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Construction of Africa Centre for Disease Control HQ to Begin in Ethiopia

The proposed construction of the new Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is expected to begin this year, ahead of schedule. Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China, made the proposal to begin the Center’s construction earlier during the recent China-Africa summit. The decision aims […]

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POETRY – Ribka Sibhatu

Arts & Culture, City, People / prologu2

The Poetry Translation Centre (PTC) have just published Aulò! Aulò! Aulò!, Ribka Sibhatu’s latest collection which includes recent poems including some of her efforts to record the oral folklore and myths of Tigrinya tradition, and some of her earliest taboo-breaking lyric poems. The works in this edition have been translated by the acclaimed poet and

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Ethiopian teff products prove popular in the uk market

City, Food / prologu2

Born out of a love for Teff and traditional Ethiopian cuisine, Tobia Teff started in 2008 and is run by Ethiopian-British husband and wife team Sefanit Sophie Sirak-Kebede & Meny Kebede. With a long and celebrated background in food and beverage management, Sefanit Sophie Sirak-Kebede was sent to school to the UK as a young

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The Africa unbound museum

Arts & Culture, City / prologu2

Rather than a collection of objects and materials, the Africa Unbound Museum offers a compelling human story – snapshots of “becoming” of the human species, in particular people of African descent – by drawing from history, anthropology and philosophy complimented by graphics, photographs, paintings and the “vibe” we’ve established. This one-of-a-kind museum has also created

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Happy Ethiopian New Year

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Enkutatash (Ge’ez: እንቁጣጣሽ) is the first day of the New Year in Ethiopia. It occurs on Meskerem 1 on the Ethiopian calendar, which is 11 September (or during a leap year on12 September) according to the Gregorian calendar. Why was September chosen as the beginning of the year in Ethiopia? One reason is derived from

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British Hives for Lives campaign supports honey producers in

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Deforestation is a disaster for the environment, but it is a disaster for people too. Bees for Development workers see this in their work helping people around Lake to improve their lives through beekeeping. Here, beekeepers face a huge problem: severe deforestation, including the loss of nectar-bearing trees, has had a devastating impact on bees.

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2020 Great Ethiopian Run Postponed

City, People / prologu2

Great Ethiopian Run has announced the postponement of the 2020 TOTAL Great Ethiopian Run International 10km race due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 20th edition of the race was scheduled to take place on November 15, 2020. It was announced that the postponement of the race and further details of the new date will be

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Training and job creation for vulnerable women; mask production in Tigray

City, People / prologu2

Mesele Thair is pictured at work sewing masks in Ethiopia. She is among the young beneficiaries of a rural project that has been involved in the mask production within some of the major textile companies in the Tigray Region. Among 531 students graduated in textile technical training, 115 of them are now engaged in mask

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