Ethiopia: Ethiopian Peasant Claims to Be '160-Year-Old'
Dhaqabo Ebba, an Ethiopian peasant and a renowned community elder from Ethiopia's Oromia region says he is 160 years old.
View ArticleBook review: The Lure of the Honey Bird by Elizabeth Laird
In the late 1990s, Elizabeth Laird and a friend were standing on a hill above Addis Ababa watching a line of ants cross a road.
View ArticleEritrea: Opposition Mulls Joint Military Attack to Topple Oppressive Govt
Two Ethiopian-based groups have agreed to join forces to carry out military attacks against the dictatorial Asmara regime, an opposition official told Sudan Tribune on Saturday.
View ArticleSomalia: Jubaland President Arrives in Mogadishu for Talks
The President of Somalia's Jubaland Administration Ahmed Mohamed Islam has arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday for talks on the completion of "Jubba Agreement", Garowe Online reports.
View ArticleJoint Defense Committee of Ethiopia, Sudan holds meeting - Sunday, 08...
Ethiopia and Sudan have signed agreement to work together on joint border security, military capacity building and peace keeping missions.
View ArticleAddis Ababa LRT Project Proceeding On Schedule
The Ethiopian Railways Corporation says the Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit project is being executed according to schedule despite the current wet season.
View ArticleGov't showed prolonged patience to clearly identify extremists:...
Prime Minster Haileariam Dessalegn said that teaching youths and women who became prey to religious extremists due to misinformation and deception by the extremists is what the state has been doing so...
View ArticleThe Diplomacy of Nonviolent Change in Ethiopia
In my commentary last week, " Interpreting and Living MLK's Dream ", I discussed, among other things, Dr. Martin Luther King's philosophy of nonviolent social change.
View ArticleAuthority constructs 1,154km roads
Addis Ababa September 09 2013 Construction of 15 road projects at a cost of over 7.6 billion Birr was undertaken across the country during the concluded budget year, the Ethiopian Roads Authority said.
View ArticleEthiopian Farmer 'At Least 160 Years Old,' Reporter...
Ethiopian farmer Dhaqo Ebba could break the current longevity record by half a century.
View ArticleEthiopia's richest man spots opportunities at home - Tuesday, 10 September...
Addis Ababa, September 10, 2013 - Born in Ethiopia to an Ethiopian mother and Yemeni father, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi's life has always straddled East Africa and the Middle East.
View ArticlePres. Girma conveys best wishes to Ethiopians - Tuesday, 10 September 2013 11:16
Addis Ababa, September 10, 2013 - President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia , Girma Woldegiorgis has wished the nation a happy Ethiopian new year.
View ArticleMother found guilty in death of Ethiopian girl - Tuesday, 10 September 2013...
Addis Ababa, September 10, 2013 - A US adoptive mother accused of starving her 13-year-old Ethiopian-born daughter and locking her outside in the cold, where she died from exposure, was found guilty of...
View ArticleSomali Government Holds First Of Vision 2016 Conferences
ADDIS ABABA, Sept 10 -- A five-day Vision 2016 Conference, convened by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has concluded in Mogadishu after discussing various issues in the first of a series of...
View ArticleEthiopian farmer dubbed 'world's oldest living man' after claiming he ...
Many people won't be aware of Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1895, but one man doesn't just know about the battle - he claims to have lived through it.
View ArticleOgaden- alarming poor Health Service in Jigjiga Hospital
A Somali written report received by Ogadentoday Press through email says that many hundred in Jigjiga Kara-Mara hospital lacks medications adding that Doctors in Hospital who are paid by the regional...
View ArticleEPRDF Council concludes regular meeting - Thursday, 12 September 2013 11:28
The Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front Council has called for the intensification of efforts in the New Year towards accomplishment of the intended development targets.
View Article"The dam represents hope and a p...
Born in Canada from Ethiopian parents, Hana proved to be a real patriot by collecting money in her capacity for the Grand Renaissance Dam.
View ArticleSecond wind farm to commence power generation - Thursday, 12 September 2013...
Built in Tigray State, the second wind farm of the country with 120 MW power generation capacity is set to commence operation.
View ArticleYoung leaders travel with Ethiopian Jews on aliyah flight
As the two young Jewish leaders from Palm Beach County accompanied Ethiopian Jews on an aliyah flight to Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport early in the summer, they were struck by the historical significance...
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