Gondaronline.com

Ethiopian man claims to be 160-years-old CW39 NewsFix OROMIA, ETHIOPIA – Talk about being an old soul! Da-Kabo Ebba, a retired farmer in Ethiopia, claims to be 160 years old. In an interview with opride.com, Ebba says he remembers when Italy invaded his country back in 1895. If what Ebba says is true, he is ... and more »

SomalilandPress

Ethiopia: A Renaissance for Ethiopia's Youth SomalilandPress For the past one-half decade, Ethiopia has been awash with talk of renaissance. There has been a lot of windbagging about a “Renaissance Dam” over the Blue Nile. Our ears nearly fell off listening to the endless gab about an “economic renaissance” with ... and more »

Nazret.com (blog)

Ethiopian lion kills keeper at Addis Ababa zoo Nazret.com (blog) A lion has mauled to death a keeper at a zoo in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, after he forgot to close the door to the inner cage where the animal sleeps, officials say. The lion, named Kenenisa after the famous Ethiopian athlete Kenenisa Bakele, bit Abera ... Kenenisa the lion kills Addis Ababa zookeeper who forgot to close door to inner ...NEWS.com.au all 3 news articles »

Is Democracy Achievable in Ethiopia? Addis Fortune Ethiopians are not well informed about the true realities of their own country's failed politics as the existing political culture subdues obnoxious truths. For example, there is no single piece of evidence that can prove the Revolutionary Democrats are essentially ... and more »

Grievances Given Deaf Ears Addis Fortune The post-1991 shift in political ideology, accompanied by the introduction of federalism, enabled Ethiopia to have regional governments with delimited constitutional authority. Each of these regions has executive organs in charge of implementing policies. and more »

Haile Gebreselassie, Long Distance Runner and Businessman Addis Fortune The long distance legend, Haile Gebreselassie, joined the spotlight after he announced that he is interested to compete for a political office, most probably to be the president of the federation. Haile, who won multiple titles since 1992, first expressed his will to ... and more »

NEWS.com.au

Kenenisa the lion kills Addis Ababa zookeeper who forgot to close door to inner ... NEWS.com.au A LION at the Addis Ababa zoo in Ethiopia has attacked and killed a zookeeper after he forgot to close the door to the inner cage where the lion sleeps, officials said. The lion, named Kenenisa after a famous Ethiopian runner, killed Abera Silsay, 51, as he was ... and more »

Ethiopia Will Continue to Support Somalia's Efforts to Consolidate Peace AllAfrica.com Foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, received a delegation led by Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud yesterday (September 15) at Bole International Airport. The delegation was on its way to Brussels to attend the Somalia New Deal Conference ... and more »

Commission Arrests ERCA's Prosecutor AllAfrica.com The Federal Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) on September 9, 2013, arrested a prosecutor of the Ethiopian Revenues & Customs Authority (ERCA)red-handed while receiving 30,000 Br in bribe from a businesswoman who had a pending case ... and more »

International adoption: I was stolen from my family CNN (CNN) -- When I was 13, I was sold. Friends of my father worked for a corrupt adoption agency operating in my homeland of Ethiopia -- friends my father trusted. In 2006 they coerced him into believing he was sending my younger sisters and me to America for ... and more »