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AllAfrica News: Ethiopia

26 augusti 2019

• Somali Regional State to Vaccinate Over Half Million Under 5 Children Against Polio
  [Addis Standard] Five zones of Somali region of Ethiopia and, Somalia/Somaliland and Puntland from the WHO Africa and Eastern Mediterranean regions respectively jointly launched the synchronized cross border polio vaccination campaign where the Somali region alone targets to reach over half million (586, 511) children whose age are 0-59 months from the five high risk zones namely Fafan, Jarar, Dollo, Erar and Nogob.
• Future Is Tied to Water, A Vital Yet Threatened Resource in a Changing Climate
  [The Conversation Africa] In July Ethiopians planted 350 million trees in a single day. This was part of the country's national green legacy initiative to counter environmental degradation and climate change. The initiative ultimately aims to grow 4 billion trees across the country.
• Ogaden National Liberation Front Wants Election 2020 On Time
  [Addis Standard] At a press briefing he held today at Hilton hotel in Addis Abeba, Abdirahman Mahdi Madey, chairman of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) said ONLF wants to see Ethiopia's upcoming general election, scheduled for 2020, to take place "on time." But if for any reason the election is postponed, opposition forces and liberation forces should be integrated into the federal structure.
• Inside the Kenya-Ethiopia Battle for Jubbaland
  [Dalsan Radio] The vicious battle between Kenya and Ethiopia has played out in the open, and also brought to the fore the high stakes that foreign countries have on the Jubbaland elections scheduled for tomorrow.
• New Directive Eases Passport Application Process
  [Addis Fortune] Ethiopian citizens who hold kebele identification cards and birth certificates can now obtain a passport from the Immigration, Nationality & Vital Events Agency.
• UN Economic Commission for Africa – Statement on Rwanda
  [Economic Commission for Africa] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 August 2019 (ECA) --   The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, through its African Centre for Statistics works with its member States to improve the production, dissemination and use of quality statistics for evidence-based planning and policy-making in support of Africa's structural transformation, the sustainable development agenda and the AU Agenda 2063, the Africa we want.
• Int'l Price Cut, Illicit Trade Cripple Coffee Exports
  [Addis Fortune] This year's collapsing global coffee prices, which are nearly a third of prices in 2011 and the lowest in 13 years, have left Ethiopia's 5.3 million coffee farmers in the lurch. Apart from the price, local factors like political instability in some areas resulted in a failure to collect the beans on time, as well as the blocking of transport roots, according to the Ethiopian Coffee, Tea Development & Marketing Authority, writes KALEAB GIRMA, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER.