Fire damages historic hotel in Ethiopia
A fire department official says a fire has damaged a hotel which is a historical landmark in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Commander Tadesse Gemechu said Sunday two people were taken to the...
View ArticleEthiopian church leader visits Synod seminaries
The president of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus visited both LCMS seminaries Dec. 15-16, further continuing discussions that began earlier in 2014 about the growing relationship between...
View ArticleAddis Ababa was a host for a great British Exporters Exhibition last month
British Ambassador Greg Dorey and Ethiopian Minister for Industry Ahmed Abtew at the opening ceremony of British exporters exhibition. Ethiopia is becoming an investment magnet even for the western...
View ArticleFire damages historic hotel in Ethiopia
Firemen walk through wreckage at the Taitu Hotel following a fire at the historical landmark built in 1907, in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015.
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines to Start flights to Tokyo
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has finalized preparations to start new services to Tokyo Narita International Airport in April 2015, in codeshare...
View ArticleEthiopia: When the Smoke Clears - New Tobacco Directive
In a January 2013 interview with Tobacco Journal International, a leading publication on tobacco, Gizachew Hagos, managing director of National Tobacco Enterprise , said he does not anticipate any...
View ArticleEthiopia: Opposition Parties Go Ahead Despite Complaint Over Observers' Election
As polling stations around the country have opened for registration of the electorate on January 9, 2015, opposition political parties are expressing their discomfort on the pre-election process....
View ArticleFire guts Ethiopian hotel made famous by 'Scoop'
Fire has badly damaged a historic hotel in Ethiopia's capital made famous as the setting for Evelyn Waugh's 1938 satirical novel "Scoop". A fierce blaze late Saturday swept through the Itegue Taitu...
View ArticleEthiopia: Andargachew Tsgie Before the T-TPLF Inquisition?
Voltaire also wisely observed, "All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
View ArticleEthiopia's buoyant economy raises Heineken's hopes for beer market growth
Heineken is betting on Ethiopia's rising incomes to fuel rapid expansion of the beer market in Africa's second most populous country, where the group is the first of the big international brewers to...
View ArticleEthiopia: Flag Carrier Enrages Private Carriers
Owners and managers of local private airlines yesterday voiced their grave concern over Ethiopian Airlines recent initiative to launch a premium charter flight services. Following a news article run by...
View ArticleEthiopia: Ethiopian City Bans Smoking in Public Areas
The capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Mekelle, has banned smoking in public areas, making it the first Ethiopian city to implement a tobacco control proclamation bill passed by parliament...
View ArticleParties to field many women candidates in upcoming election - Tuesday, 13...
Addis Ababa, 13 January 2015 - Political parties said they would field many female candidates in the upcoming general election. National Electoral Board of Ethiopia said on its part it will provide...
View ArticleEthio-Canada 50 anniversary relations to be celebrated whole year - Tuesday,...
The 50th anniversary of Canada-Ethiopia Diplomatic relations celebrations kicked off at the Addis Ababa University in the Institute of Ethiopian Studies Friday. Remarking on the event Canadian...
View ArticleMubarak to be retried
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been held since he stepped down during the country's uprising in 2011. He was convicted in 2012 on charges of inciting violence against protesters and was...
View ArticleOld Meets New
"Mission trip or National Geographic ?" This was the question I repeatedly got asked when I told neighbors and friends I was en route to Ethiopia. "Mission trip," I lied through gritted teeth to a cop...
View ArticleSurprises at every turn
The Blue Nile tumbling into a chasm on its way from its source in Lake Tana to its meeting with the White Nile in Khartoum. Samson is escorting me around the Queen of Sheba's palace, just minutes after...
View ArticleEgypt should be at ease with GERD: Ethiopian Patriarch - Monday, 12 January...
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam should bring Egyptians and Ethiopians together to discuss its benefits, said Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Patriarch Abune Mathias during his visit to Egypt....
View ArticleMysterious Symbol of Swastika & Its Different Perceptions
The swastika is a symbol used by of one of the most hated men on Earth, a symbol that represents the slaughter of millions of people and one of the most destructive wars on Earth. But Adolf Hitler was...
View ArticleSomaliland: Patriots proud of peace
Somaliland has become a bastion of democracy and stability compared with Mogadishu and other areas in the war-torn south, writes Christopher Adams. From the back seat it appears as if the bus has been...
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