Month: November 2013
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Africa
AfDB signs two trade-related programs worth $8.5 million with COMESA
Both projects were developed by the AfDB and the three regional economic communities (RECs): EAC, COMESA and SADC. A…
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Africa
Students riot at Arba Minch University
“The police shot three students, arrested more than seven” eye witness A students’ demonstration that began at about 4Pm…
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Africa
PM Hailemariam and President Uhuru to address African Media Leaders Forum in Addis Ababa
Africa’s largest gathering of media leaders from the continent and beyond-the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) will convene in Addis…
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Art Review
Blue Jasmine: elegance, honesty, insight
Andrew DeCort Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” is one of the most endearing, delightful depictions of human fragility and fallibility in…
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Keeping the Balance – A problem of the majority
Ashenafi Zedebub As people nowadays have become sensitive as regards nutrition and with the increasing evidence supporting a vegan diet,…
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Art Review
‘A Most Wanted Man’ by John Le Carre
By Mike Sullivan The Bottom Line Like The Mission Song, I have a feeling that A Most Wanted Man will…
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Not the nation’s headache
Dear Editor, I read your cover story on Islamic extremism in Ethiopia with a mixture of apprehension and anger at…
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Africa
Aron Mitu: an emerging Ethiopian dance artist in Slovakia
Our Art and Entertainment Editor Zela Gayle shares with us the life of Aron Mitu, an Ethiopian born dancer, model…
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Is Assad’s Syria a “win” for Moscow?
Russia’s current leaders may believe that public opinion—whether in Russia, the Middle East, or anywhere else—is unimportant and can be…
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