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Ethiopia: A double standard on land related issues
Ethiopia Agriculture Ministry, last month, rejected a petition to reconsider the lease of huge forestry lands to foreign companies. Whilst local environmentalists argue that...
Honoring the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
December 17th marks the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Sex workers and their allies, clustered in intimate gatherings in cities around...
Ethiopian PM Zenawi snubs West hails China and India
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has snubbed Western donor countries and praised India and China as ‘dependable allies’ as he advised African countries to...
Ethiopia: Fear expressed over India’s massive land grabs in Gambela
Gambela, one of the nine regional states of Ethiopia is fast growing into what the local media has described as “a land grabbing” hub...
Ethiopian asceticism from India: Could this be the way out?
The last of my three part series deals with asceticism as practiced in India, especially after Yogi Prahlad Jani's 70 year fast. It holds...
Water partnership initiative begins in Ethiopia, India, Brazil and Mali
The Columbia Water Center (CWC), based at Columbia University’s Earth Institute in New York, is focused on sustainable development projects throughout the world, including...
Access to HIV/AIDS drugs: A crisis in waiting
Years after agreement was reached at the World Trade Organization to allow poor countries to continue to import cheaper generic versions of patented medicines...
Africa-Asia cooperation goes medical: Sierra Leone goes online with India
The ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a globe-spanning network of communication and exchange, is taking a...
Ethiopia: Indian bank to open African office in Addis
The Export and Import Bank (EXIM) of India has been negotiating with officials of the Ethiopian government to open its East African branch in...
Indian firm using stolen documents to claim Nigerian Steel?
The Indian firm, Global Infrastructure Holding Limited, in their effort to claim ownership of the disputed Ajaokuta Steel Company in Nigeria have used allegedly...
Zimbabweans charged with murder of Indian and South African in Botswana
Three Zimbabweans in Botswana including a woman are facing death sentence as they are accused of first degree murder. They are...
A new type of bank fraud uncovered by Police
Police in Uganda have revealed a new wave of crime in financial institutions where bank officials conspire with conmen to siphon money out of...
China and India score high mark in African investments
China, India, and a few Middle Eastern Gulf nations are financing a record number of projects across Sub-Saharan Africa, says a new World Bank...
Trade among emerging economies encouraged by the Accra Accord
Conclusions of UNCTAD XII ministerial meeting have stresse d the immense potential created by growing trade and investment links within the developing world, spurred...
India assists Mauritius to fight cyber crime
A team of Indian experts in computer technology is expected in Mauritius Monday to assist that African country in the setting up a "National...
Institute moots new agricultural project to meet people’s needs
A project aimed at making agricultural research better serve the people's needs and make them have their say about the future of food in...
India and Egypt discuss Free Trade Agreements
Egypt and India are currently in discussion for a free trade agreement between the two nations. India, seen globally as the technology hub, is...
India and Africa strengthen ties
The India-Africa summit forum ended on Wednesday in New Delhi, India, with a declaration of heads of state and government spelling out their position...
Ghana and India to forge closer bilateral ties
Ghana and India on Monday renewed their resolve to deepen bilateral relations and economic partnership for the mutual benefit of their people.
Their main areas...
India and Africa in economic co-operation
Nearly one thousand African economic operators started this Thursday in New Delhi, India, discussions with their Indian counterparts, as part of the fourth conclave...
Education for all in high-population countries
Ministers and educational experts from nine countries that contain half the world's people and are plagued by illiteracy convened on Monday in Bali, Indonesia,...
Ethiopia launches national nutrition strategy
Faced with a heavy disease burden caused by prevalent maternal and child undernourishment, Ethiopia Thursday launched its first-ever National Nutrition Strategy (NNS) to ensure...