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Belachew said earthquakes are also expected to hit other Ethiopian towns on the Great Rift Valley - a geologic depression that runs from the Jordan River valley in southwest Asia to Mozambique in East Africa. The Rift Valley was formed by the movement of tectonic plates, and it is highly susceptible to earthquakes and volcanic activity.
This certainly includes the region of Israel....
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Ethiopian government donates land for hundreds of congregations
by James Jewell | posted 05/17/2005 09:00 a.m.
In remote northwest Ethiopia, 500 small churches have been built in the last 14 months. The remarkable church growth—from just seven in early 2004—in impoverished Benishangul-Gumuz province comes from the extraordinary collaboration of a government official, an association of Ethiopian evangelical denominations, and the energies of an 84-year-old American pastor.
The American minister is Charles Blair, for more than 50 years pastor of Denver's Assemblies of God megachurch, Calvary Temple. Blair heads the Charles E. Blair Foundation, which has worked in Ethiopia since 1990, when the Communist government fell. The foundation trains church leaders and raises money to support pastors in the poor nation (nationally, per-capita GDP is approximately $700).
Talargie Yeshidenberb was the national representative of the Blair Foundation in Ethiopia. Two years ago, Yeshidenberb, a veterinarian, looked up from his desk in the capital city, Addis Ababa. In the doorway was Yaregal Aysheshim, president of the Benishangul-Gumuz province and one of the few Christians in government.
Blair said Aysheshim was impressed by the transforming power of Christianity, and so "challenged us to help the Evangelical Churches Fellowship of Ethiopia begin 1,000 churches in that many villages in his province, before his current term of office ends this September."
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/006/11.26.html
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Ethiopia advises evacuation of 50,000 after earthquakes / volcanos erupt
Wednesday 5 October 2005
(ADDIS ABABA) — Authorities in northeastern Ethiopia have advised 50,000 people to evacuate from a remote region following a series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, an official said Wednesday.
The evacuation advice was given in the Afar region after a Sept. 24 earthquake triggered an eruption of the previously dormant Mount Arteala. Another quake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale struck Tuesday, leading to another eruption, said Manahlo Belachew from the Seismology Department of the Addis Ababa University.
A thick layer of ash that has spewed from the volcano has covered grazing grounds, preventing nomadic cattle herders from feeding their livestock. Several hundred cattle have already died in the region, which borders Eritrea and Djibouti.
"We were also told that earthquakes have so far damaged roads in the region’s Teru and Dubti districts, making transportation difficult in a region largely inhabited by salt-mining Afar pastoralists," Belachew said.
Afar authorities have advised the 50,000 people living in the stricken area to travel 400 kilometers south of the region to save their lives and cattle, Belachew said.
Officials have had trouble getting information from the region because of its remote location.
Belachew said earthquakes are also expected to hit other Ethiopian towns on the Great Rift Valley - a geologic depression that runs from the Jordan River valley in southwest Asia to Mozambique in East Africa. The Rift Valley was formed by the movement of tectonic plates, and it is highly susceptible to earthquakes and volcanic activity.
http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=11934
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