http://www.ethioplanet.com/news Ethiopian news, review and reports, from Addis Ababa, Nazret, surrounding regions. Home of Ethiopian chat rooms, Medrek discussion forum; Africa-Ethiopia news Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:32:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/10/22/ethiopia-faces-repeat-of-1984-crisis-govt-appeals-for-aid/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/10/22/ethiopia-faces-repeat-of-1984-crisis-govt-appeals-for-aid/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:54:33 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=9105 The Ethiopian government has asked the international community for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people. The request came at a meeting of donors to discuss the impact of a prolonged drought affecting parts of East Africa. The UN’s World Food Programme says $285m (£173m) will be needed in the next six months. Some aid officials [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/10/22/ethiopia-faces-repeat-of-1984-crisis-govt-appeals-for-aid/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/05/distinguished-ethiopian-professor-gebisa-ejeta-wins-2009-world-food-prize/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/05/distinguished-ethiopian-professor-gebisa-ejeta-wins-2009-world-food-prize/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:24:04 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=3798 Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University, was awarded the World Food Prize for research leading to the increased production and availability of sorghum in his native Africa. Ejeta, a plant breeder and geneticist, developed sorghum varieties resistant to drought and Striga, a parasitic weed. Sorghum is a major food crop for more than [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/05/distinguished-ethiopian-professor-gebisa-ejeta-wins-2009-world-food-prize/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/28/meeting-in-ethiopia-discusses-establishment-of-integrated-lab-services/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/28/meeting-in-ethiopia-discusses-establishment-of-integrated-lab-services/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:31:38 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2822 A stakeholders meeting opened on Monday to confer on ways of establishing a sustainable integrated laboratory services to assist the health sector in Ethiopia. The annual laboratory review meetings which assess progress, challenges and opportunities are held with a view to provide platform to give recognition to laboratory’s role in strengthening the overall health system. The two-day [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/28/meeting-in-ethiopia-discusses-establishment-of-integrated-lab-services/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/22/from-downtown-la-to-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/22/from-downtown-la-to-ethiopia/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:00:01 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2615 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/22/from-downtown-la-to-ethiopia/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/22/un-says-africa-must-manufacture-own-aids-drugs/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/22/un-says-africa-must-manufacture-own-aids-drugs/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:39:36 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2612 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/22/un-says-africa-must-manufacture-own-aids-drugs/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/13/indian-ethiopian-sugar-producer-to-plant-eye-care-center/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/13/indian-ethiopian-sugar-producer-to-plant-eye-care-center/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:17:59 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2498 Overseas Infrastructure Alliance Infrastructure Developers Plc (OIA) an Indian Sugar Factory in Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with the Addis Ababa City Health Bureau to establish an Ophthalmology center worth a million dollars in the premises of Zewditu Memorial Hospital. The eye care center that will rest on a 12,000 msq plot will be called [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/13/indian-ethiopian-sugar-producer-to-plant-eye-care-center/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/13/texas-adoption-agency-and-doctors-team-up-in-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/13/texas-adoption-agency-and-doctors-team-up-in-ethiopia/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:24:26 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2506 FORT WORTH — Scott Brown traveled to Ethiopia in 2006 to watch over the adoption of Enoch, a 3-month-old, 5-pound boy with big brown eyes. It was the first adoption the Gladney Center for Adoption would oversee in Ethiopia, and Brown, its executive vice president, wanted to make sure it went smoothly And it did — until [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/13/texas-adoption-agency-and-doctors-team-up-in-ethiopia/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/ethiopia-result-oriented-approach-to-hiv-in-spotlight-at-workshop/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/ethiopia-result-oriented-approach-to-hiv-in-spotlight-at-workshop/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:02:32 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2287 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/ethiopia-result-oriented-approach-to-hiv-in-spotlight-at-workshop/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/19/working-equids-in-ethiopia-receive-donated-vaccines-thehorsecom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/19/working-equids-in-ethiopia-receive-donated-vaccines-thehorsecom/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:00:08 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=766 A gift of vaccines to help prevent the suffering–and even death–of thousands of working horses and donkeys has arrived in Ethiopia, arranged as a gift by a Colorado State University veterinarian. The vaccines, donated by Fort Dodge Animal Health, a veterinary medicine supplier based in Kansas, will help prevent tetanus in 5,000 working horses and [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/19/working-equids-in-ethiopia-receive-donated-vaccines-thehorsecom/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/12/lancet-dozens-of-nations-inflated-vaccine-numbers-the-associated-press/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/12/lancet-dozens-of-nations-inflated-vaccine-numbers-the-associated-press/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:42:40 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=708 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/12/lancet-dozens-of-nations-inflated-vaccine-numbers-the-associated-press/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/10/making-a-change-all-the-praise-in-the-world-belongs-to-the-peninsula-gateway/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/10/making-a-change-all-the-praise-in-the-world-belongs-to-the-peninsula-gateway/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:52:26 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=625 In our U.N. Land Rover, we continued down the dusty, dirty jungle road. We saw monkeys and baboons all along the way. The giant male baboons considered our vehicle for a long time before slowly sauntering out of the middle of the road. About 30 minutes later, we were met by two military officers, each with [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/10/making-a-change-all-the-praise-in-the-world-belongs-to-the-peninsula-gateway/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/07/family-health-in-ethiopia-voice-of-america/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/07/family-health-in-ethiopia-voice-of-america/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:04:35 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=508 Family Health In Ethiopia - Download (MP3) Family Health In Ethiopia - Listen to (MP3) The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with Pathfinder International, a non-governmental family health organization, and John Snow, Incorporated, (JSI) a public health research and consulting firm, has launched a new $50 million [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/07/family-health-in-ethiopia-voice-of-america/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/04/ethiopia-usaid-gives-22-mln-to-support-wfps-hivaids-program-allafricacom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/04/ethiopia-usaid-gives-22-mln-to-support-wfps-hivaids-program-allafricacom/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:33:02 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=385 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/04/ethiopia-usaid-gives-22-mln-to-support-wfps-hivaids-program-allafricacom/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/02/who-describes-ethiopias-health-sector-achievement-wonderful-walta-information-center/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/02/who-describes-ethiopias-health-sector-achievement-wonderful-walta-information-center/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:09:35 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=331 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/02/who-describes-ethiopias-health-sector-achievement-wonderful-walta-information-center/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/01/sargent-surveys-irelands-role-in-hunger-fight-rteie/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/01/sargent-surveys-irelands-role-in-hunger-fight-rteie/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:44:07 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=294 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/01/sargent-surveys-irelands-role-in-hunger-fight-rteie/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/11/25/us-customs-discovers-beetles-in-ethiopian-flight-search/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/11/25/us-customs-discovers-beetles-in-ethiopian-flight-search/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:04:15 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=21 CBP Conducts Agriculture Operation on Ethiopian Airways [Airlines] Flight; Discovers Insect Pests, Inadmissible Fruit, Plants, Meat Source: U.S Customs and Border Protection Sterling, Va. – One of Customs and Border Protection’s primary missions is enforcing America’s agriculture regulations and that fact was made apparent to all 125 passengers aboard Ethiopian Airways flight 500 this morning at Dulles [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/11/25/us-customs-discovers-beetles-in-ethiopian-flight-search/feed/ 0