Channel 4 The [suicide bomb] attack is the first of its kind. No one has claimed responsibility yet, but it appears to be the beginning of a campaign by al-Qaeda-linked groups to open a new front in the continent. With a population of less than a million, mainly ethnic Somalis and Afar, the Red Sea
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CTV News By Corinne Ton Coffee and tea drinkers spending an extra few dollars on Fairtrade-certified products are not actually benefitting the lives of the poorest workers in rural Ethiopia and Uganda, according to a new report. Researchers at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London spent four years studying
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Huffington post Amanda L. Chan Hookah smoking may seem like a relatively harmless way to spend an evening, but a new study suggests otherwise. Just one evening of hookah smoking could make nicotine urine levels spike by more than 70 times, and also result in the increase of cancer-causing agents, according to the study published
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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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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 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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By Alemayehu G Mariam On May 2, 2014, BBC reportedthat the security forces of the regime in Ethiopia had massacred at least 47 university and high school students in the town of Ambo 80 miles west of the capital Addis Ababa. The regime dismissed the massacre and tried to sweep it under the rug claiming that a
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DC Office on African Affairs Press release Mayor Vincent C. Gray (right) at the 2nd Annual DC to Africa Business Symposium. (Lateef Mangum) In honor of Africa Day – the annual May 25th celebration of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (now African Union), Mayor Vincent C. Gray and the Office of African
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Human Rights Watch (Sanaa, May 25, 2014) – Traffickers in Yemen hold African migrants in detention camps, torturing them to extort payment from their families, with the complicity of local officials, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Sometimes the torture ends in death. The Yemeni government should vigorously investigate and prosecute human
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