Oman gearing up to promote local goods in Ethiopian market
The committee noted that Ethiopia was selected to be the next destination of OPEX due to its promising market where significant opportunities are available for investors. Photo - Supplied Muscat:...
View ArticleSydney man urges Ottawa to do more to get cousin out of Ethiopian jail
Said Maktal is a student Cape Breton University in Sydney. His cousin, Bashir Makhtal, 46, has been in prison in Addis Ababa since 2007 on terrorism charges, which he denies.
View ArticleDefeating poverty is imperative if Ethiopia is to keep holding its...
Addis Ababa, 19 October, 2015 - President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia said that Ethiopia has to defeat poverty to the needed level if it has to keep its flag hoisted high. President...
View ArticleJournalists should strive to build positive image of Ethiopia - Monday, 19...
Addis Ababa, 19 October, 2015 - Ethiopian Journalists should strive to strengthen the positive image of the country in different ways, local journalists said. Speaking to WIC During 8th national Flag...
View ArticleHoly water washes away sins at Ethiopia's Timket festival
Every year during Timket -- the holiest holiday on the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian calendar -- thousands of pilgrims flock to the city of Gondar to immerse themselves in holy water. Two days of...
View ArticleEthiopia: Tax Perspectives
Yohannes Woldegebriel is the director of the Arbitration Institute at the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations, a position he held since 2008. Prior to that, he also served at the...
View ArticleEthiopia is facing its worst drought in 30 years. Can the government stop...
For decades past, poor Ethiopians lived at the mercy of a royal court that neglected them and a military junta that imposed upon them a dysfunctional command economy. When the rains didn't come,...
View ArticlePatriots call up on youth to sustain legacy of the flag - Monday, 19 October...
Veteran patriots have called up on youth to sustain the flag's legacy and honor as symbol of independence and sovereignty and fight poverty with unreserved commitment and passion. Members of veteran...
View ArticleHard work, effectiveness of citizens puts the flag high: Participants NFD...
Addis Ababa, 19 October 2015 - The National Flag Day participants underscored that the national flag will keep rising through the hard work and resourcefulness of the nations, nationalities and...
View ArticleEthiopian airline to fly to Durban
Ethiopian Airlines is going to be the next international carrier to fly direct to Durban, it was announced this week. The Addis Ababa to Durban flights would start on December 16, a day before Qatar...
View ArticleYouth should gather under the flag, make relentless effort for...
Addis Ababa, 19 October, 2015 - The Ethiopian youth should stand together under its national flag and make unreserved effort to ensure and sustain the country's renaissance, Speaker of the House of...
View ArticleThe country that embodies optimism
Ethiopian priests and monks walk during the annual festival of Timkat in Lalibela, which celebrates the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. If there was ever a country that embodied the optimism of...
View ArticleSudan govt accepts invitation to talks with rebels
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir addresses the parliament about national dialogue talks, on October 19, 2015 in Khartoum. AFP PHOTO/ ASHRAF SHAZLY KHARTOUM - The Sudanese government said Wednesday it...
View ArticleAfrica Fashion week: The sleepy town rocking the catwalk
At first glance, Chencha, Ethiopia - an isolated hamlet of bamboo houses situated 300 miles south of the capital of Addis Ababa - doesn't look like it's the center of anything. It certainly doesn't...
View ArticleCrimson Cup gets toast from Roast
Roast magazine has named Crimson Cup the macro roaster of the year, the first Ohio-based winner in the award's 12 years. "It's just phenomenal, really," Greg Ubert, Crimson Cup founder and president,...
View ArticleEthiopia: New Cabinet, New Plan, New Direction?
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has started his second term and the country is embarking on the next phase of its grand development plan. Has anything changed? At the start of this month,...
View ArticleThe rise of famine in Somalia, Part I
Somalia is currently designated as a nation desolated by imperialism, local instability and economic sabotage from outside forces. [i] The usual image of malnourished Africans that western media...
View ArticleEthio-telecom accomplishes majority of its expansion schemes - Wednesday, 21...
Addis Ababa, 21 0ctober 2015 - Ethio-telecom says it has accomplished majority of its expansion schemes in different parts of the country. Corporate Communication Director with the company, Abdurehim...
View ArticleWorld's best tourist spot is...
Ethiopia has been named as the world's best destination for tourists in 2015 by the European Council on Tourism and Trade . What makes the country unique? Ethiopia is home to nine UNESCO World Heritage...
View ArticleEngine alert forces Ethiopian 787 Dreamliner back to Dublin
Oct 23 Technical experts were trying to discover the cause of an engine problem on an Ethiopian Airlines jet stranded in Dublin after being forced to turn back over the Atlantic on Friday. The crew of...
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