Ethiopian Ministers Visit Costa Rica to Learn About Sustainable Farming

Thursday, January 30th, 2014      The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Commerce Minister of Ethiopia, Yaekob Yalla, visited Costa Rica in order to learn about the process involved for planting sustainable products and creating responsible exports. Accompanied by representatives of

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Prime Minister Abe’s Visit to Ethiopia (Outline and Outcomes)

TOKYO, Japan, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. Outline and Outcomes (1) Prime Minister Abe selected Ethiopia as his last stop of his tour of Africa because it is the country Japan holds the longest bilateral relation in Africa,

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Will Ethiopia’s renewable energy project light up poor communities?

Large-scale clean energy projects shouldn’t eclipse the urgent need to provide electricity to low-income and rural communities Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP Katie Auth in Washington, DC Thu 30 January 2014 The 84 wind turbines erected just south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s

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Ethiopia plans GM crop boost for cotton industry

29 Jan 2014 Author: E.G.Woldegebriel A salesman arranges cotton cloth for sale in a shop in Kathmandu, Dec. 18, 2013. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ethiopian farmers are preparing to plant genetically modified cotton seedlings when the rainy

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Chinese firms introducing new forms of energy into Ethiopia

Source: China Daily Building on support from foreign aid projects, the companies are remaking the economic and infrastructure landscape in the African nation After a journey of 80 kilometers on the smooth Addis Ababa-Adama Toll Motorway, 34 white wind turbine

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Harar: Coffee Lovers Capital

By Mark Hay National Geographic Image Collection / Alamy Hidden far from the tourist and pilgrim paths that wind through Ethiopia, Harar is a densely packed holy city that has retained its character and unbridled passion for all things coffee

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Ethiopia Passes FAA Safety Audit

By  ROBERT P. MARK January 28, 2014 The FAA notified Ethiopian aviation officials last week that their country had passed the agency’s five-day-long safety audit, allowing that African nation to retain its Category 1 safety status. The FAA allows foreign-carrier flights to the U.S. only from countries

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NZ and Ethiopia sign food security agreementFuseworks

Fuseworks news January 28, 2014 Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully and his Ethiopian counterpart, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, have signed an arrangement to improve agricultural cooperation and food security. The Food Security Cooperation Arrangement was signed following a meeting of

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Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines Partner with Non-Profits to Deliver Medical, Educational Supplies

Airline’s 19th flight is most of any carrier involved in Boeing’s Humanitarian Delivery Flight program PR Newswire Boeing  EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Boeing (BA) and Ethiopian Airlines have partnered with two Puget Sound-based non-profit organizations, Seattle Alliance Outreach and

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ICL is nearing agreement with Allana Potash Corp (AAA) of the Afar Region

Jan 27, 2014  Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL), which harvests minerals from the Dead Sea to produce fertilizers, is nearing an agreement to help Canada’s Allana Potash Corp. (AAA) develop a potash mine in Ethiopia, according to a person familiar with

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