Adwa

[ad-wuh, ahd-]

noun

1. a town in N Ethiopia, in the Tigray region.

Example Sentences

Nigsti Gidey was five months pregnant when her husband was killed by an explosion earlier this year in Newi district, near Adwa.

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Efforts have been made to collect unexploded weapons - like in Gorero, a small village off the side of the main road to Adwa, where officials have combed farms and fields.

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In Adwa, officials who lack options to safely dispose of explosives carry them back at great personal risk to store them haphazardly in the compound of the town’s peace and security office.

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She had been living in a camp for displaced people in Adwa town until recently when she moved to help Berhane.

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A usual 20-minute journey by foot to the village school would now take around an hour - so he has moved to Adwa, where he has rented a house with his sister.

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