AU celebrates Africa Day with activities, concludes yearlong celebration

Xinhua The African Union (AU) on Sunday celebrated Africa Day with different activities in Ethiopia’ s capital Addis Ababa. The celebrations included a marathon dubbed the Great Run Africa, the 10th Anniversary of the Peace and Security Council of the AU, and the Africa Re-imagination Creative Hub (ARCH) exhibition. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the

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Ghana’s Black Queens beat Ethiopia to take lead in AWC qualifying

Ghanafa.org Ghana picked up a positive result in the first leg of the final round of qualifying for the 2014 African Women’s Championship after beating Ethiopia 2-0 in Addis Ababa on Sunday. The Black Queens now need to avoid defeat in the return clash at home in a fortnight to reach the finals of the

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MENA country director deported from Ethiopia

By Hend Kortam Daily News Egypt Egyptian foreign ministry says no explanation was provided by the Ethiopian side and demanded one ShareThis Facebook Tweet   Print      Email Egyptian citizen Hamdy Al-Anany was deported from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, an incident which prompted the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to express “deep regrets”, in a statement on Sunday, and demand an

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DC Africa Day to be Commemorated with Grants to 8 Organizations

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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Ethiopia hopeful of Amajita upset

Supersport.com The Ethiopian Under-20 believes they have what it takes to reverse the result from the first leg against hosts Amajita in the second round second leg of the 2015 Africa Youth Championship qualifier. The clash will be played on Sunday at the Dobsonville Stadium. Kickoff is at 3pm. Ethiopia lost their home leg 2-0

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Ethiopian Migrants Held at ‘Torture Camps’ in Yemen

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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Ethiopian Airlines resume flight to Kano, Nigeria

Ethiopian Airlines Press Release Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday resumed its flight to the Nigeria’s commercial city of Kano 10 years after it suspended fights to the city because of bad weather. The resumed flight had touched down at the Kano International Airport to a warm reception from Kano businessmen and politicians led by the state’s

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‘መድረክ’ እናመሰግናለን-By Yonatan Tesfaye·

May 24, 2014 MEDREK’s demonstration; Blue Party(semayawi) taking part!

Yonatan Tesfaye By Yonatan Tesfaye·

Killing citizens in anyway can never be justifiable!

‘መድረክ’ እናመሰግናለን

ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ዛሬ በመድረክ ሰልፍ ላይ የመድረክን ጥሪ አክብሮ የተገኘ ሲሆን በሰልፉም ላይ የህዝብን ጥያቄ በማስተጋባት አጋርነቱን አሳይቷል፡፡ ይህን ሰልፍ ላዘጋጀው እና የተቃውሞ ድምፃችንን እንድናሰማ ሁኔታዎችን ላመቻቸው የፓርቲዎች ስብስብ ‘መድረክ’ ምስጋና ልናቀርብ እንወዳለን፡፡

የዜጎችን ጥያቄ በጥይት ማስቆም አይቻልም

ኢትዮጵያ በክብር ለዘላለም ትኑር!

ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ!

Deadly attack on Djibouti restaurant

BBC At least two people have been killed in an attack on a restaurant popular with Westerners in Djibouti, police say. Grenades were thrown at La Chaumiere restaurant in the capital of the Horn of Africa country, officials said. At least another 11 people were wounded. Unconfirmed reports said that two employees had been killed

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African unity still a pipe dream 

By Liesl Louw-Vaudran, M&G HI.M. Haile Selassie (C) and Ghana’s first President Kwame Nkrumah (L) at the OAU (1963) Africa Day is on Sunday. How close has the continent come to achieving the integration the OAU founders had in mind when they formed the body in 1963? In 1978 Jamaican reggae artist Hugh Mundell had a

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