U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Announces Establishment of New Visa Class for Maritime Professionals

Press Release Bahir Dar, Ethiopia – In remarks today to government officials, faculty and students at the Ethiopian Maritime Training Institute (EMTI) in Bahir Dar, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Patricia M. Haslach announced the establishment of a new visa class for Ethiopians – the C1/D visa. This new crewmember transit visa will facilitate travel to

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The Yellow Movement at A.A. University Update on Abduction of Hanna Lalango

Ethiopian activist calls for justice in the case of Hanna Lalango who died allegedly after being gang-raped by five men in Addis Abeba last week. By Tadias Magazine Ethiopia – The Yellow Movement at Addis Ababa University — an initiative co-founded by law school lecturer Blen Sahilu and a group of students organized to advocate

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Ethiopia says China’s ZTE could lose part of $800 mln in row over terms

By Aaron Maasho PARIS, (Reuters) – Ethiopia has told Chinese telecoms firm ZTE Corp it risked losing part of its deal worth $800 million to expand the nation’s network because of differences over costs of upgrading existing systems, an Ethiopian minister and executive said. The deal last year with monopoly state-run operator Ethio Telecom was

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12 Ethiopian and Yemeni migrants died in horrific highway car accident in Saudi Arabia

ArabNews Twelve men died and 20 others were injured in a major road accident on Monday near Dawadmi, 350 km from Riyadh. The accident took place between Mohaira and Dahwi around 12 at noon, when a GMC carrying undocumented expats collided with another GMC. Fahd Al-Huwaili, public relations manager at Dawadmi General Hospital, said that

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Ethiopia Vs Malawi: Group B Preview

By Andrew Cane Chilapondwa, Malawi24 The Walias of Ethiopia will on Wednesday host the burning Flames of Malawi at Addis Ababa Stadium in their final African Cup of Nations qualifier. The visitors are coming from a 2-0 victory over second placed Mali on Saturday at Kamuzu Stadium while the hosts are coming from a 3-1

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Malawi police arrested 100 Ethiopians migrants

Star Africa- Police in Malawi’s Karonga near the border with Tanzania have intercepted 100 illegal Ethiopian migrants who entered the country without authorised documents, a spokesperson said Tuesday.Karonga police spokesperson Enock Livason said the Ethiopian migrants were arrested together with five Malawians who had facilitated their illegal entry. “These entrants used two different vehicles belonging

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4 Israelis murdered at Jerusalem synagogue

BBC Four Israelis have been killed and eight injured as two men armed with a pistol and meat cleavers attacked a West Jerusalem synagogue, police say. The attackers – Palestinians from East Jerusalem – were shot dead. There have recently been several deadly attacks and clashes in Jerusalem, which has also seen heightened tension over

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Italy’s immigration crisis moves from sea to streets

By Olivier Baube, AFP Rome (AFP) – “Why do they have to be taken care of? It’s me that needs taking care of!” Like many of Italy’s poor, 51-year-old Elvio has had enough. And the unemployed construction worker thinks he knows who to blame. Born and raised in a rundown suburb of Rome where residents

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Why India, not China, is a better investment partner for Africa

This relationship isn’t paying off—at least not for most Zimbabweans.(Reuters/Diego Azubel/Pool) WRITTEN BY Jake Flanagin Did you read the story on Chinese investment in Africa? They’re being published in droves, usually with a vaguely racist headline, like “Booming African lion economies gear up to emulate Asians.” Their texts inevitably frame African nations as witless newcomers

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6,200 Eritreans cross into Ethiopia in 37 days: UNHCR

According to a UNHCR report last July, there are a total of 629,000 refugees and asylum seekers in Ethiopia. World Bulletin/News Desk Over 6,200 Eritreans have crossed into Ethiopia over the past 37 days, an official with the UN refugee agency said Monday. “More than 5,000 Eritrean asylum seekers crossed into the Ethiopian territory in

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