BBC Footage from the scene shows the aftermath of the attack which happened as people were watching the World Cup, as Dennis Okari reports At least 48 people have died after unidentified gunmen attacked hotels and a police station in a Kenyan coastal town, officials say. Witnesses in Mpeketoni said gun battles lasted for several
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By Getachew Begashaw Part II: A Critical assessment of building large dams In Part I of this piece, we highlighted the requirements for an appropriately planned, designed, constructed and operated dam on Abay, the Blue Nile, and why it is in the national interest to do so, provided it is executed not for a short-term political and economic
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Gossip center Proving once again that she has an incredibly big heart, Beyoncé Knowlesdonated $125,000 to help save the lives of premature babies in developing countries. The “Drunk in Love” singer chose to help out the Embrace Innovations charity, which distributes ingenious infant warmers to babies born in poverty. The baby warmer is a lower cost
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BBC Using smartphone apps to seek out partners for casual sex poses an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections, researchers warn. A study in Los Angeles, California, showed gonorrhoea and chlamydia were more common in gay men using apps than in those meeting in clubs or online. Sexual health experts said technology was creating more
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The Observer Ethiopia opened its consulate in Oman on Thursday, a mission that would help serve its approximately 40,000 workers currently residing in the sultanate. Speaking exclusively to Muscat Daily, H E Hassan Abdella Ali, Ambassador of Ethiopia to Yemen and Oman talked about streamlining migration and hiring of Ethiopian workers through a memorandum of
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By Caroline Winter Eritrean national football team players pose on Dec. 1, 2012 before a match against the Rwandan national team at the Namboole International Stadium in Kampala (AFP) With the World Cup set to kick off in Brazil, soccer officials in Eritrea are trying to build a national team from scratch. It’s a process
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World Bulletin/News Desk A planned visit by Egypt’s newly-inaugurated President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to Ethiopia has generated mixed reactions in the African country. “I am optimistic that al-Sisi’s visit will be the beginning to communicate,” Dr. Gebremedhin Simon, Professor of School of Journalism and Communication at Addis Ababa University, told Anadolu Agency on Saturday. Ethiopia announced
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Shabelle Media Network According to news reports from the Bakool region, a convoy belonging to Ethiopian troops under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was attacked as it was passing by Waajid town. After the attack, the Ethiopian soldiers fought with the armed fighters for hours, residents reported. Two battlewagons of the convoy were
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ADDISSTANDARD By Mahelt Fasil A judge at the Arada First Instance Court, First Bench, told the police this morning to finalize its investigations and bring charges against three independent journalists and three members of the blog Zone9 detained without charges since 25th and 26th of April this year. Defense lawyer Amha Mekonnen told journalists at
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Ethiopian Airliness Press Release Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2014 Airline Reliability Performance Award from Bombardier Aerospace. Ethiopian has won the award four years in a row. The award was given to Ethiopian for achieving an average dispatch reliability rate
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