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How China is taking over Africa
USA TODAY
Jacob Kushner
You’ve seen the headlines: China is taking over Africa, and the United States and Africa’s former colonizers in Europe have lost sway.
Mostly, it’s true. Throughout Angola, Ghana and the Congo,...
JOURNALISTS ARE NOT TERRORISTS!
PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 19 MAY 2014.
Reporters Without Borders has learnt today that the court in Addis Ababa granted the police investigating the case against the 6 bloggers and three journalists, 28 more days for further investigations. The...
Ethiopia: Human rights, repression, carrots and sticks
With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Ethiopia, the recent spate of harsh crackdowns in the country has raised serious questions about the U.S. and international community’s ongoing support for the Ethiopian government.
A few...
South Sudan President Salva Kiir warns of 'famine'
South Sudan’s president has warned his country faces “one of worst famines ever” unless the current conflict is ended, in an interview with the BBC.
Salva Kiir also accused his sacked deputy, Riek Machar, of stoking ethnic...
Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba victorious at Great Manchester Run (Athletics Weekly
Ethiopians dominate over 10km as Gemma Steel and Nick McCormick are best of the Brits
Kenenisa Bekele outkicked Wilson Kipsang to win the Bupa Great Manchester Run on Sunday as Tirunesh Dibaba dominated the women’s race to successfully defend...
Great Manchester Run: Kenenisa Bekele claims victory
BBC: Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele saw off the challenge of Wilson Kipsang to take victory at the Great Manchester Run. The 5,000m and 10,000m world record holder ran in 28 minutes and 23 seconds with marathon world record holder Kipsang...
'My Ethiopia nostalgia’ MONICA KAYOMBO, Zambian journalist...
ZAMBIA DAILY-MAIL Online Editor
By MONICA KAYOMBO
This is one trip where I was not privy to the programme until I reached Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia is a country with a population of over 90 million people, making it the second most...
