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Ethiopia's age-old culture

Traditional dancers at Habesha Restaurant.

Despite often depressing reports emanating from Ethiopia, there are many fine things to be enjoyed there as PETER MUIRURI found out

The air was heavy with clouds when the Ethiopian Airlines plane landed at Bole International Airport. However, any dull moments were immediately banished the moment I stepped in the clean, ultra modern, glass clad terminal building that could easily be mistaken for a Five-star hotel by a first time visitor.

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