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I am a journalist with over 13 year experience . My focus has mainly been television production. I have produced content for CGTN , South Africa Broadcasting Corporation, Newsy( Based in US ),PBSNews Hour ( Based in US ) , DW Germany radio and Television among other media . I have done stories in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia,South Sudan, Central African Republic, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Morocco ad Sychelles. I am accredited to the African Union commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa .
Allegations of ethnic cleansing that began in November 2020, amid a military crackdown in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region now threaten to engulf the surrounding areas and permanently tarnish the reputation of the country’s nobel prize-winning prime minister. Thousands are dead, tens of thousands have been displaced, and the Ethiopian government is on the defensive.
A Story of how illegal migration has affected communities in remote areas of Ethiopia . The desire for wealth doesn't always turn to a happy story for some. I wrote the article as a consultancy for UNICEF Ethiopia .
The United Nations says it's still trying to verify details of airstrikes over Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray, and is again calling for an end to hostilities. Ethiopia's National Defense Forces acknowledge carrying out the airstrikes, claiming it was targeting communication installations of the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Conflict between the government and the group erupted in November last year. The UN says over 7 million people have been affected.
Ethiopia is slowly introducing a new set of private taxi companies which a number of women are hoping to take advantage of. Phone and online services are opening up the market -- traditionally dominated by men. CGTN's Coletta Wanjohi met one woman in Addis Ababa, who has decided to get behind the wheel to make her own money.
An organization in Ethiopia is offering shelter to single mothers who are visually impaired. Many of these women are homeless.
Ethiopia was one of the two African countries that sent soldiers under the United Nations to directly participate in the Korean War in 1950. Seventy years later, Coletta Wanjohi talks to some of the Ethiopians who fought in that conflict.
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