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Ethiopia drought relief needs $500 million for support beyond April: WFP
By Edmund Blair ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The drought relief effort in Ethiopia needs about $500 million to fund programs beyond the end of April to support 10.2 million people…
Ethiopia quietly dispels Africa myths
FOR many in the West and SA — Ethiopia evokes images of all that is wrong with Africa: a hopelessly poor, backward and famine-prone country. But a book by Arkebe…
Sudan’s Bashir orders border with South Sudan to reopen
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has ordered the opening of his country’s border with South Sudan for the first time since the latter seceded in 2011. The move comes days after…
CBE Puts Banks in Liquidity Crisis
Almost all commercial private banks found themselves confronted with liquidity crises, after suffering from what is known in the finance world as “a run on a bank” phenomenon occurred last…
Police intercept 45 Kalashnikov weapons
Addis Ababa, January 27, 2016 (FBC) –Police have intercepted 45 Kalashnikov firearms allegedly to have entered in Gondar illegally. The weapons were seized when a Toyota pickup, which carried the…
Marry two wives or be jailed, Eritrea govt tells men
Men in Eritrea have been asked by the President Isaias Afwerki-led government to marry more than one wife or risk being jailed for life. This is contained in a statement…