Letter From Eskinder Nega to The New York Times – Awramba Times


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Letter From Eskinder Nega to The New York Times
Awramba Times
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — I AM jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse. For all of us, there are only three toilets. Most of the inmates sleep on the floor, which has never been swept. About 1,000 prisoners share the 

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Letter From Ethiopia’s Gulag: By Eskinder Nega (The New York Times) – Tadias Magazine


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Letter From Ethiopia's Gulag: By Eskinder Nega (The New York Times)
Tadias Magazine
The author of the following letter, Eskinder Nega, is the recipient of the 2012 PEN America's Freedom to Write Award. (Photo: His wife Serkalem Fasil at the PEN award gala in NYC on May 1st, 2012/Tadias file). The New York Times. BY Eskinder Nega.

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AAU Bestows Full Professorship On Three Scholars – AllAfrica.com

AAU Bestows Full Professorship On Three Scholars
AllAfrica.com
The Addis Ababa University (AAU) said it has bestowed full professorship on three academics. The University told ENA on Wednesday that the scholars are Dr. Berhanu Kotiso, Dr. Getnet Mitike and Dr. Berhan Tamir. It said the intellectuals have made 

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Ethiopia cancels 40000 work visas for KSA-bound housemaids – Arab News


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Ethiopia cancels 40000 work visas for KSA-bound housemaids
Arab News
The extension of the amnesty program for undocumented expatriates may have eased the pressure on the labor market for household workers, lessening the impact of Ethiopia's cancellation of 40,000 work visas for housemaids bound for Saudi Arabia.
Halting recruitment from EthiopiaSaudi Gazette



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Olympian Meskerem Legesse’s Body Arrives in Ethiopia for Burial – Tadias Magazine


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Olympian Meskerem Legesse's Body Arrives in Ethiopia for Burial
Tadias Magazine
The body of Olympian Meskerem Legesse has been flown from the U.S. to Ethiopia for burial. (Courtesy Photo: Service at St Mary of Zion Ethiopian Orthodox Church in New York on Sunday, July 21, 2013). Tadias Magazine By Dagnachew Teklu. Updated: 

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ETBU students combine learning, ministry in Ethiopia – Baptist Standard

ETBU students combine learning, ministry in Ethiopia
Baptist Standard
MARSHALL—Nine students from an African Christian history class at East Texas Baptist University class recently spent four weeks in Ethiopia, where they worshipped, studied and ministered alongside African believers. During their first two weeks in Addis 

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Geography in the News: Ethiopia’s Dam Projects – National Geographic


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Geography in the News: Ethiopia's Dam Projects
National Geographic
In addition to Egypt's latest political turmoil, its government is extremely worried about Ethiopia's newest dam on the headwaters of the Blue Nile. The Blue Nile is the leading source of water for the north-flowing Nile. Fears in Egypt and the Sudan are that the 
The Nile River is African and Ethiopia is its hub: rightful governance for rightful Abugidainfo


Millennium Dam: Facts and Fallacies (6)Sudan Vision
Egypt's New Rulers Face Crisis With Ethiopia Over NileAl-Monitor
AllAfrica.com
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Religions Encouraged to Advance Nation Building – AllAfrica.com

Religions Encouraged to Advance Nation Building
AllAfrica.com
Ministry of Federal Affairs heartens religions in Ethiopia to get involved in nation building while they help maintain the long standing culture of tolerance. The Ministry sets to stage a national conference at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa as of 

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Chinese company signs agreement for construction of 2 schools in Ethiopia – Xinhua

Chinese company signs agreement for construction of 2 schools in Ethiopia
Xinhua
ADDIS ABABA, July 23 (Xinhua) — China Jiangsu International and the Addis Ababa Education Bureau on Tuesday signed an agreement to construct two schools in the Ethiopian capital. The China-Africa Friendship Schools Project will cost 60 million 

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Human Rights Groups: Donor Countries Fuel Abuse in Ethiopia – Voice of America

Human Rights Groups: Donor Countries Fuel Abuse in Ethiopia
Voice of America
LONDON — Two new reports published this month say sustainable development in Ethiopia is impossible without a specific focus on human rights. The reports say donor countries should bear responsibility for ensuring their aid money is not used to fuel 

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