Addis Voice By Abebe Gellaw (AV) Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn faced a stinging humiliation as Azusa Pacific University (APU), whose motto is “God First”, has withdrawn an honor it had already bestowed on him. The university administration had to reverse its decision to honor Mr. Desalegn in light of gross human rights violations in
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Bloomberg By William Davison Ethiopia’s birr is overvalued and the country would benefit from a devaluation to boost export revenue and accelerate economic growth, the World Bank said. Reducing the currency’s value by 10 percent in real terms may lead to a 5 percent increase in stalled export earnings and a 2 percent increase in
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The Huffington Post BLOG This post was written by PEN America’s Freedom to Write Fellow Deji Olukotun. Six Ethiopian bloggers were formally charged with terrorism in Ethiopia’s Lideta High Court last week, a move provoking deep concern for hackers and human rights activists in Ethiopia and around the world. Three journalists were also charged and
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New vision Traders and other organizations transacting business in South Sudan are beaming with smiles of satisfaction after Ethiopian Airlines being granted permission to operate direct flights between Entebbe and Juba starting next week. This was done in a bid to fill the vacuum of travel options that followed the grounding of Air Uganda flights.
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Bloomberg Ethiopian workers strolling through the parking lot of Huajian Shoes’ factory outside Addis Ababa last month chose the wrong day to leave their shirts untucked. Company President Zhang Huarong, just arrived on a visit from China, spotted them through the window, sprang up and ran outside. The former People’s Liberation Army soldier harangued them
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USIP hosted a conversation with Ambassadors Carson, Lyman, and Moose on U.S.-Africa Engagement on July 22, 2014.
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By DeAnn Smith, Police search for clues after body found in KCI fountain KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) - An investigation has been launched after a woman’s body was found in a fountain at Kansas City International Airport. Kansas City police identified the woman as 21-year-old Husenet M. Yassin. The body was found about 3:10 p.m.
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By BellaNaija.com ADDIS ABABA (NAN) ―No fewer than 45 Nigerian nationals are being detained by the Ethiopian authorities for alleged drugs trafficking and related offences, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A top official of the Embassy of Nigeria in Addis Ababa, who preferred not be mentioned, told NAN that the suspected traffickers, including seven ladies,
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Xinhua, Mo Hong’e An Ethiopian was sentenced to seven months in jail for trafficking khat to China, marking the first such case in the country, which classed the plant as an illegal drug this year. The verdict was handed down earlier this month by the Intermediate People’s Court of Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang
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Ynetnews.com
20-year-old Jerusalemite was killed in IDF operation in Gaza; the Golani soldier ‘was a happy person’ who followed his brother into combat.
Noam ‘Dabul’ Dvir
Staff Sergeant Moshe Melako, a 20-year-old resident of Jerusalem, was killed Sunday during IDF operations in the Gaza Strip, it was released for publication Monday morning. Melako, who served in the Golani Brigade, is survived by his parents and seven siblings. His funeral will take place at 4 pm in the military cemetery on Mt. Herzl.
Melako was raised in the Neve Ya’akov neighborhood of Jerusalem. “He went into the combat units following his brother,” said his cousin. “He was a happy person. He always helped around the house and supported his family and his little twin sisters.”
The family members said that Melako spoke with his mother on Friday and told her everything would be okay and that she had no reason to worry. He never spoke to her again.
Last Friday night, before he went into Gaza with his unit, Melako sent a message to Eli Fantia, a close friend. “I am sending you a message because I won’t be able to talk with you for a while,” he wrote. “I love you, brother. Shabbat shalom.”
Family members, friends, and acquaintances of Melako said he had dreamed of enlisting in Golani – and achieved his hopes. “Moshe was an amazing person,” said Eli, “He loved Golani and enjoyed what he was doing. We are deeply pained.”
A family friend, Noy, who was lightly injured in the fighting, arrived at the Melako family home on Sunday. For a number of minutes Noy stood silent, finding it difficult to console Moshe’s mother.
“I don’t believe it,” he said. “We have been friends from birth. I met him; they drove in the APC in front of us, and then happened what happened.”
Rachel, a neighbor of the family, said that she knew Moshe from an early age. “This is a very special family. The family had experienced a tragic event in the past. He was an amazing man who always wanted to be one of the guys and join Golani. He was raised well and was modest and loved.”
Danny Adeno Abebe contributed to this report.