April 17, 2014 BBC Tour guide Shraga Ben Yosef gives us a quick trip around Jerusalem’s holiest sites While Christians around the world are enjoying the Easter holiday, Jews everywhere are celebrating the holiday of Passover – a convergence of…
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By Shiferaw Abebe April 18, 2014 There has been very little discourse anywhere regarding the 2015 general election in Ethiopia despite the fact that it is only a year away. It was therefore encouraging to read a recent editorial on…
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By Shiferaw Abebe April 18, 2014 There has been very little discourse anywhere regarding the 2015 general election in Ethiopia despite the fact that it is only a year away. It was therefore encouraging to read a recent editorial on…
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Nile dam study fails to stem tide of Egyptian indignation towards Ethiopia Claim and counter-claim has attended the delayed publication of a report on the likely impact of the Grand Renaissance dam Sudanese villagers on the river Nile. Ethiopia’s Gerd…
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15 April 2014 THE Huffington Post BLOG By Dana Wagner I recently wrote an article criticizing two Canadian Cabinet ministers and the absolute privilege of irreverence struck me yet again. I didn’t have to spend a week sleeping anywhere but…
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Global Post By James Jeffrey April 15, 2014 Stabilizing one of the most dangerous regions in the world from the ground up A taste of the Jijiga region of Ethiopia and neighboring Somaliland. (Aline Carvalho/Flickr Commons) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia —…
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By Alem Mamo April 14, 2014 TPLF/EPRDF’s major bragging source over the last number of years has been its ‘achievements’ in the education sector, particularly in university education. The ruling group constantly brandishes its statics about the ‘expansion’ of higher…
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BY RAMATA SORE, 12 APRIL 2014 Think Africa Press It is 5:20am on 30 January, 2014, and most of the residents of Ethiopia’s capital are asleep. On the streets, a few vehicles prowl as night-time revellers – mostly girls in…
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10 April 2014 By Awol K Allo Al Jazeera In Ethiopia, Muslim leaders are facing an unjust trial for crimes they did not commit. A high profile trial against protest leaders – intellectuals, activists and elected members of “The Ethiopian Muslim Arbitration…
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Ethiomedia April 10, 2014 Tewolde G Mariam, CEO, Ethiopian Airlines ADDIS ABABA – Tewolde Gebremariam, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, was in 1994 a potential target of an Eritrean murder plot because he insisted that an Eritrean Cessna plane cannot…
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