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☆ Aid group says two employees killed in Ethiopia's Amhara region
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NAIROBI, April 10 (Reuters) - Two Catholic Relief Services (CRS) workers were shot and killed on Sunday in Ethiopia's Amhara region, the charity said, amid violent anti-government protests triggered by a federal government decision to disband regional special forces units. Spokespeople for Ethiopia's federal government and for the Amhara regional government did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Residents in the town of Dessie reported large protests there on Monday, with young people blocking the roads and burning tyres. Amhara forces fought alongside the federal army in that conflict. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the integration of the regional special forces is needed to ensure national unity in a country with a long history of inter-ethnic conflict.

☆ Gunfire, protests in Ethiopia's Amhara over plan to disband regional force
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Dawit Endeshaw | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ADDIS ABABA, April 9 (Reuters) - Gunfire was heard in at least two towns in Ethiopia's Amhara region on Sunday as thousands protested against a federal government order to integrate regional special forces into the police or national army, residents said. Spokespersons for Ethiopia's federal government and army and for the Amhara regional government could not be immediately reached for comment. In fact it was simply organising regional forces under federal security institutions, it quoted him as saying. Special forces and militias from Amhara fought in support of the federal army during its two-year war in the neighbouring Tigray region. They say the dissolution of their region's special forces would leave them vulnerable to attacks from Tigray and Oromiya.

Rakuten Kobo Clara 2E The Kobo Clara 2E offers a variety of features that avid readers will love, like a waterproof design and a comfortable power button. At this price point, the Kobo Clara 2E is rivaled only by the 8GB Kindle Paperwhite. Sarah Saril/InsiderThe Kobo Clara 2E makes a great companion for reading in different environments with its adjustable brightness and color temperature. On the plus side, the Kobo Clara 2E boasts great battery life, and it lives up to the manufacturer's promise. Listen to Kobo Audiobooks with a Bluetooth speaker or headphonesListening to audiobooks on the Kobo Clara 2E is as simple as connecting via Bluetooth.

☆ Pakistani fintech startup Trukkr raises $6.4 mln, gets lending licence
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Ariba Shahid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KARACHI, Pakistan, March 7 (Reuters) - Trukkr, a fintech platform for Pakistan’s trucking industry, said on Tuesday it had raised $6.4 million in a funding round and also received a non-banking financial company (NBFC) licence. Trukkr offers Pakistan’s small- and medium-sized trucking companies a transport management system and supply chain solutions, and is unique in providing fintech to digitise the largely unbanked and undocumented industry. The seed funding round was led by U.S. based Accion Venture Lab and London based Sturgeon Capital. Haitou Global, Al Zayani Venture Capital and investor Peter Findley also participated in the round, Trukkr said in a statement. Adamjee told Reuters that Pakistan's $35 billion a year trucking industry is growing at 10% annually despite limited rail and water freight infrastructure.

☆ An author who made $1.3 million in a year self-publishing books on Amazon shares his 6 best tips for making money as a writer
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Dawson shared his tips for authors to get their books in front of readers and make a living. Hire a professional designer to produce your book cover. Writing a 10,000-word novel is a different skill compared to writing a 150-word blurb, Dawson said. By the time the reader is on the first page of an e-book, you've already persuaded them to give you a chance as an author, Dawson said. Once your cover, blurb, and story are ready, you might think advertising is the next logical step.

☆ 8 easy side hustles you can do from your computer
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Christopher Massimine | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The past few years have seen a rise in side hustles as people look to pad their incomes. You can also start a blog and sell products through it. They can also design and sell their graphics as prints or products on platforms like Etsy. Affiliate marketingAffiliate marketing is a great side hustle because it can be done anywhere in the world. There are many ways to promote products through affiliate marketing, including social-media posts, review videos, and blog articles.

☆ For survivors of Ethiopia's Tigray war, truce brings cautious hope
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"I'm very happy - because this will put a hold on the suffering," said a Tigrayan man in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa who declined to be named out of fear of repercussions at his place of work. All sides fighting in the Tigray war committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia's state-appointed human rights commission. We haven't even gotten any voice messages from him," the Tigrayan man in Addis Ababa told Reuters. Human Rights Watch, citing witnesses, said 23 civilians were killed by Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters in Kobo at that time. Just, literally everything," said Andom Gebreyesus, who ran a tour company in Tigray before the war.

☆ Uganda applies well-honed lessons to new Ebola outbreak
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Now, the East African country — lauded for its coronavirus response, which was built around engaging the community and training health officials — is drawing lessons from the first Ebola outbreak in 2004. “They alerted the WHO early and put in the basic pillars of a response early,” Dr. Benjamin Black, an obstetrician, said recalling the West African Ebola response from 2014 to 2016. But Ghebreyesus said Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan species of the Ebola virus could start within weeks. “There’s burnout amongst health workers, health officials and the public across the board in Uganda,” Agoada said. The threadlike Ebola virus spreads when it comes in contact with an infected person’s bodily fluids.

Amazon's new Kindle Scribe brings its ebook reader to a new level with writing capabilities. The Kindle Scribe starts at $339 and ships in November but is available for preorder now. The Kindle Scribe adds the capability to write on the screen, using an included stylus. Coming soon, users will be able to send documents straight to their Kindle Scribe from Microsoft Word, too. Four months of Kindle UnlimitedThe Amazon Kindle Scribe will be accompanied by new covers in leather and fabric.

☆ Deșeurile electronice - o...
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-25 | by ( ) www.realitatea.md time to read: +2 min

Vei avea nevoie doar de un trepied sau o montură și de niște programe software, precum aplicațiile Manything și Alfred. Este o sarcină ușoară, deci se potrivește hardware-ului mai vechi și înseamnă că puteți păstra o mulțime de spațiu liber pe laptopul nou-nouț. Camera digitală veche o poți transforma într-o cameră web cu aspect minunat. Dacă ai un telefon sau o tabletă veche le poți transforma într-un dispozitiv pentru a citi. Poți să configurezi o tabletă neutilizată ca o ramă foto dedicată.

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☆ (foto) 21 de cărți pe care trebuie să le citești în această vară
▼ + stars: | 2015-05-21 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

(foto) 21 de cărți pe care trebuie să le citești în această varăO vară productivă este atunci când nu doar ai reușit să-ți îmbogățești albumul foto cu diferite fotografii de pe litoralul mării, dar ai reușit să-ți îmbogățești și bagajul cultural cu câteva cărți lecturate în perioada caldă a anului. Astfel, pentru a vă diversifica zilele cu soare, vă propunem 21 de cărți pe care ați putea să le luați cu voi la plajă, la piscină sau la șezătoare la iarbă verde. „Tată bogat tată sărac” – Robert Kiyosaki#6. „Bătrânul și marea” – Ernest Hemingway#8. „Floarea întunecată” – John Galsworthy#17.

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