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1. Brain gain: Skilled diaspora return to Africa

   (Newsletters)

   ... were practicing in the United States alone, despite the fact that Nigeria suffers from a chronic shortage of doctors. Ethiopia similarly lost a third of its medical doctors to the West. Between 1978 ...

   Thursday, 09 September 2010

2. 2009: a good year

   (Newsletters)

   ... for the example it sets in the continent. What this visit showcased was that Africa has many shining stars, and just like Obama they are changing the world for the better, bit by bit. An Ethiopian ...

   Wednesday, 16 December 2009

3. Thoughts on the African media landscape

   (Newsletters)

   ... he gave a young journalist in his employ. If my memory serves me correctly, the young man had to travel from Nigeria to Ethiopia for business and as an experiment Olojede urged him to try and travel from ...

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

4. Eritrea-Ethiopia: Refugees embrace life "out of camps"

   (News/Regional Integration)

   Tags: [Refugee, UNHCR, Refugee Camps, Shimelba Refugee camp, Moses Okello, Eritrea, Ethiopia]  ...

   Tuesday, 31 August 2010

5. Kenyan diplomat chosen to strengthen ties between UN and AU

   (News/International Relations)

   Tags: [United Nations, African Union, Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Office to the African Union, Zachary Muburi-Muita, Kenya, Ethiopia]  ...

   Thursday, 19 August 2010

6. African centres hope to produce top mathematicians

   (News/Education)

   Tags: [education, mathematics, Africa, Canada, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ghana, Ethiopia, Senegal]  ...

   Tuesday, 27 July 2010

7. Canada to support science and technology training for African youths

   (News/Education)

   Tags: [Canada, Stephen Harper, Next Einstein Initiative, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Ethiopia]  ...

   Thursday, 15 July 2010

8. Cereal export ban lifted in Ethiopia

   (News/Trade and Investment)

   Tags: [Agriculture, cereal, maize, sorghum, wheat, teff, export, Amakele Yimam, UN World Food Programme, P4P, Ethiopia]  ...

   Wednesday, 14 July 2010

9. Safer sex by young in Africa drives HIV rates down

   (News/Health)

   Tags: [HIV/AIDS, HIV prevention, UNAIDS, safer sex, condom use, young people, Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Lesotho, Rwanda, Swaziland, Botswana, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe, ...

   Tuesday, 13 July 2010

10. East African leaders pledge urgent military help for Somalia

    (News/Conflict)

    Tags: [AMISOM, IGAD, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda, Somalia]  ...

    Tuesday, 06 July 2010

11. Kenyan and Ethiopian Airlines join AU peace initiative

    (News/Conflict)

    Tags: [Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, African Union, 2010 Year of Peace and Security programme]  ...

    Monday, 05 July 2010

12. Ethiopia says record budget to boost infrastructure

    (News/Infrastructure finance)

    Tags: [Meles Zenawi, infrastructure development, road building, budget, Ethiopia]  ...

    Friday, 02 July 2010

13. Fund aims to turn African science ideas into business

    (News/Innovation)

    Tags: [UN Economic Commission for Africa, African Science Technology and Innovation Endowment Fund, African Science Business Challenge, Ethiopia, Africa]  ...

    Tuesday, 29 June 2010

14. UN agency begins procurement scheme to benefit Ethiopian farmers

    (News/Doing Business)

    Tags: [UN World Food Programme, Purchase for Progress, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mohamed Diab, Ethiopia]  ...

    Friday, 25 June 2010

15. African countries take lead in overall Millennium Development Goal progress

    (News/Poverty)

    Tags: [UN Millennium Campaign, Millennium Development Goals, Overseas Development Institute, Alison Evans, Benin, Mali, Ethiopia, Gambia, Malawi, Uganda, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Ghana]  ...

    Wednesday, 23 June 2010

16. Chad: Green wall starts to grow

    (News/Environment)

    Tags: [Green wall, tree planting, Hassan Térap, Abakar Mahamat Zougoubou, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Chad]  ...

    Friday, 18 June 2010

17. Canada invites African leaders to G8 meeting

    (News/International Relations)

    Tags: [Canada, Group of Eight summit, Stephen Harper, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Africa]  ...

    Monday, 14 June 2010

18. African Union welcomes Eritrea, Djibouti mediation deal

    (News/Conflict)

    Tags: [African Union, Horn of Africa, Jean Ping, Quatar, Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti]  ...

    Thursday, 10 June 2010

19. Ethiopian wins London Marathon

    (News/Sport)

    Tags: [London Marathon, Tsegaye Kebede, Emmanuel Mutai, Jaouad Gharib, Morocco, Kenya, Ethiopia]  ...

    Wednesday, 28 April 2010

20. Progress made in battling malaria across Africa: report

    (News/Health)

    Tags: [malaria, control, progress, UNICEF, RBM, study, Coll Seck, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania, Sao Tome and Principe, Africa]  ...

    Tuesday, 20 April 2010