In Ethiopia, foreign investment is a fancy word for stealing land

Colonialism never left. (Photo by Alfredo Bini) BY Daniel A. Medina@dmedin11 Quartz It’s been called by some to be a new form of colonialism. Others say it isoutright theft. Since 2000, over 37 million hectares of land, mainly in the world’s poorest nations, have been acquired by foreign investors “without the free, prior, and informed consent of communities”

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Pictures of the Week:In Ethiopia, an adrenaline-filled act of faith

BBC By Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll With their sheer cliffs, surreal rock formations and vertical spires, northern Ethiopia’s Gheralta Mountains recall stretches of the southwestern United States’ red desert landscape. The primary difference: perched high and tucked away into these mountain cliffs are some of the country’s least visited rock-hewn Ethiopian Orthodox cave churches, some

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In Ethiopia, family planning increasingly an article of faith

Christian Science Monitor By Ariel Zirulnick Leaders from all religious traditions smooth the way for contraception on the idea that sprawling families in poor conditions are not healthy for kids or moms. Religious figures have been preaching the gospel of family planning here in Africa’s second most populous nation. The result: a whittling of the

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In Ethiopia, Protecting Yourself Online Is A Crime

The Huffington Post BLOG This post was written by PEN America’s Freedom to Write Fellow Deji Olukotun. Six Ethiopian bloggers were formally charged with terrorism in Ethiopia’s Lideta High Court last week, a move provoking deep concern for hackers and human rights activists in Ethiopia and around the world. Three journalists were also charged and

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Emergency wait times: In Ethiopia, the sick go first

Lessons in emergency wait times: In Ethiopia, the sick go first By JAMES MASKALYK SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL Abdu Ibrahim Mohammed, a retired salt merchant, poses for a photograph close to his home in the town of Berahile

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Indians in Ethiopia celebrate Republic Day

By Hadra Ahmed | IANS India Private Limited/Yahoo India News  Addis Ababa, Jan 23 (IANS) The Indian community in Ethiopia celebrated India’s 65th Republic Day at a special function here. The function Tuesday at the Hilton International Hotel in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa

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