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Ethiopia
/ ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪə /
noun
- a state in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: consolidated as an empire under Menelik II (1889–1913); federated with Eritrea from 1952 until 1993; Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed by the military in 1974 and the monarchy was abolished in 1975; an independence movement in Eritrea was engaged in war with the government from 1961 until 1993. It lies along the Great Rift Valley and consists of deserts in the southeast and northeast and a high central plateau with many rivers (including the Blue Nile) and mountains rising over 4500 m (15 000 ft); the main export is coffee. Language: Amharic. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: birr. Capital: Addis Ababa. Pop: 93 877 025 (2013 est). Area: 1 128 215 sq km (435 614 sq miles) Former nameAbyssinia
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Biologists think this may arise from the scarcity of food in the mole-rats’ arid habitats in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya.
Marie Nielsen, founder of a paper recycling company in Ethiopia called Penda Paper Recycling, is a partner at the firm.
This is a major goal of Teshome Toga, Ethiopia’s ambassador to China for the last two years.
Shultz’s diplomatic team took the lead in emergency aid to ethnic Eritrean and Tigrean civilians pouring out of famine-wracked Marxist Ethiopia in 1985.
Ethiopia has long been considered one of Africa’s economic wunderkinds.
At least 70 percent of the children were adopted from overseas, including Russia, China, Ethiopia and Ukraine.
Rwanda and Ethiopia, symbols in the past of death and mayhem, are now among the fastest-growing economies in the world.
After it reached Ethiopia, the contents were distributed and sold out in under two weeks.
In the early 2000s, an acquaintance told Sun about the possibility of doing business in Ethiopia.
Throughout its history, Israel has helped airlift vulnerable Jewish populations in countries like Yemen and Ethiopia to safety.
And he heard say about Tharaca the king of Ethiopia: He is come forth to fight against thee.
The grain fields of Ethiopia and Egypt were the themes of the poet, and their garners, the subject of the historian.
Ethiopia and Egypt were the strength thereof, and there is no end: Africa and the Libyans were thy helpers.
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, shall my suppliants, the children of my dispersed people, bring me an offering.
I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity, the curtains of the land of Madian shall be troubled.
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