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Ethiopians in Yemen describe kidnapping and torture

April 12, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Photo: J.Björgvinsson/UNHCR Exhausted survivors of the Gulf of Aden crossing wait for help on a beach in Yemen SANA’A, 11 April 2013 (IRIN) – Record numbers of migrants from the Horn of Africa are crossing into Yemen, most of them … read more »

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Chinese rail in Ethiopia to replace historic French line

March 10, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

AFP – Camels rather than locomotives lumber over the railway tracks in this remote desert, famously traversed by storied French adventurers Arthur Rimbaud and Henry de Monfreid in the early 20th century. The old French-built railway that connected Addis Ababa, … read more »

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Nigeria: The African Cup of Nations and I – Going Down Memory Lane!

January 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Odegbami, opinion Orange Afcon 2013 is upon us. I am caught already in the usual championship fever. That’s what usually happens to me every two years – understandably! My relationship with the African Cup of Nations has been long … read more »

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Ethiopia: Is Urbanisation a Blessing or a Curse?

November 21, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Girma Feyisa, opinion Urbanisation and its incessant expansion have become both curses and blessings in many developing countries of the world, not least our fair nation. They are curses because they attract influx of the people from the rural … read more »

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Ethiopia: The damages of politicizing ethnicity

July 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Mubarak Keder Ethnic diversity has been understood, by some as one of the causes for slow economic development, poor governance Ethiopia: The damages of politicizing ethnicityand political instability in most African countries. Ethnic diversity by itself, however, does not … read more »

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Ethiopia: May 28 and the Message to Meles Zenawi

May 28, 2011 by benim

Yes. The impossible has happened and come tomorrow 7300 days — twenty years — will come to pass since the astonishing accession of EPRDF to the helm of a nation it had never intended to lead. And a million-plus pro-EPRDF … read more »

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Ethiopia: Is Tigray the problem?

May 28, 2011 by benim

As the ruling coalition in Ethiopia prepares to mark 20 years at the helm of politics in the country, its critics and opponents have united in a renewed last-ditch effort to try and dislodge it from power by stirring a … read more »

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26 years Old Man from Canada jailed in Ethiopia

April 19, 2011 by benim

A Winnipeg man who has helped rescue hundreds of people from violence in Ethiopia fears he can’t save his own son, who was jailed there shortly after arriving from Canada two weeks ago. “I’m very worried,” Juhar Hargaaya said Monday. … read more »

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