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Colonisers extend influence by giving back war spoils - BizNews
Colonisers extend influence by giving back war spoils –BizNews
22nd March 2019 by Chris Bateman
CAPE TOWN — Throughout the ages, symbolism has had an immensely powerful influence on politics and society – especially when an object...

Gunmen kill five miners in Ethiopia, TV says foreigners among dead - Reuters
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Gunmen in Ethiopia have shot and killed five workers from a mining company in the restive west on Tuesday, residents said, with a TV station reporting two foreigners among the dead.
The unidentified attackers struck...

Displacement and Ethnic Conflict in New Ethiopia - CounterPunch
Displacement and Ethnic Conflict in New Ethiopia
by GRAHAM PEEBLES
Fundamental political reforms are underway in Ethiopia, but as the new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed and his government work to bring about change in the country, historic ethnic...

Shadow falls over Ethiopia reforms as warnings of crisis go unheeded -The Guardian
Having fled violence, a million Ethiopians now face hunger and disease. Yet Abiy Ahmed seems intent only on their return
Tom Gardner in Addis Ababa
In southern Ethiopia, tens of thousands of people are enduring what aid workers say is a full-blown...