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A group of Ethiopians in South Africa beg for their lives as xenophobic thugs prepared to burn them alive – April 2015 Photo: Mereja Media Genzebe Dibaba has been named world sportswoman of the year at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Shanghai, China – 15 April 2015. board Photo: Mereja Media Athlete Tirunesh Dibaba gave birth to a baby boy in Atlanta on Friday, March 27, 2015 Photo: Mereja Media Water shortage in Mekelle Elementary school students are forced to carry water. Photo: Mereja Media Thousands of young Ethiopian who fled the fascist junta in their country are stranded in Yemen board Photo: Mereja Media Woubshet Taye, a journalist from Ethiopia and prisoner of conscience Woubshet Taye was the deputy editor of the independent weekly The Awramba Times, a leading opposition media voice. He had reported on the Beka! (Enough!) movement in 2011 that called for peaceful protests. He was detained in 2011 and held incommunicado before being sentenced to 14 years in prison. Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopian regime officials confronted by protesters in Minneapolis Photo: Mereja Media Fascist TPLF vs Fascist Italy board Photo: Mereja Media A common scene of Addis Ababa residents lining for cooking oil, sugar, and even taxi boardboard Photo: Mereja Media Residents of Mekele, northern Ethiopia, suffer from severe water shortage Photo: Mereja Media Frail looking Ethiopians appear in Kenyan court on Feb. 24 Photo: Mereja Media Lij Iyasu in school board Photo: Mereja Media Yekatit 12 (Feb. 19, 1937) massacre remembered board Photo: Mereja Media Uniformed police and undercover agents surround Ethiopian opposition UDJ’s office in Addis Ababa – 30 January 2015 Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopian opposition party’s office is surrounded by police after election board took away its “legal” status The main office of Ethiopian opposition party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) is surrounded by police today… Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopian-German model Sara Nuru helped raised 27,900 Euros for Karlheinz Böhm’s foundation to build schools in Ethiopia Ethiopian-German model Sara Nuru helped raised 27,900 Euros for Karlheinz Böhm’s foundation to build schools in Ethiopia where… Photo: Mereja Media 18 months after giving birth, Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia wins the Dubai Marathon Juggling her national flag and her 18-month-old daughter, Ethiopian distance runner Aselefech Mergia celebrated on the finish line… Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopia’s Aselefech Mergia and Kenenisa Bekele will run in the star-studded Dubai Marathon on tomorrow, January 23 Course records could well be under threat at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon when one of the best… Photo: Mereja Media A fool is thirsty in the midst of water. Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopian proverb: Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right. board Photo: Mereja Media