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Ethiopia’s Jewish community divided

24 April 2014

BBC

As Jewish people around the world marked the festival of Passover, thousands of Jews living in northern Ethiopia, did not have much to celebrate.
Many have been left disappointed by an Israeli government decision to end a 30-year-old programme that saw tens thousands of Ethiopian Jews airlifted to the Holy Land.
And many families are grappling with being separated from their loved ones, as Focus on Africa’s Emmanuel Igunza found out in the north-western city of Gondar.

http://youtu.be/nBaAMm9B9vE

Hundreds massacred in South Sudan

24 April 2014

Reuters

Rebel troops overrun the city of Bentiu in South Sudan, killing hundreds of civilians. Nathan Frandino reports.

http://youtu.be/hAST4P3Z7Sg

Hundreds massacred in South Sudan

24 April 2014 Rebel troops overrun the city of Bentiu in South Sudan, killing hundreds of civilians. Nathan Frandino reports.

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6 Ethiopian Immigrants on a Hunger strike at Police Cells

24 April 2014 By GERALD BWISA Nairobi News Six Ethiopian arrested in the ongoing crackdown on illegal immigrants have gone on a hunger strike at Makadara police station. They were arrested for not having proper identification documents. Makadara OCPD Nehemiah…

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South Sudan treason charges dropped

April 24, 2014 BBC Pagan Amum was once a staunch ally of the president South Sudan is withdrawing the case against four top politicians accused of treason that triggered the civil war, the justice minister has said. The four, who…

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Hydrologist Warns Ethiopian Dam Could Cause Ecological Harm

24 April 2014 By Shem Oriere ENR. Com Photo Courtesy of Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation The controversial Gibe III dam is nearly 75% complete. Construction of the $2-billion Gibe III dam in Ethiopia could have harmful effects on one of…

Hydrologist Warns Ethiopian Dam Could Cause Ecological Harm

Ethiopians Hope Start-Ups Turn Into Business Success

24 April 2014 VOA News By Marthe van der Wolf Outside the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange in Addis Ababa, on May 29, 2013. (Photo: Getty Images) ADDIS ABABA — Young Ethiopians are eager to benefit from the economic growth of the last…

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Egypt Foreign Minister heads to US, expected to meet UN chief Ban Ki-moon

24 April 2014 Cairo (AFP) – Egypt’s foreign minister Nabil Fahmy was travelling to the United States on Wednesday, his ministry said, a day after Washington decided to provide Cairo with 10 Apache military helicopters. Washington had imposed a temporary…