By Alastair Leithead BBC News, Africa correspondent, Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia Source: BBC News Ethiopia is the world’s fastest growing economy. So when drought struck why did it need international help? Ethiopia has been doing very well over the last Read More ...
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By William Davison, Bloomberg Dozens of people have been killed in the western Ethiopia region of Gambella during fighting between Nuer and Anuak groups that involved local security forces, an official said. Weapons from neighboring South Sudan’s two-year civil war Read More ...
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VOA News The United States aid agency has announced $97 million in emergency assistance for Ethiopia to help address the “ongoing humanitarian crisis resulting from the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon.” “The United States Government is helping Ethiopians cope Read More ...
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VOA News The United States aid agency has announced $97 million in emergency assistance for Ethiopia to help address the “ongoing humanitarian crisis resulting from the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon.” “The United States Government is helping Ethiopians cope Read More ...
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Reuters ADDIS ABABA — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told African leaders on Saturday they should not use legal loopholes or undemocratic constitutional changes to “cling to power”, and that they should respect term limits. Ban was addressing a two-day Read More ...
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Reuters ADDIS ABABA — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told African leaders on Saturday they should not use legal loopholes or undemocratic constitutional changes to “cling to power”, and that they should respect term limits. Ban was addressing a two-day Read More ...
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Martin Plaut It began with a suicide blast at the gates of the African Union’s AMISOM base outside the southern Somali town of el-Ade. A fierce battle ensued, at the end of which some 60 Kenyan troops were dead; some Read More ...
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By Alem Mamo “The Pentagon trained Ethiopian forces – including the notorious Agazi special forces unit.” – Jeremy Scahill, founding editor of the Intercept, and National Security Correspondent testifying before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on December 9, 2010. Read More ...
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By Graham Peebles A shadow of fear and panic is creeping through villages in North Eastern, central and Southern Ethiopia, where once again famine stalks the land. The seasonal rains that usually fall between June and September did not arrive, Read More ...
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Washington Post IN THE latest chapter of Ethiopia’s escalating authoritarianism, young people, journalists and musicians have been the targets of the ruling regime’s quest to silence political dissent. For several weeks, students from the Oromo majority ethnic group have been Read More ...
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