Seeking a hearing on the crisis in Ethiopia
Courtesy of the authorBy Mesfin MekonenLast week I met with Senator Peter Welch of Vermont, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee on human rights and requested his assistance in organizing a hearing on the crisis in Ethiopia. I presented a letter to Senator Welch that outlines the causes and impacts of the crisis in Ethiopia and points out that political stability and economic prosperity in Ethiopia are critically important to the United States. Congress, the Biden administration and the world need to hear from experts who understand what is happening on the ground in Ethiopia. Separately, I have co-authored a letter to Senator Ben Cardin, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urgently requesting that the Africa subcommittee, hold a hearing on the crisis in Ethiopia. The purpose of this hearing would be to call attention to the atrocities now taking place in Ethiopia, and provide a path forward for the United States government to help bring peace to Ethiopia.
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May 07, 2024 19:16 UTC
Ethiopia earns 835 mln USD from coffee export in 9 months
ADDIS ABABA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Coffee exports have brought Ethiopia 835 million U.S. dollars in revenue over the past nine months, an industry institution said Tuesday. Data from ECTA show that China, the United Arab Emirates and Sudan are among the countries that are becoming top destinations of Ethiopian coffee. Saudi Arabia, South Korea, the United States, Germany and Japan are the major destinations of Ethiopia's coffee exports over the years. Regarded as the origin of Arabica coffee, Ethiopia is one of Africa's largest producers and exporters of coffee. During the previous Ethiopian 2022/23 fiscal year, the country earned 1.3 billion dollars in revenue from the export of around 240,000 tons of coffee.
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May 07, 2024 17:23 UTC
Josh Harris and a commanding sports career
Police have begun to clear a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University, hours after dozens of protesters left the site and marched to President Ellen Granberg’s home. According to event organizers, nearly 30 people were arrested as police used pepper spray to contain the crowd. The District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department says arrests were made for assault on a police officer and unlawful entry, but a number of arrests wasn’t immediately given. Mayor Muriel Bowser and MPD Chief Pamela Smith are set to testify about the District of Columbia's handling of the protest at a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Wednesday afternoon.
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May 07, 2024 17:21 UTC
Artists created images of Christ that focused not on historical accuracy but on reflecting different communities − a scholar of religious history explains
(The Conversation) — In 1915, Norwegian artist Emanuel Vigeland, one of the most respected Scandinavian artists of his time, created an image of Christ with golden hair and fair skin. In my work as a religious history scholar, I’ve learned that throughout history artists created images of Christ that would speak to different communities. Early image of Christ as a symbolSometimes, cultural pressures prevented people from representing Christ at all. In ancient Rome, early Christians often favored symbols or monograms of Christ’s name, possibly because they did not want to confuse Christ’s image with that of the emperor. In the center, however, Christ’s triumphant resurrection from the dead shows only his cross surmounted with the monogram of Christ.
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May 07, 2024 15:47 UTC
11 workers found alive beneath rubble after South Africa building collapse
Race against timeColin Deiner, head of the provincial Western Cape disaster management services, said the search-and-rescue operation would likely take at least three days. "We are going to give it the absolute maximum time to see how many people we can rescue," Deiner said at a press conference. Earlier in the day, Deiner said some of the workers had limbs trapped under concrete and couldn't move. "We were actually hearing people through the rubble**,"** Deiner said. The provincial government has appointed a structural engineering firm to determine the cause of the collapse and who is responsible.
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May 07, 2024 15:15 UTC
Kefi progressing Ethiopian gold project towards launch
Aim-listed Kefi Gold and Copper has reported good progress, to schedule, at its high-grade Tulu Kapi gold project in Ethiopia. The remaining finance syndicate board processes are on track for final (conditional) approvals during May, while project launch preparations have started at Tulu Kapi. Also, Kefi now targets an elevated beneficial interest in the Tulu Kapi Gold Mines Share Company, which holds the project, of 80%. These activities are focused on the Tulu Kapi project launching in mid-2024 for production in mid-2026. “I am delighted with the continuing progress on subsidiary-level project financing for launch in mid-2024 of the high-grade Tulu Kapi gold project, the current mineral resources of which are 1.72-million ounces at 2.65 g/t.
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May 07, 2024 12:52 UTC
Breaking bread: French bakers take back their title for longest baguette, dethroning Italy
Five years ago, the unthinkable happened – France lost its title for longest baguette in the world. It was prepared in front of an audience at the Suresnes Baguette Show, an event organised by the National Confederation of French Boulangerie-Pâtisserie and Nutella. A baking marathonMaking the world’s longest baguette is no laughing matter. The French baguette beat the standing record by almost 8 metres – the previous record, held by a group of bakers in Como, Italy, measured 132.62 metres. What happened to the longest baguette in the world once it took home the title, you ask?
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May 07, 2024 01:00 UTC
Qantas agrees to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling seats on canceled flights
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways agreed to pay 120 million Australian dollars ($79 million) in compensation and a fine for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights, the airline and Australia’s consumer watchdog said on Monday. Qantas agreed to settle the suit by paying a AU$100 million ($66 million) fine to the Australian government and a projected AU$20 million ($13 million) to more than 86,000 affected customers. “Qantas’ conduct was egregious and unacceptable. Qantas also admitted its misconduct continued until August last year, more than a year longer than the regulator has alleged in court, Cass-Gottlieb said. Its underlying profit for 2022/23 before tax was AU$2.47 billion ($1.6 billion), compared to a AU$1.86 billion ($1.2 billion) loss in the previous year.
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May 06, 2024 20:12 UTC
Amhara Fano in Gojjam says Ruling Party Branch in the region “dissolved like a salt”
borkenaToronto – Amhara Fano in Gojjam has released a new statement. Asres Mare – Deputy Chair and Political Division Head of the movement – read out the statement from an office setting. The Ethiopian Defense Force has been making claims that Fano Forces had suffered a fatal defeat in Gojam and are now roving from “mountains to mountains.” That does not seem to be the case.In the statement, Asres Mare said the ruling party branch in Amhara region has “dissolved like a salt.” and the regime is collapsing. He called on political forces to join hands with Fano. Watch the statement belowVideo : embedded from Ethiopian Media Service (EMS) YouTube channelCover photo : screenshot from the videoJoin our Telegram Channel : t.me/borkenaLike borkena on FacebookAdd your Business to Ethiopian Business Listing / Ethiopian Business Directory JobsEthiopian News VideoJoin the conversation.
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May 06, 2024 19:06 UTC
Kenyans vs Ethiopians in Paris
Kenyans vs Ethiopians in ParisThis early, it looks like the Kenyans and the Ethiopians will clash for the marathon gold in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Kenyan team is bannered by former world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Benson Kipturo, the 2021 Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon champion. The women’s team is likewise explosive with Peres Jepchirchir, who recently broke the women’s only world record by clocking 2:16:16. The other team members are former women’s world record holder Brigid Kosgei and 2024 Boston Marathon back-to-back champion Helen Obiri, with 2024 Boston Marathon second placer Sharon Lokedi as reserve. The women’s team is composed of Rebecca Chetegei, Stella Chesang, and Mercyline Chelangat.
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May 06, 2024 17:33 UTC
Commercial jet maker Airbus is staying humble even as Boeing flounders. There’s a reason for that
The reason: Airbus already is making planes as fast as it can and has a backlog of more than 8,600 orders to fill. Models of Boeing aircraft are displayed during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Feb. 22, 2024. Airbus last year topped Boeing for the fifth straight year in the orders race, with 2,094 net orders and 735 delivered planes. “Boeing is winning some orders because Airbus can’t supply the airplanes,” Scott Hamilton, managing director of the Leeham Company consultancy, said. Brazil’s Embraer makes smaller regional jets, and so far has not moved to compete with Boeing and Airbus.
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May 06, 2024 16:07 UTC
Mikael Jasin of Indonesia is the 2024 World Barista Champion
Mikael Jasin of Indonesia earned the crown of World Barista Champion on Saturday, leading a fiercely competitive field of 53 competitors from all over the world. Jasin succeeds Boram Um of Brazil as the reigning World Barista Champion. For the straight espresso course, Jasin used a Gesha-variety coffee from Finca Deborah in Panama. The WBC took place at the World of Coffee Asia in Busan, South Korea. Adding to the win for Indonesia was the announcement from WBC organizer the Specialty Coffee Association that Jakarta, Indonesia, will host the 2025 World of Coffee Asia event.
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May 06, 2024 15:31 UTC
Chadian ruler Mahamat Deby Itno casts ballot in polls set to end military rule
6), in a long-delayed presidential election set to end three years of military rule. “This is the commitment I made before God and the Chadian people, that of organizing, in the agreed upon timeline, elections which will mark a return to constitutional rule," Deby Itno told reporters. Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, seized power after his father, a former president and military officer, was killed in 2021. One of Itno's perceived challengers, Yaya Dillo, was killed in unclear circumstances in February. Protests broke out across the country last year when the government announced that the younger Deby Itno’s rule would be extended.
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May 06, 2024 14:34 UTC