8 FEBRUARY 2014 Sudan Tribune Khartoum — An 18-year-old pregnant Ethiopian woman who was the victim of a brutal gang-rape last August in Omdurman has been sleeping on the concrete floor of a police cell since her arrest on 17…
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KHARTOUM, Sudan, Feb. 8 (UPI) – Egypt and Ethiopia remain at loggerheads over Addis Ababa’s plan to build a $4.2 billion, 6,000-megawatt dam on a major tributary of the Nile River that Cairo says will greatly reduce the flow of water…
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Feb 7, 2014 (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines is in preliminary talks with Boeing (BA.N) that could lead to an order for 10 of the U.S. planemaker’s latest model, the 777X, the airline’s chief executive said. “When the 777X comes, as…
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By ahram.org Egypt has voiced objections to only some — not all — of the dam projects in Ethiopia. But the objections it has voiced are valid, writes Maghawry Shehata Diab The focus on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam project, which has…
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By Lolade Adewuyi From national hero to villain: The politics behind Ethiopia’s sacking of coach Sewnet Bishaw The former Walia Antelopes coach stepped on the toes of the government and paid for it with his job, despite taking Ethiopian football…
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Tracy African leaders (presidents, heads of government, etc.) gathered in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, this past summer to celebrate 50 years of the successes and challenges of the Organization of African Unity, OAU, now known as the African Union,…
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By Hassen Hussein @HusseinHxhuss10 February 6, 2014 Egypt’™s colonial-era veto power over the river’s bounties is untenable Topics: Egypt Ethiopia Water The Blue Nile in Guba, Ethiopia. William Lloyd-George/AFP/Getty Images On Jan. 8, Ethiopia turned down Egypt’s demand that it suspend construction of its mega-dam on the Nile,…
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02/07/2014 The project has raised fears in Cairo that the project could affect Egypt’s historical share of Nile water, which represents the country’s primary water source. World Bulletin / News Desk Egyptian ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Idris has denied reports…
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By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NAIROBI, Feb 6 – Two Kenyan police officers were released on bail Thursday after they denied kidnapping two Ethiopian rebels in the Kenyan capital. Magistrate Doreen Mulekyo freed the two, an inspector and a constable from the…
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By Chris Jasper and Kari Lundgren February 06, 2014 Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise said it will locate its fourth hub in the Democratic Republic of Congo as Africa’s No. 2 carrier seeks to tap Chinese economic links and fill long-haul flights to destinations such…
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