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Samuel Getachew

Samuel Getachew is a freelance foreign correspondent based in Ethiopia

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Kidus Gebre-Gzabiher is struggling to get his father in Tigray the medication he needs. Samuel Getachew for The National

‘A dead man walking’: Ethiopians wait in agony for news of relatives from Tigray region

November 23, 2020
Zeleke Alabachew, farmer and militia fighter, poses in his land near the village of Tekeldengy, northwest of Gondar, Ethiopia, on November 8, 2020. Ethiopia's military announced this week it had "entered into a war" with the northern region of Tigray, leading to fears of a protracted conflict in Africa's second most populous nation. / AFP / EDUARDO SOTERAS

What awaits Ethiopians on the other side of the battlefield?

November 20, 2020
Ethiopian domestic workers who were dismissed by their employers gather with their belongings outside their country’s embassy in Hazmiyeh, east of Beirut, on June 24, 2020. AFP

Ethiopian migrants forced to return after being abandoned by Lebanese employers

July 27, 2020
The death of Oromo singer Hachalu Hundessa last month sparked days of ethnic violence in Ethiopia in which more than 230 people were killed. AFP

Ethnic violence rages in Ethiopia but world is blinded by internet shut-off

July 20, 2020
Adna Mohammed moved to Ethiopia in 2013 and now owns a successful shawarma restaurant in Addis Ababa. Samuel Getachew

‘Ethiopia is my home’: Syrian chefs build new lives fuelled by shawarma

April 20, 2020
An Ethiopian Airlines flight leaves its hangar in Nairobi. AFP

Coronavirus: Ethiopia under pressure to cancel flights to China amid outbreak

March 21, 2020
A mourner sleeps next to the fence of the crash site during a memorial service for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 Boeing 737 Max plane crash near Bishoftu, Ethiopia. Reuters

'Boeing killed our loved ones': relatives seek answers one year on from Ethiopia Airlines crash

March 10, 2020
A farmer's son raises his arms as he is surrounded by desert locusts while trying to chase them away from his crops, in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya. AP Photo

Ethiopia facing food shortages as locusts ravage farms

February 5, 2020