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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Eighteen-year-old Aster Endale quickly gives the coffee cups a rinse before putting them back into her basket and picking up a bag with canisters of coffee. Then she crosses the road, weaving between traffic, to find her next customers. Time wasted is coffee not poured — and money not earned — in the Ethiopian capital, where the humble cup of coffee is contributing to economic advancement starting at the lowest level and finishing at the counters of upmarket gourmet coffee houses in Tokyo and beyond. Coffee has long played a central role in Ethiopia’s macroeconomic fortunes as the country’s largest export earner. In 2012 coffee exports generated more than $800 million, a figure expected to exceed $1 billion by 2015. But besides the grand figures in annual economic reports, the simple act of selling a cup of cheap coffee plays a significant socioeconomic role for many trying to carve out a better life in Ethiopia. This is especially true amid the hubbub

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Khat is a narcotic leaf that induces mild euphoria popular in Somalia, Yemen and Ethiopia among others Drug was reclassified as Class C in the UK and banned in a ruling that came into effect last June There are an estimated 20 million khat addicts across the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula Mental illnesses, mouth and heart disease and gang violence are all problems linked to khat use Fresh, green and innocent-looking, the neatly tied bunches of khat found in markets across the Horn of Africa look far from dangerous. But, as these photographs reveal, that is exactly what they are. Banned in the UK earlier this year, khat, a narcotic green leaf which produces a sense of euphoria in users, is a common sight on the streets of Yemeni capital Sana'a as well as other cities in the region. But with side-effects that include mouth disease, tooth loss and, in some cases, mental illness, the drug takes a terrible toll on addicts, which in some cases, include children as

Sacked Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi is expected in Ethiopia this week to finalise discussions over taking charge of the country’s team, AfricanFootball.com has been told. A close source in the Ethiopian FA, who did not want to be identified, told AfricanFootball.com Sunday morning they expect Keshi in Addis Ababa this week to continue talks on the possibility of taking over the national team. Stephen Keshi “He is expected in Ethiopia late this week,” revealed the source. Ironically, Keshi denied Ethiopia the chance to qualify for their first-ever World Cup last year when the Super Eagles beat them both at home and away in a final playoff. Last week, the Nigeria fired Keshi after the country’s laboured campaign to qualify for next year’s AFCON. “We hope we can get him because he is a high profile coach who has won AFCON with Nigeria and also took them to the World Cup.” Keshi, who has already coached Togo and Mali, is expected to salvage Ethiopia’s Nations Cup hopes as they ar

ነሐሴ 6 2006ዓም የአሜሪካ ድምጽ ራዲዮ የአማርኛዉ ቋንቋ አገልግሎት በኢትዮጵያ መንግሥትና በውጭ ሀገር የሚኖሩ ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያዊያን (ዳያስፖራ) መካከል ያለዉን ግንኙነት የገመገመ ዝግጅት ማቅረቡ ይታወሳል። በዝግጅቱ ዉስጥ ከተካተቱት በርካታ ርእሶች መካከል የካሊፎርኒያው አዙሳ ፓሲፊክ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ለጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ሃይለማሪያም ደሳለኝ ሊሰጥ አቅዶ የነበረዉ የክብር ስነስርዓት የሰረዘበት ምክንያት አንዱ ነበር። ርዕሰ ጉዳዩን አስመልክቶ የተጠናከረ ዘገባ በአሜሪካ ድምጽ ራዲዮ መሰራጨቱን ተከትሎ፤ አንዳንድ የአሜሪካ ድምጽ ጋዜጠኞች “ሆን ብለዉ እዉነትን አዛብተዋል።” የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ “የዳያስፖራዉን ድምጽ እንዳይሰማ አፍነዋል” የሚሉና በተለይም አዙሳ ዩኒቬርሲቲ ሽልማቱን እንዲሰርዝ ዘመቻ ካደረጉት አንዱ ጋዜጠኛና የፖለቲካ አክቲቪስት አቶ አበበ ገላዉ ቪኦኤ ላይ ያቀረባቸዉ ክሶች በራሱ ድረ ገጽ አዲስ ድምጽ፣ በኢሳትና በሌሎች የዳይስፓራ መገናኛ ብዙሃን ሲሰራጭ ሰንብቷል። ከአቶ አበበ ገላዉና የዋሽንግተን ዲሲ ኢትዮጵያ ማህበረሰብ ጣምራ ግብረ-ሃይል ከተባለው የዳያስፖራ ቡድን ለአሜሪካ ድምጽ ራዲዮ አስተዳደር የተቃዉሞ ደብዳቤዎች ደርሰዋል። የአሜሪካ ድምጽ ሬድዮም በዝግጅቶቹ ላይ ከማንኛውም ወገን የሚቀርቡ ተቃውሞዎችንና ትችቶችን ትኩረት ሰጥቶ ያጣራል። በዚህም መሰረት የጣቢያው ሃላፊዎች የፕሮግራሞችን ይዘት የሚገመግም ገለልተኛ አጣሪ ቡድን መድበው፤ የፕሮግራሙን ይዘት አስመርምረዉ ለአቶ አበበ ገላዉ ኦፊሴል ምላሽ ሰጥተዋል። ቀጥለን በምናቀርበዉ ዝግጅት የነሐሴ 6ቱን ዘገባ ዋና ዓላማና የተጠናቀረበትን ሁኔታ፣ የገለልተኛውን አጣሪ ቢሮ ድምዳሜዎች፣ እንዲሁም ከፕሮግራሙ ሰፊ ክፍል በአንድ ነጥብ ላይ የተፈጠረዉን ዉዥንብር ግልጽ ካደረግን በኋላ፤ አሻሚ የሆኑ