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As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) enter their last 1000 days, UNICEF but called on the Government of Ethiopia, its people and development partners to accelerate results for children, particularly for the most marginalized and vulnerable. “Ethiopia should be proud … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Benishangul-Gumuz, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, Gambella, Indepth Africa Magazine, Millennium Development Goals, UNICEF
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It’s not often that you think of children in Ethiopia as “privileged.” Any Canadian near a TV screen in 1984 will recall the country’s famine. They’ll remember images of emaciated children struggling for breath. Some were just hours away from … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, Laos, Liberia, Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, World Health Day
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Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described the spate of insecurity in the country as a great cause for concern that should be addressed urgently, warning that the country is on the brink of a second civil war.
Posted in News, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Art, bokoharam, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, List of Nobel laureates, Literature, Millennium Development Goals, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Wole Soyinka
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Osei-Poku, Emmanuel The world has organisations like the World bank, UN, WTO, IMF and many more YES Africans respect that, but not to the extent of imposing development programs like Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs), Economic Recovery Programs (ERPs), Millennium Development … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Convention Peoples Party, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Millennium Development Goals, National Democratic Congress, New Patriotic Party, Structural adjustment, United States, World Bank
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn says Africa’s renaissance will be realised with strengthened support of its development partners. Speaking at the opening of the 5th TICAD (Tokyo International Conference on African Development) Ministerial Preparatory Meeting here Saturday, he said the … read more »
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By Keffyalew Gebremedhin There are many of us who strongly believe that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been a major politico-economic initiative of the post-Cold War world. With the launch in September 2000 of UN-MDG by the UN General … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Cold War, MDG, Millennium Development Goal, Millennium Development Goals, Secretary-General of the United Nations, sustainability, United Nations, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
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Tsehaye Debalkew, Washington D.C., It is heartwarming to learn that significant development gains that Ethiopia has registered over the past two consecutive years implementing the much avowed Growth and Transformation Plan /GTP/ were corroborated and hailed by good wishers far … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Economist, Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GTP, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Millennium Development Goals, Politics of Ethiopia
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By Muhammed Abdullahi Tosin Almost half of the world’s population, comprising over three billion people, is extremely poor, surviving on less than 2.5 dollars a day, according to the Global Issues. UNICEF holds that 22,000 children die each day in … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Center for Global Development, IndepthAfrica, Malaysia, Millennium Development Goals, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Poverty reduction, Singapore, World Health Organization
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by Elissa Jobson, bdlive.co.za ADDIS ABABA — Senior officials from the African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) are gathering in Addis Ababa on Thursday and Friday for their biannual joint task-force meeting. The discussion, the first since the new … read more »
Posted in African Union (AU), Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, African Union Commission, Brussels, Central African Republic, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Millennium Development Goals
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Addis Ababa — The ministry of finance and economic development on Wednesday announced that Ethiopia has registered an average of 10% economic growth during the past two years of the five-year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). In a report, state … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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By Binyam Shimelis The population of Ethiopia, according to the Central Statistical Authority, is over 80 million, making the country the second most populous country in Africa. Around 80% of the population is living in rural areas depending on small-scale … read more »
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Tagged Arica, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, Millennium Development Goals, news ethiopia, Politics of Ethiopia, Poverty, sub-Saharan Africa
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Prashant PanjiarBy custom, many Ethiopian parents won’t name a child for weeks, in case the baby dies. Sebsebila Nassir, pictured above with a health worker, named her newborn daughter Amira—’princess’ in Arabic—on her immunization card the … read more »
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Tagged Bill Gates, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Health care, IndepthAfrica, Kerala, latest ethiopian news, Melinda Gates, Millennium Development Goals, news ethiopia, United Nations, World Economic Forum
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African Leadership for Child Survival: A Promise Renewed ADDIS ABABA / NEW YORK / WASHINGTON D.C. – Since 1990, the number of child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa has dropped by 39%. Many African countries are within reach of the 2015 … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Millennium Development Goals, Saharan Africa, sub-Saharan Africa
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Ghana’s 2012 Presidential Election: Lack of Enviro Clear Skin Program – Acne Cure, Superb Conversion Rate 50% Commission nmental Vision and Policy Ghanaians vote in less than a month to elect a president to lead the nation into a middle … read more »
In his maiden speech to the United Nations General Assembly, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemarim Desalegn, today said that his country will keep contributing to regional integration efforts, but its success in this regard will depend on conditions being … read more »
Stronger efforts needed to achieve anti-poverty goals, Zambia and Ghana leaders tell UN The international community must boost its efforts to help African countries achieve the anti-poverty targets know as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before their deadline in 2015, … read more »
Former World Bank vice president for Africa Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday disclosed that $400 billion of Nigeria’s oil revenue was either stolen or misappropriated since the country’s independence in 1960. Ezekwesili stated this while presenting a paper captioned, “Corruption, National … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Global Financial Integrity, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafricva, Millennium Development Goals, Nigeria, Nigerian Bar Association, Transparency International, World Bank
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By Ferda Molla It has now been almost two months since Ethiopia’s strongman Meles Zenawi has disappeared from office. Despite the government’s obfuscation and theatrics to hide the truth from the public, Meles is either incapacitated or dead. If he … read more »
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Millennium Development Goals, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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Judith Amanthis Seventy percent of Ghanaian homes don’t have a WC or a pit latrine. Piped water, if you have it at all, is intermittent, so water in your tap depends on whether you can afford a domestic reservoir. In … read more »
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Western style “democracy” is destroying Africa. It seems everywhere you look in Africa you see elections marked by violence and bloodshed. “Buy, rig or steal” is the name of the game and if that doesn’t work, send in the French … read more »
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia’s government, a favored and oft-praised Western partner, has held one United Nations employee in jail without charges for well over a year, while another is facing prosecution under a notorious anti-terrorism law. The detentions are a … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, afria travel, Africa news, African news, Christian Science Monitor, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Millennium Development Goals, United Nations
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 2, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union (AU) on Tuesday, 31st January 2012 hosted a fund-raising luncheon to propel forward the recently launched Pan-African University (PAU). Holding at the sidelines of the 18th AU … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, African Union Commission, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Millennium Development Goals, PAU
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PRAIA, Cape Verde, January 31, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the second and final review of Cape Verde’s economic performance under the 15-month Policy Support Instrument1 (PSI) program approved … read more »
Posted in Documents, IMF
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Tagged Bank of Cape Verde, Cape Verde, European sovereign debt crisis, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Millennium Development Goals, PSI
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INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA When: Tuesday, 31st January 2012 Where: New African Union Headquarters Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Who: Organized by the Commission of Human Resources, Science and Technology (HRST) of the African Union Commission (AUC). Why: … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, African Union Commission, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Millennium Development Goals, Pan African University, Pan-Africanism
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BANJUL, Gambia, January 20, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On January 18, 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with The Gambia.1 Background The Gambian economy has performed well in recent years, … read more »
Posted in IMF, Press Releases
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Tagged Central Bank of The Gambia, Current account, Executive director, Gambia, GDP, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Millennium Development Goals
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By Gbenga Kayode Sustainable transformation efforts being initiated to effect marked improvements in the quality of life of the people in all areas of human endeavour certainly involve change-producing forces in any society. This is because such necessary forces, when … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Goodluck Jonathan, Government, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Information and Communication Technology, Jonathan, Lagos, Millennium Development Goals, Nigeria, Petroleum industry
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Experts on Gender Equality and Democracy have unreservedly supported Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, the founder of the 31st December Women’s Movement and now the increasingly popular presidential female candidate for the next 2012 elections, to raise Ghana further on the … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, West Africa
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Concerted efforts are what the East African Community (EAC) needs to mitigate disasters in the regional economic bloc, said the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Chairperson of EALA’s committee on Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources Safina Kwekwe made the remarks … read more »
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, Arusha, breaking news, Disaster Risk Reduction, Drought, East Africa, East African Community, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Millennium Development Goals, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tanzania, United Nations, West Africa
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We are witnessing a historic change to the development paradigm. Drastic spending cuts in the United States, uncertainty around Europe’s common currency and the consequences of the earthquake in Japan are reordering international priorities and put further pressure on aid … read more »
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Liknesh was in labour for five days before her baby was delivered stillborn in Ethiopia. “The child came out of my womb dead. I didn’t have the assistance of a birth attendant – only my family helped me,” she said. … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Childbirth, Embassies and Consulates, European Union, Health, Home birth, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Midwifery, Millennium Development Goals, News local news, Save the Children, World news
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