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3 Smart Ways to Protect Your Smartphone Data

Time.com By Kate Ashford Yikes. One in 10 Americans has had a smartphone stolen, according to a new study by mobile security firm Lookout. This is a double bummer: Replacing a phone can be expensive, and the personal information we keep on these gadgets is often priceless. Here, tips for keeping your device (and data)

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Ethiopia in the Twilight Zone (9) of Fear

By Alemayehu G Mariam  (Author’s note: In this commentary, I take a literary approach to reflect on the counter-productive and self-defeating actions the regime in Ethiopia has taken recently to punish its perceived opponents and critics. I am both amused and perplexed by the regime’s comedy of errors (bungling and incompetence) and tragedy of commons

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Kenyan Police arrest 10 Ethiopian immigrants in Ruiru 

Standardmedia Police on Saturday night arrested ten Ethiopian immigrants at a farm in Ruiru following a tip-off from the public.  The foreigners were arrested in Gikumari village as they were being dropped in a Probox, ready to board an awaiting lorry.  Ruiru Deputy OCPD Mr Birgen Kiptoo said they conducted the swoop after a tip-off

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This Is How Often Married People Are Having Sex

Huffington Post By Taryn Hillin It’s often thought that when you tie the knot, your sex life all but dies. From hectic work schedules to kids’ demands, roadblocks to doing the deed can seem endless. You may find yourself wondering, “Is our sex life normal?” We’re here to tell you that there is no normal

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Ethiopia’s India connect grows: A Dreamliner named Taj Mahal

Ajkikhabar Addis Ababa: In what is being seen as a recognition of the heavy traffic generated on its routes to the Indian subcontinent, the flagship carrier of the East African nation ofEthiopia has named its newestBoeing 787 Dreamliner after India’s most famous monument. The Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has named its eighth 787 Dreamliner after the Taj Mahal, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s monument

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Ethiopian Diaspora 

By Beyene, B.M.*  In 2011, the Ethiopian government announced its plan to construct the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile. Acknowledging the difficulty to get funding from foreign sources (mainly due to Egypt’s campaign against any project on the Nile in the upstream countries), the government made it clear from the onset

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Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to hold tripartite meeting in August

Ahram Online Representatives from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet in Khartoum in mid-August to discuss Ethiopia’s ongoing Nile dam project, a source in Egypt’s irrigation ministry told Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website. The focus of the meeting will be to discuss critical points from a report issued by the tripartite committee last year on the

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South Sudanese Rebels Launch Offensive to Retake Key Town Near Ethiopian Border 

AFP Fighters loyal to Machar strike Nasir, their former headquarters, located 500 kilometres north of Juba and close to Ethiopia. South Sudanese rebels launched an offensive to retake a key town near the border with Ethiopia on Sunday in what the United Nations said was a clear violation of a truce agreement. “This attack represents

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Ethiopian wine raises cheer for economy

By JENNY VAUGHAN, AFP ZIWAY – Beyond the donkeys on a potholed road in southern Ethiopia is an unexpected sight—vineyards bursting with merlot, syrah and chardonnay grapes ripening in the African sun. The scene is more reminiscent of France’s Beaujolais region than this corner of the Horn of the Africa, which for many still conjures

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