‘Difret’ Wins World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance

Director Zeresenay Berhane Mehari & Producer Mihret Mandefro accept Audience Award for Difret on Saturday, Jan 25th at Sundance Film Festival (Photo Courtesy: Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony) By Tadias Staff Sunday, January, 26th 2014 New York (TADIAS) — Difret, an

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Ethiopia-The village where half the people are at risk of blindness

By Angela Robson BBC Health Check People queue for screening and treatment In the village school of Kuyu, in the heartland of Ethiopia’s Oromia region, more than 20 children put up their hands when asked if anyone in their family

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Mandla Maseko: The first black African heading into space

A 25-year-old DJ from a South African township is set to become the first black African to go into space. Mandla Maseko is one of 23 people who won a seat on an hour-long sub-orbital trip in 2015. He explains

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Reporter: ETHIOPIA GOES EAST – Yemen

25 JANUARY 2014 BY  WUDINEH ZENEBE With a view to extending outside of Africa, Ethiopia is ready to sign a power market agreement with the Middle Eastern country Yemen, sources disclosed to The Reporter. According to reliable sources, both Ethiopian and

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How Foreign Oil Companies annihilated the lives of ordinary African population in Ogaden Region

Saturday, 25 January 2014 Ogaden Basin By Ahmed Abdi Somalilandsun – The Ogaden,is a territory comprising the south-eastern portion of the Somali Regional State in Ethiopia and inhabited about 8-10 million ethnic Somali Population.The region, which is twice the size

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Article 44 of Egypt’s constitution: codifying historic wrongs on the Nile

25 JANUARY 2014 By Zerihun Abebe Yigzaw Since the ousting of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has been seen some three governments either as transitional ones appointed by the military or popularly elected in a free election. The first transitional government of

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GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers New Leased Boeing 777-300ER to Ethiopian Airlines

Newswiretoday The new aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing and is part of the airline’s ongoing ambitious fleet expansion plans. On the occasion of the delivery today Ryan Barrett, GECAS senior vice president sales and marketing for

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GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers New Leased Boeing 777-300ER to Ethiopian Airlines

Newswiretoday The new aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing and is part of the airline’s ongoing ambitious fleet expansion plans. On the occasion of the delivery today Ryan Barrett, GECAS senior vice president sales and marketing for

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How Vietnam became a coffee giant

By Chris Summers BBC News 25 January 2014 Think of coffee and you will probably think of Brazil, Colombia, or maybe Ethiopia. But the world’s second largest exporter today is Vietnam. How did its market share jump from 0.1% to

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Somali Islamists vow to boost attacks as Ethiopia join AU Force

Mogadishu (AFP) – Somalia’s Shebab insurgents called Saturday for renewed attacks against foreign forces, after arch-enemy Ethiopia joined the African Union force battling the extremists. Top commanders of the Al-Qaeda-linked group, including insurgent supremo Ahmed Abdi Godane, met this week

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