Pittsburgh Post Gazette A member of the Allegheny County Children, Youth and Families advisory board is organizing an event Friday to protest what she considers a lenient sentence for a former Franklin Park couple accused of abusing their adopted Ethiopian children. “My personal calling is advocating for the most vulnerable children,” said Joanna Huss, who
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By William Davison, Bloomberg Temesgen Desalegn An Ethiopian editor is facing as many as 10 years in prison after being convicted of inciting the public against the government through his newspaper articles, his lawyer said. Temesgen Desalegn, the former editor of Feteh, a defunct weekly newspaper, was convicted yesterday by the Federal High Court on
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Tanzania Daily SEVEN suspected illegal immigrants from Ethiopia have been arrested at Busale ward, Unyakyusa Division in Kyela District, Mbeya Region on Tuesday. Mbeya Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mr Ahmed Msangi, said that the suspects were found hidden in a bush at 11am, saying the suspects were taken to the central police station in the
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Today online SINGAPORE — Former marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie will headline the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore on Dec 7, although the 41-year-old Ethiopian will be tackling the 10km race instead of the full marathon. Gebrselassie won the 10,000m at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics, and won the gold medal for that
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BBC By James Jeffrey Murad Hiyare, one of Tomoca’s experienced baristas, plying his trade Tomoca now has five cafes across Addis Ababa Traditionally it takes rather a long time to be served a cup of coffee in Ethiopia – but things are now speeding up. As coffee plants originate from the east African nation –
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CPJ Temesghen Desalegn has been convicted in connection with a 2012 defamation case. (CPJ) Nairobi, October 15, 2014–An Ethiopian court on Monday convicted journalist and magazine owner Temesghen Desalegn in connection with a 2012 defamation case, according to news reports and local journalists. The Federal High Court in the capital, Addis Ababa, found Temesghen guilty
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By Alex Court and Lillian Leposo (CNN) – The steady hum of sewing machines fills the air inside a large glovemaking factory on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the bustling Ethiopian capital. Patches of leather move through an array of working stations as busy laborers work feverishly to meet the company’s export quota: 5,000
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U.S. Census Bureau (Graph: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008-2012 American Community Survey, 5-years estimates) – According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest American Community Survey 41% of the African-born population in the United States obtained bachelors degrees or higher between 2008 and 2012 compared with 28% of the overall foreign-born U.S. population. The study, which was
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World Bulletin The flooding came in the wake of heavy rainfall, measured at between 45 and 91 millimeters Floods displace 8,000 Ethiopian familiesSome 8,000 families have been displaced by the recent overflowing of Ethiopia’s Awash River across the country, the Ministry of Water, Energy and Irrigation said Wednesday. “Households are being moved to higher ground
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World Bulletin The flooding came in the wake of heavy rainfall, measured at between 45 and 91 millimeters Floods displace 8,000 Ethiopian familiesSome 8,000 families have been displaced by the recent overflowing of Ethiopia’s Awash River across the country, the Ministry of Water, Energy and Irrigation said Wednesday. “Households are being moved to higher ground
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