Germany investigating killing of Eritrean refugee in Dresden

(Reuters) - A 20-year-old asylum seeker from Eritrea has been stabbed to death in Dresden, a city in the east of Germany at the center of protests against Islam and immigration.
The state prosecutors' office said on Thursday the man was found dead on a street on Tuesday morning. A police spokesman declined to comment but prosecutors said 25 detectives had been assigned to investigate the case.
German media said the man was last seen alive on Monday evening and one paper quoted a local leader in the Left party, Juliane Nagel, urging police to redouble their efforts to determine if racist violence was involved.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said about 100 people had staged a demonstration when the police confirmed that the man, who was not named, was the victim of a violent crime. The paper quoted Mayor Helma Orosz as saying she was shocked by the news.

Genzebe Dibaba to chase world indoor 5000m record in Stockholm

Genzebe Dibaba will take a tilt at the world indoor 5000m record at the XL Galan meeting in Stockholm on 19 February, organisers of the IAAF Indoor Permit meeting announced on Wednesday (14).
The current mark is 14:24.37 set by Dibaba’s compatriot Meseret Defar at the same venue back in 2009.
Stockholm’s Ericsson Globe arena was also where Dibaba ran a world indoor 3000m record of 8:16.60 last year, taking more than seven seconds off the previous record which had also been held by Defar.
It was the second of Dibaba's three record-breaking runs last winter, coming after her 1500m world indoor record in Karlsruhe and before her two miles world indoor best in Birmingham.
To date, no fewer than 15 world indoor records have been set at the Globe Arena.

In Ethiopia, The 'Hipsters' Have A Unique Style All Their Own

In the Omo Valley of Ethiopia, a community of stylish men and women caught the attention of a photographer.
Alex Franco was struck by the Hamer, Mursi, Banna and Bodi ethnic groups, all of which have what the BBC World Service described as a "hipster cool" kind of style. They dress in elaborate colors, stand in graceful poses, and alter their hair.
"Resilient local traditions are combined with Western fashion in an original, quirky way," the BBC told A+ in an email.
Check out Franco's pictures below, and hear him talk about his experience in the short video above.
Alex Franco is a Spanish-born fashion photographer and filmmaker.

         
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Ethiopian Airlines eyes stakes in Rwanda, Congo carriers

(Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines [ETHA.UL] is in talks with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to purchase stakes in their carriers and manage them, its chief executive told Reuters.
Discussions with Kigali and Kinshasa follow similar deals with Malawi and South Sudan, part of efforts to become a global carrier and put the airline at the heart of travel in Africa.
Ethiopia's state-owned airline is ranked the largest airline in Africa by revenue and profit by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), an the industry body representing 250 airlines that account for 84 percent of global air traffic.

Ethiopian city bans smoking in public places

Addis Ababa (AFP) - An Ethiopian city has banned smoking in public places with fines more than an average monthly wage, the first city in the country to do so, reports said Tuesday.

The decision by the northeastern city of Mekele, capital of the Tigray region, makes smoking illegal in bars, restaurants, schools and hospitals, as well as outdoors in stadiums and during religious festivals.

Advertising tobacco is also banned, Ethiopian media reported.

Fines have been set at $50 for individuals and $150 for owners of bars or restaurants, a stiff punishment in a country where average monthly salaries are less than $40, according to the World Bank.

Ethiopia's parliament last year voted to ban smoking in public places to combat tobacco-related diseases, but the law had not been enforced until now.

Nearly one in 10 young Ethiopians smoke, according to the World Health Organization.

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Ethiopia's economy raises Heineken's hopes for beer market growth

Heineken is betting on Ethiopia's rising incomes to fuel rapid expansion of the beer market in Africa's second most populous country.
Ethiopia's average annual beer consumption of some five litres per capita is about half the average level for sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa, offering scope for expansion among the population.
Heineken's African and Middle East regional president Siep Hiemstra said in an interview on Monday that Ethiopians were used to fermented drinks and also grew barley, used in beer making.
"It's a country, where as a brewer, you believe you should be there ... One can expect that there will be rapid expansion of the brewing industry," he said.
Ethiopia's economy is expanding at about 9 percent per year, sturdy growth that led to its debut one billion US dollars Eurobond being oversubscribed last month.
The world's major brewers have turned to emerging markets such as Africa for growth because consumer spending in Europe is sluggish and the United States offers only limited expansion opportunities.

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