Ethiopian worshippers risked lives to protect 'Ark of the Covenant' amid brutal fighting
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Worshippers rushed to defend the Church of St Mary of Zion (pictured) in the holy city of Axom, where the Ark is said to be secured.
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Ethiopian tribe held a photographer and his daughter at gunpoint when they visited
A photographer has told how two members of a generally-peaceful tribe who live deep in a remote valley in Ethiopia held him and his daughter at gunpoint in a robbery. Geography teacher-turned photographer Trevor Cole, 64, said one Suri tribesman pointed a Kalashnikov while another brandished a machete at him, his 20-year-old daughter and another … Read more
From Ethiopian girl band to Kenyans listening to toads… how staff at Dfid spent YOUR millions
Boris Johnson’s historic decision to abolish the standalone Department for International Development (Dfid) and roll its functions into the Foreign Office is long overdue. Ever since David Cameron expanded Britain’s aid budget to 0.7 per cent of GDP, scandal after scandal has emerged about millions of pounds of hard-pressed UK taxpayers’ money being shovelled into dubious … Read more