Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Picture: Alamy Briton killed northwest Ethiopia after man accidentally fires a gun, government spokesman says A 47-year-old British tourist was killed in a church in a northwestern Ethiopia after a man accidentally fired a gun, a government spokesman said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in Bahir Dar,
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By Goitom Gebreluel, Aljazeera The Egypt-Ethiopia dispute over the Nile basin can evolve into a strategic partnership. Ethiopia and Egypt have successfully managed to end their millennia-long rivalry over the river Nile. Ethiopia’s announcement in 2011 of its intention to construct Africa’s largest hydropower plant on its share of the Blue Nile led to developments
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Has he been given his American citizenship as a holiday gift from President Obama? Is he committing to the United States? Is he simply going on vacation in the US for the holidays? Did he push the wrong emoticon and we’re just supposed to see that dancing lady in a red dress? Twitter doesn’t know,
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By IBRAHIM NAFFEE | ARAB NEWS Many Saudi families have resorted to hiring illegal housemaids, since the legal recruitment of domestic workers has become more challenging. Some expat women who have entered the Kingdom illegally are offering their services to families who need them urgently, creating a flourishing black market for this kind of services.
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Ethiopia on Monday accused what it described as the “agents” of the regime in Eritrea of hijacking an Ethiopian helicopter. The Ethiopian Defense Ministry said in a statement that an Ethiopian helicopter – that has disappeared since Friday – was forced to land in neighboring Eritrea. It said the helicopter was on a training mission
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By Vikas Pandey, BBC This painting shows a reservoir built by an Abyssinian eunuch in the 17th Century India and Africa have a shared history in trade, music, religion, arts and architecture, but the historical link between these two diverse regions is rarely discussed. Many Africans travelled to India as slaves and traders, but eventually settled
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By Vikas Pandey, BBC This painting shows a reservoir built by an Abyssinian eunuch in the 17th Century India and Africa have a shared history in trade, music, religion, arts and architecture, but the historical link between these two diverse regions is rarely discussed. Many Africans travelled to India as slaves and traders, but eventually settled
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The outages to the secretive nation’s four official Internet networks began Sunday and as of Monday all were totally offline, Bloomberg reported. The outage was initially reported by Dyn, a company in Manchester, N.H., that tracks Internet traffic and performance. The company’s researchers tweeted that “After 24 hours of increasing instability, North Korean national Internet
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By KYLE MIZOKAMI , The Week Over the last several months, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party have repeatedly exhorted the People’s Liberation Army to “be ready to win a war.” Xi has repeatedly called for greater military modernization, increased training, and enhanced overall readiness of the Chinese army, navy, and air
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In a photo released by the African Union-UN Information Support Team, Ethopian soldiers wearing AU berets prepare for departure after a ceremony marking the inclusion of Ethiopia into the AU peacekeeping mission, on January 22, 2014 ©Tobin Jones (AU UN IST/AFP/File) Ethiopia said Monday it was ready to boost its troop levels in Somalia to
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