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Ethiopia Tigray in Crisis

Tigist, 40, speaks from her bed at an IDP centre in Mekele, Ethiopia on March 27, 2025. Forced to flee her home in Humera in 2020, she now suffers from kidney disease and cannot afford the 700 birr (€4.95) monthly medication. “I wouldn’t ask Trump for aid, just to help me return home,” she says. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)BRITAIN-LONDON-LONDON MARATHON

(240421) -- LONDON, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- First placed Peres Jepchirchir (C) of Kenya, second placed Tigist Assefa (L) of Ethiopia and third placed Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya pose on the podium during the awarding ceremony for the women's elite race event at 2024 London Marathon in London, Britain, April 21, 2024. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)

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(SP)BRITAIN-LONDON-LONDON MARATHON

(240421) -- LONDON, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- First placed Peres Jepchirchir (C) of Kenya, second placed Tigist Assefa (L) of Ethiopia and third placed Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya pose after the women's elite race at 2024 London Marathon in London, Britain, April 21, 2024. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: Both men's and women's marathon world records were shattered in 2023. On October 8, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum became the first man to run a marathon in under 2:01:00, setting a new world record of two hours and 35 seconds to win the Chicago Marathon, while Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia lowered the women's record with her 2:11:53 run to victory in the Berlin Marathon on September 24. This file photo taken on Sept. 24, 2023 shows Tigist Assefa celebrating after winning the women's race of the Berlin Marathon 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(230925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist of the men's race, Eliud Kipchoge (R) of Kenya, and gold medalist of the women's race, Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia, pose after the awarding ceremony of the Berlin Marathon 2023 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(230925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist of the women's race, Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia, celebrates after winning during the Berlin Marathon 2023 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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Weekend markets attract low-income residents in Ethiopian capital

STORY: Weekend markets attract low-income residents in Ethiopian capital DATELINE: Jan 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:57 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of weekend markets attracting low-income residents in Addis Ababa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): AZALECH GIZAW, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic) LEALEM TILAHUN, Vendor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Amharic) TIGIST WORKU, Vendor STORYLINE: A number of informal markets that run only on weekends have become the new choice for many low-income residents in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Along one of the busiest roads in the city, traders sell their goods in makeshift tents erected on one side of the two-way road every weekend. Azalech Gizaw, who was out to buy clothing, said goods at the informal markets are sold at favorable prices. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): AZALECH GIZAW, Local resident "Unlike other places, here we can buy products at very favorable prices. The major reason is that the weekend markets, be it those selling agricultural or

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ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-SUNDAY MARKETS

(230124) -- ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tigist Worku, a vendor at a Sunday Market, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jan. 14, 2023. TO GO TIWH: "Feature: 'Sunday Markets' attract low-income residents in Ethiopian capital" (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(220925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist of the women's race, Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia, dashes past the finish line during the Berlin Marathon 2022 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 25, 2022. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(220925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist of the women's race, Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia, celebrates after the Berlin Marathon 2022 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 25, 2022. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(220925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia poses on the podium for the women's race at the Berlin Marathon 2022 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 25, 2022. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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Lemlem Hailu, Tigist Ketema

L-R Lemlem Hailu (ETH) and Tigist Ketema (ETH) competes in the Women 1500 meters race during Czech Indoor Gala 2020 annual indoor track and field 1500 metres race during Czech Indoor Gala 2020 annual indoor track and field competition, on February 5, 2020, in Ostrava, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Petr Sznapka)

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Simona Vrzalova, Lemlem Hailu, Tigist Ketema

L-R Lemlem Hailu (ETH), Tigist Ketema (ETH) and Simona Vrzalova (CZE) competes in the Women 1500 meters race during Czech Indoor Gala 2020 annual indoor track and field 1500 metres race during Czech Indoor Gala 2020 annual indoor track and field competition, on February 5, 2020, in Ostrava, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Petr Sznapka)