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    Flag Day in Ethiopia
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    Flag Day in Ethiopia

    General
    For the third consecutive year, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) celebrates Flag Day, on 20 September 2010. The events of the day are centred around the laying of a founding stone of...
    Conference in Addis Ababa on journalists’ safety
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    Conference in Addis Ababa on journalists’ safety

    Media
    The safety and protection of journalists working in countries in Africa is one of the topics being discussed at the meeting of international journalists in Addis Ababa on 1-3 September at the African...
    Ethiopian cracks down on private higher education
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    Ethiopian cracks down on private higher education

    Education
    The Ethiopia government has banned distance learning and has stopped private universities from granting degrees in law and education. Universities with off-campus learning schemes have been ordered to...
    Breakthrough Fossil Find in Ethiopia
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    Breakthrough Fossil Find in Ethiopia

    History
    A breakthrough discovery in Dikika, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, has provided unambiguous proof that our ancestors were capable of using stone implements to butcher meat 3.4 million years...
    Ethiopia gets new telephone directory
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    Ethiopia gets new telephone directory

    Telecoms
    State telecommunications provider Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC) has finally launched its 2009 telephone directory over a year behind schedule due to contractual problems with the publi...
    Honorary doctorate for Ethiopia’s Catherine Hamlin
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    Honorary doctorate for Ethiopia’s Catherine Hamlin

    Health
    The Australian doctor Catherine Hamlin has been awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Addis Ababa University (AAU) for her work in Ethiopia with women suffering from fistula injuries due to obstructe...
    Ethiopia examines wind power project
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    Ethiopia examines wind power project

    Energy
    State electricity company Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is considering an ambitious proposal for the construction of a 300 MW wind farm in eastern Ethiopia near the Djibouti border, the...
    Ancient Ethiopian Garima Gospels restored
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    Ancient Ethiopian Garima Gospels restored

    Religion
    British and French specialists working at a remote monastery in Ethiopia have helped restore what could be among the oldest surviving illustrated Christian manuscripts, the June 2010 issue of The Art...
    Quality Ethiopian coffee
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    Quality Ethiopian coffee

    Food and Agriculture
    The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), the only regulated commodities market in the country, has adopted the Q Coffee Quality Certification System to grade specialty coffee consignments for export as...
    New guide for Ethiopian exporters
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    New guide for Ethiopian exporters

    Economy
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopian election results confirmed
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    Ethiopian election results confirmed

    Politics
    The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has confirmed the provisional results of the general election on 23 May, which returned the ruling Ethiopian People
    Ethiopia’s ruling party sweeps to victory again
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    Ethiopia’s ruling party sweeps to victory again

    Politics
    The ruling Ethiopian People
    Ethiopia elections "peaceful and calm"
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    Ethiopia elections "peaceful and calm"

    Politics
    European Union (EU) observers in Ethiopia are looking into claims by the opposition of electoral malpractice during the 23 May parliamentary and state council elections, which they have however descri...
    Africa Day on 25 May
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    Africa Day on 25 May

    Politics
    25 May is Africa Day, when the African Union (AU) officially celebrates unity on the African continent. It marks the anniversary of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the fo...
    Ethiopia elections on 23 May
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    Ethiopia elections on 23 May

    Politics
    Campaigning for elections ends in Ethiopia ahead of parliamentary and state council elections on 23 May. 29,170,867 people out of a total population of 85 million have registered to vote in the po...
    Ethiopia inaugurates new hydropower project
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    Ethiopia inaugurates new hydropower project

    Energy
    A new hydropower plant with a generating capacity of 460MW has gone into operation in a boost to the struggling power sector in Ethiopia. The Tana Beles Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project on the sh...
    Ethiopia readies for parliamentary elections
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    Ethiopia readies for parliamentary elections

    Politics
    On 23 May 2010 Ethiopians go to the polls to elect their new federal parliament. The main competitors are the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), led by prime minister Me...
    Arup helps Addis Ababa reduce carbon emissions
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    Arup helps Addis Ababa reduce carbon emissions

    Environment
    City authorities have announced plans to develop a carbon reduction programme in Addis Ababa. Working with global engineering group Arup in a project run by the William J. Clinton Foundation, authorit...
    Chinese language institute opens in Addis Ababa
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    Chinese language institute opens in Addis Ababa

    Culture
    Ethiopian and Chinese officials have inaugurated a new Chinese language and cultural centre on the premises of the Ethio-China Polytechnic College in Kotebe in Yeka district in Addis Ababa. About 2...
    Addis Ababa gets MIDROC skyscraper
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    Addis Ababa gets MIDROC skyscraper

    Real Estate
    A new skyscraper will soon open for business in the centre of Addis Ababa, becoming the new tallest building in the capital. The 22-storey Nani Building is being constructed at a cost of 600 millio...
    Ethiopia’s new power plant shuts down
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    Ethiopia’s new power plant shuts down

    Infrastructure
    The 5.2 billion birr Gilgel Gibe II hydro-electric power station 250 km southwest of Addis Ababa has suspended operations just a few days after its official inauguration due to a collapse in a section...
    Low-cost housing in Addis Ababa centre
    Addis Ababa News

    Low-cost housing in Addis Ababa centre

    Addis Ababa city council has announced plans to demolish part of the city centre and build low-cost condominium housing in its place. The English-language business weekly Capital Ethiopia reports...
    African Union elects Bingu wa Mutharika as new president
    Addis Ababa News

    African Union elects Bingu wa Mutharika as new president

    Politics
    The African Union has decided not to confirm the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, as its president for a second year. The position has gone to the president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, a...
    Addis Ababa to get solar street lighting
    Addis Ababa News

    Addis Ababa to get solar street lighting

    Environment
    Ten street lights near Meskel Square are to be powered by solar panels in a pilot scheme that could pave the way for the use of solar powered street lighting across Addis Ababa. The project is the...
    African Union considers Haiti resettlement
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    African Union considers Haiti resettlement

    Politics
    African leaders considered a proposal by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to resettle Haitians made homeless by the earthquake on 12 January during the three-day African Union (AU) summit in Addis...
    Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes off Lebanon
    Addis Ababa News

    Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes off Lebanon

    Transport
    An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 82 passengers and eight crew members crashed in the sea off Lebanon on 25 January just a few minutes after leaving Beirut for Addis Ababa. So far over 20 bodies ha...
    Ethiopia Hotels Enterprise up for sale
    Addis Ababa News

    Ethiopia Hotels Enterprise up for sale

    Real Estate
    The Ethiopian government has put up for privatisation the state owned Ethiopia Hotels Enterprise (EHE), which controls hotels and restaurants in prime central Addis Ababa locations. The Privatizat...
    Egypt to lease Ethiopia farmland
    Addis Ababa News

    Egypt to lease Ethiopia farmland

    Food and Agriculture
    The Ethiopian government has agreed to lease 20,000 hectares of land in the northern Afar region to Egypt for commercial farming purposes, the English-language business weekly newspaper Capital Ethiop...
    Timeshare resort opens on Lake Langano in Ethiopia
    Addis Ababa News

    Timeshare resort opens on Lake Langano in Ethiopia

    Tourism
    Lake Langano 200 km south of Addis Ababa is the site of a new timeshare resort, the first of its kind in Ethiopia. The complex has been developed by the Africa Vacation Club Ethiopia at a cost of 3...
    Cycling for climate change in Addis Ababa
    Addis Ababa News

    Cycling for climate change in Addis Ababa

    Environment
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