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Samuel Getachew is an Addis Ababa, Ethiopia based journalist with The Reporter newspaper. He has written for CNN, the Huffington Post and the Globe and Mail in Canada
A Kenyan citizen was facing execution in Vietnam. Her ordeal began with lax security at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport
Landlocked Ethiopia wants a port, any port. Somaliland has a coastline and wants someone to recognise the self-governing territory as a fully-fledged country. So a deal was made…
Thousands of indigent and homeless people have been picked up by authorities on the streets of the country’s capital Addis Ababa and taken to a camp where they are kept in…
Why must motorists wait hours to refuel if there is plenty of petrol? For the answer, follow the money
Ahead of the African Union Summit, authorities in Addis Ababa tried to hide all signs of extreme poverty
In a few weeks, when the rainy season arrives, water will finally begin to flow into the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Expect regional tensions to rise along with the water…