Ethiopia Correspondent for @France24 [email protected] or [email protected] Insta: tomcanetti.journalist
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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🇮🇱🇪🇹 #Ethiopia has one of the oldest jewish communities in the world. Between the 1970s and the 1990s, this community was persecuted under the communist regime, and 20,000 Ethiopian jews were evacuated.
But a few thousand were left behind and are still waiting to rejoin their friends and family in Israël.
A #FOCUS report by Tom Canetti 👇
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— Domestically, Ethiopians are also consuming more and more of their local product. @France24_en’s correspondent @tomcanetti went to meet a French-Ethiopian winery in central Ethiopia. - france24.com/en/ethiopia-unc…
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Somali refugees displaced by fighting with Al-Shabaab are being registered for Ethiopia’s national Fayeda ID, giving them access to services including healthcare, education, employment and freedom of movement.
France 24 reports that 120,000 IDs have been issued, while about 400,000 refugees are in the registration process.
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🇪🇹 The #Ethiopian government, partnered with #UNHCR, is integrating refugees via mass issuance of digital IDs.
Labelled the Fayda system, Amharic for “value”, it allows refugees the freedom to move throughout the country, access to education, and the ability to get a job.
🇸🇴 In the #Somali region, the initiative is giving hope to thousands who have fled Al-Shabaab and have been living in camps for years in limbo in some cases for decades.
FRANCE 24’s correspondent @tomcanetti brings you the report ⤵️
Ethiopia helps integrate Somalian #refugees with digital ID system, allowing them to start their own businesses. @UNHCREthiopia @France24_en youtu.be/doVdBhUcjtU?is=X3J_…
L’Ethiopie pourrait bientôt devenir un nouveau géant du vin africain. Un partenariat entre viticulteurs locaux et experts français a permis l’importation de cépages bordelais. @france24
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UNHCR, Ethiopian, Japanese governments open multipurpose hub to aid 70,000 refugees living in Addis Ababa. @UNHCREthiopia @France24_en youtu.be/oidc_J2uNeg?is=ImFt…
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From the mountains of #Tigray to the top of Australian athletics.
Growing up in a remote village in Tigray, Ethiopia, Haftu Strintzos never imaged that running would one day define his life.
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Turkish leader Erdogan played a devious practical joke on NATO leaders.
A fully loaded pistol in a gift box, hand-signed by the Turkish President himself, was given to each head of delegation before departing.
Naturally, most did not bother opening the gift bag right there and then.
Once they landed in their home countries, things went haywire.
All the gift boxes in the luggage of various delegations were confiscated by airport police.
Legally, you cannot carry a weapon into an aircraft - even a legally-registered weapon. It is a serious offence. You could be jailed.
Amazing story.
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News: #Ethiopia excluded from global food crisis report due to data gaps despite ongoing humanitarian food needs
The report notes that Ethiopia had been included in the 2025 edition, representing more than 27 million people facing high levels of acute food insecurity in 2024 alongside four other countries and territories, but “no updated estimates were available for 2025.” It attributes the growing data gaps to “a combination of factors, including challenges to obtain authorization to collect or share data, limited funding and a lack of priority for data collection.”
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The United States has said it will prevent the United Nations supporting an African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia from the start of next year, two documents showed, in a move that officials said is likely to end its operations. reuters.com/world/africa/som…
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China may soon surpass France as the world's largest foie gras producer as its exports gain traction reut.rs/4vpe096
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🇪🇹Après des mois de tensions entre le gouvernement d’#AbiyAhmed et le #TPLF, un drone a frappé #Sheraro, près de l’Érythrée.
Crainte d’une reprise du conflit dans une région déjà marquée par l’une des guerres les plus meurtrières du XXIe siècle.
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#FOCUS - 🇪🇹 L’#Éthiopie vote ce 1 er Juin pour des élections générales. Après une campagne qui a laissé peu de place à l’opposition, le parti du Premier ministre Abiy Ahmed part grand favori.
🔧 Au cœur de son bilan : le “projet corridor”, un vaste chantier de modernisation du pays. Mais plus de 10 000 personnes ont été expulsées pour réaliser les rêves de développement du gouvernement.
Reportage de Tom Canetti ⤵️
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#FOCUS - 🇪🇹 Ethiopians head to the polls on June 1st for the country’s 7th general elections.
🔧 One of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s flagship policies is the corridor project: a sweeping modernisation plan reshaping cities across the country with widened boulevards, luxury hotels and 24-hour street lighting. But the project has displaced over 10,000 people in #AddisAbaba alone.
Report by #FRANCE24's @tomcanetti ⤵️