The account, dubbed “Lebeik,” will allow Ethiopian Muslims to deposit money in savings for their Hajj and Umra pilgrimage, according to a statement issued following the signing of the agreement. World Bulletin / News Desk An Ethiopian bank has signed an agreement with the Islamic Affairs Supreme Council to provide an interest-free savings account for
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Oxford University According to The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), published by Oxford University, Ethiopia ranks the second poorest country in the world just ahead of Niger. The study is based on analysis of acute poverty in 108 developing countries around the world. Despite making progress at reducing the percentage of destitute people, Ethiopia is still
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VOA By Kim Lewis - UN Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities The Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which held its seventh annual session in New York from June 10-12, gave delegates from around the world a chance to exchange ideas about programs and discuss how to
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VOA By Kim Lewis - UN Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities The Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which held its seventh annual session in New York from June 10-12, gave delegates from around the world a chance to exchange ideas about programs and discuss how to
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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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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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By David H. Shinn Inernational Policy Digest Liu Zhen/China News Service Ethiopia was never colonized and along with China has a long imperial history. China’s imperial period came to an end with the fall of the Qing dynasty and formation of the Republic of China as a constitutional republic in 1912. The overthrow of Emperor
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Emirates247 An Ethiopian housemaid in Saudi Arabia committed a suicide after learning of her parent’s death in her home country, a newspaper reported on Thursday. Sabq quoted police as saying the maid, in her 20s, was found dead by her employer in the back garden of his house in the northern town of Khafji. Police
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C. NDUTA MG Africa Ge’ez is the only original African script taught and used widely in everyday interaction – in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is also the most successful. Followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The native African script of Ge’ez is itself extinct, used only on the liturgy of Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches.
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