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American NGOs join cancer fight in Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania

NewsroomNov 16, 2017

by NewsroomNov 16, 20170435

BY Tom Mugisha, tom.mugisha@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA – Three American organisations have joined the fight against the deadly cancer disease with more resources and training facilities in Ethiopia,...

East African member countries set to collaborate on -e-Procurement system

NewsroomNov 8, 2017

by NewsroomNov 8, 20170433

BY Tom Mugisha, tom.mugisha@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA – The East African Procurement Forum is pushing regional governments to have an e-procurement system to curb corruption in the...

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‘We fear for our lives’: how rumours over sugar saw Ethiopian troops kill 10 people

NewsroomNov 7, 2017

by NewsroomNov 7, 20170423

ADDIS ABABA – It began with a rumour. On 25 October, residents of Ambo, 120km west of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, heard word on...

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania join top African start-ups to enter World Bank’s digital Acceleration Program

NewsroomNov 6, 2017Nov 6, 2017

by NewsroomNov 6, 2017Nov 6, 20170409

By Timothy Sibasi, timothy.sibasi@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA – Ethiopia and Kenya have twenty of the most promising African digital start-ups which will take part in the XL Africa residency,...

High hopes in Africa amid establishment of cities development fund

NewsroomNov 3, 2017

by NewsroomNov 3, 20170443

By Timothy Sibasi, timothy.sibasi@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA – The United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) have established an African Cities Development Fund during a...

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245 arrested in Ethiopia over recent unrest

NewsDeskOct 29, 2017

by NewsDeskOct 29, 20170431

ADDIS ABABA– The Ethiopian government on Sunday announced the arrest of some 245 people in connection with the unrest in the central Oromia regional state....

UN: 45% of South Sudanese refugee live in Ethiopia

NewsDeskOct 29, 2017

by NewsDeskOct 29, 20170461

By Timothy Sibasi, timothy.sibasi@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA- The United Nation High Commission latest report on the refugees situation in one of the world’s poorest nation of Ethiopia...

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Olive Branch For Somali Refugees In Ethiopia

NewsDeskOct 27, 2017Oct 27, 2017

by NewsDeskOct 27, 2017Oct 27, 20170428

By Timothy Sibasi, timothy.sibasi@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA-Over 40,000 refugees of Somali origin will benefit from a plan to create close to 150,000 jobs in Ethiopia by the European...

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Ethiopia Vows Response for Recent Attacks in Mogadishu

Nairobi DeskOct 25, 2017Oct 25, 2017

by Nairobi DeskOct 25, 2017Oct 25, 20170430

ADDIS ABABA – Following recent Mogadishu attacks, which claimed the lives of more than 300 people, Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegn stated that al-Qaeda linked...

SPOTLIGHT: East Africa leading maternal death rates in Africa

NewsDeskOct 19, 2017

by NewsDeskOct 19, 20170459

By Timothy Sibasi, timothy.sibasi@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA – East Africa has been singled out in particular to be leading the highest maternal deaths 18 percent in Africa...