Il ritorno della stele di Axum, Le retour de la stèle de Axum, The Axum stele is back

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View of the stele, finally hoisted up by an Italian company in a site chosen by Italian archeologists. All the necessary machinery was transported from Italy, including the scaffonding in steel, perhaps never seen in Ethiopia. Who knows if one day anyone will know the total cost of the entire operation? Between the lines of various newspaper articles appear figures like 10 million Euros. Maybe someone might say that for this find of operation one shouldn't mind the cost...but please, go tell this to the Ethiopians who fight daily agaist famine.
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Perchè la Francia non restituisce tutto ciò che Napoleone ha "preso" in Egitto?
E perchè la tanto attiva Unione Africana contro l'Italia non agisce per la fine della dominazione spagnola di Ceuta e Melilla?
E perchè la tanto attiva Unione Africana contro l'Italia non agisce per la fine della dominazione spagnola di Ceuta e Melilla?
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Début septembre, toute l'Ethiopie a été mobilisée pour la cérémonie d'inauguration de l'obélisque de Axum remis sur pieds et qui fut "volée" à l'Ethiopie par les troupes de Mussolini il y a 70 ans. L'obélisque gisait par terre, brisée. Finalement plus que le peuple éthiopiens, ce sont l'UNESCO et l'Union Africaine, qui a son siège à Addis Abeba (la vieille OUA) qui s'en réjouissent.
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The first days of September, allof Ethiopia was mobilized for the hoisting of the famous Axum stele that was "stolen" by Mussolini's troops about 70 years ago. The stele was broken in several places on the ground. Finally, more than Ethiopian people, who have other priorities to think about, the Unesco and the African Union ( ex OUA) with its main office in Addis Abeba, were overjoyed.