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Building a Better Somali Region
Jijiga :: Ethiopia | 1 month ago
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IPS Articles For many who remember Jijiga as a forgotten, war-torn region, photos of new hospitals, roads, schools and bridges though still very few in number have inspired many to take what they felt to be a brave step: to return home to see the
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Somalia: UN Education Investment Scores High Marks for Refugees
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 7 months ago
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She's one of 35 teenage refugee girls in Shedder and Awbare camps, near Jijiga in north-east Ethiopia, who recently passed the national exam to make it into Grade 11...When she does have time to study after finishing her chores, "it is already dark
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Number of Somali Refugees Continues to Grow
Jijiga :: Ethiopia | 7 months ago
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www.unhcr.org/508142086.html ">told reporters in Geneva. Situated in the southeast of Ethiopia, Dollo Ado is the second largest refugee complex in the world after Dadaab, located in Kenya. Dollo Ado passed the 170,000 mark, with new arrivals citing
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MIGRATION: The risks of rescue at sea
Jijiga :: Ethiopia | over 1 year ago
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Two years ago, Abdiselam Sheik Omar left his home town of Jijiga in Ethiopia's eastern Somali region and embarked on a journey he hoped would take him across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen and eventually to Saudi Arabia...Omar was well aware of the risks
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ETHIOPIA: Abdirizak Mohamed Mohamoud, "Even if I got a visa for Europe�I wouldn�t go"
Jijiga :: Ethiopia | over 1 year ago
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Abdirizak Mohamed Mohamoud, 30, returned to his home village of Lafaisa, in the Jijiga zone of eastern Ethiopia, six months ago, after his attempt to reach Europe and a better life turned into an ordeal...I was a teacher, but I wasn't earning enough
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Measles Outbreak In Somali Refugee Camps In Ethiopia
Jijiga :: Ethiopia | almost 2 years ago
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Other suspected cases have been reported in the other two refugee camps in the area, as well as in the transit centre where there are just over 15,000 refugees awaiting relocation to the newly-opened Hilaweyn camp. "This situation is alarming and we
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Swedish journalists to remain in Ethiopian custody
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | almost 2 years ago
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They were remanded back into custody, said Anders Jrle, head of the ministrys information department to news agency TT...The journalists entered Ethiopia illegally together with the rebels, who are classed as terrorists by the regime. Following their
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Ambassador meets detained journalists
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | almost 2 years ago
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The journalists allegedly entered Ethiopia illegally together with rebels classed as terrorists by the regime. Following their arrest, the pair were taken to an arrest in the city Jijiga, before being moved on to the capital. He has met them in the
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Ethiopia: IfJ Condemns Violent Arrest of Two Swedish Journalists
Jijiga :: Ethiopia | almost 2 years ago
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IfJ Condemns Violent Arrest of Two Swedish Journalists 7 July 2011 press release The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European group, the Federation of European Journalists (EFJ) today condemn in the strongest terms the violent
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Ethiopia: rebels say they sized town, released UN worker
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | almost 2 years ago
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World Food Programme had said one of its drivers was killed and another injured when gunmen ambushed the convoy on May 13, and two other WFP workers were missing...Galalshe in Jigjiga Region near Babili," the group said in a statement that did not
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