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Ethiopian student at University of Minnesota works to make the legal...
By Mila Koumpilova Star Tribune December 27,2016 Lydia NegussieSDE1, STAR TRIBUNE Lydia Negussie grew up in the family of Ethiopian immigrants who urged her younger brothers to avoid walking too fast...
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Ethiopia: Amharas in Benishangul region face mistreatment
ESAT News Published on December 27,2016 Ethnic Amharas in Benishangul Gumuz region of Ethiopia say they are facing beatings, imprisonment and harassment perpetrated by the local and regional...
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ESAT News Published on December 27,2016 Civic and political organizations called on Ethiopians in the Diaspora to suspend sending remittances to the country to punish a regime which they said uses the...
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Body of murdered Mohammed Abdurezek…
By LewisPennock Bristol Post Published on December 28,2016 Mohammed AbdurezekSource : Bristol Post The body of a 31-year-old man found in a rural village on the fringes of Bristol could have lain...
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Five passengers killed in an attack on a bus in Ethiopia
December 29,2016 borkena Five passengers are killed in South Western Ethiopia in what seem to be planned attack on a bus, reported state media citing police source. Nine other passengers are wounded...
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Ruling party holds emergency meeting as officials, businessmen arrested for...
ESAT News Published on December 30,2016 The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) called an emergency meeting on Friday as over one hundred government officials and businessmen...
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Ethiopia : Parliament approves 380 million U.S. dollars loan request from China
December 31,2016 Bole International Airport Expansion Project, Source : The Reporter Parliament in Ethiopia approved $380 million U.S dollars loan request from the government of People’s Republic of...
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Ethiopia : Three men arrested in connection with alleged murder of Mohammed...
Gazette Eddie Bisknell, Reporter Published on January 2,2016 Mohammed Abdurezek Source : Bristol Post THREE men have been arrested in relation to the alleged murder of 31-year-old Mohammed Abdurezek....
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Ethiopia : Government Agencies Overspending
Addis Fortune January 3,2017 Members of Parliament have questioned the Pharmaceutical Funds and Supply Agency (PFSA) for allegedly procuring medicines in an improper manner. The agency purchased 12...
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Two million people need emergency food aid in Ethiopia : report by UN body
OCHA January 4,2017 A finding and/or report on Ethiopia by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reveals that at least two million Ethiopians are vulnerable to famine in...
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Egypt calls for trilateral meeting to complete discussions on Ethiopia’s dam
Sudan Tribube Published on January 3,2017 January 3, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – The Egyptian government has proposed to hold a meeting among Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt Foreign Ministers to complete discussions...
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Mother of jailed journalist pleads with authorities
ESAT News January 4, 2017 Fnayae Yirdachew, the mother of prominent journalist, Temesgen Desalegn, pleaded with authorities to allow her visit the journalist serving a three year sentence on trumped...
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Attitudes Toward Female Genital Mutilation Changing in Ethiopia
VOA January 5,2017 Beyebo Eresado and a fellow villager describe how their community in southern Ethiopia stopped female genital mutilation. / VOA KEMBATTA-TEMBARO, ETHIOPIA — At least 200 million...
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Ethiopia’s political ripple a big test for infrastructure-led Chinese approach
Niv Horesh, Durham University CNBC Africa January 6,2017 Photo – shutterstock / cnbc africa Nearly three months into the state of emergency declared by Ethiopia, the atmosphere on the streets of its...
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British taxpayers’ money will no longer fund Ethiopian girl band project
News & Star January 6, 2017 British taxpayers’ money will no longer be used to fund the project behind an Ethiopian girl band, the Department for International Development (DfID) said. The...
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Ethiopia targets opposition who met with European lawmakers (AP)
Merera GudinaSource – VOA Amharic website AP January 9,2017 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia said Monday it will not release a leading opposition figure detained under the country’s state of...
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Did Al-Sisi, Kiir, and Museveni Form a Tripartite Alliance against Ethiopia...
Noura Ali Middle East Observer Published on January 11,2017 Kirr, SisiSource : Middle East Observer During a press conference that was held at the presidential palace in Cairo, South Sudan president...
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Ethiopia : Year of Brutality, Restrictions (Human Rights Watch)
Human Rights Watch January 12,2017 (Nairobi) – Ethiopia plunged into a human rights crisis in 2016, increasing restrictions on basic rights during a state of emergency and continuing a bloody...
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Ethiopia : The martyrs of Debre Libanos
by Philip Jenkins The Christian Century January 13, 2017 Debre Libanos monasterySource : Shine Ethiopia Tours Christians have always remembered their martyrs, but they do so selectively. Some martyr...
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Tensions resurface in Ethiopia’s Amhara region following hotel attacks blamed...
By Ludovica Iaccino International Business Times January 13, 2017 The Ethiopian government has blamed “anti-peace” forces for a grenade attack that killed one and wounded dozens in the northern city...
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