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    Increasing numbers of Eritreans seek asylum in Ethiopia
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    Increasing numbers of Eritreans seek asylum in Ethiopia

    Immigrants
    Most Eritrean refugees continue their journey after Ethiopia, often to Europe There has been a sharp increase in the amount of Eritrean refugees crossing into neighbouring Ethiopia in recent month...
    New UN office In Addis Ababa
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    New UN office In Addis Ababa

    Humanitarian
    United Nations facility launched by UN chief Ban Ki-moon A new United Nations office was inaugurated by the UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon in Addid Ababa on 28 October. Located off Menelik II...
    Addis Ababa takes anti-Ebola measures
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    Addis Ababa takes anti-Ebola measures

    Health
    Temperature sensors installed at Addis Ababa airport Ethiopia is using temperature-reading devices at its airports in a bid to prevent the Ebola virus from reaching the country from the west Afric...
    Tri-partite Renaissance dam committee formed
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    Tri-partite Renaissance dam committee formed

    Infrastructure
    Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan form technical committee  The water ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have agreed to form a tripartite technical committee – comprising experts from the t...
    Botanic garden for Accra
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    Botanic garden for Accra

    Environment
    Educational facility to be built outside capital Ghana's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to create a botanic garden on a 40-hectare site located 30 km north of Accra. Situated at Danfa,...
    World class medical centre for Addis Ababa
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    World class medical centre for Addis Ababa

    Health
    Project by Ethio-American doctors The foundation stone was laid at the site of a €100 million medical facility in Addis Ababa on 28 June by Ethiopia's foreign minister Tedros Adhanom. The h...
    Expansion begins at Bole airport
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    Expansion begins at Bole airport

    Infrastructure
    Addis Ababa airport project backed by China A $250 million project to expand Addis Ababa Bole International Airport has begun with plans to turn the airport into a mega hub for the region. Ethi...
    Addis light rail project nears completion
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    Addis light rail project nears completion

    Transport
    Electrification phase of train lines Electrification of the 34-km light rail network under construction in Addis Ababa has begun, with the installation of 850 masts, 143-km of overhead lines and e...
    Ethiopia plans new international airport
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    Ethiopia plans new international airport

    Infrastructure
    Existing city airport also to be expanded Ethiopia plans to build a new international airport outside Addis Ababa, according to an announcement from the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) in mid-M...
    Urban hyenas pose threat in Addis Ababa
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    Urban hyenas pose threat in Addis Ababa

    Animals
    Wild animals attack homeless people Urban hyenas are becoming a growing problem in Addis Ababa, where they attack homeless people at night. The city estimates its hyena population at between 30...
    Ethiopian Airlines plane hijacked to Geneva
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    Ethiopian Airlines plane hijacked to Geneva

    General
    Co-pilot hijacked Rome bound plane An Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacked a plane bound for Rome and flew it to Switzerland where he wanted to seek asylum, according to officials in Geneva. The...
    Addis Ababa-Adama toll road nears completion
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    Addis Ababa-Adama toll road nears completion

    Infrastructure
    New road will cut travel time by two thirds The six-lane expressway connecting Addis Ababa and Adama, located southeast of the capital, will be finished in April, following more than three years of...
    New Addis Ababa stadium
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    New Addis Ababa stadium

    Social services
    New facility will be up to FIFA standards A 60,000-seat stadium is currently under construction in the Bole district of Addis Ababa, south-east of the centre. On completion the 1.6 billion birr-stad...
    Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia returned to Addis Ababa
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    Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia returned to Addis Ababa

    Rights
    Undocumented Ethiopian workers being sent home Thousands of undocumented migrant Ethiopians continue to return to Addis Ababa after being expelled from Saudi Arabia where labour laws are being tigh...
    Addis Ababa twinned with Washington DC
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    Addis Ababa twinned with Washington DC

    Politics
    Addis Ababa and Washington DC signed a sister city agreement on 11 December at the city hall in Washington. The agreement remains in force for five years and is designed to facilitate cultural and ed...
    Mexico Square in Addis Ababa to be rebuilt
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    Mexico Square in Addis Ababa to be rebuilt

    Transport
    Historic square to be rebuilt following railway constructionThe historic Mexico Square in Addis Ababa will be reconstructed after the completion of the light railway project, according to Mexico&rsquo...
    Ethiopia opens Africa's largest wind farm
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    Ethiopia opens Africa's largest wind farm

    Infrastructure
    The largest wind farm in Africa was launched in northern Ethiopia on 26 October by prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn who said Ethiopia could not "maintain growth without utilising the energy sector....
    Addis Ababa unveils space programme
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    Addis Ababa unveils space programme

    Infrastructure
    The first phase of Ethiopia's space exploration programme has been launched at an observatory high in the Entono mountains on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. The $3.4 million observatory contains tw...
    Lion kills zookeeper at Addis Ababa zoo
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    Lion kills zookeeper at Addis Ababa zoo

    Animals
    A zookeeper was attacked and killed by a lion at Addis Ababa zoo after forgetting to close the door to the animal's inner cage. The incident took place on 16 September as the zookeeper Abera Silsay wa...
    Turkish industrial zone in Addis Ababa
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    Turkish industrial zone in Addis Ababa

    Infrastructure
    Turkey is preparing to create an industrial zone in Addis Ababa, according to remarks by Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoğlu at his government's recent African Strategies Sectoral Evaluation...
    Chinese firm to build new HQ for NIB
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    Chinese firm to build new HQ for NIB

    Real Estate
    Construction of the new 35-storey headquarters for Ethiopia's NIB International Bank is to be carried out by Chinese construction firm China Railway No.3, with work scheduled to begin around the end o...
    Ethiopia signs major broadband deal
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    Ethiopia signs major broadband deal

    Telecoms
    Addis Ababa will have a high-speed 4G broadband network and there will be 3G service throughout the rest of the country within two years, thanks to a $700 million agreement between Ethiopia and Huawei...
    Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan start Nile talks
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    Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan start Nile talks

    Infrastructure
    Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan are to begin negotiations on recommendations by a technical committee on the Ethiopian Nile dam project, according to a joint statement released by the Egyptian and Ethiopian...
    New railway between Addis Ababa and Djibouti
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    New railway between Addis Ababa and Djibouti

    Transport
    Construction of an 800-km railway line connecting Addis Ababa and Djibouti City was inaugurated by Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Djiboutian president Ismail Omar Guelleh at the beg...
    Tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over dam
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    Tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over dam

    General
    Ethiopia and Egypt are holding high-level talks amid the ongoing crisis over water-sharing, arising from Ethiopia's construction of the $4.2bn Grand Renaissance Dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, ab...
    Major human rights rally in Addis Ababa
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    Major human rights rally in Addis Ababa

    Politics
    A human rights rally in Addis Ababa on 2 June attracted about 10,000 supporters, according to Reuters. The anti-government demonstration, which had received the go-ahead from authorities, was the...
    AU claims
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    AU claims

    Crime
    The African Union (AU) has demanded that the International Criminal Court (ICC) drop its proceedings against Kenya's recently-elected president Uhuru Kenyatta and vice president William Ruto, both of...
    Tourism and Hospitality Week in Addis Ababa
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    Tourism and Hospitality Week in Addis Ababa

    Tourism
    The inaugural Tourism and Hospitality Week is to be held in Addis Ababa by the Catering and Tourism Training Institute (CTTI) under the aegis of the ministry of culture and tourism. The three-day e...
    Lucy fossil returns to Addis Ababa
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    Lucy fossil returns to Addis Ababa

    History
    The celebrated 3.2 million-year old Ethiopian fossilised skeleton known as “Lucy” has returned to Addis Ababa after five years on tour in the US. The fossil of the earliest known homini...
    Construction of new Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway
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    Construction of new Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway

    Transport
    China is to provide Ethiopia’s government with a $3.3 billion loan for the construction of a new electrified railway line between Addis Ababa and Djibouti, to boost Ethiopia’s commerci...
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