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A study conducted by the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission of Ethiopia (FEACC) reveals that the amount of money paid for the compensation and relocation of residents reached 15pc of the projected cost of the projects due to corruption. The … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Addis Fortune, Anti-Corruption Commission, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, Ethiopian birr, ethiopian news, FEACC, Federal Ethics, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica
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By Yacob Haile-Mariam,Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) column The question “Who is more Ethiopian?” which appeared in a viewpoint article published on January 27, 2013, poses an obsolete question, which most Ethiopians have moved beyond. Such a question, in fact, is … read more »
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Tagged CUDP, EPRDF, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, IndepthAfrica, Mesfin Woldemariam, United States, Yacob Haile-Mariam
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By Allison Kaplan Sommer,haaretz The more the story about Ethiopian women who were given birth control shots was repeated, the more warped and distorted it became. The story of the dramatic drop in the birthrates of the Ethiopian Israeli community … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Aliyah, Beta Israel, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, ethiopian women, ethiopian women in Israel, Haaretz, Health maintenance organization, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica ghana news, Israel
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Samira Shackle, middleeastmonitor Birth rates among Israel’s Ethiopian Jewish community have fallen by nearly 50 per cent in the last 10 years. Now, for the first time, a government official has acknowledged that women of Ethiopian origin were being injected … read more »
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Beta Israel, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Prime minister, Yitzhak Shamir
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Ethiopian arrested after calls from residents Saudi police arrested an Ethiopian housemaid for walking naked in a public place and said they believe she is mentally ill. Internet users in the Gulf Kingdom, the largest base for Asian and African … read more »
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Lelisa Desisa was not far away from the world record in his debut race as Ethiopia swept the men’s and women’s podium at the Dubai Marathon on Friday. Desisa, 23, clocked 2 hours 4 minutes 45 seconds over the 42.195-kilometres … read more »
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by Fekade Shewakena Over the last couple of weeks, particularly following news that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) foiled an assassination plot against Ato Abebe Gellaw, a journalist and political activist who heckled Meles Zenawi at a heads … read more »
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By Mesfin Mekonen We have recently learned that Rep. Chris Smith has been invited by the Ethiopian government and the African Union to visit Ethiopia soon. Smith chairs the House Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organization Subcommittee. … read more »
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Ethiopia coach Swenet Bishaw has backed his team’s fans ahead of the African Nations Cup Group C clash with Burkina Faso, despite the fine imposed for bad behaviour against Zambia. Ethiopia fans reacted angrily to the sending off of Jemal … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, Zambia
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The stadium was losing its mind, a yellow explosion smothering the country. The team in yellow, with only 10 men, were holding the African champions, tearing them apart at times, and the excitement was palpable. Yet this was not the … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Adane Girma, Africa Nations Cup, AFRON 2013, Angola, Bafana, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, ethiopia at AFCON 2013, Ethiopia news, Ethiopians, Gordon Igesund, IndepthAfrica, Zambia
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Zambia begin the defence of their Africa Cup of Nations crown when they meet Ethiopia at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Monday evening. Chipolopolo were surprise winners in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon in 2012, beating Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire … read more »
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Ethiopia hold the dubious record of being runners-up in the Africa Cup of Nations without winning a game or even scoring a goal. That came at the inaugural tournament, held in 1957, after the Confederation of African Football was established … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Soccer, Sports, Zambia
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Former Nigerian stars have admitted that the Super Eagles will face a tough challenge at the South Africa 2013 Africa Cup of Nations as the team aim at winning the tournament for the third time. The ex-internationals advised the Super … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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By: Mubarak Keder Authoritarian rule, in contrast to its counterpart democracy, takes various forms. The most common ones are being: personal, military, one-party and electoral authoritarianism. Among these, electoral authoritarianism stands out as rather complicated and tricky in that, it … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Democracy, EPRDF, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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By Ewnetu Tessema There is probably no reporter in VOA Amharic service’s history, save Mimi Sibhatu, whose dubious and deliberately manipulative reporting skills have raised eyebrows and controversies as much as those of Henok Semaegzer Fente. Some of Ethiopia’s well-known … read more »
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Tagged Abebe Gellaw, Addis Ababa University, ESAT, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Federal Bureau of Investigation, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, United States
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ADDIS ABABA — The Ethiopian foreign ministry announced Wednesday that Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is to take over as chairman of the African Union (AU) from President Yayi Boni of Benin this month — which has raised questions of breached … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Organisation of African Unity, South Sudan
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- I am used to writing the hectic life in the capital Addis Ababa. In fact, as a person born and raised in Addis Ababa, I have mostly thought Ethiopia is pretty much its capital. I thought Addis has all … read more »
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Tagged Addis, Addis Ababa, Dabat, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Sudan
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The Guardian, Your article on DfID’s support for Ethiopia‘s development is very misleading. (UK bid to spend millions training forces accused of abuse, 11 January). Blanket condemnation of the federal and regional government efforts to protect civilians of Ethiopia’s Somali … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Letters & Interviews
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Amnesty International, Department for International Development, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian airways, ethiopian news, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Somali, Somali Region
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By Mark Kapchanga The Gibe III dam could help Ethiopia’s development, but it might also be disastrous for the environment and threaten half a million people’s livelihoods. There are concerns that more than half a million people’s livelihoods along the … read more »
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ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is slated to take over as the chairperson of the African Union this month, replacing Benin president Boni Yayi as the head of the pan-African bloc, officials said Wednesday. “Ethiopia is going … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Boni Yayi, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
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by Thomas C. Mountain “Soon come” as Jamaica’s Rastafarians say. In this case it applies to the end of the Ethiopian regime which is now in its terminal stage, in intensive care on life support and being kept alive only … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jamaica, Meles Zenawi, Pax Americana
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Ethiopia may be eligible to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by 2014, according to officials at the organisation. The announcement that the country may be able to join the WTO within the next two years was made by Pascal … read more »
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Tagged Director-general, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Pascal Lamy, Russia, World Trade Organization, WTO
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Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian Road and Transport Authority on Tuesday revealed that the construction of a highway linking Ethiopia with neighbouring Sudan has been completed and opened for traffic. Officials told Sudan Tribune that the 100km-long corridor, stretching from … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Berbera, Djibouti, Djibouti Port, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Somalia, Sudan
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Dear editor Alan Rusbridger, The Ogaden Somali Community of UK wishes to express its profound gratitude and appreciation to you, the editor of The Guardian, and in particular to your News Reporter Mr. Ben Quinn for his recent report about … read more »
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Guardian, IndepthAfrica, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, ONLF, Politics of Ethiopia, United Kingdom government
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(By Getahune Bekele-Pretoria, South Africa) Ethiopian embassy sources in Pretoria have told the Horn Times that over 10,000 t-shirts bearing the late poisonous tyrant Meles Zenawi’s image have been printed and thousands of refugees are recruited by well known TPLF … read more »
Posted in Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Horn Times, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, Pretoria, South Africa, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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We are species of self-professed fixers: our forbears domesticated plants and animals and liberated our kind from hunting and gathering; when natural capacity waned the genius of Haber and Bosch gave us inorganic fertilizers; Louis Pasteur advanced the germ theory … read more »
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Addis Ababa – An Ethiopian court handed down heavy jail terms to 10 people convicted of having links to al-Qaeda, a judge said on Tuesday. The sentences ranged from three years to 20 years, and several of the convicted also … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Agence France-Presse, Al-Qaeda, Anti-terrorism legislation, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Kenya, latest ethiopian news, life imprisonment, news ethiopia indepthafrica, news ethiopian, Prison
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The government and the International Monetary Fund are at odds over projected GDP growth figures. The IMF says Ethiopia’s economy will grow by 6.5 percent in 2013. The government estimate is around ten percent. The argument is important because the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Kenya, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia indepthafrica, news ethiopian, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, ONLF, Politics of Ethiopia, Somalia
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Ghirmay Yeibio, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Beginning The bible is not only a spiritual book but also a book of wisdom. I would like to begin Part 2 of my article “Independent Eritrea” - A crumbling nation and a tragedy, … read more »
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Two maids who stole their employer’s mobile phone and made over Dh2,000 worth of calls from it, while she was ill in hospital, have been referred by the Dubai Public Prosecution to the criminal court on the charges of theft … read more »
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