STYLE Photos: BFAnyc; Courtesy Photos Having spent roughly half her life in the fashion biz, Liya Kebede has come a long way in the industry since leaving Ethiopia at the age of 18 to model in Paris. In the following decades, Kebede has established herself as a bona fide icon—not only as a “super” still
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STYLE Photos: BFAnyc; Courtesy Photos Having spent roughly half her life in the fashion biz, Liya Kebede has come a long way in the industry since leaving Ethiopia at the age of 18 to model in Paris. In the following decades, Kebede has established herself as a bona fide icon—not only as a “super” still
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BBC The BBC’s Rob Broomby: “The UN says it’s the worst food crisis in the world” South Sudan’s food crisis is the worst in the world, the UN Security Council has warned, calling for urgent action. It said there was a “catastrophic food insecurity” in the country, urging donor nations who pledged $618m (£364m) in
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NewsTime Africa The World Bank has provided a $13.5 million loan to Ethiopia to help the country reduce carbon emissions and increase its forest coverage. “Ethiopia is one of 35 countries supported by the World Bank for the implementation of the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Strategy,” Yitebtu Moges, national coordinator of the Reducing Emission
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BBC Medical staff take a blood sample from a suspected Ebola patient at the government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, 10 July, 2014. The Ebola virus has already spread from Guinea to Liberia and Sierra Leone Nigeria says it has put all entries into the country on red alert after confirming the death of a
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IAFF Ethiopia’s world youth 3000m champion Yomif Kejelcha led for most of the last kilometre to win the men’s 5000m in 13:25.19, his best-ever clocking. Kejelcha’s team-mate Yasin Haji, with whom he shared pacing duties in the last third of the race, finished in 13:26.21 for silver, giving Ethiopia a gold-silver sweep. Moses Letoyie of
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Christian Science Monitor By Ariel Zirulnick Leaders from all religious traditions smooth the way for contraception on the idea that sprawling families in poor conditions are not healthy for kids or moms. Religious figures have been preaching the gospel of family planning here in Africa’s second most populous nation. The result: a whittling of the
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By WSJ Nerdfighters -Twitter “Nerdfighters, meet changemakers,” Bill Gatestweeted to his 16 million followers. The tech pioneer and world philanthropist was joined by young adult author and YouTube starJohn Green on a recent trip to Ethiopia. In case you aren’t quite up to speed on essential terms from John Green’s world, “nerdfighters” is the name John Green fans use to describe
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Freedom-now.org Media Release (Image courtesy: Htext Africa) Washington, D.C.: Today, Freedom Now joined 40 other human rights and civil society organizations in a letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn expressing grave concern at the continued targeting of journalists and bloggers on terrorism charges. The letter, also joined by organizations such as Human Rights Watch,
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Freedom-now.org Media Release (Image courtesy: Htext Africa) Washington, D.C.: Today, Freedom Now joined 40 other human rights and civil society organizations in a letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn expressing grave concern at the continued targeting of journalists and bloggers on terrorism charges. The letter, also joined by organizations such as Human Rights Watch,
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