By Ariel Zirulnick The Christian Science Monitor BAHIR DAR, ETHIOPIA- As other fishermen haul in their catch a little after dawn, Temasgen Zelalem is just beginning to drop his net. Looking weary in the faint morning light, Mr. Temasgen says it’s his second drop in the last 24 hours. The nets he laid out last
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By Aidan O’Donnell BBC News Ethiopia’s historic city of Harar is one of Islam’s holiest centres – but in recent times it has built up another tradition and is now also known for its brewery. As holy cities go, Harar is a colourful one. Inside the walls of the old town I find buildings in
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The Guardian Land grabbing in Africa and Asia for export and biofuel crops is keeping populations malnourished and hungry By Damian Carrington A worker at Saudi Star Rice Farm in Gambella, Ethiopia. Rights groups accuse the government of forcing people off their land to make way for foreign investors. Photograph: Jenny Vaughan/AFP/Getty Images The land
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New York Daily News BY Oren Yaniv The drug ring smuggled the drug from Yemen, Ethiopia, and Kenya into New York and beyond, according to a 215-count indictment unsealed Friday in Brooklyn by the state’s Attorney General. 17 members of an international drug ring were busted for smuggling tons of Khat into America, authorities announced
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Human Ipo By Susan Mwenesi All-female Ethiopian accounting startup Online Hisab will be launching its services to the general public in July, aiming to enhance and facilitate financial management for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Pitching at the PIVOT East startup event in Nairobi, Kenya, business development lead Etsie-Hirst Girma said currently the problems plaguing
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Channel 4 By JAMAL OSMAN Khat, the stimulant leaf chewed by Yemeni and east African communities, especially Somalis, is now illegal and is classed as a class C drug – but will that stop it being sold illegally in the UK? At a warehouse in Southall, west London, which for years has been the centre
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By Channels Television Nigerian and Ethiopian authorities have agreed to deepen relationship in the area of trade and investment, tourism and agriculture. Addressing a joint press conference on Wednesday at the forecourt of the President Villa in Abuja on Wednesday, President Goodluck Jonathan and Ethiopian President, Hailemariam Dessalene, also agreed to collaborate in the fight against terrorism. The
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By Channels Television Nigerian and Ethiopian authorities have agreed to deepen relationship in the area of trade and investment, tourism and agriculture. Addressing a joint press conference on Wednesday at the forecourt of the President Villa in Abuja on Wednesday, President Goodluck Jonathan and Ethiopian President, Hailemariam Dessalene, also agreed to collaborate in the fight against terrorism. The
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Ethiopian Airlines Press Release Ethiopian Airlines and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed a loan agreement of 50 million euros on 20 June 2014 at the Ethiopian Airlines Headquarters. The agreement is aimed at financing the construction of the new state-of- the art cargo terminal. Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, and
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Routes News Ethiopian is one of the oldest and most successful airlines operating on the African continent. Routes News lists five things you need to know about it. History maker Ethiopian Airlines was established in 1945 as a joint venture with TWA and the Ethiopian government. The airline originally started with five Douglas C-47 Skytrain
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