Ethiopia’s ‘Islam Lesson’ for the West

By Raymond Ibrahim,The Christian Post Raymond Ibrahim is author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians. Yet another Christian church was destroyed by Muslims in Ethiopia—this time by local authorities. Heaven’s Light Church, which served some 100 evangelical Christians, was demolished last November 28. The church had stood and functioned in the Muslim-majority

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Why do Americans love ancient grains such as ‘teff’?

BBC Would you like to taste the health-giving grain found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun? Or feast on the unprocessed kernels said to have been stored on the ark by Noah? Or how about a vodka made from traditionally farmed Bolivian quinoa? If any of this whets your appetite, you are not alone. In

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Former US diplomat Linda Howard fights ‘sex slave’ Ethiopian maid’s $3 million damages claim

BySHANNON DEERY HERALD SUN     A MELBOURNE woman accused of keeping a house maid as a virtual prisoner and sex slave is fighting moves to force her to pay out more than $3 million in damages. Former US diplomat Linda Howard, who lives in Docklands, is defending the action brought by her former housekeeper, known

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Former US diplomat Linda Howard fights ‘sex slave’ Ethiopian maid’s $3 million damages claim

BySHANNON DEERY HERALD SUN     A MELBOURNE woman accused of keeping a house maid as a virtual prisoner and sex slave is fighting moves to force her to pay out more than $3 million in damages. Former US diplomat Linda Howard, who lives in Docklands, is defending the action brought by her former housekeeper, known

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Internet freedom in Africa: Ethiopia and The Gambia most repressive; South Africa and Kenya freest

By Christine Mungai African governments are remarkably sophisticated when it comes to surveillance, spying, and the use of malware ETHIOPIA, The Gambia and Sudan are some of the most repressive places in Africa for online freedom, a new report by watchdog organisation Freedom House indicates, while South Africa and Kenya are the among the most

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China ‘shocked’ by deaths at Madagascar plant

Violent labour dispute at Chinese-run factory kills four as workers demand better wages. China’s embassy in Madagascar has said it was “very shocked” by a violent labour dispute at a Chinese-run sugar factory in the west of the island that resulted in four deaths this week. A spokesman at the embassy told the AFP news

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Solving Hunger in Ethiopia by Turning to Native Crops

BY AMY MAXMEN , NewsWeek A woman stands in front of a plantation of Enset, a plant that collects water and is essential during the dry season. IVA ZIMOVA/PANOS Dibaabish Jaboo kneads the pale, vegetative flesh of the enset plant, like her mother did, like her granddaughters do. When she’s finished, she bundles the plant’s thick, decomposing

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Islamic State influence spreads to African jihadists

Washington (AFP) – Its main battlegrounds are far away and its true influence hard to judge, but the Islamic State’s black banner is attracting the attention of jihadists in Africa, particularly in Nigeria. IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s so-called caliphate is based in Syria and Iraq and draws most of its recruits from the Middle

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Omar al-Bashir claims ‘victory’ over ICC

The Sudanese president has faced the threat of ICC prosecution since 2009 The president of Sudan has claimed victory over the International Criminal Court after it ended its probe into allegations of war crimes in Darfur. The ICC charged Omar al-Bashir in 2009 for crimes in the region dating back to 2003, but he refused

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Ethiopian Woman Accused of murder, Richfield wife argues self-defense

By Andrew Wig Habibi Tesema was trying to leave an unhappy marriage when he was stabbed in the heart, but the woman accused of murdering her husband a little more than a year ago says she was the real victim. After a judge heard Tesema’s family and a friend testify to his character and his

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