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Jun 30 2020 By shaumya Samra Tesfaye is best known as a mother of singer, songwriter, and record producer The Weeknd, AKA Abel Makkonen Tesfaye. Marriage And Divorce She is a single woman and never married to date. But she had a love relationship with a guy named Makkonen Tesfaye. The detail about him is unknown. They have one child together. The couple separated when their son was too young. Facts …

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By Prof. Paulos Milkias September 30, 2020 It is with great sadness that we learned, as of yesterday, professor Mesfin Wolde Mariam, an indefatigable Ethiopian nationalist, is no more. Mesfin is the victim of Covid-19 at age 90. For me, writing this In-Memoriam is personal. It brings back decades of memories. The first time I …

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Updated Sepember 2, 2020  ORIGINAL: APR 2, 2014 Emperor Haile Selassie I worked to modernize Ethiopia for several decades before famine and political opposition forced him from office in 1974. Who Was Haile Selassie I? Haile Selassie was crowned emperor in 1930 but exiled during World War II after leading the resistance to the Italian …

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Date of Birth: Various Occupation: Politicians Arrested: September-October 2011 Charges: terrorism Sentence: 16 years to life Released: February 14, 2018 Andualem Aragie Walleis a prominent opposition politician who was sentenced to life in prison in Ethiopia for terrorism charges. Prior to his arrest, Aragie served as the Vice President and Press Secretary for Unity for …

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Summary Background information Born 27 September 1940 Waliso, Scioa Governorate, Italian East Africa (now Waliso, Oromia Region, Ethiopia) Origin Waliso, Oromia Region, Ethiopia Died 19 April 2009 (aged 68) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Genres Ethiopian music soul jazz swing funk Instruments Vocals Years active 1955–2009 Labels Ethio Grooves Associated acts Walias Band Mulatu Astatke Tilahun Gesesse was an Ethiopian superstar and legendary singer, nick …

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WHO IS MELES ZENAWI Meles Zenawi Asres (Ge’ez: መለስ ዜናዊ አስረስ Mäläs Zenawi Äsräs) died in office as the Prime Minister of Ethiopia on August 20, 2012 after a long health battle. He was born as Legesse Zenawi Asres. He changed his first name from Legesse to Meles (nom de guerre Meles, which he later …

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