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Ethiopia has banned what would have been its first nude photography exhibition. "Authorities from the Culture Ministry asked me to submit my photos before the exhibition was inaugurated. Afterwards they said: 'This isn't art, it's pornography,'" (photographer) Biniam (Mengesha) said.Tags: nudism,

BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopians drink from cup of sorrow Ethiopians drink from cup of sorrow By Elizabeth Blunt BBC News, Addis Ababa By 0900, the children at Bisidimo Hospital, near Ethiopia's eastern town of Harar, are on their third feed of the day.

Man #2 - Harar, Ethiopia... Girl #2 - the poser, Harar, Ethiopia... Well, you guessed right. I'm still here in Addis. After a full day's research I'm still here. I could not find the elusive minivan to Bahar Dir. Struck out at the bus station and bridge. A lot of people offered me surprisingly exorbitant landcruiser rides at the bridge...

Boy #1 - the guide, Harar, Ethiopia... Certainly a good news/bad news kind of day. Good news: Finally got the Sudanese visa. As an added bonus it has a period of validity of one month and 2 full weeks of transit time. That makes Thursday the perfect day to arrive at the border.

The first leg of the journey was an overnight flight from Chicago to London. Quite uneventful except for the funny coincidence that we were on the same flight as a few of our friends from church who were on their way to India. Our layover left us with about 7 hours to hang around in London.

Breakfast (well, in between orders of firfir) with the new NGO's... 2 developments today. One, the breakfast for all my new NGO's went off without a hitch. Met up with the contact person for "the project", Nezro (sp?). I thought I was treating 4 or 6 kids but eight showed up.

Girl #1 in Harar, Ethiopia... No pain, no gain seems to be the cliche that applies to traveling in Ethiopia. I'm happy to be out of Harar. Things went well on the bus today. Could have arrived earlier in Addis if it were for the constant harassment of Ethiopian customs authorities along the way.

so i have been back in des moines for a little while now losing my sanity one day at a time.  i think i am just a person who does not do well with idle time but in a weird way.  it starts out that i am bored but then i get the opportunity to hang out with some people and i don’t want to but i do

Hundreds of local and international pilgrims have started arriving at the Uganda martyrs shrine in Namugongo, near Kampala, to pay homage to over 30 Christians murdered by authorities for failing to denounce Christianity in 1886.

Since the advent of the new millennium, we have been hearing about the terrorizing terror news everywhere. Terrorism has always been implemented by one group or another throughout history but what makes the terrorism acts of our time different is some people are using it not only for fear mongering but also for a calculated political maneuvering like it has never been done before.