Harvard Political Review: “Dam-ed if you don’t”: Egypt and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project

09 March 2014 By Brooke Kantor,  Harvard Political Review The Aswan Dam Water and energy are two central issues to people of the Middle East and North Africa. They have remained at the top of governments’ agendas, enduring regime changes, military

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L.A. Marathon winners Amane Gobena and Gebo Burka of Ethiopia

March 9, 2014 ALLEN J. SCHABEN / LOS ANGELES TIMES Coach Haji Adillo, in jacket, congratulates his runners Amane Gobena, right, and Gebo Burka, facing away. Gobena and Burka, both of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, won first place in the women’s

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Migrants die in Yemen boat sinking

09 March 2014 Forty-two African migrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to officials. The boat overturned off the coast of Beer Ali, in the southern Shabwa province, the ministry of defence said on

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Migrants die in Yemen boat sinking

09 March 2014 Forty-two African migrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to officials. The boat overturned off the coast of Beer Ali, in the southern Shabwa province, the ministry of defence said on

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Unilever Plans Manufacturing Plant in Ethiopia as Growth Surges

Mar 9, 2014  Unilever (UNA), the world’s second-biggest consumer-products maker, plans to open a manufacturing plant in Ethiopia during the next year in a bid to emulate its expansion into Vietnam, a company official said. The London- and Rotterdam-based company

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Unilever Plans Manufacturing Plant in Ethiopia as Growth Surges

Mar 9, 2014  Unilever (UNA), the world’s second-biggest consumer-products maker, plans to open a manufacturing plant in Ethiopia during the next year in a bid to emulate its expansion into Vietnam, a company official said. The London- and Rotterdam-based company

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Dibaba and Mohammed wins Gold for Ethiopia

Mar 9, 2014 SOPOT (Poland): Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba won women’s 3000m gold at the World Indoor Athletics Championships at Sopot on Sunday. The 23-year-old Dibaba, who has broken three world indoor records this season, completely dominated the race, clocking 8min

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Egypt and Ethiopia are at loggerheads over the Nile

By KEITH JOHNSON 09 March 2014 WASHINGTON: Egypt’s musical-chairs government faces enough challenges. So why is a construction project almost 1,800 miles from Cairo provoking fears over Egypt’s national survival? Egypt and Ethiopia are butting heads over the Great Ethiopian

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Our response will be decisive: Egypt tells Ethiopia on Nile dispute

Sat, 08/03/2014 AFP Al-Masry Al-Youm Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy gave Ethiopia the harshest Egyptian warning to Ethiopia in relation to the dispute over Adis Ababa’s dam on the Nile River.   In an interview with Tahrir satellite channel late Friday,

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Ethiopian women struggle against inequality

Saturday, March 08, 2014 ADDIS ABABA – Facing inequality, poverty and domestic violence, Ethiopian women are aspiring for a better future, as millions around the world as marking the International Women`s Day. “I support my family. I pay school fees

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