Ethiopian filmmaker hopes ‘Difret’ will make a difference

By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic January 20, 2014, 3:30 p.m. PARK CITY, Utah — When Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, newly arrived in the United States to continue his education, wrote to his father in Ethiopia that he’d decided to

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Cold or warm, keep Eritrea at bay

By H. Mikael  January 20, 2014 Recently, I came across commentaries on Ethiomedia.com by Ambassadors Cohen and Shinn and, as an Ethiopian, I wish to share my reflection by commenting on the matter as it concerns all Ethiopians at present

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Ethiopian Airlines plans order for 10-20 narrowbody jets – CEO

DUBLIN, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines is looking at placing an order for 10-20 narrowbody jets, its chief executive told Reuters on Monday. Such an order would be worth $1-2 billion at list prices. Ethiopian will probably study proposals

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Ethiopian set for daily Shanghai flights

Ethiopian route map from Addis Ababa to China, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore BY PROF. DR. WOLFGANG H. THOME, ETN AFRICA CORRESPONDENT | JAN 20, 2014 Ethiopian Airlines (ET) will commence daily flights from Addis Ababa to Shanghai as

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Ethiopia’s Timkat draws crowds to ancient royal baths

By Jenny Vaughan Gondar (Ethiopia) (AFP) – The sun has not yet come up, but hundreds of people — cloaked in white shrouds and chanting biblical hymns — are already gathered at the holy baths in northern Ethiopia to celebrate

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We Need to UN-Break the U.S.-Ethiopia-Eritrea Triangle

20 January 2014 , By Awet T. Weldemichael, Source: African Arguments In a span of a month, three towering figures – if retired – in American foreign policy establishment on Africa publicly called for an end to the Eritrean-Ethiopian conflict and

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CAR elects mayor as new First Female leader

Thomas Fessy reports from Bangui: ”In the absence of government, angry mobs now rule the streets” Bangui mayor Catherine Samba-Panza has been elected interim president of the Central African Republic, making her the first woman to hold the post. She

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Reconstructive surgery after suffering from genital mutilation

Berlin Clinic Aims To Make Genital Cutting Survivors Feel Whol By SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON, NPR At a recent sewing class held in Berlin at Mama Afrika, which helps immigrants adjust to life in Germany, most of the African and Middle

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Hiwot, Alemitu & Trihas win in cross country

Jan 20, 2014 Kenya’s Paul Tanui and Ethiopia’s Hiwot Ayalew captured respective victories at the 32nd Cross Internacional de Italica – the third Spanish leg of this season’s IAAF Cross Country Permit series – on Sunday (19) on a pleasant

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Ethiopian woman Commited suicide because of living conditions

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 19: An Ethiopian woman in her 30s ended her life by hanging herself with a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling of her room in Sabah Al-Salem, reports Al- Watan Arabic daily. The remains were referred

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