How many Ethiopians live in the USA?

Debirhan – The study titled “The Foreign-Born Population From Africa: 2008–2012”  based on a nationwide sampling of households between 2008 and 2012 prepared by the American Community Survey (ACS) Briefs and published in October 2014, found that there were 164,000 (10% of the African population) Ethiopians living in the U.S. within the five year period. About 221,000

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Castro offers to co-operate with US on Ebola

Cuba’s former leader says offer not aimed at ending animosity with US but needed in the interests of “world peace”. (AL Jazeera) Fidel Castro, the 88-year-old former Cuban leader, has said his country is ready to work with the US in the battle against Ebola, saying that such co-operation would be in the interest of

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Betelhem Moges won Amsterdam Marathon 2:28:35

In the women’s race it was Moges who emerged as comfortable victor and she was followed home by Kenya’s Ogla Kimalyo in second place. Burundi’s Diane Nukuri Johnson finished in third. The Ethiopian came home in a time of 2:28:35; here she is finishing the race, courtesy of TCS News:

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The Role of Credit in Ethiopia’s Economic Progress

By Tsehai Alemayehu Whether or not Ethiopia’s external debt is growing too fast and too large has become an emerging topic of conversation among many observers.  While the government is seeking to tap any and all sources of financing domestic and foreign, observers argue that the country needs to be very careful about acquiring any

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The Role of Credit in Ethiopia’s Economic Progress

By Tsehai Alemayehu Whether or not Ethiopia’s external debt is growing too fast and too large has become an emerging topic of conversation among many observers.  While the government is seeking to tap any and all sources of financing domestic and foreign, observers argue that the country needs to be very careful about acquiring any

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Ethiopia’s Gebru Wins Beijing Marathon Amid ‘Hazardous’ Smog

(Bloomberg)- Girmay Birhanu Gebru of Ethiopia won the Beijing Marathon as about 30,000 runners from 55 countries completed after a warning of hazardous haze engulfing the city. Gebru completed the race in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 42 seconds, the official Xinhua News Agency reported today. The organization committee of the race warned marathoners of

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Ethiopia’s Gebru Wins Beijing Marathon Amid ‘Hazardous’ Smog

(Bloomberg)- Girmay Birhanu Gebru of Ethiopia won the Beijing Marathon as about 30,000 runners from 55 countries completed after a warning of hazardous haze engulfing the city. Gebru completed the race in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 42 seconds, the official Xinhua News Agency reported today. The organization committee of the race warned marathoners of

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Ethiopia, a great new frontier in tourism (audio)

(IT) Podcast: Ethiopia is easy to get to, with direct flights from London and Frankfurt. Next year, it will get even easier with a new Ethiopian Airlines route from Addis Ababa to Los Angeles making a stop in Dublin Defeating stereotypes: much of Ethiopia is a green and lush with vegetation such as this crater

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Getty Ambau’s 3rd volume, DESTA: TO WHOM THE LIONS BOW has won Moonbeam’s 2014 Young Adult Fiction Award

News Release Desta, the precocious Ethiopian shepherd boy, again delights readers of all ages as he continues his epic search for the gold coin of magic and fortune. Inspirational Series of Novels for the Young and Young at Heart Who Seek Courage and Strength to Accomplish Life’s Goals and Dream SAN JOSE, California, October 14,

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Genzebe Dibaba among finalists of 2014 World Athlete of the Year

IAAF – With little more than a month to go until the 2014 World Athletics Gala, the IAAF has the pleasure in announcing the names of the three men and three women who are still in contention to become the 2014 World Athletes of the Year. The finalists were selected after a two-week-long poll of

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