By M.H. Idriss, M.D. On a bright monday morning, I was breezing through my routine lecture for a group of medical students spending a few weeks of clinical training in the hospital I work at. As I began the last part of my lecture detailing the treatment of a common disease, I popped a question
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BY TAMIRU TSIGE, The Reporter Seven Ethiopian and two Eritrean nationals this week were charged with espionage on Ethiopia’s defence force stationed at the Ethio-Eritrean border. The charge filed at the nineteenth criminal bench of the Federal High Court alleges that the defendants maintained clandestine communications with the Eritrean Intelligence Agency. The suspects are accused
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Ethiopian protesters against EPRDF’s Tedros Adhanom in Israel
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AFP- Value produced by the average worker in some African economies corresponds to just 2% of that generated by their equivalent in developed countries. In countries like Ethiopia, despite broader economic growth, most families are still stuck in poverty. (Photo Alex Gwidt/flickr). THE planet’s poorest nations like Ethiopia, Malawi and Angola have failed to cash
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By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC Ebola virus Testing kit A 15-minute blood and saliva test for Ebola is to be trialled in Guinea, it has been announced. The solar-powered, portable laboratory should deliver results six times faster than tests currently used in West Africa. The researchers involved say faster diagnosis would increase the chances
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The New Times By Usher Komugisha The 2014 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup has been called off after none of the 12 member countries expressed interest in hosting the tournament on short notice. The annual regional event was scheduled to be hosted in Ethiopia from November 24-December 9 but Cecafa announced last month that the hosts
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By Aaisha Dadi Patel Ethiopian refugee Badesa Fokora has died in a Johannesburg hospital after suffering double kidney failure and being refused treatment for it, despite the fact that he had been lying in a hospital bed for a month. Although doctors at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg were aware of his life-threatening condition, they
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By Aaisha Dadi Patel Ethiopian refugee Badesa Fokora has died in a Johannesburg hospital after suffering double kidney failure and being refused treatment for it, despite the fact that he had been lying in a hospital bed for a month. Although doctors at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg were aware of his life-threatening condition, they
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ሴት የመሆን ጥቅሞችና መታደሎች በሶሊያና ሽመልስ ሴት መሆን መታደል ነው ብዬ ብጀምር የሚስቅብኝ አይጠፋም! ሴት የመሆን ጉዳቶች ላይ ተደጋጋሚ ነገር ሲነገር ሰምተናል፡፡ የቤት ውስጥ የሥራ ጫናው፣ ማኅበራዊ ኃላፊነቱ፣ የዘመን አመጣሽ ተግዳሮቶቹ፣ ከወንድ ይልቅ ለባሕል እና ለማኅበረሰብ የመገዛት ኃላፊነት ላያችን ላይ መጫኑ፣ የሚታየው አካላዊ ጉዳት (አሲዱ፣ አስገድዶ መድፈሩ፣ ድብደባው…) የማይታየው ሥነ ልቦናዊ ጉዳት (እኔ፣ አንቺ፣ እናቶቻችን
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By MAAZA MENGISTE i-am-a-man-protest1Ernest C. Withers When we lose a body, we lose everything. Today in class, I was prepared to talk about Hassan Blasim’s The Corpse Exhibition, a collection of short stories set against the backdrop of the Iraq wars. I was prepared to talk about the role of politics in art, of the
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