Rwanda Flips The Script, Will Screen All Travelers From U.S. For Ebola

The east African nation of Rwanda is now screening all visitors who have traveled to the United States within 22 days of entry for Ebola, whether or not they show symptoms of the deadly virus. The U.S. Embassy in Rwanda posted the following notice to its website on Tuesday: On October 19, the Rwandan Ministry

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Ethiopian accused of trying to steal Dh250,000 from clerk

By Bassam Za’za’, Legal and Court Correspondent (Gulf News )Dubai: Two men have been accused of attempting to steal Dh250,000 from a clerk who had just withdrawn money from a bank. The Ethiopian men, 32-year-old M.B. and 26-year-old A.A., were said to have followed the Indian clerk as soon as they spotted him leaving the

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Six countries consider navigational linking between Nile basin countries, Europe

Al-Masry Al-Youm Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi will have a joint meeting at the end of the year to evaluate studies over navigational linking between Victoria Lake and the Mediterranean at Alexandria seaport. The project will link the Nile Basin countries and increase volume of the intra-regional trade. Ahmed Bahaa, head of

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Ethiopian maids reveal abuse from employers in UAE

7DAYS Dubai Maids Wube Tamene (left) and Hedja Ousman (right) Two maids have spoken of the appalling abuse they claim was dished out by their employers, as a top diplomat called for an end to household “slavery”. Hedja Ousman, 22, and Wube Tamene, 18, worked for families in the UAE and both say they were

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Ethiopia needs Centralism not Ethnic Federalism: Yeharerwerk Gashaw

SBS By Kassahun Seboqa (Yeharerwerk Gashaw-iPJ) Yeharerwerk Gashaw, Sociologist and Political Activist argued that Ethiopia needs centralism not ethnic federalism.  

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Hailemariam Desalegn slams ICC

Source: World Bulletin The Ethiopian premier said his country was implementing railway and manufacturing projects worth a total of $6.4 billion. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Thursday defended his government’s policies and accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of “intimidating” African leaders. “Proof of this is the economic performance that made Ethiopia one of

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Bole Airport the 5th best Airport in Africa to spend over night

By Thandi Skade If you were ever to be stuck between flights and forced to spend a night at an airport, Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International is apparently where you’d want to be. This is according to travellers website sleepinginairports.net’s 2014 Best Airports in Africa survey. The survey asks travellers to vote for their best airports

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South Africa rejects hosting Africa Nations Cup

AFP South Africa is not ready to host the Africa Cup of Nations in January if Morocco withdraws South Africa is not ready to host the Africa Cup of Nations in January if Morocco withdraws because of the Ebola epidemic, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said Monday. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reportedly approached

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Arabica in Addis Ababa: Climbing the coffee ladder in Ethiopia

By James Jeffrey, Al Jazeera ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Eighteen-year-old Aster Endale quickly gives the coffee cups a rinse before putting them back into her basket and picking up a bag with canisters of coffee. Then she crosses the road, weaving between traffic, to find her next customers. Time wasted is coffee not poured —

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Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia to choose int’l firm by December

Ahram Online Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will choose by December an international firm to conduct studies on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, which Cairo fears will reduce its share of potable Nile water. In a press conference held in Cairo on Sunday, Egypt’s irrigation minister Hossam Moghazi said on Sunday this week’s tripartite talks over the

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