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Ethiopia faces kidnapping crisis

By:Seyoum Getu Kidnapping and extortion cases are on the rise, many of which are linked to the ongoing political and security crisis in the country. But authorities are struggling to keep up, despite growing public concern. On the morning of July 2nd 2024, three public buses carrying over 160 school students were travelling to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, for the ...

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Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Is Now Peaceful, But Extreme Hunger Afflicts Its Children 

By Associated Press NEBAR HADNET, ETHIOPIA —  The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia’s Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister’s recent death in childbirth. A two-year war between federal troops and regional forces killed one of her own sons, ...

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African Games 2023: Black Princesses go top of group A

By Nutifafa Bequine Ghana beat Ethiopia on Saturday March 9, 2024 to go top of Group A of women’s category in the on going African games in Cape Coast. Comfort Owusu’s second half follow-up strike was enough to send Coach Yussif Basigi’s side to the top of the table with three points and a goal. Tanzania and Uganda earlier shared ...

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Ethiopia hunger: About 225 starve to death in Tigray – officials 

By Kalkidan Yibeltal & Natasha Booty BBC News, Addis Ababa and London More than 200 people have starved to death since July in Edaga Arbi town, in Ethiopia’s drought-hit and war-scarred Tigray region, local authorities say. Another 16 have died in nearby Adwa town. Officials in Tigray warn the region is on the brink of famine on a scale last ...

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Outed on TikTok in Ethiopia: ‘How a dance nearly cost me my life’ 

By Kaine Pieri When a clip of two men dancing at a party in Ethiopia was posted to TikTok, it unleashed a torrent of homophobic hatred and eventually forced one of them to flee the country. The pair were unaware they were being filmed. The videos were initially posted to Instagram where someone took a screenshot of them to make ...

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Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Deaths from starvation after aid halted – official 

By Girmay Gebru in Mekelle & Mercy Juma in Nairobi At least 1,400 people have starved to death in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray since food aid was suspended because it was being stolen, an official has said. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) and the US’s leading aid agency halted food aid to Tigray about four months ago. A subsequent investigation ...

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FEATURED: See Who The Cat Dragged In; It Is Milo!

So after the numerous back and forth as to who is likely to take over the mantle from the departed C.K Akunnor, it’s looking inevitable that an old gem, Milovan Rajevac is in line to be confirmed as coach of the Ghana Blackstars in the coming days. see who the cat dragged inWhen C.K Akunnor was sacked from his role ...

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