My work deciding which starving Ethiopian kids to save sparked Live Aid – 40 years on one of them paid ultimate tribute
IT is 40 years since Dame Claire Bertschinger was a nurse on the front line of the devastating famine in Ethiopia, deciding which starving children to save. But the torment of not being able to ...
Michael Buerk: Huw Edwards could be amusingly nasty about colleagues – I’d always wonder what he was saying about me
If you track down Michael Buerk’s game-changing dispatch from Korem on the famine in northern Ethiopia, which first aired 40 ...
Forty years ago, a BBC news report shook the world – and kickstarted white saviourism
By October 1984, drought and conflict in a remote part of northern Ethiopia had left millions on the brink of starvation, ...
IMF approves $341 million for Ethiopia's first loan program review
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved the first review of Ethiopia's $3.4 billion lending programme ...
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Old Mutual Malawi launches Green Frame for tourism promotion
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Old Mutual Malawi on Friday, October 18, 2024 launched its “Warm Heart in a Frame” campaign. The initiative aimed at promoting the country’s tourism sector through “Zimayamba ndi ...
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He banged the drum: the story of Tony Carr
In Strait Street to Abbey Road, Cedric Vella brings to life the story of jazz drummer Tony Carr, adding an important piece of ...
Alemeda: the alt-pop maverick putting East Africa on the map
Ethiopian-Sudanese singer-songwriter and TDE signee Alemeda aspires to become her nations’ first international pop star ...
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Ethiopia's 'korale' recyclers turn waste into money
With a tattered bag on his back, Dereje Enigdamekonen trawled the endless alleyways of the Merkato market in Addis Ababa, ...