Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf: Our Fight, Our Future
People often ask me if I feel pressure as the first democratically elected female leader of an African nation.
View ArticleBig Africa Projects Face Legal Battles, Community Protests
Several major African infrastructure projects, including some multibillion-dollar hydroelectric jobs, now are beset by contracting disputes among global participants, protests from local communities...
View ArticleAuthority to renovate 660km roads
Addis Ababa June 24/2013 The Ethiopian Roads Authority signed agreement with a domestic contractor to renovate 660km roads with over 153.2 million Birr.
View ArticleDubai Customs foils a bid to smuggle 2kg from an African country to India
As part of Dubai Customs` consistent efforts to encounter international smuggling operations of narcotic drugs, Customs` officers at Dubai international airport detected 2 kg of the narcotic crystal...
View ArticleDazzling Miss Israel Brings Message of Jewish Diversity to America
When Miss Israel, Yityish Aynaw, entered a Solomon Schechter Day School prekindergarten class, in New Milford, N.J., a caretaker excitedly asked the children, "Do you know where she's from?" The little...
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines arrives in Seoul Incheon
The new service, which operates via Hong Kong , is offered with four-weekly frequencies.
View ArticleMass Ethiopian aliya to end in August
The Jewish Agency is preparing to end mass aliya from Ethiopia with two final flights consisting of 400 immigrants on August 28. The Jewish Agency emissary to Ethiopia, Asher Seyum, made the...
View ArticleEthiopian aliyah to end Aug. 28, Jewish Agency says
"Live your values, embrace your traditions, but open yourselves up and never stop trying to heal the wounds of the world," former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton implored an France's interior...
View ArticleDemocracy, Human Rights, Refugees: Ethiopia After Meles Zenawi
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to discuss the situation in Ethiopia since the death in August 2012 of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
View ArticleAfrica: Chinese Language Class Officially Launched At AU Headquarters
The Chinese language class has been officially launched at the African Union , the pan- African bloc said in a press statement on Saturday.
View ArticleEthiopian delegation in Cairo for dam talk...
Addis Ababa, June 26, 2013 - A delegation from the Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development arrived in Cairo on Sunday to discuss updates in the region and socio-economic relations...
View ArticleEthiopian begins new service to Seoul
Addis Ababa june 25/2013 The Ethiopian Airlines has begun new services to Seoul, the Republic of Korea.
View ArticleEthiopia blends 7.9 mln liters of ethanol with benzene in 11 months -...
Some 7.9 million liters of ethanol has been blended with benzene and supplied to local markets during the past 11 months, according to the Ministry of Water and Energy .
View ArticleMelaku Fenta wants transfer to city prison...
Lawyers of former director general of Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority requested the second criminal bench of the Federal High Court for their client to be transferred to the Addis Ababa Prison...
View ArticleMuslim Officials Attempt to Charge Ethiopian Evangelist With Terrorism, Treason
Ethiopian officials arbitrarily detained and arrested a Christian evangelist under charges of terrorism and treason in response to his Christian faith and activities.
View ArticleThis Week In Black History
For the week of June 26-July 2 June 26 1899- Black inventor William H. Richardson redesigns the baby carriage.
View ArticleResidents buy over 12 mln. Birr worth bond for Dam construction
Gimbi June 26/2013Residents of Gimbi Town in Oromia State have bought during the last nine months over 12 million Birr worth bond for construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, communication...
View ArticleWars for water become reality today
While major powers continue to cross swords around Syria, a little further south, at a distance of a thousand kilometers, another conflict is flaming.
View ArticleRock churches of Lalibela, the Jerusalem of Ethiopia
In the rugged mountains of northern Ethiopia, Lalibela is a religious center that's home to 11 famous rock-hewn churches.
View ArticleMetal bar falls from sky, hits home
It led some Seattle residents to call the police. But it wasn't a noise nuisance caused by hard rock music that they complained about.
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