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Ethiopia : Ethiopian National Defense Forces Killed 6 Civilians

[Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia ]On March 2, 2013, seventeen Anuak men were ambushed by Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), as they were sitting under a tree near Gilo river in a rural area in the Gambella region of southwestern Ethiopia . Six men were killed. Among those killed was a 33-year old American citizen, Omot Ojulu Odol, [B.D. 2/2/1978] who came to the U.S. as a teenager ...

Development Improves in Ethiopia , But Just Slightly

The United Nations Development Program has released its 2013 Human Development Index. Despite recent economic growth, Ethiopia is still near the bottom of the index. Ethiopia ranks 173 out of 187 countries in the Human Development Index 2013, unveiled by the United Nations Development Program, UNDP, on Friday. The Index is part of the Human Development Report that is presented annually and ...

UNHCR to resettle thousands of S. Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle March 14, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is preparing to relocate thousands of South Sudanese refugees stranded at Ethiopian border villages. UNHCR's spokesperson in Ethiopia , Kisut Gebreegziabher, told Sudan Tribune on Thursday that the agency is set to relocate some 16,000 South Sudanese refugees currently settled in ...

Why Are We Funding Abuse in Ethiopia ?

Helen Epstein AFP/Getty Images Workers at a Saudi-owned rice farm in Gambella, Ethiopia , March 22, 2012

FinFisher spyware seen targeting victims in Vietnam, Ethiopia

New research suggests a controversial spyware suite called FinFisher is being used to track activists in more countries than previously thought, including Vietnam and Ethiopia .

FinFisher spyware seen targeting victims in Vietnam, Ethiopia

New research suggests a controversial spyware suite called FinFisher is being used to track activists in more countries than previously thought, including Vietnam and Ethiopia .

FinFisher spyware seen targeting victims in Vietnam, Ethiopia

New research suggests a controversial spyware suite called FinFisher is being used to track activists in more countries than previously thought, including Vietnam and Ethiopia .

Ethiopia inflation slows to 10.3 pct in February: statistics office

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia 's year-on-year inflation rate fell to 10.3 percent in February from 12.5 percent the previous month, thanks to a sharp drop in the rate of food price rises, official data showed on Wednesday. The Central Statistics Agency said food inflation slowed to 7.9 percent last month, down from 11.3 percent in January. The non-food inflation rate also dipped to 14.3 ...

Ethiopia : Circus Debre Berhan's 'Theatre for Social Development'

[ThinkAfricaPress]A circus from the town of Debre Berhan is trying to communicate important social messages to Ethiopians through the medium of acrobatic entertainment.

Chinese railway in Ethiopia to replace historic French line

Camels rather than locomotives lumber over the railway tracks in this remote desert, famously traversed by storied French adventurers Arthur Rimbaud and Henry de Monfreid in the early 20th century.

Chinese railway in Ethiopia to replace historic French line

Camels rather than locomotives lumber over the railway tracks in this remote desert, famously traversed by storied French adventurers Arthur Rimbaud and Henry de Monfreid in the early 20th century.

Ethiopia : Ethiopian Security Forces Kill U.S. 'Terrorist'

[Sudan Tribune]Addis Ababa - Ethiopia 's security forces said Sunday that they have killed the leader of a "terror" cell in the southwestern Gambella region, which borders South Sudan.

Ethiopia : Ethiopia to Build Road Linking It With Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya

[Sudan Tribune]Addis Ababa -Landlocked Ethiopia has signed agreements with Chinese and Indian companies to construct highways that will connect the Horn of Africa nation with neighbouring Sudan, South Sudan and Kenya.

Chinese railway in Ethiopia to replace historic French line

Chinese and Ethiopian employees work at a construction site for a new Chinese-built railway in Dire Dawa, north eastern Ethiopia . The railway will connect Addis Ababa to Djibouti’s Red Sea Port at a cost of $ 2.8 billion.

Chinese railway in Ethiopia to replace historic French line

DIRE DAWA: Camels rather than locomotives lumber over the railway tracks in this remote desert, famously traversed by storied French adventurers Arthur Rimbaud and Henry de Monfreid in the early 20th century.