Bloomberg Ethiopian workers strolling through the parking lot of Huajian Shoes’ factory outside Addis Ababa last month chose the wrong day to leave their shirts untucked. Company President Zhang Huarong, just arrived on a visit from China, spotted them through the window, sprang up and ran outside. The former People’s Liberation Army soldier harangued them
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USIP hosted a conversation with Ambassadors Carson, Lyman, and Moose on U.S.-Africa Engagement on July 22, 2014.
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By DeAnn Smith, Police search for clues after body found in KCI fountain KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) - An investigation has been launched after a woman’s body was found in a fountain at Kansas City International Airport. Kansas City police identified the woman as 21-year-old Husenet M. Yassin. The body was found about 3:10 p.m.
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By BellaNaija.com ADDIS ABABA (NAN) ―No fewer than 45 Nigerian nationals are being detained by the Ethiopian authorities for alleged drugs trafficking and related offences, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A top official of the Embassy of Nigeria in Addis Ababa, who preferred not be mentioned, told NAN that the suspected traffickers, including seven ladies,
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Xinhua, Mo Hong’e An Ethiopian was sentenced to seven months in jail for trafficking khat to China, marking the first such case in the country, which classed the plant as an illegal drug this year. The verdict was handed down earlier this month by the Intermediate People’s Court of Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang
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The Guardian The immigration minister has issued a permanent protection visa to an unaccompanied minor who fled Ethiopia and arrived in Australia by boat, in a major backflip that could have ramifications for other asylum seekers in Australia. Since the Coalition government came to power in September, Scott Morrison has aggressively stated it would not
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Bloomberg By William Davison GPB Global Resources, a unit of Russia’s state-owned Gazprombank Group, may invest about $60 million searching for petroleum in northeastern Ethiopia, Executive Director for Corporate Communications Sergey Tagashov said. The company last week announced it won approval from the government for a production-sharing agreement that covers seven years for exploration and 25 years
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Sudan Tribune By Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese Nuers community in neighbouring Ethiopia on Monday declare full support to proposal made by the leadership of SPLM/A in opposition to create more states in South Sudan. South Sudan’s former vice-president and current rebel leader, Riek Machar, last week announced the armed opposition group’s plan
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Bdlive.co.za ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Complaining of bullying in the international justice arena, African leaders are forging ahead with plans to set up their own regional court — and give themselves immunity in the process. The African Union (AU) accuses the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) of anti-African bias and racism, and plans for a
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The Christian Science Monitor By William Davison, Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA-Ethiopia has charged 10 reform-minded bloggers and journalists with terrorism offenses – marking the latest in a long line of repressive acts against civil society by a key US partner in the Horn of Africa. Seven of the 10 bloggers are part of a social media group called Zone
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