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Getahun is the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) manager at MIC in MN.

Photo: Runners at the stadium in Bekoji, Ethiopia starting their daily training session.

The videotaped abuse and death of an Ethiopian woman has rattled Lebanon’s conscience.

The UN has urged Lebanon to carry out full investigation into the death of Alem Dechasa.

“The violence is over, and this is good news!” says Tuko, the leader of the now retooled OLF.

Double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba regained the women’s title she won in 2005.

A fossil of a pre-human foot has been found in Ethiopia dating around 3.4 million years.

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki says the US is involved in cross-border raids by Ethiopia.

Trayvon Martin was shot on Feb. 26 but it took weeks before the rest of the country found out.

BBC News Engineers in the US say they have invented a hydrogen-powered robot that moves through water like a jellyfish.…

Bloomberg News/Business Week By William Davison Ethiopia’s government said it plans to clear land and provide infrastructure for investors to…

Lebanon has charged Ali Mahfouz with contributing to the death of Alem Dechassa Desisa.

Many of the 20,000 people from Ethiopia and Eritrea living in the Bay Area call Oakland home.

Ethiopian women won the LA Marathon and the New York City Half Marathon on Sunday.

Rebels in the Afar region said on Tuesday they have released German tourists held hostage.

Ethiopia announces a preliminary Olympic marathon team missing a few stars.

Beylanesh Zevadia will return to Ethiopia as Israel’s envoy 28 years after she left her birthplace.

As part of Black History month, the Chevy Chase branch of DC Library has an Ethiopia display until the end of February.

The historic Howard Theatre will finally reopen the week of April 9 after a lengthy renovation.

An Ethiopian politician standing trial for terrorism is said to be injured in his prison cell.

Whitney Houston was laid to rest Sunday at a brief private ceremony in New Jersey.

A picture of a nude Ethiopian woman caused a storm after it was posted on Facebook.

The men participated in a scam to bribe the chairman of the D.C. Taxicab Commission.

The discovery may solve the mystery of where the Queen of Sheba got her fabled treasures

A little girl from Ethiopia, born with a facial disfigurement, will leave NYC for her home soon.

An Ethiopian judge has sentenced journalists to prison sentences ranging from 14 years to life.

It’s President Obama’s third State of the Union speech, and a lot has changed since 2008.

Ethiopia has lifted its suspension of 35 athletes, including Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba.

Authorities in Ethiopia’s Afar region have sent elders to secure the release of two tourists.

Tariku Jufar won the men’s marathon in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 51 seconds, eclipsing his previous best time.

Millions of acres of arable land in Africa are being snapped up by companies from Asia and the Middle East.

Thousands of Ethiopian migrants are stranded in deplorable conditions for many months in northern Yemen.

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner touched down in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa to kick off the Africa Tour.

Buzunesh Deba enjoyed the South Bronx recently at a leisurely pace than the last time she was there.

Illicit financial flows out of Ethiopia nearly doubled to US$3.26 Billion in 2009 over the previous year.

Former U.S. president George W. Bush is urging Americans to do more to alleviate suffering in the developing world.

The Award-winning Ethiopian journalist and independent newspaper Editor Dawit Kebede has left Ethiopia.

Shweyga Mullah is in good spirits and recovering fast in Malta. And she is said to be receiving ‘meticulous’ care.

The Mayor has named Bethlehem Alemu an NYC Venture Fellow in recognition of her achievements.

He was seriously injured by a rocket–propelled grenade and was later awarded a Purple Heart.

Spokesman Jay Carney says the aircraft are in Ethiopia to counter terrorism in Somalia and beyond.

Sara Kebede is not your regular 16-year-old American. She gets perfect grades and is a champion runner.

The organization said its next medical mission to Ethiopia is scheduled from October 25th to November 5th.

The reaction to the death of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been mostly subdued across Africa.

The Washington Post/Lifestyle By Emily Wax WASHINGTON — The petite, curly-haired princess of Ethiopia is a mortgage-loan officer who commutes…

A social media campaign is raging among Ethiopians online after CNN revealed the abuse of Shweye Mullah.

When he was a 13-year-old braving northern-Midwest winters, Eyob “Joe” Mamo couldn’t have imagined that he would someday control a mini-empire of gas stations on the East Coast.

Technology legend Steve Jobs passes away just weeks after resigning as CEO of his company Apple.

An Ethiopian woman and a Kenyan man won $15,000 apiece after their victories in the Twin Cities Marathon.

The couple was arrested on charges that they abused their 13-year-old adopted daughter to death in May.

Betsaida Abraham moved to California from Ethiopia at age 12, didn’t speak English and never attended school.

Police said the accident happened on Monday in the Amhara region while the artists were travelling to South Sudan.

Zemi Yunus had no idea what autism was, but she knew her son, Jojo, was “different from other children.”

The Wall Street Journal highlights “Brunch for the Horn of Africa,” the fundraiser benefiting famine relief held on Sunday, September 18 in New York.

A fundraising effort is underway to raise money for the treatment of the badly burned Shwygar Mullah.

Asfaha Hadera of ASC says its HIV Prevention and Treatment project in Ethiopia has proved highly successful.

Details about the death of an adopted girl continue to have an impact on the area’s Ethiopian community.

Many people in drought-stricken Ethiopia are at risk of dying if urgent action is not taken to assist them.

BBC 29 July 2011 Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi was born in Ethiopia, but now spends his time at homes in central…

Yonathan Melaku has since been released, pending charges unrelated to the Pentagon incident.

More airline companies have followed Ethiopian and Lufthansa in announcing further suspensions of flights in the region.