Egypt: Ethiopia should build ‘smaller dam’

By Aya Nader Feb 3, 2014  If Ethiopia wants to generate electricity, it should build a smaller dam, Minister of Irrigation Mohammad Abdul Muttalib said Monday, according to state-owned Al-Ahram. The remarks came during a visit to Sharqeya governorate to

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Saving Ethiopia from the chopping block 

By Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam February 3, 2014 WE live in a time that gives new meaning to Shakespeare’s line in Julius Caesar: “The evil that men do lives after them…” Today we come face to face with the evil Meles

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2 Kenya cops due in court for abduction of ONLF rebels

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – A Kenyan official says two police officers will be charged in court with the kidnapping of two officials of the Ethiopian rebel group, the Ogaden National Liberation Front. Nairobi Criminal Investigations chief Nicholas Kamwende said Monday

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Muammar Gaddafi’s secrets finally revealed

By Christopher OlgiatiDirector, Mad Dog: Gaddafi’s Secret World Since Muammar Gaddafi’s ignominious death at the hands of a rebel mob in October 2011 much has been written and said about him. But now a new film, with unprecedented access to

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Muammar Gaddafi’s secrets finally revealed

By Christopher OlgiatiDirector, Mad Dog: Gaddafi’s Secret World Since Muammar Gaddafi’s ignominious death at the hands of a rebel mob in October 2011 much has been written and said about him. But now a new film, with unprecedented access to

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2 killed in clash at terror-linked Kenyan mosque

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) – Police opened fire on Muslim youths wielding daggers at a mosque linked to recruiting Islamic extremists, and at least one officer and a young man were killed Sunday, witnesses and officials said in the coastal resort

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Teff: Hollywood’s New Favourite Food

By MARTHA CLIFF 2 February 2014 From kale chips to wheatgrass shots, the list of celebrity food crazes is a long one. Now there’s a new source of sustenance to add to the list – an Ethiopian cereal named teff. Loved

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London doctor Stacey Swinkels travelled to Ethiopia to provide free eye surgery for rural poor

Carl Hnatyshyn, Special to The Free Press Saturday, February 2 Being spat upon was hardly the reception Stacey Swinkels expected for her charity. Then, again, the young London doctor likely never expected to wind up in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s

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Ethiopian woman Run over and Killed by a Kuwait Woman

Feb 2, 2014  KUWAIT CITY, Feb 1: An Ethiopian woman killed on the spot when she was cornered under the wheel of a vehicle driven by a Kuwaiti woman, reports Al-Rai daily.  The victim was trying to cross a street

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Hailemariam: Our Children deserve a better Education

By Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn In Ethiopia, we have every reason to be very proud of the progress we have made in education over the past decade. In 1999, just 37 per cent of children were going to primary school.

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