Band Aid at 40: how the problematic Christmas hit changed the charity sector
In November 1984, BBC journalist Michael Buerk presented a series of dispatches from the small town of Korem in northern ...
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Forty years on from Ethiopia’s catastrophic famine, progress has slid into reverse
Experts warn the situation in Sudan is shaping up to be the worst humanitarian disaster in history – right now in the 21st ...
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Ethiopia’s unforgettable famines: Here’s why they really happen
The Great Ethiopian Famine alone ... The famine was famously described by a BBC journalist as “biblical,” affecting up to one-third of the country. And among the worst impacted regions ...
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Is the biblical ark of the covenant hidden in an Ethiopian church?
Researchers claim ark hidden for 3,000 years in Ethiopia. The ... Story by By Walla! • 1y W here is the Ark of the Covenant, the vessel that, according to Jewish tradition and the Bible, ...
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Scripture’s unsung heroes: the powerful stories of Black men in the Bible
Dr Tony Evans, in his work on influential Black people in the Bible, emphasises that recognising the Black presence in ...
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Forty years ago, a BBC news report shook the world – and kickstarted white saviourism
I don’t just mean Buerk’s description of the famine “as almost biblical in its intensity ... How about the lyrics of that song? Ethiopia is home to one of the oldest Christian communities ...
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Forty years to the day since Michael Buerk's iconic BBC News report brought the horrors of the Ethiopian famine to a stunned world, nurse he interviewed in 'hell on earth ...
A Red Cross nurse who 'played God' during Ethiopia's devastating famine has opened up today to mark 40 years since the iconic BBC broadcast that stunned the world. Dame Claire Bertschinger ...
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The Traditional Interpretation of the Apocalypse of St John in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
The aim of this study is to describe the traditional Biblical and patristic Amharic commentary material of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and to present in translation a sufficient sample of the ...
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The Art of Painting and Sculpture through the eyes of Artist Million Berhane
recorded in the KebreNegest (“Glory of Kings”), Ethiopia’s national epic, recounts the Queen’s meeting with the Biblical King ...
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UN food agency failed to act as U.S. aid was looted in Ethiopia
On a scorching March afternoon last year, an American aid worker was sitting on a stool in the town of Sheraro in the war-scarred Ethiopian region of Tigray, sipping traditional roasted coffee ...
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Ancient texts belonging to the Beta Israel community are set to be made available for public
such as prayerbooks for Shmita (the biblical commandment to avoid agricultural work in the land of Israel) and Yom Kippur, among others. Director General of the Ethiopian Jewry Heritage Center ...
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Malaria Is Surging in Ethiopia, Reversing a Decade of Progress Against the Disease
By Maya Misikir and Stephanie Nolen Maya Misikir reported from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Stephanie Nolen covers the global threat of infectious diseases including malaria. Malaria infection rates are ...