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Blinken arrives in Kenya to boost US response to regional crises

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Ethiopia starts Covid jabs amid 'alarming' rise in cases

coronavirus vaccine doses on Saturday, as the health ministry warned of an "alarming" increase in cases.Africa's second most populous country last week received 2.2 million doses of the AstraZeneca jab, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, and is targeting health workers during the first phase of its vaccine drive.Some of the first shots were administered at Eka Kotebe General Hospital in the capital Addis Ababa on Saturday."I was waiting for this moment, because I believe this will help us to protect ourselves to some level," Marta Tadesse, a nurse at the hospital, told AFP.Officials also organised kickoff events in six other regions, including Tigray, where the Ethiopian military is battling forces aligned with the

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'People are starving': New exodus in Ethiopia's Tigray area

ADDIS ABABA – Skinny, hungry, fleeing threats of violence, thousands of people who have been hiding in rural areas of Ethiopia’s Tigray region have begun arriving in a community that can barely support them — and more are said to be on the way.

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After Britain and South Africa, another new coronavirus variant found in Nigeria

NAIROBI : Another new variant of the novel coronavirus seems to have emerged in Nigeria, the head of Africa's disease control body said on Thursday, cautioning more investigation was needed.The news comes after Britain and South Africa both reported new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that appear to be more contagious, leading to new travel restrictions and turmoil in markets."It's a separate lineage from the UK and the South African lineages," John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told an online news conference from Addis Ababa."The one we are seeing in Nigeria, and this is based on very limited data yet, has the 501 mutation," Nkengasong added, referring to the variant termed 501.V2

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EU postpones $109 million aid to Ethiopia over Tigray access

JOHANNESBURG – The European Union has postponed 90 million euros ($109 million) in budgetary support to Ethiopia over lack of access to the country's Tigray region to deliver humanitarian aid amid the conflict.The delay in the funding, which was supposed to be paid at the end of the year, was confirmed to The Associated Press Wednesday by a top EU diplomat in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. “A 90 million euro budget support disbursement that was supposed to be made at the end of this year has been postponed,” Ambassador Johan Borgstam, EU Head of Delegation to Ethiopia, said in a phone interview.

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Tight security, many arrests for Ethiopian Irreecha festival

JOHANNESBURG – Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, on Saturday celebrated the annual Thanksgiving festival of Irreecha amid tight security and a significantly smaller crowd due to political tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Ethiopia charges prominent opposition figure with terrorism

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia's most prominent opposition figure, Jawar Mohammed, and 23 other people have been charged with terrorism-related offenses, telecom fraud and other criminal activities, the attorney general’s office announced Saturday.The office said they will appear in court on Monday. The charges relate to deadly violence that erupted in July in parts of the capital, Addis Ababa, and the Oromia region after the killing of singer Hachalu Hundessa, a prominent voice in anti-government protests that led to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed coming to power in 2018.

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Ethiopians mark the start of a new year after 'God's wrath'

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopians on Friday welcomed what many people around the world might like to see: the beginning of a new year.Following a calendar seven years behind the Gregorian one used by much of the world, Ethiopians marked the beginning of 2013.“The 2012 Ethiopian calendar is a year where we went through a lot. There was a big punishment as a result of (God’s) wrath,” said Emkulu Yiheyis, an Ethiopian Orthodox priest.

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Rally at Alberta legislature to protest Ethiopian government after singer killed

Addis Ababa to the surrounding Oromia region.The musician had been a rallying voice in anti-government protests that led to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed taking power in 2018.“The Ethiopian government is killing our people. It is a brutal government that is killing our innocent people, from children to seniors,” said organizer Dereje Berenda.

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Egypt: Ethiopia rejecting 'fundamental issues' on Nile dam

CAIRO – Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on Sunday said talks would continue later this week to resolve their dispute over a Nile dam Ethiopia is constructing, even as Cairo accused Addis Ababa of rejecting “fundamental issues” at the heart of the negotiations. Ethiopia wants to begin filling the dam’s reservoir in the coming weeks, but Egypt has raised concerns that filing the reservoir too quickly and without a deal could significantly reduce the amount of Nile water available to Egypt.

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Irish priest in relief effort for Ethiopian school for deaf children

An Irish Vincentian priest who founded a school for deaf children in an Ethiopian town in 2012 has started a fundraising campaign to assist with the relief effort as students and their families in the region deal with Covid-19.

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Churches mostly empty for Orthodox Easter due to virus rules

MOSCOW – The holiest day of the year for Orthodox Christians was reserved and glum in many countries where churches were closed to worshipers for Easter services because of restrictions aimed at suppressing the spread of the coronavirus.

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Coronavirus: Alibaba founder gives African nations 6M medical supply items

Africa has received a much-needed coronavirus care package from Chinese billionaire Jack Ma.

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Africa gets emergency medical supplies from China's Jack Ma

ADDIS ABABA – Africa has received a much-needed coronavirus care package from Chinese billionaire Jack Ma.

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