South Sudan rebels in ‘multiple attacks’

22 April 2014 BBC There has been recent fighting in Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei states Rebels in South Sudan are involved in fierce fighting with the army in several areas of the country, the military spokesman has told the

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የማንነት ብዙነትና ወሳኝ ማንነት

22 April 2014 ከስማቸው ተሰማ Borkena.com የኤርትራን ነጻ አገር መሆን ተከትሎ በጥቂት አመታት ውስጥ የኢትዮጵያና የ ኤርትራ ጦርነት ሲጀመር በብዙ አስር ሽዎች የሚቆጠሩ ሰዎች ወደ ኤርትራ ተባረሩ፤ ከተባረሩት ውስጥ ቀላል የማይባል ቁጥር ያላቸው ተፈናቃዮች ተወልደው ካደጉባቸው የኢትዮጵያ አካባቢዎች ጋር ያላቸው

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Vote for Aster & Teddy for Kora Awards

22 April 2014 DireTube.com Ethiopian Artists Teddy Afro and Aster Aweke in the list of the 20 top nominees for this year’s Kora Awards. The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on 2nd December in Ivory Coast. Teddy Afro

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The science of why most marathon winners are from east Africa

22 April 2014 VOX ET@Max_Fisher max@vox.com The lead elite women’s grouping, including first-place Rita Keptoo, arrives in Wellesley during the 118th Boston MarathonSuzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe via Getty Today’s Boston Marathon set a major record: the first-place male runner is an American citizen

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Ethiopia’s ‘villagisation’ scheme fails to bear fruit

Residents say government has not delivered on resettlement promise of land, clean water and livestock In the village of Elay, people are defying the government and returning home. Photograph: William Davison The Guardian William Davison Tue 22 April 2014 The

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In Central Ethiopia, a Dankeshön to Germany 

22 April 2014 WFP Ire Galato, here with one of her sons, can now feed her family until the next harvest. Copyright: Lisa Bryant/WFP German funding for WFP-supported relief and safety-net programmes in Ethiopia is helping 1.6 million pastoralists and

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Colby Grants To Fund Student Researchers in Ethiopian Church Forest

April 22, 2014 Colby.edu Colby student researchers collect insect samples at a church forest site with an Ethiopian student and an Ethiopian Orthodox priest. Below, a herder follows his cattle, which are drawn to the church forest preserves, including the

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Ethiopian textile & garment exports earn $84mn in 9 months

April 22, 2014 Fibre2fashion News Desk – India Ethiopia exported US$ 84 million worth of textiles and apparel during the first nine months of the ongoing fiscal year 2013-14 that began on July 8, 2013, according to the Textile Industry

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Ethiopia eyes untapped rubber production potential

April 22, 2014 Turkish Press ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia is currently carrying out a pilot project on more than 700 hectares of land in the southwestern Bench Maji region that officials hope will help turn the country into a major

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Dam! White Elephants in Ethiopia? 

By Alemayehu G Mariam  April 21, 2014 Last week, in a bizarre display of faux outrage and indignation, the regime in Ethiopia unleashed its big “experts” to go afterInternational Rivers, an organization that has been leading the global struggle to

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