Ethiopian Meron Wudneh Crowned Miss Africa USA 2014

By Tadias Magazine Meron Wudneh was crowned Miss Africa USA 2014 on Saturday, August 9th in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photograph courtesy: Miss Africa USA) Washington, D.C. (TADIAS) – Ethiopian-born beauty queen Meron Wudneh has been crowned Miss Africa USA 2014. Meron, who beat 20 other contestants, is the first Ethiopian to win the Miss Africa USA

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Prime Minster Hailemariam in Hiding 

By Fanta Kiros This week, more than 90 US companies attended the U.S-African Summit in Washington, DC. During the meeting, President Obama announced that American companies — many with trade assistance from the US Export-Import Bank — are declaring new deals across Africa in clean energy, aviation, banking, and construction. These deals are estimated to

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24 Ethiopian migrants arrested in South Africa

IOL A total of 24 undocumented Ethiopian nationals were found during a traffic operation by members of the Gauteng Traffic Department in Braamfontein. Home Affairs spokesperson Mayihlome Tshwete said the Ethiopians were traveling in a 16-seater taxi when they were stopped by traffic officers, who escorted them to Brixton Police Station. According to Tshwete, the

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Ethiopian Protest Washington DC 4 August 2014 at US African Leaders Summit

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President Obama Delivers Remarks at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit

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How Ethiopians in the US cling onto their heritage

By Damian Zane BBC Africa, Washington The traditional music plays and children, some dressed in Ethiopian costume, perform a traditional dance: Raising and lowering their shoulders to the beat. Like millions of other children in the United States, these American-Ethiopians are at summer camp. However, this one is about maintaining their connection with their roots

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Ethiopian AIDS conference delegates seek asylum in Australia

Sydney Morning Herald ‎ “It’s hard though when people do not have any money at all,”: Heather Hoist. Photo: Getty Images By AISHA DOW At least 25 delegates who attended Melbourne’s high-profile AIDS conference intend to seek asylum in Australia after failing to board their flights home last week. The men and women, who are mostly from African

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70 Ethiopian Immigrants escape through hole in jail wall; 25 rearrested

Arab News In this November 9, 2013 file photo shows members of Saudi security forces detain Ethiopian workers during a riot in Manfouha, southern Riyadh. (Reuters) RIYADH: Around 70 Ethiopians escaped from a detention center in Riyadh. “We have arrested 25 of them and the security authorities are in hot pursuit of the remaining detainees,”

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70 Ethiopian Immigrants escape through hole in jail wall; 25 rearrested

Arab News In this November 9, 2013 file photo shows members of Saudi security forces detain Ethiopian workers during a riot in Manfouha, southern Riyadh. (Reuters) RIYADH: Around 70 Ethiopians escaped from a detention center in Riyadh. “We have arrested 25 of them and the security authorities are in hot pursuit of the remaining detainees,”

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Meriam Ibrahim, Sudanese Woman Sentenced to Die, Arrives in U.S.

NBC Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese mom who was sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith, arrived Thursday in the U.S. after an international campaign to save her. Ibrahim, 27, landed at the Manchester, New Hampshire, airport shortly after 8 p.m. ET, with her husband, Daniel Wani, and their children, Martin and Maya,

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