Middle East
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News: Despite denial by Ethiopia’s consul, number of coronavirus cases among Ethiopians in Lebanon reaches eight
Lebanese frontline healthcare providers disinfecting surfaces against COVID-19. Image: Anwar Amro/AFP Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan & Zecharias Zelalem @ZekuZelalem Addis Abeba,…
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News: IOM assisting Ethiopia as country grapples with more than 9,400 returnee migrants in quarantine facilities
Dr. Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, UN Resident Coordinator, Dr. Catherine Sozi, joined IOM Chief of Mission…
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#COVID19: Former leaders call for strategic leadership as world faces unprecedented crisis
“Herein lies a great danger, perhaps graver than Covid-19 itself: the collapse of our economies, mortally wounded by a world…
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Opinion: Ethiopia and the Nile: Sacrificial lamb for the “Deal of the Century”?
Alula Alemayehu, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, February 03/2020 – Tuesday, January 28, 2020. This date will mark an important…
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Op-ED: The Lebanese Revolution Must Abolish the Kafala System
Sign that reads “those who are on your balconies, come down and find your people here” in aprotest under a…
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In-depth analysis: Seven Ethiopians die in Lebanon as new Ethiopian Consulate policy abandons citizens to their fate
Zecharias Zelalem Addis Abeba November 18/2019 – Hundreds standing outside near an Addis Abeba Bole International Airport terminal anxiously awaited…
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News: Ethiopian intelligence says it arrests dozens of suspected al-Shabaab, ISIS members “planing to carry out attacks”
Pictures published on local radio station, EthioFM, along with the news of the arrest of suspected Al-Shabaab and ISIS members…
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Special Edition: Ethio-Lebanese corpse disposal inc: A bilateral effort to cover-up Ethiopian deaths in Lebanon
The body of Woinshet Arage, an Ethiopian domestic worker who died in Iraq after she was taken there by her…
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Updated: Ministry of foreign affairs Reshuffles three envoys, recalls consul General in Jeddah
Ed’s Note: the following information has been added to the news below based on official information provided by Ethiopia’s Ministry…
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