AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Guinea was chosen to host the 2023 African Cup of Nations in an unscheduled vote on Saturday, with African football head Issa Hayatou describing the surprise decision as a display of “solidarity” with the Ebola-hit country. The Confederation of African Football announced Cameroon as host of the 2019 Cup
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The Wall Street Journal By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Washington No evidence exists that Francis Bacon made it to Ethiopia, but in a back room of the Republican National Committee building there is a lot of evidence that Azarias Reda absorbed one of the English philosopher’s more famous observations: scientia potentia est. The 28-year-old data evangelist
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BBC The case against Uhuru Kenyatta has angered many African leaders The International Criminal Court (ICC) has summoned Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to appear before the tribunal on 8 October. Judges want to question him over claims that his government has withheld documents requested by prosecutors preparing his crimes against humanity trial. The trial has
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Anadolu Agency A tripartite technical committee tasked with studying Ethiopia’s mega-dam being built on the Nile River convened in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday. The panel brings together four experts from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan for talks on the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The two-day meeting will discuss the date
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BY FOX NEWS INSIDER AS SEEN ON THE KELLY FILE The Sudanese woman sentenced to death for her Christian faith was on “The Kelly File” for her first-ever interview. Click here for video Mariam Ibraheem was accused of converting from Islam to Christianity, although Ibraheem maintains she was never a Muslim. She married a Catholic
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Reuters The hosts of the 2019 and 2021 African Nations Cup finals will be decided on Saturday with Algeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Zambia all competing to stage the biennial tournament. The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), who have been meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa this week, will
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The Guardian Free advice line that aims to help smallholders boost livelihoods has received 1.5m calls since launching 12 weeks ago By William Davison in Addis Ababa MDG : Ethiopian farmer with mobile phone during Gada celebration in Karrayyu tribe , Ethiopia An Ethiopian farmer using a mobile phone. The country’s government relies on support
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United Nations Human Rights GENEVA – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Ethiopia to stop misusing anti-terrorism legislation to curb freedoms of expression and association in the country, amid reports that people continue to be detained arbitrarily. The experts’ call comes on the eve of the consideration by
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The East African As state-owned enterprises in Ethiopia continue expanding in the economy with huge investments, the World Bank advised the government to improve transparency and credibility of information. “As the country plans to become a middle income country, consistency, transparency and credible information about state owned enterprises are very, very important,” said Sri
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By Admassu Belay In recent days, we have been hearing a lot about the Scottish referendum to secede from the UK. Particularly, some of our Oromo politician friends in the diaspora have made it the hot topic of the month. Knowing how ridiculous it is to compare “Oromia” to Scotland, many Ethiopians ignore the matter.
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