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Ethiopians wait for the Prime Minister's funeral procession (Reuters)

Ethiopia PM dies: who will lead?

The death of Ethiopia's prime minister has pushed his unknown successor into the spotlight. But is he merely a placeholder, or the next long-time leader?

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Meles Zenawi (Reuters)

Ethiopian PM dies

Meles died Monday just before midnight after contracting an infection, state TV announced.

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Eritrean soldiers (Reuters)

Eritrea: Ethiopia attacked us over border dispute

The Eritrean government has said that an attack on its military outposts by neighbouring Ethiopia was carried out with the help of the US.

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ETV suggested that the attackers were rebels with ties to Ethiopia's archrival Eritrea, which hosts the exiled Oromo Liberation Front

Ethiopia TV reports 5 tourists killed

The Ethiopian Television, or ETV, cited the Ethiopian Ministry of Defence reporting a group of eight unidentified foreign nationals were attacked near the Eritrean border on Monday.

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Malnourished refugee rests at a Medecins Sans Frontieres camp (Reuters)

Rising hunger in south Ethiopia despite lush green

Malnourished children are flocking into feeding centres in this forested corner of southern Ethiopia.

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A woman holds her malnourished child on arrival at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu (Reuters)

Horn of Africa food crisis escalating; aid needed video

Following successive years with little rain, thousands of families are walking for days in search of food in a triangle of hunger where the borders of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia meet.

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Final Postcard from Ethiopia

I now have two hours left in Ethiopia and I am typing at the airport.

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Habela Wondo Primary School. Village of Habela Wondo, rural area of Hawassa.  In this alternative space, teachers find a way to teach and to create a friendly relationship among the students.

The other side of photography

Not only have some of the Ethiopians participants never touched a camera before, but some have also never touched a computer.

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Melesse Lemma

A Perspective Far From Home

It is easy to forget the people we see on our screens actually exist halfway across the world.

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A policewoman stands guard outside a polling station in the capital Addis Ababa (Reuters)

Early results: Ethiopia's ruling party won vote

Provisional results showed Ethiopia's ruling party has won national elections, officials said, as a US rights group said the weekend ballot had been corrupted by irregularities.

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Supporters of Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (Reuters)

Ethiopia opposition bloc claims voter intimidation

Ethiopia's opposition said they may contest the results of Sunday's national election in court after reports of intimidation and vote-rigging, hoping to avoid the violent street clashes that marred the last poll and left nearly 200 dead.

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Ethiopian election kicks off

Ethiopian voters have begun to cast their ballots in national elections amid predictions the ruling party will easily win another five years in power.

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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (Reuters)

Scuffle breaks out among Ethiopian opposition

Ethiopian police detained a dozen opposition party members after a scuffle broke out at the party's headquarters.

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Lebanese schoolchildren throw flowers at sea in memory of victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash (Reuters)

Crews scan sea floor off Beirut for crashed jet

Search crews are using sonar to scan the sea floor for a crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet after a US Navy vessel picked up a beacon from the plane's black box almost a kilometre below the surface.

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Members of the Lebanese Civil Defence prepare to dive off the coast of Khaldeh (Reuters)

Army: Black boxes located from Ethiopian crash

Investigators have detected signals from the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed and will attempt to retrieve them in coming days.

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Emergency workers have so far recovered at least 34 bodies (Reuters)

Claims Ethiopian pilot ignored control tower directions video

The Ethiopian Airlines pilot flew the opposite direction recommended by the control tower before the fatal crash.

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Emergency workers have so far recovered at least 34 bodies (Reuters)

Hope for Ethiopian jet crash survivors fading

Crews from several countries are helping the search effort after an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed into the Mediterranean

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A relative of passengers who were aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane is comforted at Beirut international airport (Reuters)

Ethiopian jet crash deaths rise as 34 bodies found video

An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people has caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut.

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At least 23 bodies have been pulled from the water in a frantic search effort as debris wash up on the Lebanon coast

Ethiopian jet crash deaths rise, 23 bodies found

At least 23 bodies have been recovered from the water, following a frantic search as Flight 409 debris washed ashore.

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