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Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns
Girls in Ethiopia are being given solar lamps to help stop child marriage and keep them in school.
Month: July 2019
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Ethio Telecom revenues rise 7% to $1.26 bln in 2018/9
ADDIS ABABA, July 23 (Reuters) – State-owned Ethio Telecom, a potential candidate for privatisation, generated 36.3 billion Ethiopian birr ($1.26 billion) in revenue during the last financial year, a company report said on Tuesday, a […]
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Ethiopia federal forces take over security in protest-hit region -Fana
NAIROBI, July 23 (Reuters) – Ethiopian federal authorities temporarily took over security in a region where at least 17 people were killed in clashes between security forces and activists seeking a new autonomous enclave for […]
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Ethiopia referendum: Dozens killed in Sidama clashes
Activists from the Sidama ethnic group were set to declare their own federal state last week.
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UPDATE 3-At least 17 killed in bomb attack in Somalia capital
MOGADISHU, July 22 (Reuters) – At least 17 people were killed and 28 others wounded when a bomb went off outside a hotel near the international airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, medical officials […]
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Athletics-Unstoppable Fraser-Pryce blazes to 100m glory in London
LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce produced a superb display to outclass local favourite Dina Asher-Smith and Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou as she won the women’s 100 metres in 10.78 seconds at the […]
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UPDATE 1-Athletics-Simbine takes London 100m honours
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Athletics-Simbine takes London 100m honours
LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – South African Akani Simbine pulled off something of a surprise in the London Diamond League 100 metres on Saturday, holding off local hope Zharnel Hughes and former world champion Yohan […]
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At least 17 people killed in Ethiopia during unrest over Sidama autonomy – local official
ADDIS ABABA, July 20 (Reuters) – At least 17 people have been killed in clashes between Ethiopian security forces and activists seeking a new autonomous region for their Sidama ethnic group, according to a local […]
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UPDATE 1-Unrest over autonomy bid kills four in Ethiopia’s Hawassa city
ADDIS ABABA, July 19 (Reuters) – Four protesters died of gunshot wounds suffered in clashes between Ethiopian security forces and activists seeking a new autonomous region for their Sidama ethnic group based in the southern […]