Tag: Ethiopia

I’d rather help my customers stay healthy than make money

The reason I was named Emama Fishka (Mama Whistle) was because there…

Beza Gebreselasi Beza Gebreselasi

69-year-old father of 11 starts university

An Ethiopian father of 11 has become a social media sensation in…

Kalkidan Yibeltal Kalkidan Yibeltal

Emotional reunion of mother & son after 47 years apart

Nothing beats the love of a mother and the relentlessness of an…

Naa Atswei Deisa Okang Naa Atswei Deisa Okang

Ethiopian soldier: ‘How I survived an 11-hour gun battle in the Tigray crisis’

Two Ethiopian soldiers have given dramatic accounts of a co-ordinated night-time raid…

Afaan Oromoo, BBC Afaan Oromoo, BBC

‘How the Tigray conflict made my uncle a refugee in Sudan’

A BBC reporter writes about a relative forced to flee Ethiopia's Tigray…

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Journalist, Hana Zeratsyon: ‘My little brother needs medicine’

With her 11-year-old brother suffering from cerebral palsy and epilepsy, Hana Zeratsyon…

Hana Zeratsyon, BBC Hana Zeratsyon, BBC

Faris Gezahegn: ‘I was forced to flee my country because of my sexuality’

Faris Cuchi Gezahegn is an LGBT rights activist who lives in Austria…

Akorfa Searyoh Akorfa Searyoh

Mamitu Gashe – The illiterate surgeon

Even as the world acknowledges and celebrates only seven wonders, there are…

Naa Atswei Deisa Okang Naa Atswei Deisa Okang

Jemal Damtawe: A stowaway survivor’s story

Strolling down the street after school one day, fifteen-year-old Jemal Damtawe never…

Naa Atswei Deisa Okang Naa Atswei Deisa Okang

Ethiopian woman gives birth and sits exams 30 minutes later

A woman in Ethiopia has taken her exams in a hospital bed…

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