BY AMY MAXMEN , NewsWeek A woman stands in front of a plantation of Enset, a plant that collects water and is essential during the dry season. IVA ZIMOVA/PANOS Dibaabish Jaboo kneads the pale, vegetative flesh of the enset plant, like her mother did, like her granddaughters do. When she’s finished, she bundles the plant’s thick, decomposing
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Washington (AFP) – Its main battlegrounds are far away and its true influence hard to judge, but the Islamic State’s black banner is attracting the attention of jihadists in Africa, particularly in Nigeria. IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s so-called caliphate is based in Syria and Iraq and draws most of its recruits from the Middle
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The Sudanese president has faced the threat of ICC prosecution since 2009 The president of Sudan has claimed victory over the International Criminal Court after it ended its probe into allegations of war crimes in Darfur. The ICC charged Omar al-Bashir in 2009 for crimes in the region dating back to 2003, but he refused
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Press Release- During a ceremony held in Los Angeles, California, Ethiopian Airlines is awarded as the “Best Airline to Africa” by the US magazine, Premier Traveler. Commenting on the development Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, said: “We are honored that Premier Traveler Magazine’s readers in the U.S. have selected us as the best airline
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A public bank branch to open in EthiopiaISTANBUL — In accordance with Turkey’s African Expansion Strategy, a Djibouti and Ethiopian Trade and Engineering Committee was established under Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci. Speaking at the Ethiopia-Turkey Business Forum, Zeybekci announced that the expansion strategy will be maintained and cooperation with Djibouti and Ethiopia, which are the
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By Andrew Wig Habibi Tesema was trying to leave an unhappy marriage when he was stabbed in the heart, but the woman accused of murdering her husband a little more than a year ago says she was the real victim. After a judge heard Tesema’s family and a friend testify to his character and his
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says his site is “thinking about” how to implement a way to dislike posts. By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Facebook is thinking about adding a way to “dislike” posts on its site, founder Mark Zuckerberg has said. Speaking at a Q&A session in California, he said it was one
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ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Swedish telecom group Ericsson is set to sign a contract with Ethiopia to expand telecom infrastructure, taking a slice of an $800 million contract from Chinese firm ZTE Corp because of a row over terms, a senior official told Reuters on Thursday. ZTE Corp’s deal with state-run operator Ethio Telecom was
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By Kenneth Turan LOS ANGELES TIMES kenneth.turan@latimes.com ‘Difret’ Hirut (Tizita Hagare) sits in a halfway house in “Difret.” (Haile Addis Pictures / Cineart) Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, a USC film school grad, delves into abduction of girls to be brides in Ethiopia The compelling “Difret” is a small film with a lot on its mind. Authentic
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By Rediet Wegayehu, The Guardian One day in early October, Hanna Lalango, 16, did not return from school to her home in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, at the usual time. Her father Lalongo Hayesso was worried about his youngest daughter. “We waited for her at her usual time … but we had to wait
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