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Donkey Meat Trade Racket Busted in Islamabad: Pakistan's IFA Seizes Over 1,000 kg of Unhygienic Donkey Meat, 50 Live Donkeys During Raid at Farmhouse in Tarnol; 1 Foreign National Arrested
Islamabad, July 28: In a shocking incident of illegal trade, 1000 kgs of donkey meat was seized from a farmhouse in Pakistan, as reported by Dawn. According to reports by Dawn, the Islamabad Food Authority (IFA) seized approximately 1,000 kg of...
African students studying in U.S. advised against traveling amid Trump’s new immigration policy
Under the new rules, international students on F-1 visas, particularly those from Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Cameroon, will now receive single-entry visas valid for only three months. African students who make up a growing share of...

'Incredibly entrepreneurial': Utah program fosters business aspirations of refugees, immigrants
SALT LAKE CITY — Even as the immigration debate across the country rages, the age-old story of the immigrant improving his or her lot through gumption, an entrepreneurial spirit and hard work lives on. The annual business pitch competition held by...

Ocean State Job Lot Creates Shipping Lifeline to Move Edesia’s Emergency Food to Children
Truck Convoy to be Loaded on Monday, Departs Tuesday Morning Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL), in partnership with Edesia Nutrition and Provision Ministry, is leading a humanitarian initiative to send nearly 9,000 cartons totaling 285,000 pounds of...

Ethiopia-China cultural event opens in Beijing
A cultural showcase takes place at the Ethiopian Embassy in China on July 24, 2025. /Photo provided to CGTN A cultural showcase takes place at the Ethiopian Embassy in China on July 24, 2025. /Photo provided to CGTN A cultural showcase takes place...

6 things I’ve learned in 25 years of food journalism
In 1999, I had a revelation. I was a copy editor at the Boston Globe, angling for a promotion, when I realized that I was getting tired of working in news and needed a change. I bought the book What Color Is Your Parachute?, sat with a pen and...

99% of Interfaith Marriage Bans Found in Muslim Nations
Using freedom of interfaith marriage as an indicator of religious pluralism, this study reveals that 99% of legal restrictions on interfaith unions are imposed by Islamic countries. Specifically, 32 out of 53 Muslim-majority countries (60.4%)...

Gender CS urges women and youth to actively participate in IGAD peace talks
Kenya’s Gender, Culture, and Children Services Cabinet Secretary Hanna Wendot Cheptumo has called on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to formally recognize and institutionalize the participation of women and youth in regional...
Why Tanzania drums up for Libya’s stability
TANZANIA: TANZANIA has expressed its enthusiasm to see Libya gets back to stability from the prevailing situation, marked by political fragmentation, institutional paralysis, recurrent armed clashes and external interference. The Minister for...
The Killing of Fano Abebe Fantaw’s Father: A Symbol of Ethiopia’s Deepening Crisis
By The Habesha News Desk July 27, 2025 A Sacred Life Taken in Broad Daylight In a chilling and deeply unsettling act, the father of Fano fighter Abebe Fantaw—a respected 75-year-old elder—was gunned down in broad daylight while attending an...

Morocco, Ethiopia boost cooperation...
The inaugural “Moroccan-Ethiopian Social and Solidarity Economy Week” recently concluded in Addis Ababa, highlighting the expanding partnership between Morocco and Ethiopia focused on enhancing women’s participation in agriculture. Held under the...
Ethiopia-China exchange event kicks off in Beijing
BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- An exchange event on business, culture and the arts between China and Ethiopia kicked off on Thursday in Beijing, marking the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. The ongoing event is being...

Hundreds gather again at Essex asylum hotel in weekend of anti-immigrant protests
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a hotel in Epping on Sunday for the fifth time to protest at the premises being used to house asylum seekers, as protests spread to other hotels over the weekend. A large police presence containing officers...

Emirates launches ‘Aircrafted KIDS’ in MENA; Donates 800 bags in Egypt
Egypt: Emirates has launched its Aircrafted KIDS initiative across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), marking the rollout with a donation of 800 handcrafted backpacks and essential school supplies to two non-profit organizations in Egypt,...

Minimum-wage law in Ethiopia makes economic, political and moral sense
The question of minimum wage has been hotly debated for decades by economists and politicians alike. Lately, the debate in many countries has increasingly been less on the utility of a minimum wage and instead on its periodical cost-of-living...

Ethiopia and Pakistan launch cooperation on food security
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP): The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have taken a significant step towards promoting food security by initiating cooperation...
Children’s surgery charity reaches 100-room milestone
A world-leading surgical charity is marking a major milestone in its efforts to transform global access to children’s surgery, celebrating the opening of both its 100th and 101st dedicated operating rooms. Kids Operating Room, headquartered in...

India among top 8 nations with most unvaccinated children: Lancet Report
Guwahati, July 27: A new international study published in The Lancet has raised serious concerns over the slowing progress in childhood vaccinations across the world. The report says India is one of eight countries where more than half of the...

Chains That Crowned a Nation
Gold, among the most prized elements known to humanity, earns its purity only through fire. The impurities must be burned away before it becomes 24-karat. So it is with people—and with nations. A life untested, like unrefined metal, earns no...

The horror of ‘cutting season’
Yesterday as I went through boarding at Gatwick Airport I smiled as I watched all the excited children going off on their holidays with their families. Everyone had on their new holiday clothes, and despite the crowded check-ins, people were in a...