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UN, World Bank Support Africa’s Great Lakes Recent Peace Agreement
Supporting the recent peace agreement, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim are set to visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region this week from May 22-24, 2013.
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In Africa’s Great Lakes Region, Peace Dividend must Follow Peace Deal
By Ban Ki-moon and Jim Yong Ki...
An Upscale Hotel, SPA Opens in Addis Ababa
BY NEW BUSINESS ETHIOPIA REPORTER
After five years of construction period with an investment cost of 720 million birr (around 39 million US dollars at the prevailing exchange rate), Capital Hotel and Spa, a swanky five star new hotel & spa, has officially opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this morning.
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Deloitte Eyes Developing Agribusiness, Mining in Ethiopia
BY NEW BUSINESS ETHIOPIA REPORTER
Deloitte, a century old global consulting firm with presence in 154 countries, opens office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia partnering with a local accountancy and advisory firm, HST.
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Orange Opens Managerial Development Campus in Dakar
France Telecom-Orange opened managerial development Orange Campus in Dakar to offer development programs to 1,000 managers of the Group’s subsidiaries in Western Africa (Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal).
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United States Criticize Ethiopia for Arresting Journalists
In response to today's ruling by Ethiopia's Supreme Court to uphold an 18-year prison sentence imposed on award-winning journalist Eskinder Nega and reject his appeal, the Unted States Government critized Ethiopia.
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No Political Motive behind Arrest of Prominent Officials, Says Ethiopian Government
BY NEW BUSINESS ETHIOPIA REPORTER
The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission of Ethiopia (FEACC) says there is no any political motive behind the arrest of Minister Melaku Fenta, Director General of the Ethiopian Customs and Revenues Authority (ERCA), his deputy Gebrewahid Woldegiorgis and 22 others suspected of corruption.
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Police Invades Uganda's Daily Monitor Newspaper
Three to four dozens of armed police, uniformed and plain clothes invaded the office of the Daily Monitor newspaper of Uganda and the surrounding this morning (May 20, 2013).
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GSK, Save the Children Target Saving Million Children
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world’s research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, and Save the Children, the non-governmental organization operating in 120 countries, launch an ambitious partnership to save the lives of a million of the poorest children in the world.
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African Development Bank Provides 18 Million US Dollars to Climate Change Resilience
The African Development Bank support for climate change resilience in Madagascar, Benin and Angola in accessing 17.8 million US dollars of adaptation finance in the form of grants from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) during the second quarter of 2013.
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Huawei Connects Ethiopian, Chinese Schools
Global ICT solutions provider, Huawei's, Basic Education and Cultural Interactive Activity initiative under its motto "The Road to Hope" has linked schools in Ethiopia and Shanghai, China.
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Ethiopian Athlete Eyes World Record
Tameru Zegeye, Ethiopian Athlete who grew up in the mountainous region of Welo, has attempted to set the World Record for the ‘Longest Distance Travelled while balanced on Crutches’ (Hands).
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Addis Ababa University to Host Pan Africanism Art, Photography Exhibition
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of the African Union (OAU) now African Union (AU), an exhibition of traditional and fine art and photographs from Africa and the African Diaspora is to be held at Addis Ababa University Institute of Ethiopian Studies Museum (IES) from May 24-31, 2013.
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Teddy Afro to Perform in Addis in October
BY NEW BUSINESS ETHIOPIA REPORTER
Teddy Afro is set to take center stage at the Ghion Hotel on October 13, 2012. The singer will thrill his fans with a full concert in support of his most recent album, Tikur Sew.
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