Swede on trial for human smuggling in Ethiopia
From: TheLocal.se The trial of a Swede indicted for human smuggling and fraud has begun in Ethiopia. The woman is also wanted in Sweden for...
Ethiopia: Meseret Defar Finishes 3rd in 3000 Meters
(TsehaiNY.com) Former Olympic and World 5000m champion Meseret Defar (8:36.09) finished 3rd today at the Samsung Diamond League in Lausanne, Switzerland. Vivian Cheruiyot (8:34.58) of...
Ethiopia seeks to reassure Egypt over Nile waters
(AFP) ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia has reassured Egypt that a new pact it signed with four other countries on the sharing of water from the...
Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar aiming for African 3000m record today in Lausanne
From, IAAF : Lausanne, Switzerland - In her quiet understated way, Ethiopia’s Meserset Defar dropped a big bombshell at the press conference ahead of Lausanne's...
5th Ethiopian Diaspora Business Forum & Exhibition to Open in D.C
[caption id="attachment_2315" align="alignleft" width="288" caption="Above: Mimi Alemayehou, Executive Vice President of OPIC - will open the event set for July 10 and 11 in Washington,...
Egypt warns that new Nile agreement could prove a ‘death sentence’
From, TheIndependent: Egypt's arable land stretches out over the map of North Africa like a green kite on a desert background. The string uncoils northwards...
Young Achievers Makin’ It Happen
[caption id="attachment_2296" align="aligncenter" width="772" caption="Right to Left: Liya Endale, Robel kassa, Mike Endale, Hanna Tadesse"][/caption] by Teddy Fikre, BrownCondors.com: The “Young Achievers Makin’ It Happen”...
Manuscript found in Ethiopian monastery could be world’s oldest illustrated Christian work
By Laura Roberts, Telegraph.co.uk: Originally thought to be from around the 11th century, new carbon dating techniques place the Garima Gospels between 330 and 650...
Ethiopia: The threat of a water war
by Robert I. Rotberg: Boston.com NATIONS FIGHT over water, especially when access is curtailed or threatened, and there are the ingredients for a battle over...
Ghana’s World Cup run has Ethiopia dreaming
[caption id="attachment_2270" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ghanaian players at practice. Photo: AFP"][/caption] Source, AFP: ADDIS ABABA — Ghana's amazing run in the World Cup may be a...