The Cat Man Eshete: An Ethiopian refugee’s life on the streets of New York
From war-torn Ethiopia to the streets of New York City, a refugee finds his calling in caring for stray cats.
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British army veteran, 73, who spent three months fighting for his life after heart attack in Ethiopian desert is landed with £20,000 NHS bill
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Steve Foreman, 73, was living and working on an oil rig in Ogaden, Ethiopia when he collapsed and had to be airlifted to the nearest hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
Aïda Muluneh on capturing the UK’s contradictions: ‘It’s hard to imagine there are people going hungry’
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For her latest exhibition, the Ethiopian photographer drove a minivan around the country, resulting in images that explore identity, gender and conflict. ‘It was a crash course in history,’ she says
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51 days ago
The Ethiopian bookbinder connecting a city’s people with its forgotten past
For three decades, Abdallah Ali Sherif has been on a mission to explore Harar's once-repressed cultural identity.
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80s pop icon looks unrecognisable as he's pictured at Wembley stadium - but can you guess who it is?
The musician was a key organiser of the original two-venue benefit, held in July 1985, which intended to raise relief funds for the Ethiopian famine that claimed approximately 300,000 to 1.2 million …
73 days ago
Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive
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In an Addis Ababa workshop, sacred texts are painstakingly crafted on goat skin using methods dating back to early Christianity – plus a bit of inspiration from Google Images
In a workshop in Addis Ab…
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‘They didn’t call us for Live Aid’: the stars behind Black Britain’s forgotten charity record
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In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so litt…
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‘Many Rastas were chased away, but we’re determined to remain’: Ethiopia’s religious community under threat
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Rastafarians who sought a spiritual homeland in Shashamene face eviction and arrest for flying flag of Haile Selassie’s empire
In 1999, Ras Paul, a west London DJ born to Jamaican parents, sold part o…
Power struggle leads to coup in Tigray as war looms between Ethiopia and Eritrea
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Tigray’s interim leader flees as rival faction seizes control, while Ethiopian tanks and troops move to border of Eritrea
Aregawi was building a tour-guiding business when war struck Ethiopia’s Tigra…
Ethiopia rules out conflict with Eritrea over Red Sea access
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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed vows peaceful approach via dialogue amid recent fears about possible war between the neighbours.