Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana bid to host 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

BBC Africa Cup of Nations trophy Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana have announced their interest in bidding to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations following Libya’s withdrawal as the host nation. Libya pulled out last week because of ongoing fighting in the country that has delayed plans to build new stadiums for the 16-team tournament. Ethiopia,

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170 bodies of Ethiopian, Eritrean and other African migrants found from Libya shipwreck

AFP Guarabouli (Libya) (AFP) – Libyan rescuers have recovered the bodies of around 170 people after a boat carrying illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sank at sea last week, a coast guard official said Monday. “We freed about 100 bodies trapped in the hold of the 16-metre (50-foot) wooden boat which foundered not far from

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World’s Top 11 Coffee Cities Every Coffee Lover Should Visit 

By LifeHack WHEN you love coffee, you lovecoffee. You have distinct opinions on where the best coffee is in your local area. When you travel, you have to know the scoop on where to get some quality brew. But if the entire city had a high chance of providing a tasty cup of Joe…well, it could be

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Sudan hosts talks on Ethiopian Nile dam row

AFP  Khartoum (AFP) – Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia opened talks Monday to try to resolve a dispute over a hydro-electric dam being built by Addis Ababa on the Nile. Cairo fears that Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance dam project could diminish its water supply. “This will be a crucial and definitive meeting on a global solution to

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Djibouti President Unharmed After Shooting Leaves Three Injured

Bloomberg Photographer: Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, centre, reviews the royal honor guard upon his arrival at Riyadh airport on January 21, 2013. By Paul Richardson Djiboutian President Ismael Omar Guelleh was unharmed in a shooting at the Horn of Africa country’s main airport in the capital that left three people wounded, Foreign Minister

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Ethiopian clashes blamed for spate of killings in Garissa, Kenya

Standard Media BY KIPCHUMBA SOME  GARISSA COUNT:On the afternoon of June 9, an unlikely incident in Garrissa helped to reveal the faces and reasons behind a spate of mysterious killings that have rocked the county. That afternoon, a man approached Hassan Yusuf Intabur in his shop on Guled Street in Garissa Town, pulled out a

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አርበኞች ግንባር፣ ግንቦት 7 እና የአዲሃን ወደውህደት የሚያደርሳቸውን ውይይት ሊጀምሩ ነው

(ዘ-ሐበሻ) የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባር፣ ግንቦት 7 የፍትህ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ እንዲሁም የአማራ ዲሞክራሲ ሃይሎች ንቅናቄ ወደ ውህደት የሚያደርሳቸውን ውይይት ሊጀምሩ መሆኑን ለዘ-ሐበሻ በላኩት መግለጫ አስታወቁ። “የወያኔውን ዕድሜ ለማሳጠር በአንድነት እንሰራለን” በሚል ድርጅቶቹ በጋራ ባወጡት መግለጫ “ኢትዮጵያንና ሕዝቧን ካሉባት አዘቅት በማውጣት ሕዝቡ የስልጣን ባለቤት የሚሆንበትን ሁኔታ ለማመቻቸት የጋራ ትግልና መስዋዕትነት የግድ የሚለን ድረጃ መድረሳችንን የወያኔውን

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The perils of outsourcing the fight for freedom

By Yilma Bekele I could have titled this piece ‘Obama and his Africa peace keepers’ but that would not be fair. Anybody with half a brain can see that I am trying to make my issue to be his problem. Excuse me just because fighting for my right is beneath my dignity there is no

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Germany commits 750,000 euros to help refugees in Ethiopia

Sudan Tribune By Tesfa-Alem Tekle August 24, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – Germany has contributed 750,000 euros to provide ongoing humanitarian assistance to hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, mostly from South Sudan. Nearly 190,000 South Sudanese have fled to Ethiopia since conflict erupted in the country in mid-December last year (AFP)Humanitarian provisions at camps

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Watch IS Terrorists Get Totally Slaughtered By Airstrikes From The US…It’s Like Playing video games

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