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Ethiopia bans flights above Grand Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia’s civil aviation authority has banned all flights over a controversial mega-dam being built on a tributary of the River…
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Ethiopia: Dispute Over Nile Project Moves to African Union
The dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over the commencement of the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has…
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Lost City Discovered Beneath Ethiopia Was Once a Pillar of The Legendary Aksum Empire
Excavations in Ethiopia have uncovered a lost city from one of the least documented major civilisations of the ancient world.…
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Queen rejects Ethiopia’s plea to return ‘stolen king’
The Queen has sparked a diplomatic row after refusing to allow the bones of a ‘stolen’ Ethiopian prince buried in…
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Ethiopia celebrates the return of Emperor Tewodros’ lock of hair
Ethiopians celebrated the decision by a London museum to hand back locks of hair cut from the corpse of an…
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How a major anti-colonial victory divided Ethiopia
The Victory of Adwa has been a very divisive issue in Ethiopia for decades. It's time to change that
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Ethiopian Airlines says crash victim DNA tests will take up to 6 months
Ethiopian Airlines said on Saturday that DNA testing of the remains of the 157 passengers on board flight 302 may…
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Ethiopia and U.S. Geopolitics in the Horn of Africa
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Ethiopia Needs a Face-lift. The United States needs a more stable,…
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Ethiopia was colonised
Like many African countries that were colonised by the British, Ethiopia’s educational system strongly privileges the English language. I learnt this…
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Haile Selassie, Speech to the UN. October 6 1963
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wszwI1E24eM[/embedyt] Haile Selassie addresses the United Nations General Assembly during the Eighteenth Session on October 4th, 1963 calling for…
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Encountering the promised land: Rastafari in Ethiopia and Shashamane
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie would have been 125 this year. Perhaps coincidentally — and indeed meaningfully for Rastafari repatriates in…
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The Naga: Ancient African Writing Systems and Knowledge
Naga/Nagash was also the title ‘King’ for the ancient Semitic speaking people of modern Ethiopia who lived in Arwe, and…
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Ethiopia vs Kenya – The Chinese standard gauge rails compared
East Africa plays host to two of the continent’s most modernized rail transport system. Regional economic giants, Kenya and Ethiopia…
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Slave Labour? Death Rate Doubles for Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon
A woman with a pink cloth wrapped around her head climbs out of a window on the fourth floor of…
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Is Civil War in Africa Unique?
Paul Staniland raises important questions in his review of Philip Roessler’s latest book (highly recommended): I just finished reading Philip Roessler’s…
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