Ebola outbreak: Bodies of victims ‘left in the streets’ as burial teams go on strike

The Independent By JAMES RUSH According to reports, workers have complained that they have not been paid Volunteers in protective suit bury the body of a person who died from Ebola in Waterloo, Sierra Leone, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown The bodies of Ebola victims in Sierra Leone have been left in the streets

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Tanzanian has ratified the 2010 Comprehensive Framework Agreement (CFA)

Newstime Africa ARUSHA (AA) – The Tanzanian cabinet has ratified the 2010 Comprehensive Framework Agreement (CFA) signed by upstream Nile Basin countries, known as the Entebbe Agreement. “The Nile River Cooperation Framework will be ratified by the Tanzanian Parliament in next month,” Minster of State in the President’s Office, Professor Mark Mwandosya, told Anadolu Agency

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Have You Seen Almaz Gebremedhin?

Jobin Panicker, WFAA Almaz Gebremedhin has been missing now for five days Almaz Gebremedhin disappeared after leaving her home in Wylie on October 2, 2014.(Photo: Family photo) WYLIE — Almaz Gebremedhin has been missing now for five days. The 42-year-old mother of two of Ethiopian descent was last seen leaving for work last Thursday. Sisay

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Ethiopians guilty over Muslim face covering

AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A state-affiliated media group in Ethiopia says a court has found 13 people accused of establishing a secret terrorist network guilty over the issue of Muslim face coverings. The broadcaster, Fana, quoted the state prosecutor on Monday as saying the suspects used religion to conceal their terrorist intents and forge

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The gunman ‘diplomat’

By Mihret Feleke  The gunman who tried to take the law into his handsThe news of a shot fired by an Ethiopian embassy staff Solomon Tadesse on peaceful protestors at the embassy of Ethiopia in Washington DC and his ultimate deportation has been the talk of local and international medias. What makes it a very

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Washington DC Ethiopian Embassy Shooting Sparks Rival Protests

By Pamela Dockins, VOA News STATE DEPARTMENT Click to view video. There is more fallout from a shooting last month near the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington that resulted in the embassy security attache being sent home. The incident sparked rival protests Tuesday near the U.S. State Department, with one group urging the United States to

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World Bank, IMF Urge Sub-Saharan Africa to Focus on Ebola Risk

Bloomberg By Rene Vollgraaff Sub-Saharan African economies need to better prepare for the risks of the Ebola outbreak, wider budget shortfalls and security threats from militant groups, according to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. “Risks that require enhanced preparedness include rising fiscal deficits in a number of countries, economic fallouts from the activities

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Prosecutors: Show no leniency for mom who abused adopted Ethiopian children

Triblive.com By Adam Brandolph A woman convicted of abusing her two adopted children from Ethiopia should serve the six- to 12-month sentence a judge imposed on her, a deputy district attorney said in court documents filed Monday. Common Pleas President Judge Jeffrey A. Manning on Sept. 15 sentenced Kristen Barbour, 32, to jail but allowed

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Gebru Asrat on His Book on Sovereignty and Democracy in Ethiopia

By Adanech Fessehaye, VOA

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Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia: A landscape full of unique wildlife

The Independent  From black leopards to giant mole-rats and the endangered wolf, Sue Watt is wowed by a region full of creature features SUE WATT Giant mole-rats were the main dish on the menu in Bale Mountains National Park. They are perhaps the weirdest rodents on earth, with an enormous head, big goofy teeth, a

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