Ethiopia: Toning Down a Jittery Economy
The Reporter (Addis Ababa)
EDITORIAL November 4, 2006

Ethiopia's economy is jumpy. It is easily affected when a single rainy season does not turn out to be good; agricultural output plummets and this retards economic growth. (Continue reading here)

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Ethiopia: Going to the Rescue of Six Million Orphans
The Reporter (Addis Ababa) November 4, 2006

During the Official Launching of a Groundbreaking campaign for Ethiopia's orphans on Thursday, President Girma Wolde-Giorgis, renowned athletes, Major Haile Gebreselasie and Tirunesh Dibaba have called upon the community to take part in the 2006 Dream Campaign to rescue the lives of six million Ethiopian orphans. The president said that the recurrent drought, famine and communicable diseases in various parts of the country result in high under-five mortality rate, ranking Ethiopia 20th.

"30 million children will not live past their fifth birthday by the year 2015 if we fail to be properly committed to implementing programmes of action and global strategies to ensure the prosperity and well-being of deprived children," he said.(Continue reading here)

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Ethiopia: Starbucks Urged to Sign Accord With Ethiopia Over Coffee Names
The Reporter (Addis Ababa) November 4, 2006

Oxfam America, a deep-pocketed charity, has turned up the heat on Starbucks by taking out full-page newspaper ad Thursday that urges the Seattle-based coffee giant to sign a licensing agreement with Ethiopia.

The controversy centers upon the Ethiopian names Sidamo, Yirgacheffe and Harar, monikers for high-priced gourmet coffee that Starbucks sells. Boston-based Oxfam America said if Starbucks would sign the agreement an additional USD88 million would flow into Ethiopia's coffee industry.(Continue reading here)

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Ethiopia: Economic Indicator - Educational Attainment of Household PopulationThe Reporter (Addis Ababa) November 4, 2006

Studies show that education is one of the major socioeconomic factors that influence a person's behavior and attitude. In general, the higher level of education of a woman, the more knowledgeable she is about the use of health facilities, family planning methods and the health of her children. (Continue reading here)

(I found this article especially interesting as it mentions the average education completed by people in different regions of Ethiopia.)

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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Fights U.S. Over Coffee Names
The Nation (Nairobi)
OPINION- Peter Mwaura- Nairobi
November 4, 2006

Ethiopia is embroiled in a spat with the United States over intellectual property rights. Trouble is Ethiopia produces the best coffee in the world and whoever controls the names of the coffee beans controls millions of dollars. But before I can tell you the story of the fight let me tell you the story of coffee. (Continue reading here)

(This also is an extremely interesting article that does a good job summing up the issues involved in the current coffee debate.)