AFP The 619 doctors and health workers will be sent from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda ARUSHA, Tanzania: East African nations are sending over 600 health workers, including 41 doctors to west Africa to combat the spread of Ebola, the regional five-nation bloc said in a statement on Friday. The decision was made after
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Colonialism never left. (Photo by Alfredo Bini) BY Daniel A. Medina@dmedin11 Quartz It’s been called by some to be a new form of colonialism. Others say it isoutright theft. Since 2000, over 37 million hectares of land, mainly in the world’s poorest nations, have been acquired by foreign investors “without the free, prior, and informed consent of communities”
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OpenDemocracy By YORDANOS ABEBE In attempting to minimize the risks attendant to human rights work in an authoritarian setting, Ethiopian NGOs have been hesitant to support young activists who face government persecution. Iain Levine of Human Rights Watch has noted that “an essential element of human rights work is to fulfill the moral imperative of
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Business Traveler From October 26, ANA passengers will be able to book connecting flights on Ethiopian Airlines between Addis Ababa and Bangkok, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Nairobi and Mombasa through ANA. Ethiopian will place its flight code on ANA’s Bangkok and Hong Kong routes. Passengers on both the Star Alliance airlines will continue to
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Reuters By Michael Turner and Helene Durand LONDON,(IFR) – The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has picked BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan to arrange a debut US dollar-denominated Eurobond, according to sources. The bond is likely to have a minimum 10 year tenor, according to a source. The banks declined to comment. Ethiopia
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AFP Photo by Berit Roald for Agence France-Presse. Wealthy countries were slow to tackle the Ebola epidemic as it began in Africa, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan said in tough criticism of the response to the crisis on Thursday. “I am bitterly disappointed by the response… I am disappointed in the international community
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Ethiopian Communication Minister Ato Redwan Hussie talks about investment. He runway from Diaspora without saying anything about the confrontation, ‘domestic tiger’. : http://youtu.be/BtK5gFLz4Lo
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Brutal Treatment Of Africans In Saudi Arabia Still going on. Adeola discuss the story of a Kenyan young woman a hell of life in Saudi Arabia http://youtu.be/LQ3j5B5yEVg
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By Farai Gundan Farai Gundan ( Forbes)-Named one of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa in 2011 by FORBES, celebrated Ethiopian entrepreneur, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu launched her first US offering at the beginning of this month; a flagship store of her eco-friendly shoe brand, SoleRebels, in Silicon Valley, California. The Ethiopian shoe brand’s first
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(KHARTOUM) – Three Ethiopian peacekeepers were killed in North Darfur state following an attack by unknown gunmen, announced the African Union United Nation Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Thursday. UNAMID said two military personnel were killed immediately by the assailants in Korma where the attack took place while a third soldier seriously injured succumbed to
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