Category: Business

US Officials Sign New Deal In Hopes of Boosting Trade With East African Nations, Eyes Rest of Continent

U.S. trade officials inked an agreement on Thursday aimed at increasing trade and investment with five East African nations while boosting the economic relationship across the continent. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said the deal will ramp up the U.S. partnership with the East African Community (EAC), which includes Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda,

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British support for Ethiopia scheme withdrawn

British support for Ethiopia scheme withdrawn amid abuse allegations Department for International Development will no longer back $4.9bn project that critics claim has funded a brutal resettlement programme The Guardian By Sam Jones and Mark Anderson The UK has ended its financial support for a controversial development project alleged to have helped the Ethiopian government

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This blogger retired at 30, and he wants to show you how you can do it too

danielle@vox.com Enough money to retire *and* buy snazzy flannel shirts. Mr. Money Mustache When do you hope to retire? 65? 60 if you really get frugal? Mr. Money Mustache left the working world at 30, and he wants you to, as well. The popular personal finance blogger (who only reveals that his first name is

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This blogger retired at 30, and he wants to show you how you can do it too

danielle@vox.com Enough money to retire *and* buy snazzy flannel shirts. Mr. Money Mustache When do you hope to retire? 65? 60 if you really get frugal? Mr. Money Mustache left the working world at 30, and he wants you to, as well. The popular personal finance blogger (who only reveals that his first name is

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World Bank: Address Ethiopia Findings Response to Inquiry Dismissive of Abuses

(Washington, DC) – The World Bank should fully address serious human rights issues raised by the bank’s internal investigation into a project in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the bank’s vice president for Africa. The bank’s response to the investigation findings attempts to distance the bank from the many problems confirmed

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Study confirms potash potential at Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

By Andrew Topf The Norwegian fertilizer firm Yara International (OTCMKTS:YARIY) has confirmed the potential to mine potash from the Danakil Depression in northeastern Ethiopia. An independent feasibility carried out on behalf of the firm identified annual production of 600,000 metric tons sulfate of potash (SOP) over 23 years from reserves (kainite, carnallite and sylvinite) at

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Ethiopian Intelligence Network: Who is behind the growth?

By New Delhi Times Bureau Ethiopia is a low income country with a population of just under 92 million people. The country has since 1991 been under one party rule of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). Dissidents who use the internet to criticise the one party rule have been accused of promoting terrorism

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Seattle cafe wants to showcase Ethiopian-style coffee

By Sarah Stuteville Special to The Seattle Times Solomon Dubie  is raising money to turn his Rainier Mini Mart  into a cafe that will serve  Ethiopian-style coffee. Solomon Dubie is raising money to turn his Rainier Mini Mart into a cafe that will serve Ethiopian-style coffee. This city is known for coffee. From the green

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African Panel Ranks Ethiopia Top 10 in Illicit Financial Flow

Addis Fortune African Union’s (AU) high level panel on illicit financial flows (IFF) from Africa ranked Ethiopia ninth from the top 10 African countries with high illicit financial flows from 1970 to 2008 next to Côte d’Ivoire and Sudan. The panel, which was chaired by Thabo Mbeki, former South African president and comprised nine other

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Yara study confirms potash mining potential in Ethiopia

By GlobeNewswire Oslo-A feasibility study, carried out on behalf of Yara International confirms significant potential to extract potash in the Danakil depression in northeastern Ethiopia. The independent study identified an annual production of 600,000 metric tons sulfate of potash (SOP) over 23 years from reserves (Kainite, Carnallite and Sylvinite) at Yara’s Danakil concession. The company,

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