. The White Nile, flowing through Sudan, is the other.Egypt's presidency Read more »
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In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
-- Dozens of African leaders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital to mark 50 years since the founding of the African Union, a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters.Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn opened Read more »
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Ethiopia-Egypt Maneuvering Takes on “Black and White” Operational Guises
closeness between Cairo and Khartoum, the Sudanese Government was in June 2013 still giving sanctuary to some radical jihadist Ethiopian Muslims who have been supporting anti-Government protests in Ethiopia. Discreetly, Egyptian intelligence and military officials 5:51 PM from OilPrice.com Read more »
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The African Union welcomes the signing of the preliminary agreement to the presidential election and inclusive peace talks in Mali
ABABA, Ethiopia, June 19, 2013 - African Press Organization (APO) -The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has closely followed the evolution of the negotiation process between the Malian parties, in Ouagadougou, 5:41 PM from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Togo admit using banned Romao in World Cup
Togo have joined Ethiopia in admitting that they fielded a suspended player in a 2014 World Cup Africa zone qualifier. A Togolese football federation spokesman told reporters that Marseille midfielder Alaixys Romao should not have started a June 8 Group I 5:10 PM from GulfToday.ae Read more »
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FIFA starts investigation
World Cup qualifiers during June, according to FIFA match records of the competition. Midfielder Manyahile Beyene played for Ethiopia in Botswana instead of serving a one-match ban having been cautioned in Group A games away to South Africa and at home against 4:38 PM from Fiji Times Read more »
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Security guard delivers baby
for new immigrants, delivered a baby at the center last week, when one of the residents, a nine-months-pregnant immigrant from Ethiopia, was giving birth sooner than expected. Mabrato Yatzuvdenk, 22, was at the Kalisher Center Thursday when she went into labor. 4:35 PM from Ynetnews Read more »
