Experts meet to review the Beijing Platform on status of women
A high level conference has kicked off in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to discuss the consolidated regional report for endorsement in view of the 2015 United Nations Commission on the Status of...
View ArticleEthiopians celebrate Sigd holiday in tense Jerusalem
It was a distinctly celebratory occasion, current events notwithstanding. Despite a heavy police presence and the drone of helicopters overhead, several thousand people gathered Thursday for Sigd, the...
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines Hit by Ebola Fears
ANTWERP, Belgium-Ethiopian Airlines is losing around $8 million a month in sales as travelers cut back on African trips as concern about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa affects far-afield airlines,...
View ArticleMedia professionals need to play crucial role in creating awareness of child...
Addis Ababa, 20 November 2014 - Media professionals of the nation need to play a pivotal role in creating awareness to the public on child rights During the occasion of children film screening day at...
View ArticleThe contribution of traditional healers' clinics to public health...
Ethiopian people have been using traditional medicine since time immemorial with 80% of its population dependent on traditional medicines. However, the documentation of traditional healers' clinics...
View ArticleThe War against Ethiopia's Policy Independence
Amen Teferi The goal of any human right groups or social activists, I think, is to reduce the likelihood of atrocities as well as to advance hopes for freedom, human rights, and democracy. If this can...
View ArticleChad: I Had to Eat Like Animal - HabrA Prison Survivor
A man who survived the jails of former Chadian president Hissne Habr says he had to eat directly with his mouth "like an animal" during his four months of detention, because his hands were tied behind...
View ArticleTo cut climate emissions and pollution, Ethiopia harnesses sewage
A Chilean woman holds a pot as she prepares a meal in her kitchen, in Santiago March 27, 2004. REUTERS/Carlos Barria ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Sewage in Ethiopia's capital could soon be turned into...
View ArticleFive Ethiopian - U.S Universities Partnerships to ...
To mark the conclusion of International Education Week, the Embassy of the United States of America today announced the results of a small grant competition to provide seed money for innovative...
View ArticleVIDEO: Commercialising farming in Ethiopia
There may be a property and infrastructure boom in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, but more than 70% of Ethiopians still live in rural areas - farming grain and livestock. The government, with...
View ArticleEthiopian public diplomacy delegation plans to visit Egypt - Friday, 21...
Addis Ababa, 21 November 2014 - Ethiopia has finalized preparations to send a public diplomacy delegation to Egypt next month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. "Members of the delegation...
View ArticleFirefighters Save Historic Crucifix From Smoldering Remains Of California Church
Father Fermo Mantovani, the pastor of Holy Cross Parish, remembers watching a firetruck hoist the gilded, 10-foot cross high up into the air and over the building's charred remains before carefully...
View ArticleEthiopian major general named head of UN force in Abyei
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday announced the appointment of Major General Birhanu Jula Gelalcha of Ethiopia as Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei , UN...
View ArticleAmbassador Woinshet presents her credentials to Finish President - Saturday,...
Addis Ababa, 22 November 2014 - Ambassador of Ethiopia to Sweden and Nordic Countries, Ambassador Woinshet Tadesse, presented her credentials to the President of the Republic of Finland, Mr. Sauli...
View ArticleGov't striving for free, fair elections: PM Hailemariam - Saturday, 22...
Addis Ababa, 22 November 2014 - Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn said the government is providing wide-ranging supports to make the upcoming national election free, fair and credible. While...
View ArticleEthiotelecom secures over 5bln birr in quarter - Saturday, 22 November 2014...
Addis Ababa, 22 November 2014 - Ethiotelecom disclosed that it has secured over 5 billion birr during the first quarter of the current Ethiopian fiscal year. Chief Executive Officer of Ethiotelecom,...
View ArticleEthiopia: Third Powering Africa Meeting Kicks Off in Addis
State Minister Dr. YinagerDessie adressed the annual Energy conference today started in Addis Ababa with the presence of higher government officials and international energy companies and other...
View ArticleEthiopia: Air Algerie, Srilankan Airlines to Fly to Addis Ababa
The national flag carrier of Algeria, Air Algrie, last week announced that it is planning to launch new route between Algiers and Addis Ababa. At the 46th Annual General Assembly of the African...
View ArticleEthiopia: Dire Dawa's Good Old Days
In the good old days, taking a stroll down one of the three perpendicular streets, which converges at the Dire Dawa Railway Station, one could easily see how vibrant the neighborhood was. It was full...
View ArticleThe de-Ethiopianization of Ethiopia
It is important to note that neither the TPLF as an organization nor its leaders in power, marginalized from power or retired from power have ever jointly or severally disavowed the authenticity of the...
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