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Ethiopia working to become non-permanent member of UN Security Council
(EBC, January 2, 2016)- Preparations have been made to make Ethiopia a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The country is…
Ethiopians are # 1 and Americans are in the middle of the pack globally when it comes to importance of religion
More than half of Americans (53%) now say religion is very important in their lives, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. While this figure has declined somewhat in…
Ethiopia: Government, private sector steps up mining activity
The Ethiopian government, along with private sector partners, is taking steps to tap the country’s vast underground resources. “Ethiopia has considerable reserves of gold, potash, zinc, gemstones and tantalum,” geological…
Can Ethiopia boost economic growth and eradicate poverty without ruining the very treasure it wants to promote?
In August this year the Ethiopian Ministry of Culture and Tourism made a bold announcement that it intended to triple foreign visitors to more than 2.5 million by 2020, with…
China’s POLY-GCL completes gas appraisal wells in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, January 1, 2016 (FBC) – China’s POLY-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Ltd has finished drilling two appraisal wells in Ethiopia’s southeast and will soon know the size of gas…
PM Hailemariam named 2015 AfricaWorld Man of the Year
Addis Ababa, January 1, 2016 (FBC) – It is remarkable how Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has sustained economic progress in Ethiopia after the sudden death of his predecessor in 2012.…