In Search of the Old Aybssinia
Ethiopia is on the fast track to modernization and so, while there is still time, I wanted to experience and document the ways of the old.
View ArticleThese Spooky, Surreal Gargoyles Are Watching You From Above
Gargoyles are essentially elaborate, stylized rain gutters . Their mouths provide a spout that lets water drain from the roofs of churches and temples where they typically reside -- which begs the...
View ArticleGambella Nilotes Army Condemns Killing Oromos for Their Land
Gambella Nilotes United Movement/Army condemns the mass killing perpetuated by the TPLF-Led Ethiopian government's security forces against the Oromo University students and other innocent civilians...
View ArticleEthiopia receives new vessels in Djibouti
The Ethiopian government on Saturday received nine new vessels worth over $300 million from China at a ceremony organized in Djibouti.
View ArticleGinbot 20 - The turning point from military diplomacy to economic diplomacy
The role and influence of Ethiopia at regional and international level has reached an undeniable height.
View ArticlePresident, VP congratulate Presidents of Azerbaijan and Ethiopia on...
WAM ABU DHABI, 28th May, 2014 -- President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of congratulations to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, on the occasion of his...
View Article30 years on, state remembers Ethiopians who died en route to Israel
Women from the Falash Mura community waiting in Gondar to be transported to Israel in 2012.
View ArticleEthiopia holds editor-in-chief without charge
New York, May 28, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of a journalist without charge since Monday and calls on Ethiopian authorities to release him immediately.
View ArticleOman sets sight on 15 per cent growth in non-oil exports to Ethiopia
Muscat: Oman is planning to increase its non-oil exports to Ethiopia by 15 per cent as it seeks to expand into new markets in Africa, according to the consul of Ethiopia in the Sultanate.
View ArticleEthiopia tightens its grip on media ahead of 2015 elections
"The current regime follows this pattern: immediately before elections, they start to muzzle every critical voice," protests Endalk Chala, a co-founder and member of the Ethiopian blogging collective...
View ArticleJohn Kerry wishes Ethiopians a most festive Natio...
John Kerry Secretary of U.S. Department of State said the government and people of the United States wish you a most festive celebration.
View ArticleBen Abeba restaurant
Susan Aitchison had left her native Glasgow, in Scotland, and come to Ethiopia for three years to help a friend set up a school.
View ArticleEthiopia's female filmmakers mak...
Addis Ababa, 30 May 2014 - As the Ethiopian film industry grows, Ethiopian Film Initiative founder Ragnhild Ek says there is also a rise in the number of female filmmakers in the African country.
View ArticleGoat enjoys ride on bike unaware he's probably headed to slaughter house
A farmer has been filmed riding his bike through Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa while a goat clings to his back.
View ArticleEffectiveness of an improved road safety policy in Ethiopia: an interrupted...
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in implementing road safety policy by different low income countries.
View ArticleSouth Sudan rebel leader says 'committed to peace'
Former South Sudanese vice president Riek Machar speaking with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide in an undisclosed location in...
View ArticleEthiopia Set to Expand Electricity Through Clean Geothermal Energy -...
Addis Ababa, 31 May 2014 - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$178.5 million credit from the International Development Association and a US$24.5 million grant from the...
View ArticleActor, humanitarian Karlheinz Boehm dies - Saturday, 31 May 2014 07:16
Austrian actor Karlheinz Boehm, who founded Menschen fuer Menschen , an aid group dedicated to helping people in Ethiopia, has died.
View ArticleEthiopian Youth Build Community Through Skateboarding
A sixteen-year old teaches skateboarding to low-income youth as a viable means of transportation and for community building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
View ArticleUNSC renews mandate of Abyei peacekeeping mission
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday renewed the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Abyei, calling for the establishment of an administration and council in the disputed area.
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