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VOA News By Peter Clottey Updated on: June 09, 2014 Heads of state and government from the Inter-Governmental Authority on…

AFP via New Vision June 8th, 2014 DURBAN – Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o won the personality of the year…

The Wall Street Journal By SIMON CLARK LONDON—For private-equity giant KKR & Co., a debut investment in Africa smells of…

The Guardian By the end of 2014, it is forecast that there will be more than 635m mobile subscriptions in…

Virginia State Police have released the names of the three people killed in a crash on Interstate 81 in Virginia on Tuesday.

20-year-old Ethiopian Birhane Dibaba and Solomon Deksisa won the San Diego Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday.

Bloomberg News By William Davison Jun 1, 2014 Sintayehu Beyene left Ethiopia planning to earn money to begin a carpentry…

VOA News By David Byrd The world is mourning the loss of poet and educator Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday…

The Los Angeles Times BY AMANDA JONES With every generation, the chance to see some of the world’s last tribal…

The West Australian May 31, 2014 When Ethiopian Firew Ayele was nine years old, he was captured by soldiers from…

Tadias Magazine By Tadias Staff Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 New York (TADIAS) — The following video was shot by…

Local journalists said authorities were attempting to link the paper’s publication to the deadly clashes between Oromo student protesters and security forces last month.

Ethiopia may delay plans to join the World Trade Organization in 2015, the trade minister said.

VOA News May 28, 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama said that American isolationism is not an option, but not every…

Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC May 27, 2014 On behalf of the government and the people…

New Scientist By Clare Wilson 27 May 2014 IT’S a volcano, but not as we know it. This cerulean eruption…

Reuters By Richard Lough May 26, 2014 ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia has pushed the door ajar for foreign retailers keen…

Egypt Independent Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm The Egyptian Embassy in Addis Ababa sent an official note to the Ethiopian…

Denver Post By Daniel Petty May 26th, 2014 BOULDER — Mamitu Daska is unquestionably the current queen of the Bolder…

Colorado Springs Independent BY BRYCE CRAWFORD FRI, MAY 23, 2014 Today, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the state of Colorado…

Kefelgn Alemu Worku was given the maximum possible sentence last Friday in federal court in Denver.

VOA News May 22, 2014 3:22 PM The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions against Nigerian Islamist group Boko…

VOA News Photo: AFP By Cindy Saine CAPITOL HILL — Many Americans think of human trafficking as a problem that…

The gathering was “to talk about the next generation, the one in the United States, says Benyam Mulugeta.

Bloomberg News By Eric Chemi and Joshua Green May 20, 2014 This month, Bloomberg Rankings dove into U.S. census data…

USA Today By Jacob Kushner, Ozy.com You’ve seen the headlines: China is taking over Africa, and the United States and…

The Washington Post BY ISHAAN THAROOR Often, cliches are cliches because they carry a kernel of truth. But sometimes cliches…

Tadias Magazine News Update Published: Friday, May 16th, 2014 New York (TADIAS) — Global Voices Online hosted a Google hangout…

VOA News By Adam Phillips May 15, 2014 9:14 PM NEW YORK — Ground Zero, the site of the former…

The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2014 China’s was once known as cheapest factory floor on the planet, but in…

China is to finance 90% of the first stage, put at $3.8bn (£2.3bn), with work carried out by a Chinese firm.

International Business Times By Johnlee Varghese The co-pilot of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET702 who had hijacked his plane and got…

More than 100 people staged a four-day hunger strike over the weekend, in Minnesota drawing attention to violence in Ethiopia.

Reuters May 13, 2014 11:19 AM GENEVA — The World Food Program will help to feed nearly 6.5 million Ethiopians…

KSMU Radio BY JENNIFER DAVIDSON MAY 12, 2014 Today, we’re looking at a country that’s unique among its African neighbors…

Yadesa (popularly known as Yaddi), has released his first solo CD entitled featuring eleven songs all written by him.

Reuters Friday, May 9th, 2014 NAIROBI – Ethiopia received its first credit ratings on Friday, paving the way for a…

The Oregonian By The Oregonian staff Updated May 09, 2014 Members of the Portland area’s Ethiopian community marched from Lloyd…

Turkish Press Thursday, May 08, 2014 ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian security forces have arrested three Egyptians in Ethiopia’s westernmost Gambela…

IFRC By Giovanni Zambello Food security, community-based health and first aid, as well as water and sanitation were some of…

UN News Center 2 May 2014 The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the crackdown on journalists in Ethiopia…

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Ethiopia Sunday on the first leg of his four-nation tour of Africa.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette May 4, 2014 Gebo Burka Gemade of Ethiopia wins the 2014 Pittsburgh Marathon with an unofficial time of…

VOA News By Marthe van der Wolf May 02, 2014 ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian journalists have little to celebrate during…

Tadias Magazine News Update Thursday, May 1st, 2014 New York (TADIAS) — The following is US Secretary of State John…

BBC News 30 April 2014 Just when US Secretary of State John Kerry visits Ethiopia, six of the nation’s leading…

The Root.com April 29th, 2014 This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction…

Authorities in Ethiopia have arrested nine journalists and bloggers and charged them with working with a foreign organization to incite public violence.

Inner City Press As Ethiopia Jails Bloggers, US Talks Free Press Elsewhere By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, April 26…

The mother of the teen, who stowed away in the wheel well of a Hawaii-bound flight from California lives in a refugee camp in Ethiopia.

BBC Sport By Andrew Jackson Oryada Kampala — The Council for East and Central African Football Associations (Cecafa) has confirmed…

BBC News April 24th, 2014 As Jewish people around the world marked the festival of Passover, thousands of Jews living…

VOA News By Marthe van der Wolf April 23, 2014 12:03 PM ADDIS ABABA — Young Ethiopians are eager to…

Reuters BY AARON MAASHO Wed Apr 23, 2014 ADDIS ABABA — (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s bold decision to pay for a…

In the village of Elay (a settlement 5km west of Gambella), people are defying the government and returning home.

Turkish Press By Sherif al-Dawakhli Monday, April 21, 2014 Cairo — Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Abune Mathias has…

The Independent BY EVGENY LEBEDEV I wake up and don’t have a clue where I am. There is barely any…

Above: The winner of the 203 Boston Marathon Lelisa Desisa meeting John Kerry in Ethiopia last year.

BBC Sport By Betemariam Hailu Addis Ababa –The Ethiopian Football Federation has confirmed it has agreed a deal for Portuguese…

ASSOCIATED PRESS April 17th, 2014 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A planned anti-gay rally that would have made Ethiopia the latest…

Getu Feleke of Ethiopia won the Vienna City Marathon in a course-record time on Sunday

In South Africa next month most will be voting for the first time since the country established full democracy in 1994.

Professor Scott and Getahun’s book, Little Ethiopia of the Pacific Northwest, features the Ethiopian community in Seattle.

Associated Press By ELIAS MESERET Two groups in Ethiopia said Thursday that they will hold an anti-gay demonstration later this…

Maryland’s Montgomery County Executive, Ike Leggett, held a teleconference with Ethiopian media on April 1st, 2014.

The exhibition is on display at MMK in Frankfurt, Germany through July 27th, 2014.

Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – An Ethiopian opposition figure says his government won’t allow him to travel to…

Ethiopia is targeting its diaspora population while the global trade in “spyware” remains unregulated.

The strategies of the two Asian giants in Africa, and of the challenges that Japan faces for greater influence on the continent.

BBC 25 March 2014 Ethiopia’s government is using imported technology to spy on the phones and computers of its perceived…

Mengistu Nebsi and Askale Merachi were the winners of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Road Race in Holyoke Massachusetts.

VOA News By Steve Herman March 22, 2014 KYIV — Pro-Russian forces have stormed a Ukrainian air force base in…

The Salt Lake Tribune By Sheena McFarland Miss Africa Utah reigned in the Beehive State for only about two weeks.…

Storify by Africamedia CPJ Award-winning Ethiopian journalist, Reeyot Alemu is spending international women’s month in the same place she’s spent…

By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — A rights group says that Ethiopia’s government regularly listens to and records the phone…

Fashion design is proving to be one of the most successful Ethiopian sectors for small business

Reuters JOHANNESBURG – The board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has approved Ethiopia’s candidacy to its global standard…

The Columbus Dispatch By Theodore Decker A Delaware County man charged with killing an Ethiopian immigrant on the Far North…

Turkish Press ADDIS ABABA – Israeli Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir has voiced Israel`s readiness to assist Egypt and Ethiopia reach…

Abebe Hailu, Special to The Informer Ethiopia has a significant history reaching over 3,000 years into the past. The word…

IAAF Ethiopia will send 11 athletes, including two reserves, to the IAAF World Indoor Championships next month in the Polish…

Several Ethiopians abroad are accusing their home government of using spyware to monitor their private communications.

The co-pilot of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET-702 has been identified as 31-year-old Haile Medehin Abera Tegegn.

BBC News February 17th, 2014 The co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane flying from Addis Ababa to Rome hijacked the…

The 23-year-old’s time of nine minutes and 0.48 seconds eclipsed Meseret Defar’s mark by almost six seconds.

Genzebe Dibaba smashed the women’s world indoor 1500m record at the IAAF Indoor meeting in Germany on Saturday.

VOA News Updated: January 25, 2014 South Sudan’s government says anti-government fighters attacked positions held by troops on Saturday, an…

Daily Life By Sarah Macdonald On Thursday afternoon, Australian time, Catherine Hamlin will wake up in a simple mud brick…