Obama challenges young Africans including from Ethiopia, to lead by example
[caption id="attachment_2548" align="alignleft" width="300" caption=""][/caption] (AP) - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is challenging young leaders from Africa to bring change to their countries by...
Forum with Young African Leaders with Barack Obama
Editor’s Note: President Barack Obama has invited over one hundred young leaders from 47 nations in Africa to engage and discuss the future of the...
Ethiopia’s performance at African athletics champs disappoints many
[caption id="attachment_2532" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba celebrates a gold finish in women's 10,000m (AP)"][/caption] APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopian sport families and fans expressed, on...
Three Ethiopian Men Stabbed in South Africa
[caption id="attachment_2525" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="South African soldiers patrol the Diepsloot township north of Johannesburg, South Africa on July 9, preparing for a post-World Cup wave...
Kenya Dominates the African Athletics Championships
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenya swept the men's 5,000 meters Sunday and finished with more medals than any country at the African Athletics Championships. The...
Ethiopian-born Bekele wins 5,000 meters
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Alemitu Bekele won the women's 5,000 meters to deny Turkish teammate Elvan Abeylegesse a double distance gold at the European Championships...
Road accident in Ethiopian capital leaves 20 dead, several injured
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) At least 20 people died and several were injured on Saturday in a tragic road accident in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital....
Ethiopia’s Dibaba sprints past Masai
(AP) NAIROBI, Kenya -- Ethiopia's Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba has beaten Kenya's world champion Linet Masai in the women's 10,000 meters at the African Athletics...
Cheruiyot wins 5,000 meters at African champs
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — World champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya won the women's 5,000 meters at the African track and field championships Thursday, with the...
Host Kenya wins gold at African Atheletics meet
By Tom Odula, Associated Press Writer [caption id="attachment_2477" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Wilson Kiprop raises the Kenyan flag after he won in the 10,000 metres men's finals...