BBC Sisi supporters celebrate in Tahrir Square The BBC’s Orla Guerin: “The problem for Sisi is that a large number of voters stayed away” Former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has won an overwhelming victory in Egypt’s presidential election, according to provisional results. He gained more than 93% of the vote with ballots from most
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By Alexis Akwagyiram BBC Africa Workers at Pittards, a UK leather goods factory outside of Addis Ababa (BBC) Several African countries have enjoyed economic growth in recent years – but there are fears that a failure to develop manufacturing could prove to be costly. “Made in China” is a stamp that is ubiquitous and can
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PRWEB Food for the Hungry and Search for Common Ground add new medium to 4-year campaign to reduce gender-based violence and promote healthier gender relationships. According to a Demographic Health Survey conducted by Food for the Hungry (FH) in 2005, in some areas of Ethiopia, as many as 60 percent of women believe that a
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The Jerusalem Post By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI Ceremony held to commemorate estimated 4,000 Ethiopian Jews who died on their journey to Israel from Ethiopia through Sudan in the 1980s and 1990s. Ethiopian Jews Netanyahu attends ceremony for Ethiopian Jews who died en route to Israel Photo: GPO As Israelis flocked to the capital to celebrate Jerusalem
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CPJ The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of a journalist without charge since Monday and calls on Ethiopian authorities to release him immediately. An Ethiopian court on Tuesday extended by 14 days the pre-trial detention of Elias Gebru, according to a statement from the CPJ on Wednesday. “The detention without charge of Elias
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Channel 4 The [suicide bomb] attack is the first of its kind. No one has claimed responsibility yet, but it appears to be the beginning of a campaign by al-Qaeda-linked groups to open a new front in the continent. With a population of less than a million, mainly ethnic Somalis and Afar, the Red Sea
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Malcolm Glazer Malcolm Glazer, the billionaire who led a controversial takeover of Manchester United, has died at the age of 86. The Glazer family purchased United for £790m in May 2005 amid protests from the Premier League club’s fans. However, they went on to win five Premier League titles and the Champions League under his
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By Menna Zaki Daily News Egypt Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Bernard Member plans to meet with foreign ministers of the Nile Basin countries in July to discuss amendments to the Entebbe Agreement over the allocation of Nile water, the minister announced in a Wednesday statement. He added that discussions would take
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By William Davison Bloomberg Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda will send 2,500 troops to South Sudan to prevent renewed fighting between government and rebel forces, an Ethiopian official said. Soldiers from Ethiopia, which shares a border with South Sudan, may arrive in the war-torn nation “within weeks” and be the first to deploy as part of the United
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Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest-growing and most profitable African airline, is pleased to announce that it will offer four daily services to Nairobi with the latest B737-800 New Generation with Sky Interior, starting from June 1, 2014. Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam, said: “We are very pleased to increase our flights to
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