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        <title><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Referendum Tests Ethiopia’s Ability for Peaceful Elections]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2019 08:28:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A young man reacts in front of the unofficial green, blue and red flag of the advocated region for the Sidama ethnic group as people of the Sidama ethnic group, the largest in southern Ethiopia, celebrate at Hawassa city over plans by local elders to declare the establishment of a breakaway region for the Sidama later this week, in Awasa, July 15, 2019. - The Sidama are planning to declare the formation of their own region on July 18, 2019, a move analysts warn could spark bloodshed, further aggravating the many political and security crises facing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. (Photo by Michael TEWELDE / AFP) (Photo credit should read MICHAEL TEWELDE/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia to Charge Dozens Over Coordinated Killings of Officials]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:22:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nile Powers Set New Deadline to End Dam Spat After Trump Meeting]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 19:31:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, on May 21, 2019.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Awaits Proposals for Revival of Fertilizer Complex]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 12:58:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Granules of NPK fertilizer sit on display at the PhosAgro-Cherepovets fertilizer plant, operated by PhosAgro PJSC, in Cherepovets, Russia, on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Phosphate fertilizer prices may be supported in the 2H by &quot;high season in India, pre-winter buying activity in the Northern hemisphere and risks of further potential production cuts in China,&quot; PhosAgro chief executive officer Andrey Guryev said in a statement. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Treasury Calls Ethiopia, Egypt and World Bank to Nile Talks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:06:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Deploys Military to Quell Deadly Protests in Oromia]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Gebre]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:05:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Supporters of Jawar Mohammed, a member of the Oromo ethnic group who has been a public critic of Abiy, gather outside his home in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa after he accused security forces of trying to orchestrate an attack against him Oct. 24, 2019.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Military-Linked Group Seeks Asset Sales, Debt Write-Off]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:23:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia’s Abiy Says Talks With Egypt Can Resolve Nile Dispute]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:33:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Probes Alleged Dam Misspending That Slowed Construction]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 06:32:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Probes Possible Theft of Funds for Sugar Expansion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:52:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Revolutionary Democracy Is Passé to Ethiopia's Ruling Party]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Ethiopia&apos;s new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed delivers a speech during his rally in Ambo, about 120km west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 11, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Zacharias Abubeker (Photo credit should read ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia May Use Privatisation Funds to Repay State Lenders]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Confident of $1 Billion From World Bank for New Program]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:19:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopian Premier Abiy Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Eritrea Accord]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:03:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Could Sell Majority Stake in State Telecom Monopoly]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:08:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Grants First Financial License to Foreign Lease Company]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:34:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Abiy Ahmed Photographer: Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images/Anadolu</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Death on the Nile Haunts Ethiopia’s Rebirth]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeremy Diamond]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 04:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Offers New Hope for Phone Providers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Seal]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2019 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Plans Vote on Creation of Regional State to Quell Autonomy Demands]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nizar Manek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:17:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Long Before Boeing 737 Max Crash, Ethiopian Air Pilot Warned of Dangers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Beene]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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