In Ethiopia, family planning increasingly an article of faith
Mebrate Tenangne, almost nine months pregnant, stands in the doorway of her home in the village of Mosebo in northern Ethiopia.
View Article'All Our Names', by Dinaw Mengestu
Born in Addis Ababa in 1978, Dinaw Mengestu moved to the US with his mother and sister when he was two years old to join his father, who had recently fled the communist revolution in Ethiopia.
View ArticleTigray International Diaspora festival preparations complete - Sunday, 27...
The Tigray International Diaspora Festival preparations have been completed, the Region's Government announced.
View ArticleEthiopia: How Much Noise is Too Much for Addis?
The streets of Addis Abeba have long become permanent exhibitions for earsplitting noises; it is no longer shocking to find schools and hospitals built adjoining bars, workshops and restaurants; nor...
View ArticleEthiopian mother angry over murdered son
"Yeshi" is still trying to come to terms with the trauma of discovering the body of her son being carried through the streets of the Ethiopian city of Ambo.
View ArticleEthiopia eyes regional integration through highways - Monday, 28 July 2014 08:09
Addis Ababa, 28 July 2014 - A total of $610.6 million has been allocated for the implementation of the Ethiopian part of the project, with the funds coming from the Ethiopian government, international...
View ArticleEgyptian intensive care unit for cardiac surgery inaugurated at Black Lion...
An Egyptian intensive care unit for cardiac surgery was inaugurated Saturday at Black Lion Hospital in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a Saturday...
View Article'Do not cross the red line': The 2010 general elections, dissent, and ...
Thanks are due to the Wenner Gren Foundation, the British Institute in Eastern Africa, the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Wolfson College and All Souls' College at the University of...
View ArticleEthiopia feels China's huge presence
Ethiopian workers strolling through the parking lot of Huajian Shoes' factory outside Addis Ababa last month chose the wrong day to leave their shirts untucked.
View ArticleMissing Ethiopian runners: Athletes come from deeply troubled nation
Members of Portland's Ethiopian community and others marched on May 9, 2014, to protest the killings of 11 students during clashes in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.
View ArticleTuesday, August 5
1944 - More than 1,000 Japanese, taken as prisoners of war by Australia, unsuccessfully attempt to escape from a camp in Cowra, New South Wales; 234 are killed and 108 wounded.
View ArticleRiek Machar & the rebels are not ready for peace
With world's attention turned to war between Israel Defense Forces and Hamas and the fight between Russian-backed separatists and Ukraine government, which subsequently led to the downing of Malaysian...
View ArticleEthiopia dismisses allegations it had provided support to S Sudan...
Ethiopia's foreign affairs spokesperson, Ambassador Dina Mufti on Sunday dismissed allegations that South Sudanese rebels were receiving support from the East African country or using its territory to...
View ArticleEthiopia to finalize Sustainable Tourism Master plan - Tuesday, 29 July 2014...
The STMP is an initiative currently being developed through the technical support provided by the Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa and the Division for Regional Integration and Trade , in...
View ArticleThe Egyptian-Ethiopian divide
By Abdel Latif el-Menawy Mistakes begin when we only see what we want to see. Negative repercussions worsen when we insist on our point of view and refuse to look at issues from a different angle.
View ArticleHere's Why We Definitely Approve Of This Bill Gates, John Green Bromance
If there ever were a selfie to feel excited about, it's this one of Bill Gates and John Green.
View ArticleHuajian Group to Build Industrial Zone in Ethiopia - Wednesday, 30 July 2014...
Addis Ababa, 30 July 2014 - Huajian Group, a Chinese shoe manufacturer, is going to invest U.S $ 2.2 Billion in Ethiopia to build an Industrial Zone of its own.
View ArticleDelegation Led by President Mulatu Departs to - Wednesday, 30 July 2014 05:55
Addis Ababa, 30 July 2014 - A high-level Ethiopian delegation led by President Mulatu Teshome left for the US on Monday, July 28, 2014 evening.
View ArticleEthiopia: Seminar On the Need to Establish a Regional Development Bank
An Experts' Seminar to assess the establishment of a Regional Development Bank for IGAD was held on Saturday at the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa.
View ArticleAs famine and violence loom, is this South Sudan's last chance for peace?
With a season of unplanted crops in South Sudan and the United Nations declaring the food security crisis here "the worst in the world," time is running out to prevent the death by starvation of as...
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