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BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Addis Ababa

ETHIOPIA is trying to position itself as a sourcing destination for the textile and apparel industry, but government projections of a US$500 million-a-year turnover (IS THAT RIGHT – SURELY IT CANNOT BE EXPORTS?) sector by 2008/2009 are lagging way behind, with exports of just US$12.6 million in 2007.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ETHIOPIA COMMODITY EXCHANGE OPENS

ETHIOPIA has opened a commodity exchange, designed to bring order to the country’s often chaotic food markets. Their informality effectively forces farmers to sell locally to traders they know and trust. This prevents commodities moving from regions where there is abundance to those where there are shortages, intensifying the risk of famine and for prices to plummet in districts with a production glut.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Addis Ababa

ETHIOPIA’S tobacco sector is growing at a robust 4% a year, and is estimated to be worth some US$131.5 million (Ethiopian Birr 1.19 billion). But while growth has remained steady in recent years, near endemic levels of smuggled cigarettes are curbing further growth despite attempts to stamp out illicit brands coming into the country from neighbouring African states.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Addis Ababa

ETHIOPIA’S tobacco sector is growing at a robust 4% a year, and is estimated to be worth some US$131.5 million (Ethiopian Birr 1.19 billion). But while growth has remained steady in recent years, near endemic levels of smuggled cigarettes are curbing further growth despite attempts to stamp out illicit brands coming into the country from neighbouring African states.…

BY STEVEN SWINDELLS, in Johannesburg

CENTRAL bankers, drug barons, warlords, corporate bosses and small town crooks in Africa are all washing their money despite attempts by governments and international law enforcement agencies to bring them to book. But financial crime has never been as lucrative as now on the world’s poorest continent.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A COMPREHENSIVE reform process has been launched by the African Union (AU) to make Africa’s governments raise their performance in fighting HIV/AIDS. Noting that "Africa bears the heaviest burden and yet, is least prepared to contain (the disease)", a detailed action plan has been adopted by an AU

Continental Forum ‘on human rights and people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS’, staged in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN AFRICAN Union (AU) sponsored expert meeting, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has backed a ‘Plan of Action’ aimed at “the recognition; acceptance; development and integration of traditional medicine by all (AU) member states into the public health care system in the region by 2010”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WELL-FINANCED international programme to remove stocks of obsolete pesticides from Africa has been launched, protecting communities from persistent organic pollutants. The first phase of the Africa Stockpiles Programme (ASP-P1) has now been approved by the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A COMPREHENSIVE reform process has been launched by the African Union (AU) to make Africa’s governments raise their performance in fighting HIV/AIDS. Noting that "Africa bears the heaviest burden and yet, is least prepared to contain (the disease)", a detailed action plan has been adopted by an AU

Continental Forum ‘on human rights and people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS’, staged in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MEETING of the AFI GNSS implementation task force of the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) eastern and southern Africa office has been told of difficulties “establishing reliable communications” between the European satellite navigation system EGNOS and reference and integrity monitoring stations (RIMS) at Addis Ababa – Ethiopia, Bria – the Central African Republic and Nairobi – Kenya.…