World Bank launches $4bn worth plan for Ethiopia

The World Bank is set to pump $4 billion into Ethiopia in the coming four years in order to enhance competitiveness and employment generation through its country partnership strategy… [Read the original full article on The Africa Report]

 

 

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Ethiopians steal the thunder again (Daily Nation)

Losing a marathon by one second last year taught Dejere Abera of Ethiopia a lesson that he put to good use on Sunday, when he won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF Bronze Label event - by less than a second...