Almezuria Teshome appeals to Kinijit’s leaders

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Almezuria Teshome appeals to Kinijit’s leaders

Alemzuria Teshome is 25 years old. In November 2, 2005 security forces who came to arrest her father (Kinijit’s city council elect for Addis Ababa) murdered her mother W/ro Etenesh Yimam , a 52 years old housewife, for screaming too loud. [Listen here]

Also see:
-Alemzuria's Testimony to the U.S. Congress

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PICTURE OF THE DAY - FACES OF ETHIOPIA^{Millennium edition}

(Ethiopia - Borana girl)

(the Borana are estimated to total 500,000, but because many live in remote areas it is hard to know exactly how many exist. They are traditionally semi-nomadic pastoralists, who depend exclusively on their livestock for subsistence. The women are independent and equal to men even with building and owning houses. )

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