Ethiopia

Britain has pledged more than US $40 million to Ethiopia over the next three years in the first aid agreement since the end of the war with Eritrea.

The Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC) has announced the launching of a telemedicine project, with assistance from ITU. This short news item has details.

RSF has called on members of the Eritrean parliament to ask for the immediate release of all journalists languishing in jail in Eritrea. "Parliamentarians today have an opportunity to show goodwill and their commitment to press freedom. They must take a firm approach vis-à-vis the executive and call for their release," stated RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard. "We recall that Eritrea has become the only country in the entire African continent without a single independent publication," he ad...read more

A 12 year-old girl has become the new face of a campaign to improve the lives of children in Ethiopia. Leah Abebe, who is in grade five at her primary school, told a conference in Addis Ababa last week that children are the future of the country.

Twenty-six African women from 16 English-speaking African countries graduated from the Cisco Internet Networking Academy today after 280 hours of training at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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