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Pain and terror felt by passengers before Boeing Max crashed can be considered, judge rules

A federal judge is ruling that families of passengers who died in the second crash of a Boeing 737 Max can seek damages for the pain and terror suffered by their relatives before the plane crashed in Ethiopia

The Independent UK

Ethiopia: how a lucky village in Tigray survived the devastating war

The war waged by the Ethiopian Federal Government and Eritrea against the Tigray regional government, which lasted from November 2020 to November 2022, caused massive devastation. Multiple war crimes were reported and there were claims of genocidal intent. A starvation campaign led to the death of at least 300,000 civilian…

The Conversation

Charles, show us you’re truly a modern king and return the remains of the stolen prince

There can be no more excuses for refusing to return Alemayehu to his native Ethiopia

The Guardian - UK

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‘I’d never seen a woman riding a motorcycle in a dress’: Girma Berta’s best phone picture

The Ethiopian photographer on the thrill of taking to the streets

The Guardian - UK

Musicians launch drive for more funding for arts in Africa

Performers from Ghana, Ethiopia and Tanzania have helped launch a five-year project to try to secure more funding for arts and culture, aiming to persuade African governments to allocate at least 1% of their budgets.

Reuters

UN gets $2.4 billion in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

The United Nations received pledges of $2.4 billion on Wednesday to help fund aid operations for some 32 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, but the donations fell short of what the U.N. was seeking as it warned against a possible "catastrophe."

Reuters

US announces $524 million in new aid for Horn of Africa drought, climate crisis

The United States has announced $524 million in additional humanitarian aid for the Horn of Africa that aims to put a spotlight on the extreme effects of climate change and the worst drought in the region in 40 years

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30 years young: Eritrea reaches a milestone but struggles with legacy of its past

Eritrea is widely considered to be one of the most repressive states in the world. Three decades after gaining independence form Ethiopia in 1993, the impoverished Horn-of-Africa nation is still ruled by the same man – Isaias Afwerki.

Radio France Internationale

Who was Prince Alemayehu? Buckingham Palace refuses to return prince’s remains to Ethiopia

The Ethiopian prince spent a decade of his life in Britain before his passing

Evening Standard

Buckingham Palace rejects request to return remains of 'stolen' Ethiopian prince

Queen Victoria arranged for Prince Alemayehu's education when he arrived in the UK aged seven as an orphan before taking charge of his burial when he died aged just 18 in 1879

Daily Mirror

Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand Eritrean troops withdraw

Tigray residents say Eritrean troops and soldiers from the neighbouring Amhara region are yet to leave, despite a truce.

Al Jazeera

Buckingham Palace reject request to repatriate Prince Alemayehu’s body to Ethiopia

Buckingham Palace has rejected a request to unearth the bones of a 19th Century Ethiopian Prince buried at Windsor Castle.

Evening Standard

Protesters in Ethiopia's Tigray demand withdrawal of outside forces

Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region to demand the return home of people displaced by a two-year war there and the withdrawal of outside forces that have remained since the conflict ended.

Reuters

Buckingham Palace won’t return remains of Ethiopian prince

Buckingham Palace has declined to return the remains of an orphaned Ethiopian prince who was buried at Windsor Castle 144 years ago.

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Buckingham Palace rejects calls to return body of Ethiopian prince

Buckingham Palace denies a request to return the remains of a teenage Ethiopian prince who was buried at Windsor Castle, saying that disinterring him would disturb the remains of others.

The Guardian - UK

‘There was all sorts of toxic behaviour’: Timnit Gebru on her sacking by Google, AI’s dangers and big tech’s biases

The Ethiopian-born computer scientist lost her job after pointing out the inequalities built into AI. But after decades working with technology companies, she knows all too much about discrimination

Reuters

Oromo rebels accuse Ethiopian forces of attacks following peace talks

Rebels from Ethiopia's Oromiya region accused the government on Wednesday of launching a military offensive against them after a first round of peace talks ended earlier this month without a deal.

The Conversation

Ethiopia has one of Africa's most ambitious housing policies – but the lottery-based system is pulling communities apart

The shortage of adequate housing in cities is an issue around the globe, particularly among developing countries that are rapidly urbanising. The UN estimates that more than one billion people live in slums or informal settlements, 80% of them in Africa and Asia. Globally, three billion people will require adequate…

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‘I saw many bodies’: having escaped one conflict, Tigray refugees face new terrors

Living in UN camps in a rapidly collapsing Sudan, refugees from Ethiopia are being kidnapped, taken across the Sahara, and tortured for ransom – in a brutal, multimillion-dollar industry

The Guardian - US

‘It is hateful and mean’: fighting back with the banned book reading room

With book bans continuing across the US, a museum in New York has assembled a hub for those defying extreme censorship

Chicago Sun-Times

The Weeknd pours love into his newest production: A specialty Ethiopian coffee

The coffee is exclusively available for purchase online and at select Blue Bottle cafes.

Reuters

Factbox-How big is the aid crisis caused by the Sudan fighting?

Aid workers say fighting between rival military factions in Sudan is pushing poorly-funded humanitarian programmes in the region to a breaking point.

Manchester Evening News

The gruelling 22-hour journey a family will endure to escape a coup in Sudan

The conflict in Sudan broke out on 15th April unexpectedly leaving thousands of citizens around the world trapped without any exit.

The Conversation

Ghana’s regions: why creating new territories has caused problems

Ghana split four administrative regions between June 2017 and February 2019 to create six new ones. The process proceeded calmly in some regions, but was so contentious in others that the government had to deploy security forces to prevent clashes. Eventually, all six regions were created. The conflicts were unexpected.…

Al Jazeera

Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?

The countries have a long history of getting involved in each other’s affairs, leading to fears of a regional crisis.

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