Turkey’s TIKA provides Harar with ambulances

24 March 2014 World Bulletin / News Desk The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has donated two fully-equipped ambulances to the Ethiopian town of Harar, 523km east of Addis Ababa. “When receiving the ambulances, I recalled those who lost

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Egypt court sentences 528 to death

24 March 2014 Defendants’ relatives reacted with horror as the verdicts were announced A court in Egypt has sentenced 528 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to death. They were convicted of charges including murdering a policeman and attacks

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Egypt court sentences 528 to death

24 March 2014 Defendants’ relatives reacted with horror as the verdicts were announced A court in Egypt has sentenced 528 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to death. They were convicted of charges including murdering a policeman and attacks

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Humanitarian crisis looms as refugees from South Sudan pour into Ethiopia

The Guardian South Sudanese children gather at a refugee camp in Gambella, one of the poorest regions in Ethiopia. Photograph: Elissa Jobson for The Guardian By Elissa Jobson Mon 24 March 2014 “We left all our property – our home,

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Wheat farmers in East Africa and the Middle East are on alert after a plant disease called stem rust

Global Wheat Surveillance Network Takes on Stem Rust Mon, 03/24/2014 Norman Borlaug. Image: USDA, Wikimedia Wheat farmers in East Africa and the Middle East are on alert after a damaging strain of a plant disease called stem rust decimated more

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South Sudan signs military cooperation deal with Egypt

24 March 2014 Sudan Tribune The South Sudanese government on Sunday a signed bi-lateral military cooperation with Egypt, less than a week after it reached a consensus on a similar matter with neigbouring Sudan, from which it suceeded in July

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Procrastination in Nile water negotiations not acceptable, says Egypt’s FM

Ahram Online 24 March 2014 Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy told the Kuwaiti News Agency KUNA Saturday that Egypt will not accept procrastination in negotiations with Ethiopia regarding the Nile water. “There is no solution to Egypt’s Nile

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Joseph Kony: US military planes to hunt LRA leader

24 March 2014 Joseph Kony is wanted on war crimes charges The US has announced it is sending military aircraft and more special forces to look for Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony. At least four CV-22 Ospreys and refuelling planes,

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Nurse who inspired Live Aid when she appeared in television news reports about Ethiopian famine reveals she couldn’t wait for Michael Buerk to leave

By Dan Bloom 24 Mar 2014 The Daily Mail Dame Claire Bertschinger featured in emotional BBC reports in 1984But she said the arrival of a film crew amid such pain made her uneasy’I couldn’t get rid of them fast enough.

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Man arrested for allegedly raping Ethiopian woman

Mar 24, 2014  The Daily Star BEIRUT: Police detained two employees at an employment agency for domestic workers over the rape of an Ethiopian woman, the Internal Security Forces said in a statement Sunday.  On March 17, a 33-year-old Ethiopian

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