Mail and Guardian Charles Onyango-Obbo, Christine Mungai Some countries risk invasion and collapse, especially those with a shortage of water and an abundance of women (we’re half-serious). Shall Africa in 2050 move mostly backward, or forward? (photo, Marwa Morgan/flickr). BELOW aftermath of attack on Abyei, South Sudan. War might not go away, but will be
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The world heritage site of Lalibela is key to Addis Ababa’s plans to banish images of famine and boost visitor numbers David Smith in Lalibela The Guardian The rock church of St George at Lalibela, Ethiopia, one of 11 carved out of the hillside in the 13th century and among the first to be designated world
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By Alastair Crooke The World Post (AP)BEIRUT — The dramatic arrival of Da’ish (ISIS) on the stage of Iraq has shocked many in the West. Many have been perplexed — and horrified — by its violence and its evident magnetism for Sunni youth. But more than this, they find Saudi Arabia’s ambivalence in the face
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Business Insider LAUREN F FRIEDMAN TWITTERGOOGPREMAIL Coffee wakes you up in the morning and keeps you alert throughout the day, but how does its magic ingredient actually work? Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown demystify the inner workings of caffeine in their latest ASAP Science video. The first thing to know is that part of your natural tiredness comes from a
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D Magazine BY: CRISTINA DAGLAS Birhan Mekonnen Birhan “Mac” Mekonnen is standing on hisbalcony, surveying acres of land, reflecting on what he’s built. The balcony rests just below the most unique architectural feature of his home in Heath—a dome modeled after Fasil Castle in Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar is Mekonnen’s hometown, the hometown he fled in 1977,
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D Magazine BY: CRISTINA DAGLAS Birhan Mekonnen Birhan “Mac” Mekonnen is standing on hisbalcony, surveying acres of land, reflecting on what he’s built. The balcony rests just below the most unique architectural feature of his home in Heath—a dome modeled after Fasil Castle in Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar is Mekonnen’s hometown, the hometown he fled in 1977,
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Sudan Vision By Dr. Salman Mohamed Ahmed Salman KHARTOUM (SUDANOW)—A fourth tripartite meeting of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday-Tuesday, August 25-26, 2014. The Egyptian delegation was led by the new Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr. Husam al-Dinn Maghazy, the Sudanese
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Sudan Vision By Dr. Salman Mohamed Ahmed Salman KHARTOUM (SUDANOW)—A fourth tripartite meeting of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday-Tuesday, August 25-26, 2014. The Egyptian delegation was led by the new Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr. Husam al-Dinn Maghazy, the Sudanese
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Al Jazeera By Leah Harding A short life-span for water pumps in Ethiopia can threaten the very well-being of those who rely on it to survive. More than 40 million Ethiopians are nable to tap into a sustainable water source just metres below their feet. Tshay, an Ethiopian mother of three, relies on a broken
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Al Jazeera By Leah Harding A short life-span for water pumps in Ethiopia can threaten the very well-being of those who rely on it to survive. More than 40 million Ethiopians are nable to tap into a sustainable water source just metres below their feet. Tshay, an Ethiopian mother of three, relies on a broken
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