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      Samuel Getachew

      Samuel Getachew

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      Samuel Getachew is a freelance foreign correspondent based in Ethiopia

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      Ethiopians queue in the early morning to cast their votes in the general election, in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s home town of Beshasha. AP
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      Ethiopians queue for hours to cast ballots in first ‘free’ election

      Twice-delayed vote goes ahead under tight security as country struggled with conflict and unemployment

      AfricaJune 22, 2021
      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?

      The recent outbreak of fighting is more than political hostility - it is a battle over Ethiopia's identity

      CommentNovember 26, 2020
      Kidus Gebre-Gzabiher is struggling to get his father in Tigray the medication he needs. Samuel Getachew for The National
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      ‘A dead man walking’: Ethiopians wait in agony for news of relatives from Tigray region

      The conflict between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front has raged for three weeks, with thousands fleeing the region

      AfricaNovember 22, 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
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      Ethiopians forced to return after being abandoned by Lebanese employers

      Hundreds arrive back in Addis Ababa after paying hefty sums to leave a country beset by economic and political turmoil

      July 30, 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
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      Ethnic violence rages in Ethiopia but world is blinded by internet shut-off

      The unrest was sparked by June 29 killing of Hachalu Hundessa, a singer from the Oromo ethnic group

      AfricaJuly 20, 2020
      Adna Mohammed moved to Ethiopia in 2013 and now owns a successful shawarma restaurant in Addis Ababa. Samuel Getachew
      Syrian chefs build new lives in Ethiopia fuelled by shawarma

      Ethiopia's asylum policies have made the country a rare refuge for Syrians fleeing conflict

      AfricaApril 21, 2020
      An Ethiopian Airlines flight leaves its hangar in Nairobi. AFP
      Coronavirus: Ethiopia under pressure to cancel flights to China

      Calls to suspend Asia services, including one from Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, come as deaths linked to the virus increase worldwide

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

      An interim report released on Monday by the Ethiopian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau mostly blamed Boeing for the 737 MAX accident which killed 157 people

      AfricaMarch 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
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      Ethiopia facing food shortages as locusts ravage farms

      Farmers tell The National their crops were destroyed by the pests

      AfricaFebruary 06, 2020

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