VOA Photo: UA-ONU/IST Villagers in Modmoday 40 kms east of Baidoa Nearly 40 people are dead after al-Shabab militants attacked a village on the border between Ethiopia and Somalia. The governor of Somalia’s Bakool region, Mohamed Abdi Tall, told VOA that the Islamist militant group raided the village of Aato early Tuesday. He said 27 pro-government
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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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Reuters Ethiopia may delay plans to join the World Trade Organisation in 2015 if the country is required to liberalise its tightly regulated telecoms and banking industries sooner than it would like, the trade minister said. Kebede Chane told lawmakers late on Tuesday that member countries had raised dozens of questions with Prime Minister Hailemariam
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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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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC On behalf of the government and the people of the United States, I send my best wishes to the government and people of Ethiopia as you celebrate your national day on May 28. It was a great pleasure to return to Addis Ababa earlier this month
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* A.T. Kearney will run the Alle wholesaler for 2-1/2 years * Ethiopia aims to upgrade its supply, distribution networks * Targets increased competition, costs and inflation cuts By Binyam Tamene ADDIS ABABA, May 27 (Reuters) – A U.S. management consultancy has won a short contract to run Ethiopia’s just-launched state-owned cash-and-carry chain, officials said,
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Sudan Tribune Egypt’s presidential front runner Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said he would be keen to resolve the long running Nile water dispute with Ethiopia through dialogue if he is elected as the new president of the North African nation. Al-Sisi said he was ready to visit Ethiopia for talks over the massive hydro plant project the
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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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New Scientists IT’S a volcano, but not as we know it. This cerulean eruption takes place in the Danakil Depression, a low-lying plain in Ethiopia. The volcano’s lava is the usual orange-red – the blue comes from flames produced when escaping sulphuric gases burn. French photographer Olivier Grunewald creates such images without using colour filters
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By Daniel Petty, Denver Post Mamitu Daska (Courtesy of letsrun dot com) BOULDER — Mamitu Daska is unquestionably the current queen of the Bolder Boulder’s elite women’s 10K race. The Ethiopian won her fourth title Monday well ahead of the rest of the field, finishing in 32 minutes, 21.63 seconds. She also won in 2009, 2010
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