16 April 2014 AP Officials say that plans for an anti-gay rally in Ethiopia’s capital have been cancelled. Two groups had been planning to hold a large anti-gay rally in Addis Ababa on April 26. But Dereje Negash, chairman of…
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April 16, 2014 Press Release Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa)_Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has won the Best Airline of the Year Award at MICE Magazine’s 7th Annual Award…
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16 April 2014 Malta Today Young Ethiopian mother who ran away from Malta is handed a suspended sentence after she is apprehended by Swedish authorities By Chris Mangion Jemila Usman Nuru, an Ethiopian mother, was this afternoon given a suspended…
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International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House (Toronto) 16 APRIL 2014 Ethiopian immigration officials detained a member of staff from ARTICLE 19′s East Africa office on 3 April for 29 hours without any access to legal advice or consular support. Fortunately,…
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16 April 2014 Criminalisation will not stop FGM in east Africa The Guardian An Oxford University study has found that criminalisation of female genital mutilation in Ethiopia has lead to underground circumcisions. Social norms, not just the law, need to…
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Ethiopian Airlines Press Release 15 April 2014 Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, is pleased to announce the commencement of four weekly flights to Kano, Nigeria, starting 24 May 2014. The flights to Kano will…
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Bernama ADDIS ABABA, April 15 (BERNAMA-NNN-ENA) — Annual trade between Ethiopia and Indonesia has jumped from US$70 million to US$350 million within the last three years, says the Indonesian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Ramil Saud. Significant progress in trade and people-to-people…
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15 April 2014 THE Huffington Post BLOG By Dana Wagner I recently wrote an article criticizing two Canadian Cabinet ministers and the absolute privilege of irreverence struck me yet again. I didn’t have to spend a week sleeping anywhere but…
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15 April 2014 By Martin Bentham London Evening Standard Working the land: farmers use camels to plough their field. The vivid green landscape was once known as Ethiopia’s “Valley of Death”. Now, as a mango tree glints in the sunlight…
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Women’s rights and gender equality in focus index Click here for video theguardian In the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia, a unique community has evolved based on egalitarian principles. Zumra Nuru, who founded Awra Amba in 1972, explains how he realised his…
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