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Ethiopia among “10 Countries with the Highest Number of Enslaved People”
Ethiopia: A landlocked nation, Ethiopia is a country with a low level of economic and social development, a poor human rights record and high rates of unemployment. Because of which, Ethiopians are...
Kenya’s parliament passes bill allowing polygamy
Kenya's parliament has passed a bill allowing men to marry as many women as they want, prompting furious female MPs to storm out, reports say.
The bill, which amended existing marriage...
Ethiopia proposes to make homosexual acts a non-pardonable offense
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Lawmakers in Ethiopia are expected to pass into law a bill that would make same-sex acts a non-pardonable offense
Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers last week endorsed the...
Renaissance dam good for Egypt: Project manager
The Grand Renaissance dam will not harm Ethiopia's "Egyptian brethren," its project manager has vowed.
Semegnew Bekele made the comment during a journalists' tour of the dam construction site in the...
Saudi Arabia bans 50 baby names
Saudi Arabia bans 50 baby names
List includes foreign names; those that ‘contradict culture and religion’
Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has banned 50 given names including...
Kenyan pastor has banned women from wearing underwear(pants) and bra in his church
Women – beware. Are you:
1) wearing underwear and/or a bra?
2) a church-goer?
If you have answered yes to both of those questions, you’re in big trouble, according to a Kenyan pastor. Reverend...
21 illegal immigrants of Ethiopian origin arrested in Tanzania
Senior Regional Immigration Officer, Mr Ndelema Mwakipesile said on Thursday that 21 illegal immigrants of Ethiopian origin have been caught along Mbegani Beach in Bagamoyo District in Coast Region...
19-year-old gay Ethiopian in Boston claims his life will be endangered if deported to Ethiopia
19-year-old was arrested in January
By Maria Sacchetti, BostonGlobe
Federal immigration officials in Boston are seeking to deport a man — who has posted online that he is gay — to a nation...
Patriarch’s Remark annoyed members of Church
On an Ethiopian orthodox church’s congregation held on February 28 and March 1, 2014, the church’s patriarch remark on the some religious groups of the church annoyed some members of these...
Ethiopian women struggle against inequality
ADDIS ABABA – Facing inequality, poverty and domestic violence, Ethiopian women are aspiring for a better future, as millions around the world as marking the International Women`s Day.
"I...
Starbucks Celebrates Ethiopia Espresso Coffee
VENTURES AFRICA - From January to March 2014 customers will be able to drink Starbucks Ethiopia Origin Espresso, with its velvety notes of dark chocolate and sweet citrus. To celebrate Starbucks with...
Mohammed Al Amoudi #61 in Forbes Billionaires List
Son of a Saudi father and Ethiopian mother, Mohammed Al Amoudi has accumulated a portfolio of construction, agriculture, and energy companies across Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia since he began investing...
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