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Ababa — Ethiopians are demanding the erection of a statue of former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. The campaign comes two weeks after the AU unveiled a statue of former Ghanaian leader and renowned...
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The UN chief "urges both governments to maintain the positive spirit that led to the signature ... and abide by its provisions". The neighbouring nations were in African Union-led negotiations on Friday in Addis Ababa. According to the pact, the two...
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Dignitaries and delegates mill around a statue of Ghana's late leader Kwame Nkrumah at the opening of the new African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa January 28, 2012. The bronze statue, unveiled amid pomp and pageantry last month,... View Photo »
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Ethiopians, many of them living abroad, but declined to comment. The protest letter says that Selassie who ruled Ethiopia for 40 years had “the legal, moral, historical and diplomatic legitimacy to have his statue erected next to Kwame Nkrumah.” The...
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2.4 million barrels, but Sudanese officials previously said there was oil left in the pipeline even after the shutdown and that Khartoum would continue to confiscate what it considered its fair share until the two sides reached a deal. They are now...
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The governments signed a non-aggression pact just two days before the reported bombing. The agreement, brokered by the African Union in Addis Ababa, aimed to defuse tensions over the row, which officials have warned could trigger a war. South Sudan's...
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The new African Union headquarters is seen in this general view taken in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa January 28, 2012. Perched under the shadow of a 100-metre tall marble monolith, a bronze statue of Ghana's late leader Kwame Nkrumah was unveiled... View Photo »
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The region borders Sudan's Southern Kordofan state, where rebels - once part of the ex-guerrilla turned official South Sudanese army - are battling the Khartoum government forces. Sudan and South Sudan signed a non-aggression pact late Friday over the...
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Addis Ababa (sometimes spelled Addis Abeba, the spelling used officially by the Ethiopian Mapping Institute; Amharic አዲስ አበባ, Āddīs Ābebā "new flower"; Oromo Finfinne) is the capital city of Ethiopia and the African Union, as well as its predecessor, the OAU. As a chartered city (ras gez astedader), Addis Ababa has the status of both a city and... Full Article
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CORRECTING TITLE The leader of Western Sahara's Polisario Front independence movement Mohamed Abdelaziz attends the inauguration of the high-rise African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, built and donated by China at a cost of $200 million, on January 28, 2012. The inauguration...
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Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi speaks at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. U.N. nuclear inspectors began a critical mission to Iran on Sunday to probe allegations of a secret atomic weapons program amid escalating Western economic...
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The new African Union headquarters is seen in this general view taken in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa January 28, 2012. Perched under the shadow of a 100-metre tall marble monolith, a bronze statue of Ghana's late leader Kwame Nkrumah was unveiled last month at the opening of the...
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