Deaths during childbirth in Ethiopia are expected to halve thanks to a $43m investment from the Aust govt.

Deaths during childbirth in Ethiopia are expected to be halved thanks to an investment from the Aust govt.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia sentenced two Ethiopian journalists to 14 years in jail and an exiled blogger to life imprisonment on Thursday on charges of conspiring with rebel groups against the government, the second case in a month targeting the media. In December, two Swedish journalists were sentenced to 11 years in jail for entering the country illegally and aiding a rebel group ...

THE SUSPENSION of Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele and 34 others was lifted yesterday, clearing the way for the Ethiopian great to run at the London Games.

NBCSPORTS.MSNBC.COM writes: "The suspension of Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele and 34 others was lifted Tuesday, clearing the way for the Ethiopian great to run at the London Games."

This one is for my friend Jacqueline:

"Rebels in a remote northern region of Ethiopia blame government forces for the deaths of five European tourists in a clash last week."

NEWS.YAHOO.COM writes: "ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An Ethiopian rebel group said at the weeked it had kidnapped two German tourists and two Ethiopians, adding that they were safe, in good health and could be released unharmed. The four were part of a group of 27 tourists attacked on Tuesday in the remote region of Afar in Ethiopia. Two Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian were killed in the ambush. "We can ... ..."

"East African (Nairobi)-Details of the high-stakes negotiations before Kenya signed a 400MW electricity deal with Ethiopia two weeks ago are emerging, revealing that Nairobi managed to talk down the initial charges proposed by Addis Ababa as too high."

From ALLAFRICA.COM

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Activists say thousands of people in western Ethiopia are being driven off ancestral lands so the government can sell large tracts for commercial agriculture.

Anna Wrote: Take a look at this article

"Ethiopian officials calls gunman raid on European tourists "an act of open terrorism"; 2 Germans were kidnapped"