August 2017

An American #Freelance Journalist who has been identified as Christoper Allen has been killed in South Sudan amid heavy fighting between government forces and rebels, according to Reuters. Allen was among 19 others who have lost their lives in the battle that took place in the Yei River state. South Sudan has been in turmoil …

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ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — Ethiopia has obtained 3.4 billion U.S. dollars in grants and loans from multilateral and bilateral partners during the 2016/17 Ethiopian Fiscal Year (EFY) that ended July 8. Speaking to Xinhua on Thursday, Haji Ibsa Communications Director at Ethiopia Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation said the financial assistance will …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Heavy fighting erupted on Friday in the South Sudanese town of Pagak near the border with Ethiopia when rebels launched an offensive against government forces, the rebels said. Rebel spokesman Lam Paul Gabriel told Reuters that the rebels were seeking to regain Pagak, which was captured by government forces on Aug. 7. …

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ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Ethiopia managed to earn 436.73 million U.S. dollars from the manufacturing sector exports in the Ethiopian Fiscal Year (EFY) 2016/17 that ended on July 8. The export revenue met only 47.8 percent target of the 913.66 million U.S. dollars the East African nation had planned to earn during the …

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The 22nd Annual conference of Ogaden Somali communities Worldwide held in Frankfurt. The annual 22nd conference of Ogaden Somali communities Worldwide was held from 4 to 6 August 2017 in Frankfurt, Germany. The three-day conference was organized by the Ogaden community in Germany was attended by delegates representing Ogaden Communities from all five continents and …

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https://youtu.be/TFZMnGZ1NwY Interview with Prof Bereket Habte Selassie – SBS Radio

የኢትዮጵያ፤የውዪዪትና፤መፍትሔ፤መድረክ Ethiopian Dialogue Forum 9900 Greenbelt RD.  E#343 –  Lanham, MD 20706 __________________________________ August 2, 2017   Press Statement from EDF EDF Commends Congressman Christopher Smith and the U.S. House Foreign Relations Committee for Advancing Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Ethiopia   Ethiopian Americans, Ethiopians at home and in the Diaspora as …

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