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Ethiopian girl reportedly guarded by lions

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men... more

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Ethiopia: Thousands being forcibly evicted due to foreign landgrabs

Human rights activists say tens of thousands of people in western Ethiopia are being... more

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Only Human After All, http://infinitetolerance.com/personal/human/

In the 2000 years since his mission of compassionate aid to the poor and confrontation... more

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Beware of declarations of everlasting love and comittment.

If you are thinking of helping someone to change thier life be very carefull to... more

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FAMINE! | Humans Dying as Insurgents Block Escape | Millions Facing Starvation | Tens of Thousands Have Already Died

. Somalis Waste Away as Insurgents Block Escape From Famine By JEFFREY... more

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Famine in Somalia

U.N. declares famine in southern Somalia By Robyn Dixon | 2:19 p.m. To declare... more

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‪RAW,from concept to practice, transporting sheep in Ethiopia‬‏

transporting sheep in Ethiopia‬‏

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Worst drought in 60 years hitting Horn Of Africa

The worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis... more

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African Lions Under Threat From A Growing Predator: The American Hunter

American hunters are emerging as a strong and growing threat to the survival of... more

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Lucy Walked Tall, a Foot Bone Suggests

Lucy may well be the world’s most famous fossil hominid. She is the best-known... more

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Sylvia Pankhurst film trailer

This is the trailer for the inspiring new feature length documentary Sylvia Pankhurst:... more

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Egypt and the waters of the Nile: is war inevitable?

Egypt is a country which does not have the luxury of abundant rains and therefore depends on the Nile for 90% of its sustenance. It is also the spiritual center for the people there as they believe the Gods sent floods during the time of the pharoahs which allowed them food and for the pharoahs to build their tombs. The waters of the great Nile were then seen by Egypt as belonging to no one but them. Religion and politics in the 21st century once again now stands in the way of an equitable agreement that will preserve the Nile's waters for all while also understanding it belongs to none.

Egypt's control of the Nile which amounts to 74% of its waters has been intact since the 1929 agreement with then colonial occupant Britain. This antiquated arrangement which gives Egypt access to the majority of the water simply cannot be sustained in modern times, yet Egypt's Mubarek and Bashir in Sudan have not budged in changing it. The agreement also calls for all upstream projects first needing the consent of Egypt and Sudan in order to go forward, however, Ethiopia which suffers from drought and sees the Blue Nile as sacred has challenged that by building dams for irrigation and a current larger hydropower dam.

Drought now plagues this area as well which has increased demand for water as well as greater demand for energy even though it has been noted that the Aswan Dam in Egypt has hurt the soil's health. Revenge tactics in now building an overabundance of dams that defeat the purpose of equitable sharing will not help any side in this if it does nothing to truly provide water to its people, especially in light of other factors such as climate change contributing to sea level rise.

Last May the upstream countries including Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Ethiopia met giving Egypt and Sudan one year to give an answer regarding a more equitable sharing of the Nile's sacred waters. What could give them more clout in coming to an agreement is the independence vote in South Sudan which would see another country on their side in splitting Bashir's influence in Sudan.

There are many geopolitical angles taking shape regarding what has only amounted to a war of words to this point. It will then be interesting to see with South Sudan gaining independence along with the current events in Egypt how this all unfolds in perhaps now working to secure a fair and equitable agreement regarding the waters of the Nile while also respecting its history and sacred traditions in escaping what will otherwise be the beginning of the water wars of the 21st Century.Egypt is a country which does not have the luxury of abundant rains and therefore... more

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WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. Twisted Ethiopia's Arm to Invade Somalia

In what appears to be another U.S. proxy war. Even though Washington claims to have... more

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Mulatu Astatke- Ethiopian jazz master

He called the integration of the pentatonic-scale-based melodies of Ethiopia with the... more

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My art for the Pen & Think Show

My pieces for The Pen & Think Show. "Candisweetart-Coming into self,"... more

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Ethiopia's Black Gold: Coffee

As westerners revel in designer lattes and cappuccinos, impoverished Ethiopian coffee... more

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Who Is Al-Shabaab's Next Target?

Vanguard correpondent Christof Putzel reported from Somalia in 2006 and followed the desperate flight of Somali refugees across the Gulf of Aden in 2008. His most recent documentary, American Jihadi is on Current TV now.
A Somali militant group's claim that it carried out the devastating attack on a popular restaurant in Uganda during the World Cup final triggered widespread fear of a new and frightening threat to innocents in Africa and beyond. The slaughter on Sunday of at least 76 people who had gathered to watch the game on television in Kampala, Uganda's capital, appears to be the first terrorist strike outside Somalia by Al-Shabaab, a militant Islamic group allied with Al Qaeda.
Al-Shabaab has earned a reputation inside its own country for ruthless determination to seize the strife-torn failed state whose weak, supposedly transitional government is clinging to control of the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Its quest, thanks in part to successful recruiting of Muslims in the West, is often described as a jihad, or holy war. I recently profiled a young American for Vanguard, raised as a Christian in Alabama, who is now a leader in Al-Shabaab and an effective Internet propagandist rallying disenchanted young Muslims in the West to come join the cause.

Kampala is, in once sense, an obvious place for Al-Shabaab to strike, because Uganda is the largest contributor of troops to the African's Union's peacekeeping force that shores its principal target, the existing government in Mogadishu. But the coordinated double bombing also serves as a warning to other African nations--and the West as well--that Al-Shabaab's ambitions are growing.
When I was in Mogadishu four years ago, Al-Shabaab was a ragtag band of youths acting as the military arm of the Islamic Court Union, an Islamic coalition that brought momentary calm to the chaos in Somalia. In nearly two decades of disastrous corruption and disruption inside Somalia, hundreds of thousands of Somalis have fled to new communities around the world, including sizable populations in Toronto, Minnesota and elsewhere in North America.
But Al-Shabaab has drawn hundreds of foreign recruits to join its cause its war to establish Islamic rule. They have certainly established their cred among disenchanted exiles, but what has been a recruiting ground could also be a cover for planting cells of homegrown terrorists managed by Al-Shabaab.Vanguard correpondent Christof Putzel reported from Somalia in 2006 and followed the... more

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American Jihadi

Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel explores homegrown terrorism in "American... more

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Inside Vanguard's American Jihadi: Christof Putzel Reflects

Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel goes behind the scenes of the episode... more

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Christof Live Tweets "American Jihadi"

Correspondent Christof Putzel tweeted live commentary during the East Coast premiere... more

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