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'EXCELLENT' COFFEE

Nigusse Gemeda, coffee farmer, takes a bow after receiving an almost six million Birr prize from Oumer Hussein, Agriculture minister,

'EXCELLENT' COFFEE

Nigusse Gemeda, coffee farmer, takes a bow after receiving an almost six million Birr prize from Oumer Hussein, Agriculture minister, at the Cup of Excellence competition on September 24, 2020. The event that took place at the Sheraton Addis hotel sees coffee samples that are submitted, scored and auctioned off to buyers. Nigusse was the winner of the Cup of Excellence Ethiopia, having received the highest score of all the coffee samples that were entered and selling for over 185 dollars a pound in an online auction.

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Yirgalem Hospital Inaugurates New Oxygen Production Plant

A new oxygen production plant has been inaugurated at Yirgalem Hospital Medical College in Sidama Regional State. The launch was attended by the regional state's chief administrator Desta Ledamo and Health Minister Mekdes Daba (PhD). Desta noted that a new kidney dialysis centre will soon be opened as well. Mekdes stated that the Ministry is working to increase the number of oxygen production facilities from the current 10 to 34 nationwide. The Yirgalem plant cost 86 million Br to build and h...

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Corridor Develops with Parking, Recklessness Concerns, Research Finds

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Digitalisation Spreads to the Court System

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