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October 2021

Darwin, the Democrats and the Ethiopian Airlines

Yared Haile-Meskel Facebook asked me what is on my mind? Well, I walk up feeling down with Democrat’s declaration of war on the Ethiopian Airlines. I said why? My mind also pulled a file to remind me what Charles Darwin once wrote. He wrote “At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, […]

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Ethiopia accepts South Sudan’s mediation with TPLF

Ethiopia accepts South Sudan’s mediation with TPLF

October 8, 2021 (JUBA) – The Ethiopian Prime Minister has accepted the proposal of the East African bloc, IGAD, that South Sudanese President Salva Kiir mediates process to settle the nearly one-year armed conflict with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Presidential Spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said Friday the Ethiopian leader, Abiy Ahmed has officially

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Ethiopia forces ‘launch offensives’ against Tigray rebels in Amhara

Ethiopia forces ‘launch offensives’ against Tigray rebels in Amhara

AFP / October 8, 2021 Ethiopian troops and their allies are waging air and ground offensives against Tigray rebels in the northern region of Amhara, humanitarian sources told AFP on Friday. The military strikes took place in several areas of Amhara on Thursday and Friday, the sources said, amid growing speculation of a major push

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Keep Hermela Aregawi at CBS LA   (Ethiopians in Ethiopia & the Diaspora)

Keep Hermela Aregawi at CBS LA (Ethiopians in Ethiopia & the Diaspora)

Hermela Aregawi that goes by the Twitter handle @HermelaTV is a Los Angeles based journalist and TV anchor for CBSLA. Aside from her job at CBSLA, Hermela engages in political discourse on social media regarding the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Sign a Petition.  The conflict in Tigray region started on November 4 after rebels from the

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Bafana look to put recent chaos behind them in order to clinch maximum points against Ethiopia

Bafana look to put recent chaos behind them in order to clinch maximum points against Ethiopia

By Yanga Sibembe• Maverick  8 October 2021 There has been much noise surrounding Bafana Bafana in recent days as they prepare for a crucial doubleheader against Ethiopia in the Fifa World Cup qualifiers. First, Orlando Pirates midfielder Goodman Mosele did not pitch up to the team’s camp before they departed for Ethiopia. Much to the

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The Weeknd teams up with UN World Food Programme

The Weeknd teams up with UN World Food Programme

By New Food Magazine October 8, 2021 The Weeknd is more famous for chart-topping hits, but he is also a passionate supporter of the UN’s World Food Programme and has donated to the organisation’s relief efforts in Ethiopia recently. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and the world’s largest humanitarian organization

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“Love to the Grave” by Haddis Alemayehu, an Ethiopian classic

“Love to the Grave” by Haddis Alemayehu, an Ethiopian classic

Translated from Amharic by Constantin Kaïteris, this emblematic novel, as abundant as it is poetic, plunges the reader into an Ethiopian society suffocated by social divisions. September 23, 2021 at 5:31 PM By Hanna Pasquier Updated on October 5, 2021 Born in 1910 and died in 2003, Haddis Alemayehu, an Ethiopian scholar and politician during the

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