NEGASSO said No More Party Politics

By ASHENAFI, ReporterEthiopia Negasso Gidada (Ph.D.), the longstanding politician and former president of both Ethiopia and the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ), officially resigned from party politics on January 8. He joined the party in 2009 together with

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NEGASSO said No More Party Politics

By ASHENAFI, ReporterEthiopia Negasso Gidada (Ph.D.), the longstanding politician and former president of both Ethiopia and the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ), officially resigned from party politics on January 8. He joined the party in 2009 together with

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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) suspends activities in S. Sudanese town 

VOA  January 17, 2014 Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders has suspended activities in a South Sudanese state capital after what it calls the looting of its compound. The group said Friday that armed men had entered its compound in

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Japan brushes off China ‘troublemaker’ criticism 

AFP  January 18, 2014 Japan on Thursday brushed off a bristling attack in which a Chinese diplomat branded Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a “troublemaker”, saying Beijing’s sentiment is inaccurate and ignores the facts. The rebuttal came after China’s envoy to

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Nun who gave birth in Italy ‘unaware of pregnancy’

Nuns at the same convent were equally surprised A nun who gave birth to a baby boy in the central Italian city of Rieti, said she had no idea she was pregnant, local media report. The 31-year-old was rushed to

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U.S. rebukes Rwandan leader amid scrutiny over opponent’s murder

By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura and Jenny Clover, Reuters January 17, 2014 JOHANNESBURG/KIGALI (Reuters) – The United States says it is deeply worried about threats made by Rwandan President Paul Kagame against political opponents after one of his exiled critics was found

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A Memoir of First US Diplomat’s Meetings With Emperor Menelik

Tadias Portraits of American Ambassador Robert P. Skinner and Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia. (Photos: PD-US) Tadias Magazine By Tadias Staff Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2014 New York (TADIAS) – When Robert P. Skinner, the first American Ambassador to Ethiopia, arrived

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The challenge of Ethiopian trying to acclimate in Israel

By Yuvi Tashome-Katz, haaretz.com When asked how I have acclimated in Israel, I usually answer with a numbers song I wrote and that was inspired by the Hadag Nahash song: 1, the number of teachers of Ethiopian origin in the schools

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U.S. contributes $2M to Ethiopians deported from Saudi Arabia

Jan. 17, 2014 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) – The U.S. government announced a $2 million contribution to the International Organization for Migration to help migrants deported from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia. To date some 153,000 Ethiopians, including 8,000, have been returned

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