Egyptian and Sudanese water ministers are scheduled to visit GERD on September 22

World Bulletin/News Desk Speaker of the Sudanese Parliament al-Fatih Izz al-Din has left for Benishangul-Gumuz regional state to visit the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a Sudanese diplomat said on Sunday. “Speaker al-Fatih Izz al-Din is the first foreign high official to visit the dam,” the diplomat told Anadolu Agency. He said

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Egyptian and Sudanese water ministers are scheduled to visit GERD on September 22

World Bulletin/News Desk Speaker of the Sudanese Parliament al-Fatih Izz al-Din has left for Benishangul-Gumuz regional state to visit the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a Sudanese diplomat said on Sunday. “Speaker al-Fatih Izz al-Din is the first foreign high official to visit the dam,” the diplomat told Anadolu Agency. He said

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Uganda alert over ‘al-Shabab plot’

BBC Uganda’s Entebbe Airport Security was increased at key sites in the Ugandan capital, including Entebbe international airport The authorities in Uganda have uncovered a terrorist cell which they believe was planning an imminent attack, the US embassy in Kampala says. It said the cell belonged to Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, but this has yet

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Saudi court jails an Ethiopian on terror charges

Saudi Gazette RIYADH – The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh on Thursday sentenced four Saudis and an Ethiopian national to prison terms ranging from one to five years after they were convicted of terrorism-related charges. The court also slapped a travel ban of up to five years on the Saudi defendants upon their release from

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Five Christian Patriarchs Meet With US President : Obama states that Syrian President Assad protected Christians

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE Obama: Assad “protected” Christians in Syria: Washington – For the first time in history, five Christian Patriarchs representing Christian communities in the Middle East visited the White House to discuss the protection of Christians in the Middle East with President Obama and National Security Advisor Susan Rice. In Defense of Christians President

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The Rastafarians’ flawed African ‘promised land’

BBC By Chris Summers Forty years ago Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was overthrown. It was a blow for all Rastafarians, who revere him as a god – and for those Rastafarians who had emigrated to Ethiopia, life suddenly got more difficult. In 1948 Emperor Haile Selassie gave 500 acres (200 hectares) of land at

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Forget the Big Five – visit Ethiopia’s wonderful wildlife instead

Lonely Planet Encounter rare wolves, hyenas, beautiful birds and cheeky monkeys in the untouched wilds of Ethiopia, says Lonely Planet editor Helen Elfer It’s a long drive from Addis Ababa to Bale Mountains National Park. Long, but absolutely glorious – past donkeys, sunny fields, hills, plateaus, red dirt paths and traditional circular houses painted in upbeat shades

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Many feared dead as building collapses at TB Joshua’s Synagogue church HQ

AFP 15 people are reported dead and many others trapped following the collapse of a 6-storey building in the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, (SCOAN), Ejigbo in Lagos. A rescue operation was underway in Lagos on Friday after a building linked to the Nigerian preacher’s megachurch collapsed, the country’s emergency relief agency

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As Ethiopia celebrates 2007, 17 delightful facts about this hardy nation that sets it apart

Mail & Guardian By Samantha Spooner Urban hyenas, unique scripts and rasta roots are just some of them… The beauty of Ethiopian women is a much-discussed subject Today Ethiopia is ringing in the New Year, but in this case it’s 2007. This is because Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar, roughly seven years behind the Gregorian,

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