Ethiopia's maritime ambitions are not limited to ESL. A school for sailors has been set up at a university in the lakeside town of Bahir Dar.

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The gateway to the mountains is Lushoto, a valley market town reached by a painstakingly slow and bumpy bus ride from either Dar es Salaam (250km) or Arusha (170km).

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He said a police helicopter was flying over the town, which is about 500km (310 miles) south of the main city of Dar es Salaam.

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