“A nation of 4 million cannot deny 70 million people access to the sea, It is a matter of time, but another war is inevitable”: Teshome Gabre Mariam

The Daily Trust BY OKELLO OCULI 18 APRIL 2014 OPINION “A nation of 4 million cannot deny 70 million people access to the sea, It is a matter of time, but another war is inevitable” (Teshome Gabre Mariam – former

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Gibe III hydro power project delayed

19 April 2014 Reporter WRITTEN BY WUDINEH ZENEBE The completion of the Gibe III hydropower project scheduled to start production for September 2014 will not be realized as the dam is not ready to harvest water in the coming rainy

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In Habitat for Humanity home, Ethiopian family in Plano finds new hope for future

By JULISSA TREVIÑO Neighborsgo 18 April 2014 For nearly seven years, Ethiopia and Birhanu Tuffa have lived in North Dallas’ Ethiopian community off Greenville Avenue. In a small, two-bedroom apartment, the Tuffas and their three children — 7-year-old Adonyas, 4-year-old

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Egypt to build $26.6 million worth dam in South Sudan

Ahram Online 18 Apr 2014 Egypt’s irrigation ministry said it was about to conclude studies on the construction of a new dam in Africa’s newest state, South Sudan, as part of Egyptian aid pledged to the war-torn country. All the

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Ethiopia signed Bilateral Military Diplomacy Agreements with 14 Nations

Geeska Afrika Addis Ababa (HAN) April 18, 2014 – Ethiopian Defense Ministry fully prepared to protect the The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) from any external attack, according to the Minister of Defence, Siraj Fegessa, giving the Ministry’s six-month performance

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Ethiopia’s anti-terror law suppresses press freedom: Press TV

18 April 2014 Presstv.ir The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a continental body of African free expression organizations, condemned the 27-year sentence imposed by Ethiopia on veteran Somali journalist, Mohamed Aweys Mudey. Ethiopian prosecutors accused Mudey of having information

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65 Ethiopians suspected to be Al Shabaab were arrested in Kenya

18 April 2014 The Star 65 Ethiopians suspected to be members of the Al Shabaab were arrested this morning in Ruiru. The suspects were living in a gated home on the Thika superhighway near Rainbow hotel. Ruiru Ocpd Isaac Thuranira

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No Room for Debate on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

18 April  2014 By: Lori Pottinger International Rivers GERD is being built in Ethiopia near the Sudan border International Rivers has been caught in the crossfirebetween Ethiopia and Egypt as they struggle over a large dam being built on the Nile

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Ethiopians catching up at the Boston Marathon

By John Powers Boston GLOBE   APRIL 18, 2014 In the beginning there was Abebe Bikila, the imperial guard who ran barefoot atop Roman cobblestones by torchlight in 1960 and became the first black African to win the Olympic marathon. The

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South Sudanese find peace in Ethiopia as rains near and war continues

William Davison Fri 18 April 2014 The Guardian South Sudanese refugee Nyarout Chuol with children at the UNHCR refugee camp of Kule in Gambella, Ethiopia. Photograph: William Davison It wasn’t heavy fighting that made Nyarout Chuol leave South Sudan with

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