British support for Ethiopia scheme withdrawn amid abuse allegations Department for International Development will no longer back $4.9bn project that critics claim has funded a brutal resettlement programme The Guardian By Sam Jones and Mark Anderson The UK has ended its financial support for a controversial development project alleged to have helped the Ethiopian government
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The New York Times The Arthur Rimbaud Cultural Center, a merchant’s home now dedicated to the poet and his time in Harar. Credit Michael Tsegaye for The New York Times By RACHEL B. DOYLE In December of 1880, the mercurial French poet Arthur Rimbaud entered the ancient walled city of Harar, Ethiopia, a journey that had
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A C-130 Hercules.United States embassy officials in Addis Ababa have confirmed that the Ethiopian government has received a single Lockheed C-130E Hercules transport aircraft from the United States for tactical airlift of troops and equipment to support Ethiopian participation in AU and UN peacekeeping operations. The aircraft was previously operated by the Puerto Rico National
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By Andrew Wig A judge on Friday, Feb. 20, sentenced Amreya Shefa to seven years and two months in prison for the death of her husband, Habibi Tesema. The sentencing came nearly a month after Shefa was convicted of first-degree manslaughter, stemming from the Dec. 1, 2013, stabbing of Tesema, 48, in the married couple’s
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By STELLA CHERONO A case against 101 Ethiopians accused of being in Kenya illegally has delayed due to lack of an Amharic interpreter. The foreigners, who are said to have been on their way to South Africa, did not have travel documents, police told the Nation. They were arrested on Monday in Tassia Estate in
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danielle@vox.com Enough money to retire *and* buy snazzy flannel shirts. Mr. Money Mustache When do you hope to retire? 65? 60 if you really get frugal? Mr. Money Mustache left the working world at 30, and he wants you to, as well. The popular personal finance blogger (who only reveals that his first name is
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Aljazeera Documents show S African and Ethiopian agencies in crisis, suspected Sudan, amid reported 2012 plot to kill AU chief. Secret intelligence documents leaked to Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit reveal that spies in Addis Ababa were alerted to a plot by “an unnamed state” to kill a top African Union diplomat. Ethiopian agents later accused
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The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan police said Tuesday they arrested 101 Ethiopian nationals suspected of traveling illegally through Kenya on their way to South Africa. The suspects appeared before Magistrate Victor Wakumile but were not charged because they did not understand English and there was no Amharic interpreter. Wakumile postponed the case to
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Egypt’s irrigation ministry spokesman says countries to choose firm by first week of March Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have received offers from four firms to conduct technical studies on the latter’s large-scale dam project, which Cairo fears will affect its supply of water from the Nile River. Alaa Yassin, spokesperson on the Ethiopia dam issue
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