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As the M23 crisis has unfolded in the eastern Congo, the US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice has emerged as a holdout within American foreign policy, a sort of minority report to the prevailing criticism of Rwanda and the M23.
The first indication of this emerged in June, when Rice delayed the publication of UN Group of Experts' interim report, insisting that Rwanda be given a chance to see the report first and respond. While these UN investigations are supposed to give the accused the opportunity to respond and explain--the Group says it was refused meetings by the Rwandan government, which Kigali denies--they rarely allow them to see the entire report before publication. In any case, the Group finally did brief a Rwandan delegation in New York in June in New York ...
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Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines Unveils Business Class Lounge in its Addis Ababa Hub Airport Press Release Ethiopian Airlines opens the first phase of its new business class (Cloud Nine) lounge at its main hub, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport,...
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A series of big announcements were made regarding the Global Fund following the November 15th board meeting. Among other changes, the board unveiled the appointment of the next Executive Director, Dr. Mark Dybul. As the United States Global AIDS Coordinator during the Bush Administration, Dr Dybul helped to lead the PEPFAR program. Deborah Derrick, president, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, expressed her support for the decision earlier in the week by writing in The Hill blog.
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U.S. Launches New Livestock Market Development Project in Ethiopia Press Release Farmers in Four Regions to Benefit November 17, 2012, Adama, Oromia - As part of President Obama's Feed the Future Initiative in Ethiopia, the U.S. Agency for Inter...
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Ethiopian Prime Minister with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Palestine Dr. Riyad Al Malk Hailemariam expresses Ethiopia's wish to find peaceful solution to conflict between Palestine, Israel Source: ENA Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Des...
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Or, how Ghana went from being one of the poorest countries in the world one day to an aspiring middle-income one the next
Two years ago Ghana's statistical service announced it was revising its GDP estimates upwards by over 60%, suggesting that in the previous estimates about US$13bn worth's of economic activity had been missed. As a result, Ghana was suddenly upgraded from a low to lower-middle-income country. In response, Todd Moss, the development scholar and blogger at the Center of Global Development in Washington DC, exclaimed: "Boy, we really don't know anything!"
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For Kenyan entrepreneurs, waste can be good business as new toilets offer safe, clean facilities - and provide work for residents
Dennis Ochieng balances precariously with one leg on either side of a narrow trench running through a small alleyway in Mukuru, a network of slums around Nairobi's industrial area.
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Ethiopia is one of the few remaining African countries to introduce mobile banking, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 Picture VOA Ethiopia Permits Mobile Banking and Money Services VOA News Ethiopia is one of the last countries in Africa to permit mobile...
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