Ethiopian Muslims colorfully celebrate 1,436 Eid al-Fitr - Friday, 17 July...
Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council President, Sheikh Mohammedamin Jemal in the occasion said that, Muslims concluded Ramadan in self-restraint, intended to bring the faithful closer to God....
View ArticleFederal government accused of 'purposely delaying' prison transfer from Ethiopia
Ottawa has dropped the ball in the prison-transfer of a Canadian citizen serving a life sentence in Ethiopia, according to Said Maktal, a cousin of the prisoner. Maktal criticizes Ottawa of not...
View ArticleTwo girls banned from travelling out of Britain in FGM protection order
Fears: Former Lib Dem MP Baroness Tonge raised contacted Scotland Yard over her concerns that young girls were being taken to Somalia for FDM A senior peer has reported a plane load of mothers to...
View ArticleEthiopian Airline supports Conference on Financing Development - Saturday, 18...
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, has said it wants to support the Third International Conference on Financing for Development that would be convened in Addis Ababa, the diplomatic...
View ArticleNon communicable diseases a major threat in 21st Century
Non Communicable Diseases are number one cause of death and disability worldwide and is therefore one of the major health and development challenges of the 21st century. This is in terms of human...
View ArticleChina-US cooperation in Africa might be on Obama
US President Barack Obama will take off later this week on a trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, his first trip to the two nations as president of the world's superpower. Obama bypassed Kenya, his father's...
View ArticleHolland Car, Zemen Bank scuffling again
Tadesse Tessema , general manager and shareholder of Holland Car, which is currently under liquidation, filed a claim to the 5th commercial bench of Federal First Instance Court of Lideta Division to...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Ethiopia v. Zone9 Bloggers: Verdict Expected July 20
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View ArticleEricsson network expansion contract revoked, awarded to Huawei
Ethio Telecom has revoked one of the four telecom expansion circles it awarded to Ericsson seven months after signing a contract. Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant, has been awarded the project.
View ArticleAfrica: Financing Development - Did Addis Summit Meet Expectations?
Activists from different civil society organisation on tax matters have slammed last week's third International Conference on Financing for Development held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa as a...
View ArticleIn first, Ethiopian-born linguist scales Israel's ivory tower
Tel Aviv University and an Honors Bachelors degree from the University of Toronto in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Jewish Studies, and English. [Less] Without fanfare or fuss, Dr. Anbessa...
View ArticleFifty Somali Teenage Girls Taken from UK to Somalia for FGM
Reports that at least 50 girls were taken from the UK to Somalia for female genital mutilation are being investigated by Scotland Yard. Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Tonge contacted the Metropolitan...
View ArticleEthiopia: A tale of two countries - Tuesday, 21 July 2015 06:57
The famine-torn Ethiopia of 1984-5 is a distant memory, although this is still a very poor country and very much two countries in one. There is the massive building boom in the capital, Addis Ababa,...
View ArticleUganda signs defence pact with Ethiopia
The signing was done by Uganda's Defence Minister, Crispus Kiyonga and his counterpart, Siraj Fegessa, at Mbuya Army Headquarters in Kampala on Tuesday. The signing was also witnessed by Gen Katumba...
View ArticleEthiopia and EU sign agreements to further support Ethiopia's Development
Addis Ababa, 22 July 2015 - The Government of Ethiopia and the European Union sign agreements worth of 190 million Euros to support Ethiopia's road sector and safety net programs, MoFA reported. The...
View ArticlePresident Obama Visits Kenya and Ethiopia
A security guard walks past a wall mural depicting U.S. President Barack Obama outside the Go-Down Art Centre in Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 17, 2015. Kenya is preparing itself for a visit by U.S....
View ArticleEthiopia powers up ambitions for green, climate-resilient industry -...
The hulking waste-to-energy power plant taking shape on the edge of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital symbolizes ambitions to convert the agrarian Horn of Africa country into an eco-friendly industrial...
View ArticleEthiopia: emerging African Economic Giant - Tuesday, 21 July 2015 19:12
Ethiopia, the African Lion, has been emerging as one of the fastest growing countries in the continent but not much has said or written about it, moneymattersafrica.com reported. In his presentation in...
View ArticleEthiopia: Its Bargaining Power Gathering Momentum
For sure, Ethiopia's bargaining power is gathering momentum every year as the country has been registering rapid growth for over a decade. As history has it, opposing western aggression and domination...
View ArticleEthiopia shines as Premium Tourist and Cultural Destination
Ethiopia was designated as the World Finest supreme Tourist Destination for 2015 and as the Favorite Cultural Destination in 2015 by European Council on Tourism and Trade . Also, Prime Minister...
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