By Simona Foltyn, Al Jazeera Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – At first sight, things seem to have returned to normality in the town of Ambo, 120 kilometres west of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Few uniformed security forces are visible on the Read More ...
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By Ayat Al-Tawy A new Egyptian satellite will track the construction of an Ethiopian hydroelectric dam over which officials in Cairo and Addis Ababa have been locked in a standoff over fears that the project will hinder Egypt’s access to Read More ...
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By Ayat Al-Tawy A new Egyptian satellite will track the construction of an Ethiopian hydroelectric dam over which officials in Cairo and Addis Ababa have been locked in a standoff over fears that the project will hinder Egypt’s access to Read More ...
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By Elias Meseret, Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ethiopia’s leader on Thursday urged the international community to donate more toward emergency food aid for millions of people amid a drought. Ethiopia “should not be neglected by any means despite all Read More ...
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By Elias Meseret, Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ethiopia’s leader on Thursday urged the international community to donate more toward emergency food aid for millions of people amid a drought. Ethiopia “should not be neglected by any means despite all Read More ...
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A rights group is accusing Ethiopia’s security forces of carrying out serious rights abuses during recent protests in the country’s Oromia region. The Ethiopia-based Human Rights Council said Monday that it found Read More ...
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BY MICHAEL RUBIN , Newsweek Chinese President Xi Jinping (front L) poses with Zimbabwe’s leader Robert Mugabe (2nd R) and South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma (C) at a summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 4, 2015. China is investing heavily Read More ...
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By Teshome Abebe It has been creeping up on us for a while now. As current political protests in the form of dissent inevitably morph into disobedience followed by resistance and conceivably into a revolution, the crisis of authority will Read More ...
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By Turkish Weekly Alarmed by increasing illicit financial outflows, Ethiopia says it is taking new counter measures including installing advanced CCTV cameras at airports and establishing a special intelligence unit. A report released by Global Financial Intelligence last January revealed Read More ...
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By Robyn Kriel and Susanna Capelouto, CNN Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for February 2 bomb blast on a Somali passenger plane The explosion was caused by a laptop computer containing a bomb, authorities say The alleged bomber was sucked out of Read More ...
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