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The Guardian By Claire Provost and Elissa Jobson in Addis Ababa At Addis Ababa airport, visitors are greeted by pictures…

BBC News More than 4,000 Ethiopian troops have been formally absorbed into the African Union force in Somalia. They will…

Al-Monitor After all attempts to solve the Egyptian-Ethiopian crisis over the Renaissance Dam at the negotiating table ended in failure…

VOA News January 20, 2014 Americans across the country will pause Monday to observe the annual federal holiday marking the…

Bazu Worku and Abebech Bekele of Ethiopia won the Houston Marathon on Sunday. It was Abebech’s first-ever victory in a marathon.

VOA News Updated on: January 18, 2014 South Sudan’s government says its forces have recaptured Bor, a strategic town that…

IPI and partners call for immediate release of five imprisoned journalists.

Japanese premier Shinzo Abe kicked off a visit to Ethiopia on Monday by receiving a gift from the son of Abebe Bikila.

Police say that a set of elephant tusks given to Washington, D.C. in 1954 by Haile Selassie went missing last August.

For decades, rich Arab countries in the Middle East have been a major destination for migrant workers from developing nations.

The New York Times By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Bill de Blasio, whose fiery populism propelled his rise from obscure neighborhood…

Dallas News By JENNIFER EMILY Staff The tale of the Dallas Ethiopian restaurant Desta is one of tragedy, hard work…

CPJ Nairobi — An Ethiopian court convicted a journalist on December 25 on the charge of spreading false rumors and…

The return of migrant from Saudi Arabia has sparked fears that the influx will worsen the country’s high youth unemployment.

IOM says Number of returnees still rising with tens of thousands of migrants are still expected to arrive in Ethiopia.

Reuters By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian police have arrested five more people suspected of plotting suicide bombings during…

#Kality tweet chat, hosted by various rights organizations, is scheduled for Thursday, December 19, 2013.

VOA News By Marthe van der Wolf ADDIS ABABA — The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says Eritrea, Ethiopia…

Tigist Selam is one of the contributors featured in the new book “(1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race.”

The Guardian When I was seven years old, I visited my parents’ rural hometown of Axum, and was staying with…

The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Israel’s president, Shimon Peres, has criticized the refusal of the country’s emergency medical services to…

Water ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Khartoum on December 9th to try to resolve differences over Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam.

Tens of thousands of South Africans gathered Tuesday to bid farewell to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

It was in Ethiopia that the young Mandela received his first formal training in the art of guerrilla warfare.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela, 95, died peacefully at his Johannesburg home on Thursday.

The Guardian By David Smith, Africa correspondent “Dawn. And as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on…

The victim, Habibi Gessese Tesema, died at the scene from multiple sharp force injuries and his manner of death has been ruled a homicide.

In Ethiopia the government has recently announced major deals that should increase the amount of electricity generated from renewable resources.

Deutsche Welle “I have witnessed terrible things,” one young man said at the airport in Addis Ababa after arriving from…

Since the labour crackdown started , one million Bangladeshis, Indians, Filipinos, Nepalis, Pakistanis and Yemenis have left.

Tadias Magazine News Update Thursday, November 28th, 2013 New York (TADIAS) — In the following video aired on Wednesday, November…

AFP Addis Ababa — Ethiopia has flown home over 50,000 citizens in Saudi Arabia after a crackdown against illegal immigrants…

KRIS TV By Caroline Flores CORPUS CHRISTI – It all began just after 7:00 after police received a call about…

Associated Press FREDERICK, Md. — The father was the shooter in a murder-suicide last week that left him, his wife…

Indie Voices Eskinder Nega is serving an 18 year prison sentence for writing an article that posed the question: could…

Bloomberg News By William Davison Gleaming Deere & Co. (DE) tractors and harvesters are sitting idle five years after Karuturi…

BBC News By James Jeffrey Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Across the Ethiopian countryside 2,000km (1,243 miles) of railway is being…

Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke returned to action recently with the release of Sketches of Ethiopia (Jazz Village).

International Business Times By Jacey Fortin ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — I should have known my Wednesday morning phone interview wouldn’t…

Hailemariam, a source said, rejected a request from Mansour that he be involved in discussons about the project.

Nigeria became the first African side to qualify for the 2014 World Cup after beating Ethiopia 2-0 in Calabar on Saturday.

The heavy rains lashing the Saudi capital have claimed at least three lives, according to civil defense officials in Riyadh.

BBC News New York — The UN Security Council has rejected an attempt to suspend the trials of Kenya’s president…

The first group of Ethiopian repatriates from Saudi Arabia arrived at the Addis Ababa safely, reports the Ethiopian news agency.

Clean Technica Two US companies — Global Trade & Development Consulting and Energy Ventures — have been awarded a contract…

The 21-year-old fast striker missed the first game against Nigeria , which ended 2-1, because of a knee injury.

The New York Times The first resort in Ethiopia’s wildlife-rich Bale Mountains National Park, Bale Mountain Lodge, opening Nov. 1,…

Ethiopia’s preparations are in top gear after the arrival of Finland based Fuad Ibrahim ahead of 2nd Nigeria game.

VOA News By Marthe van der Wolf AWRA AMBA, ETHIOPIA — The Ethiopian village of Awra Amba differs from other…

The Age By Adam Carey Abeselom Nega stands outside his shop Queen of Sheba, one of a clutch of small…

The decision, announced Friday, is a major setback for Kenya’s leaders, who are seeking ways to avoid attending trial.

Ethiopia’s new money transfer system, M-Birr, named after the birr, is based on the successful model pioneered by Kenya, Safaricom’s M-Pesa.

Larry and Carri Williams were sentenced Tuesday to decades in prison for causing the death of their adopted daughter Hana.

A windfarm billed as the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa has been opened in Ethiopia by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

For the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Europe has 13 places in the finals, Africa has five and Asia has four spots.

Silver Spring Patch By Laura L Thornton (Editor) A new Amharic language collection will be housed at the Silver Spring…

BBC News By James Jeffrey Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Amid the rhythmic clicking of rows and rows of sewing machines,…

Reeyot was awarded the UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize in 2013 and the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Courage in Journalism award last year.

Reuters By Edmund Blair ADDIS ABABA – Girma Seifu Maru, Ethiopia’s sole opposition politician in a 547-seat parliament, says the…

A bomb blast in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa killed two people on Sunday, state radio said

Jury selection in the trial of Kefelgn Alemu Worku accused of torture and murder in Ethiopia has began in Denver.

In the Obama administration’s Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press.

BBC Sport By Keir Murray Scotland — The 40-year-old Ethiopian, in his first appearance in Scotland, crossed the line in…

Daily Mirror A group of dedicated Doctor Who fans tracked down at least 100 long-lost episodes of the show gathering…

U.S. Navy SEALs took part in a predawn raid in Somalia on Saturday, a strike aimed at senior leaders of al-Shabaab.

4-Traders UNITED NATIONS — Political leaders from six countries today announced they were forming an unusual network to share knowledge…

Some government functions linking US to rest of world will be affected, as will many domestic services.

A thief was caught not so much red-handed as green-faced in London after breaking into a car in that sprayed him with a liquid that glows emerald under ultraviolet light.

Parliament members in Kenya are demanding an investigation into reports senior officials took no action after receiving warning.

FIFA has appointed veteran official, Walter Gagg, from Switzerland as Observer for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying games.

Reuters ADDIS ABABA — African leaders will meet in the Ethiopian capital on Oct. 13 to take a common stance…

The investigation into the deadly shooting at Washington’s Navy Yard Monday is sparking calls for new gun control measures.

CSM By Will Davison HAILEWUHA VILLAGE, SOUTH OMO, ETHIOPIA – As night wore on in a remote valley in southern…

BBC Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele saw off double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah’s late surge to win the Great North…

Grammy-nominated, Ethiopian singer and songwriter Wayna will release her third studio album, the “Expats” later this Fall.

Slate Magazine Located in the Danakil Depression (or Afar Depression) in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia, Erta Ale is…

VOA News August 28, 2013 The nation’s first African American president has joined U.S. civil rights pioneers to commemorate the…