A Doctor without a border

In a region of great uncertainty, Ethiopia looks to the future, seeking mediation for its ongoing boundary dispute with Eritrea

By Peter Schneider

Published July 21, 2004

Dr. Berhanu Dibaba is among a number of Ottawa diplomats whose careers began in medicine, not politics. He says, "I'm not a career diplomat. I'm a medical doctor by profession. I had worked for the United Nations Human Rights Commission refugees program at the national level in Ethiopia, and just started in diplomacy two years back." Stationed in Ottawa as Ethiopia's Ambassador to Canada, and also responsible for...

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