The scene of a twin explosion at the Gikomba open-air market in Nairobi on Friday.THOMAS MUKOYA / REUTERS By ALAN COWELL The New York Times LONDON — The authorities in Kenya said that 10 people had died in two explosions in the capital, Nairobi, on Friday, heightening fears of terrorist attacks in one of Africa’s
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The scene of a twin explosion at the Gikomba open-air market in Nairobi on Friday.THOMAS MUKOYA / REUTERS By ALAN COWELL The New York Times LONDON — The authorities in Kenya said that 10 people had died in two explosions in the capital, Nairobi, on Friday, heightening fears of terrorist attacks in one of Africa’s
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Washington Update By Mesfin Mekonen Human rights demonstration. Ethiopian-Americans held a protest meeting in front of the U.S. State Department headquarters building on May 7 in advance of Secretary Kerry’s visit to Addis Ababa. They demanded that Secretary Kerry seek the release of political prisoners, and communicate U.S. support for human rights and press freedom.
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Sentenced to Die for Being a Christian, Christianity in Sudan,
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Former Egyptian irrigation and water resources minister examines the history of Ethiopia’s plans to construct a dam on the Nile River By Mahmoud El-Wardani Ahram Online Azmat Sadd Al-Nahda Al-Ethiopi book cover Azmat Sadd Al-Nahda Al-Ethiopi(The Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Crisis) by Mohamed Nasr El-Din Allam, Dar Al-Mahroussa Publishing, Cairo, 2014. pp.242 The story of the
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BY Victoria Fleischer PBS News Hour Dinaw Mengestu talks about his new novel “All Our Names,” which narrates the story of a young black man who comes of age in post-colonial Africa and the young white woman who meets and falls in love with him in a small Midwest American town. Mengestu spoke to chief
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The Black Lions Organization With misleading information constantly conveyed to the public through mainstream media, many individuals have adopted a misconstrued perception of what Africa (namely, Ethiopia) truly is like. Meraf Berhanu, a young Ethiopian American from Dallas, Texas, took it upon herself to capture the true essence of Ethiopian life and culture by traveling
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By Catholic Online LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – “We are concerned because there is the beginning of a locust invasion in the eastern part of the country, and if it’s not properly handled it could be of concern for the pastoralist population living there,” WFP spokeswoman Elizabeth Byrs said at a U.N. briefing in
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BUAPP Liyou Libsekal Liyou Libsekal, an Ethiopian poet who lives in Addis Ababa, has won the 2014 Brunel University African Poetry Prize (BUAPP). The judges, including prize founder and Reader in Creative Writing at Brunel Dr Bernardine Evaristo, praised Liyou’s poetry for its accomplished modulation between the concrete and the abstract; her impressive use of
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Somaliland press May 14, 2014 Hailemariam (L) Debretsion (R) Debretsion is reportedly calling the shots from behind the scene. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is once again at odds with the powerful TPLF branch of EPRDF ruling party, according to sources connected to his adminstration. This time the dispute is on government response to Oromo
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