August 2008

• Somali ministers quit as government rift deepens
• Ministry to start IT based procurement system this week
• IGAD program trains law enforcement officials on counter terrorism
• Darfur rebels unhappy at UN show of concern on ICC

• AU says Bashir warrant pouring "oil on fire"
• Somali PM reshuffles cabinet after resignations
• Netherlands adds 5 mln euro to help drought victims
• UN agencies announce massive scale-up in fight against HIV in mothers, children
• Ethiopian programme among UNESCO Literacy Prizes winners

August 6, 2008

• Japan hands over $ 4.1 mln worth fertilizer to Ethiopia
• African Union condemns coup in Mauritania
• EU condemns attacks in Mogadishu
• Judge detains editor over Teddy case: CPJ
• Last Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel
• Global intervention, leadership commitment sought to combat AIDS in Africa
• More circumcision needed to control AIDS in Africa
  

August 7 , 2008

• Agency launches Africa food crises appeal
• Italy approves 545, 200 Euros contribution to sustain OCHA initiative here
• JICA, State sign record of discussion to undertake education project in Oromia

August 8, 2008

• Ministry, foreign Company sign $50 mln Petroleum exploration agreement
• Ethiopia aims to earn $200 mln from tourism in '08
• Ethiopia's prehistoric fossils in millennium exhibition debut
• Somali PM's decision to sack Mayor unconstitutional: report
• Jolie to build AIDS clinic in Ethiopia
• UN concerned at Sudan anti-terror courts
  
  

August 9 - 10, 2008

• Ethiopia offers huge land for Saudis to grow cereals
• Korea supports family planning program in Arsi zone
• MoME, MOHA sign mineral water mining agreement
• Emergency needs "set to increase" in Ethiopia
• KMC training conducted for physicians, nurses here

August 11, 2008

• AU will suspend Mauritania: Chair
• Commission allocates extra € 4 mln aid for Ethiopia
• EEPCo, Indian companies sign $31 mln contract to electrify 382 rural towns here
• Project offering life to PLWHA in country's urban areas
• Puntland leader sorry after Germans released
• Sudan agrees administration for disputed oil region

 

August 12, 2008

• AU concerned over resignation of ministers in Somalia
• US official praises country's health sector improvement, vows to extend support
• Arab league opens headquarter in Mogadishu
• Sudan former foes not fully withdrawn from Abyei: sources
  

August 13, 2008

• AU urges Burundi to implement peace deal
• Turkey donates $3.5 mln for Africa
  AFRICA-TURKEY SUMMIT TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK
• Chinese Company involves in leather industry here
• Kuwait stops issuing visas to Ethiopians
• NEPAD needs more private investment: official

August 14, 2008

• Somali president defends decision to reinstate mayor
• UN agency provides $214 mln to help 16 countries cope with food crisis
• Re-erection of Axum obelisk to be inaugurated
• NGO helps needy acquire basic house keeping skills
• US envoy hopeful of more Darfur peacekeepers

August 15 , 2008

• Nigeria peacekeepers to deploy to Somalia in weeks
• Senior gov't officials among graduates of Int'l leadership Institute
• IPI says concerned about gov't 'failure to grant publishing licenses to Journalists'
• Model Hayat opens first Condom Café to promote safe sex
• Exiled anti-corruption fighter to return to Kenya

 

August 16 - 17, 2008

• Country will divert WB loans to buy fertilizer: report
  FREQUENT DEBATES ON NATION'S DEV'T AGENDA ADVISED
• ICRC signs cooperation agreement with IGAD
• Indians celebrate 62nd Independence Day in Addis
• Sudan must work hard to have elections on time: UN

 

August 18 , 2008

• Kenenisa retains 10,000 title, breaks Olympic record
• 114 Ethiopian peacekeepers arrive at Darfur Diverse attributes essential
  elements to Good Governance: official
• Israel arrests 9 in Ethiopian immigrants' demo
• Country to host 5th Int'l Federalism Conference
• About 50 people killed in separate Somalia attacks

 

August 19, 2008

• Ethiopia says Djibouti scraps port tariffs plan
• Turkey, Africa begin cooperation summit
• Employee killed in Somalia: WFP
• Oxfam sees climate change role for E.Africa nomads

August 20 , 2008

• Somali factions formally sign pact in Djibouti
• Country targets $2.5 bln of exports in 2008/09
• Condos’ price may increase due to material price hike: ministry
• UNICEF urges sustainable awareness creation on sanitation in Ethiopia
• On-Job training key to retain medical personnel: AMREF

August 21, 2008

• Red Cross seeks more funds for Ethiopia
• Agency licenses projects worth 94 bln birr capital last budget year, attains 93% of plan
• ORBIS urges athletes to join Great Ethiopian Run, help eliminate trachoma
• Forum deliberates on Rapid Response Fund for CEWARN in IGAD region
• Ethiopia, Yemen agree on oil, gas exploration

August 22, 2008

• AU backs Somalia pact, fighting rocks Kismayu
• Ethiopia, US Resources Corp. sign $60 mln oil accord
• Ethiopian AGOA exports double in first half of '08
• USAID expedites emergency food aid to HoA
• Company eyes shift from chemical use at flower farm

 

• Ethiopia celebrates Tirunesh's double
• US supports Djibouti agreement
• Urgent steps needed to combat food wastage: report
• Thousands displaced by flash flood in Gambella
• Pirates seize another vessel off Somalia, agency says

August 25 , 2008

• UN calls for humanitarian assistance for central Somalia
• Ethiopia sets example of peaceful co-existence on earth: UK delegation
• City health bureau gets 800 thousand birr Lab. Machineries
• Somalis name Western journalists kidnapped by gunmen

August 26 , 2008

• Number of Somalis needing aid spikes to 3.2 mln
• China doubles its scholarships for African students
• EMWA argues draft Charities, Societies Law severe
• Ministry plans BPR, urges stakeholders' collaboration
• Sudan forces kill 27 in Darfur camp clash: rebels
• Adama stepping up with cobblestone

August 27 , 2008

• Somali leaders agree to cooperate
• Addressing gender equality, a persistent challenge for Africa: ECA
  CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF GENDER, WOMEN'S AFFAIRS
  KICKS OFF HERE
• UN top aid official to visit Ethiopia
• AU chief seeks return to democracy in Mauritania
• Somalia's Islamists deny kidnapping Western reporters

August 28 , 2008

• Gov't signs Health Partnership pact with int'l organizations
• Ethiopia to host 2nd All Africa Leather Fair
• CPJ calls for immediate release of 'Reporter' Editor-in-Chief
• Agency privatizes companies worth 560 mln birr this budget year
• Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education launched

 

August 29 -30 , 2008

• Meles signals shift over Somalia: report
• Poor nations need $130 bln a year on climate: WWF
• Authority collects over 19 bln birr, sets 30 bln target for next yr
• UN official freed in Somalia but MSF closes clinic
• Record number of students' complete ACCA exams