Sudan Tribune Egypt’s presidential front runner Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said he would be keen to resolve the long running Nile water dispute with Ethiopia through dialogue if he is elected as the new president of the North African nation. Al-Sisi said he was ready to visit Ethiopia for talks over the massive hydro plant project the
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By Joshua Rhett Miller A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith has given birth in prison, and could now be lashed 100 times — even as she’s permitted to nurse her newborn for two years before the execution is carried out. Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, gave birth to a
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New Scientists IT’S a volcano, but not as we know it. This cerulean eruption takes place in the Danakil Depression, a low-lying plain in Ethiopia. The volcano’s lava is the usual orange-red – the blue comes from flames produced when escaping sulphuric gases burn. French photographer Olivier Grunewald creates such images without using colour filters
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By Daniel Petty, Denver Post Mamitu Daska (Courtesy of letsrun dot com) BOULDER — Mamitu Daska is unquestionably the current queen of the Bolder Boulder’s elite women’s 10K race. The Ethiopian won her fourth title Monday well ahead of the rest of the field, finishing in 32 minutes, 21.63 seconds. She also won in 2009, 2010
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By Mikael Wossen, PhD “Your Education today is your Economy tomorrow” Andreas Schleicher (OECD). In Face to Face Africa or (Face2Face), April 2014 issue, there is an uplifting article entitled “African Immigrants Excel Highest in US Academies.” It caught my attention. The article speaks of the high educational attainment and academic success of Africans in
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Emirates247 An Ethiopian housemaid saved the life of her employer’s eight-year-old son after he nearly drowned in a swimming pool in the Gulf kingdom, prompting his father to reward her, a newspaper reported on Monday. The boy was with his parents at a public rest house in the capital Riyadh when he slipped and fell
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By RICHARD LOUGH Reuters ADDIS ABABA- Ethiopia has pushed the door ajar for foreign retailers keen to enter the fast-growing market of 90 million people, welcoming them as managers but keeping the state in control. It is a tantalizing, if limited, offer for firms such as Walmart of the United States and Kenya’s Nakumatt supermarket,
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By RICHARD LOUGH Reuters ADDIS ABABA- Ethiopia has pushed the door ajar for foreign retailers keen to enter the fast-growing market of 90 million people, welcoming them as managers but keeping the state in control. It is a tantalizing, if limited, offer for firms such as Walmart of the United States and Kenya’s Nakumatt supermarket,
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By Masha Hamilton Ethiopia has a strong economy for sub-Saharan Africa but women disproportionately bear the burden of the country’s hardships. Through a micro-lending support group, our organization, Concern Worldwide, has found a way to help. Misrach Salgado has been taking small interest-free loans to start her own business in Ethiopia. Credit: Cheney Orr HOMA, Ethiopia (WOMENSENEWS)–Misrach
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Reuters Visa Inc., which is piloting Ethiopia’s first international debit card, is seeking to persuade the government to ease tight restrictions on banks in an effort to boost the use of electronic payments. Ethiopia has one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies but few people in the Horn of Africa nation of 90 million have bank accounts
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