As Ethiopia celebrates 2007, 17 delightful facts about this hardy nation that sets it apart

Mail & Guardian By Samantha Spooner Urban hyenas, unique scripts and rasta roots are just some of them… The beauty of Ethiopian women is a much-discussed subject Today Ethiopia is ringing in the New Year, but in this case it’s 2007. This is because Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar, roughly seven years behind the Gregorian,

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SoleRebels opens first store in San Jose, CA 

News Release  SoleRebels: Proud to be the planet’s first only WFTO Fair Trade footwear Company When it was founded in 2004 by Bethelhem Tilahun, soleRebels was just a small moms and pops business …. but it has changed quite a lot since. SoleRebels is now a globally recognized name. It is deemed by different bloggers

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Ethiopia’s love affair with raw meat

Anadolu Agency Historians trace raw meat eating back to the early 16th century By Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA- Delicious. Reinvigorating. And distinctively Ethiopian. These are qualities that keep Ethiopians loyal to their most delectable raw-meat cuisine – regardless of the health risks. Ethiopians at home and abroad eat raw beef and goat meat. In Addis Ababa, the

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Ethiopia’s love affair with raw meat

Anadolu Agency Historians trace raw meat eating back to the early 16th century By Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA- Delicious. Reinvigorating. And distinctively Ethiopian. These are qualities that keep Ethiopians loyal to their most delectable raw-meat cuisine – regardless of the health risks. Ethiopians at home and abroad eat raw beef and goat meat. In Addis Ababa, the

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IHG Expands in Africa with First Hotel in Ethiopia

Press Release Crown Plaza Addis Ababa coming soon InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has signed a management agreement with Tsemex Hotels and Business Plc to develop Crowne Plaza Addis Ababa. The 210-key hotel represents the entry of IHG into Ethiopia and adds to the company’s growing presence in Africa.

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Turkey outdoes China in terms of Ethiopia investment

World Bulletin / News Desk Despite China’s outstanding record of development assistance to Ethiopia, the Asian giant’s investments in the African state lack volume, a senior Ethiopian Investment Agency official has said. China has invested $836 million in Ethiopia over the past ten years, Debela Habte, a senior public relations expert at the agency told

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Working like Zionist pioneers, to save Amharic

HAARETZ By Roy (Chicky) Arad In the yard of Petah Tikva’s Fidel Youth Center, girls shout while playing soccer and boys grill hot dogs for a birthday party. The children, most of whose parents immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia, sing along to a Hebrew song and gossip in Hebrew. But on the center’s second floor,

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Working like Zionist pioneers, to save Amharic

HAARETZ By Roy (Chicky) Arad In the yard of Petah Tikva’s Fidel Youth Center, girls shout while playing soccer and boys grill hot dogs for a birthday party. The children, most of whose parents immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia, sing along to a Hebrew song and gossip in Hebrew. But on the center’s second floor,

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Australian Prime Minister & Leader of the Opposition Party wishes Ethiopians a Happy New Year!

The Hon. Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Ethiopian New Year message 2007 The Hon. Bill Shorten’s Leader of the Opposition Ethiopian New Year message 2007 – SBS Amharic

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China Deploys Troops To U.N. Force To Protect South Sudan Oilfields

WSJ Reuters-China has begun deploying 700 soldiers to a U.N. peacekeeping force in South Sudan to protect oil fields and Chinese workers amid a rebellion in the African country, The Wall Street Journal reported. The newspaper quoted a spokesman for South Sudan’s president as saying on Tuesday that the airlift of a Chinese infantry battalion to

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