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April 2013

Former Prime Minister Tamrat Layne will tell about his controversial “encounter with God”

Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Tamrat Layne will tell about his controversial “encounter with God” in an exclusive filmed interview at 7 p.m. today at Lifetree Café in Fremont. After serving as prime minister, Layne was convicted of corruption charges and served 12 years in prison. During his incarceration, Layne claims he experienced a supernatural visit

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Billionaire al-Amoudi’s co. Investing $41m in 3 Ethiopian Farms

 By William Davison (Bloomberg) —  Farms were bought from govt for  1.1b birr ($59.4m), General Manager of Horizon  Plantations Ethiopia Jemal Ahmed tells reporters in  Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. * Farms are Upper Awash Agro Industry Enterprise, Gojeb Agricultural Development Enterprise and Coffee Processing and Warehouse Enterprise: Jemal * 400m birr to be invested over 2

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Thousands of Ethiopians and Eritreans stranded in northern Yemen

(UN Radio) – The voluntary repatriation of thousands of undocumented migrants from Yemen is likely to stall in the next six months due to lack of adequate funding, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). About 3,000 migrants from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia are stranded in the northern Yemen town of Haradh, where living

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Muktar Edris Dominates Swiss 10K

April 3, 2013 (IAAF) — Ethiopian rising star Muktar Edris, the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championship 5000m gold medallist and third in the junior race at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships eight days ago, claimed victory at the 29th edition of the Media Blenio 10km road race in Dongio, Switzerland, on Monday (1).

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