Ethiopians Mourn Their Dead Ministers
The scene in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian capital, yesterday as the funeral took place of government ministers killed by the rebels in last week's unsuccessful coup d'etat. In foreground are seen many weeping women, and in background, loyal Ethiopians c...
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Firing from Cover
New pictures by courier and aeroplane from Abyssinia's Southern front.
Photo just received shows:- Abyssinian gunners firing from cover back of Gerlogubi, where the Italians attack from the air and where there has been frequent skirmishing - phot...
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First Ethiopia General Elections
With members of the Army standing by, voters enter one of the polling stations during the first Ethiopia General Elections held recently.—(United Press).
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Food for Work
This U. N. "Food for Work" project in the Highlands of Ethiopia is mobilizing villages in a soil terracing project. The need is urgent: the UN estimates that each year Ethiopia loses 1,000 million tonnes of precious topsoil. (UNEP/Charles Stewart)
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Italian Native Camel Riders
To the Italian Abyssinian quarrel. O. P. S. Italian native camel riders on a patrol near the Abyssinian frontier.
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Measures Taken to Overcome Illiteracy
Ethiopia has now started training adults to read and write, in order to overcome illiteracy. These Ethiopian women are studying in the alphabetization class in Addis Ababa, and around 20,000 voluntary teachers all over the country conduct these cl...
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New Picture of the Ethiopian Commander at Adowa
Ras Seyoum (centre), King of the Tigre and Commander of the Ethiopian forces at Adowa where he constantly harassed the Italians. He has already shown himself a clever strategist by extricating his men from the trap set up by General De Bono.
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One of Selassie's Lions
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: One of the Imperial lions is seen in this recent picture on a wall, with an Ethiopian musing below it, in the vicinity of the Guks Tournament Arena.
The Queen and Prince Philip saw the Guk Tournament during their visit to Et...
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Population Progressively Overcomes Illiteracy
455 Ethiopians at the age between 15 and 75 learn to read and write at the "Hizbawi-Serawit School of Addis Ababa at present. Some 5.5 million people wanted to participate in the 2nd alphabetization phase, which began in the end of 1979. Lessons a...
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