Kenya and Ethiopia Dominate Rio de Janeiro International Half Marathon
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Kenyan couple Joshua Kiprugut Kemei and Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa swept the Rio de Janeiro International Half Marathon on Sunday. Kemei,...
Young Ethiopian Athletes Shine at Youth Olympic Games in Singapore
By ODINDO AYIEKO AND AFP - Kenya’s Virginia Nyambura put herself on course to winning a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore...
Kenya defeats Ethiopia 3-0 in friendly football match
African teams are preparing for upcoming 2012 African Cup of Nations APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The Kenyan national team defeated the Ethiopian team by 3-0 in...
Two Ethiopians revel in half marathon wins
By Glae Thien, Union-Tribune: The men’s winner at this year’s America’s Finest City Half Marathon (in San Diego) had extra reason to congratulate Belainesh Zemedkun...
Ethiopia’s top athletes to battle it out at London’s athletics meet
[caption id="attachment_2707" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Tirunesh Dibaba (r) and Meseret Defar will face each other for the first time in a year at the Aviva London...
Ethiopian PM hints of re-sending troops to Somalia
[caption id="attachment_2697" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)"][/caption] APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi on Wednesday hinted re-sending troops to Somalia...
Promising Ethiopian Athlete Attacked While Jogging In Limerick
[caption id="attachment_2676" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Lebeta Debela (left) had another fantastic win after a close battle with the great Seamus Power in Salty Faces 10k at...
Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar wins 5000m in Sweden
[caption id="attachment_2635" align="aligncenter" width="548" caption="Meseret Defar (r) of Ethiopia wins the women’s 5000m (Image: Getty Images )"][/caption] (TsehaiNY) - Former world record holder and Olympic...
Somalia fighting kills 21 near Ethiopia border
[caption id="attachment_2586" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Shebab fighters stand during a military exercise in northern Mogadishu's Suqaholaha neighborhood in January (AFP)"][/caption] (AFP) MOGADISHU — Somali government forces...
Collapsed building kills nine people in an Ethiopian jail
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) A prison building has collapsed in western Ethiopia, killing at least nine prisoners, while injuring dozens, Ethiopia police said here on Wednesday....