Archives for: January 2012
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Manhattan Doctors Give 4-Year-Old Ethiopian Girl A New Chance At Life
Manhattan Doctors Give 4-Year-Old Ethiopian Girl A New Chance At Life
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A little girl from Ethiopia, born with a potentially fatal facial disfigurement, will leave Manhattan for her homeland soon.
She has a new chance at life… more »
Ban Ki-moon inagurates new library at Keykokeb primary school in Ethiopia
Power of books celebrated by UN chief as new library opens in Ethiopian capital
31 January 2012 –
Source: UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon celebrated the benefits that books can bring to young people as he opened a library at an Ethiopian p… more »
Ethiopian, Somali Forces Set to Advance on Al-Shabab Stronghold
Ethiopian, Somali Forces Set to Advance on Al-Shabab Stronghold
Mohammed Yusuf | Nairobi
VOA News
In Somalia, government forces backed by Ethiopian troops are set to advance on the Bay and Bakool regions, key strongholds of the militant group al… more »
Ethiopian Christians to be deported from Saudi Arabia
Ethiopian Christians to be deported from Saudi Arabia
Source: BBC News
Some 35 Ethiopian Christians face deportation from Saudi Arabia for "illicit mingling", the global rights body Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
Police arrested the group - incl… more »
01/30/12
Ethiopian Christians arrested at private prayer in Saudi Arabia
Ethiopian Christians arrested at private prayer in Saudi Arabia
(Beirut) – Thirty five Ethiopian Christians are awaiting deportation from Saudi Arabia for “illicit mingling,” after police arrested them when they raided a private prayer gathering in Je… more »
AU Leaders Fail to Choose Top Official
AU Leaders Fail to Choose Top OfficialVOA NewsAn African Union summit on Monday failed in its efforts to elect the head of the organization's important commission, the union's executive arm and public face.The contest was between the incumben… more »
Resurgent Ethiopia invites investments from India
Encouraging environs: (From left) Gennet Zewide, Ethiopian Ambassador to India, Mayor Saidai S. Duraisamy and Manikam Ramaswami, Honorary Consul of Ethiopia in Chennai, at a function in Chennai on Monday. Photo: S.S. Kumar The Hindu
Resurgent Ethiopi… more »
Ethiopia Opens New Front against Somalia's al-Shabab
Ethiopia Opens New Front against Somalia's al-Shabab
Source: VOA News
Witnesses in Somalia say columns of Ethiopian troops have crossed into the country and are marching toward key al-Shabab strongholds, apparently opening a new military front aga… more »
Ethiopia's Tyrant dodges NYT Columnist Nicholas Kristof in Davos
Ethiopia's Tyrant dodges NYT Columnist Nicholas Kristof in Davos
Ethiopia's Tyrant Meles Zenawi apparently has no balls to meet New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof for a Q&A. Writing in the New york Times titled "What’s He Got to Hide?", Kri… more »
01/29/12
FM Renews Iran's Preparedness to Foster Africa, Ethiopia's Development
FM Renews Iran's Preparedness to Foster Africa, Ethiopia's DevelopmentTEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, who is in the Ethiopian capital to attend the African Union summit, reiterated Tehran's preparedness to provide African nat… more »
African Union opens new $200m HQ in Ethiopia
African Union leaders have inaugurated a new $200m headquarters, paid for by China. The complex in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is a symbol of China's rapidly changing role in the region as it turns increasingly to Africa to satisfy its appetite… more »
01/26/12
U.S. Government Inaugurates the First Pediatric Emergency Care Unit in Ethiopia
U.S. Government Inaugurates the First Pediatric Emergency Care Unit in EthiopiaComprehensive General Laboratory also InauguratedJanuary 25, 2012, Addis Ababa – U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald E. Booth and Ethiopian Minister of Health, Dr. Teo… more »
Australia Govt promises Ethiopia $43m for health
Australia Govt promises Ethiopia $43m for health
Deaths during childbirth in Ethiopia are expected to be halved thanks to a $43 million investment from the Australian government.
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday signed an agreement promising t… more »
Ethiopian Israelis plan to take protest to New York
Ethiopian Israelis plan to take protest to New York
Organizer is now awaiting final permits from the New York police, and hopes the demonstration will take place early next month.
By Revital Blumenfeld
As Ethiopian activists expressed satisfact… more »
Could it be the start of an Ethiopian Winter?
Could it be the start of an Ethiopian Winter?
For the young Ethiopians who began to speak up last week, the frustration is terrific. The test will come in the coming months as the young activists, like the summer protest leaders, try to figure out wha… more »
Ethiopia sentenced U.S.-based blogger to life in prison and two others to 14 years in jail
Ethiopia slaps prison terms on three journalists
Ethiopia sentenced two Ethiopian journalists to 14 years in jail and an exiled blogger to life imprisonment on Thursday on charges of conspiring with rebel groups against the government, the second case… more »
01/24/12
In areas once affected by famine, Ethiopia builds capacity to wipe out malnutrition
In areas once affected by famine, Ethiopia builds capacity to wipe out malnutrition
By Indrias Getachew
GETER MEDA, Ethiopia, 24 January 2012 – Seven-month-old Aynadis played with her mother, Seta Temesgen, as they waited to be screened at the Gete… more »
Ethiopia deny claims by rebel group that their troops shot foreign tourists
Ethiopia deny claims by rebel group that their troops shot foreign tourists
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A high-ranking Ethiopian government official says a rebel group’s claim that Ethiopian troops killed five European tourists during a gun battle is “pur… more »
UN Opens Office in Somali Capital After 17 Years
UN Opens Office in Somali Capital After 17 Years
Source: VOA
The United Nations has opened a political office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after a 17-year absence.
The U.N. special representative for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga,… more »
Somalia's al-Shabab attack Ethiopian base in Beledweyne
Somalia's al-Shabab attack Ethiopian base in Beledweyne
Islamist militants have launched a suicide truck bomb attack on an Ethiopian military base in central Somalia, witnesses say.
Al-Shabab says it killed 10 Ethiopian soldiers in the attack in th… more »
01/23/12
Study: Ethiopian immigrant graduates cannot secure well-paying jobs in Israel
Study: Ethiopian immigrant graduates cannot secure well-paying jobs in Israel
Ethiopian immigrants with college degrees earn only half as much as native-born Israelis with similar degrees, even when the immigrants have been living here for 20 years or… more »
'Man of integrity': Aussie father among dead in Ethiopian bus plunge
'Man of integrity': Aussie father among dead in Ethiopian bus plunge
Friends have described a Melbourne father killed in a fiery bus crash in Ethiopia as a ‘‘man of integrity’’ who devoted his life to his family.
Dawit Fantaye Taye, from Tarneit in… more »
Nairobi, Addis in landmark 400MW power purchase deal
Nairobi, Addis in landmark 400MW power purchase deal
Details of the high-stakes negotiations before Kenya signed a 400MW electricity deal with Ethiopia two weeks ago are emerging, revealing that Nairobi managed to talk down the initial charges propos… more »
German hostages in 'good health': Ethiopia rebels
The area boasts spectacular moon-like landscapes and is famed to be the hottest place on earth (AFP/File, Jose Cendon)
German hostages in 'good health': Ethiopia rebels
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian rebels said German tourists they seized last week were… more »
AP sources: Ethiopian track federation plans to lift suspension on Kenenisa Bekele
AP sources: Ethiopian track federation plans to lift suspension on Kenenisa Bekele
By Associated Press,
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Two people familiar with the situation say Ethiopia’s track federation plans to lift the suspension it placed on Olympic… more »
Ethiopia rebels blame troops for Afar tourist deaths
Ethiopia rebels blame troops for Afar tourist deaths
Rebels in a remote northern region of Ethiopia have blamed government forces for the deaths of five European tourists in a clash last week.
The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF) s… more »
Facial reconstruction patient Yeabsra Hailmarim full of bounce as she arrives in Toronto
Facial reconstruction patient Yeabsra Hailmarim full of bounce as she arrives in Toronto
Yeabsra Hailmarim returned to Toronto still full of popcorn, as they say in Ethiopia.
She is 7 years old now, her mother explains, and is showing a little of t… more »
Oklahoma-Ethiopia connection explored in new documentary film
Oklahoma-Ethiopia connection explored in new documentary filmA new documentary film explains how the origins of the $350 million Ethiopian coffee industry are tied to Oklahoma State University, a former school president and a tragic plane crash.I… more »
How the Amhara breathe differently
How the Amhara breathe differently
I have blogged about the genetics of altitude adaptation before. There seem to be three populations in the world which have been subject to very strong natural selection, resulting in physiological differences, in re… more »
Perth memorial for Ethiopian bus crash victims
Perth memorial for Ethiopian bus crash victims
Two Perth sisters were among the 43 passengers killed in a fiery bus crash in Ethiopia on Tuesday.
Seble and Maza Getachew had lived in Perth for a number of years and studied at Curtin University as… more »
Ethiopia hunts tourist killers after volcano attack
Ethiopia hunts tourist killers after volcano attack
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian security forces on Thursday searched for gunmen who killed five Europeans and kidnapped two on the slopes of the famed Erta Ale volcano, an area often described as "hell on ea… more »
Ethiopia suspends Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia suspends Kenenisa BekeleBRUSSELS -- Olympic distance-running great Kenenisa Bekele has been suspended by the Ethiopian federation for not reporting to a training camp in a move that could affect whether he competes at the London Games.Be… more »
01/19/12
Ethiopia: Terrorism Verdict Quashes Free Speech
Ethiopia: Terrorism Verdict Quashes Free Speech
Drop Case and Free Four Convicted after Unfair Trial
Source: Human rights Watch
(Nairobi) - The Ethiopian Federal High Court on January 19, 2012, convicted three Ethiopian journalists, an oppositio… more »
Forced Relocation in Ethiopia Especially Harmful to Women
Forced Relocation in Ethiopia Especially Harmful to Women
According to Human Rights Watch, an Ethiopian program to relocate 70,000 is guilty of rights violations
Ricci Shryock
VOA News
Around 70,000 people from western Ethiopia are being forc… more »
Ethiopia sends elders to help release abducted foreigners
Ethiopia sends elders to help release abducted foreigners
By Aaron Maasho
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Authorities in Ethiopia's northern Afar region have sent elders to try to secure the release of two German tourists and two Ethiopians kidnapp… more »
'Ethiopian price tag' attacks outrage Israel's Ethiopian Jews
'Ethiopian price tag' attacks outrage Israel's Ethiopian Jews Thousands of Ethiopians protested in the streets of Jerusalem against discrimination after a recent report in Israeli media that more than 100 families in Kiryat Malakhi had agreed not to… more »
Ethiopian blogger, journalists convicted of terrorism
Ethiopian blogger, journalists convicted of terrorism
CPJ
New York, January 19, 2012 - Two journalists and a U.S.-based blogger who was tried in absentia were convicted on charges of terrorism in Ethiopia today and could be sentenced to the death p… more »
Canada could review Ethiopia aid over farm evictions
Canada could review Ethiopia aid over farm evictions
OTTAWA - Millions of dollars in Canadian aid to Ethiopia could be under the microscope following reports tens of thousands of indigenous people are being forcibly relocated to make room for large, f… more »
Ethiopia has overtaken Colombia as the world's third largest coffee producer
Ethiopia has overtaken Colombia as the world's third largest coffee producer
Forexpros - Coffee futures retreated on Wednesday, as concerns over ample global supplies were exacerbated after the International Coffee Organization forecast higher global… more »
Ethiopia evicting its own people to feed others: Human Rights Watch
Ethiopia evicting its own people to feed others: Human Rights Watch By Mike Pflanz, Daily TelegraphEthiopia is forcing tens of thousands of its poorest people from fertile land earmarked for Saudi Arabian and Indian investors and into villag… more »
01/18/12
Ten years, 28 deaths: Israel's Ethiopian community sees another domestic murder-suicide
Ten years, 28 deaths: Israel's Ethiopian community sees another domestic murder-suicide
Man stabs wife to death and then hangs himself, while two of the couple's three children are locked in a room of their Rishon Letzion apartment.
A man stabbe… more »
Thousands in Jerusalem protest racism against Ethiopian Israelis
Thousands in Jerusalem protest racism against Ethiopian Israelis
Some 5,000 people were demonstrating in Jerusalem on Wednesday in protest of the racism against Ethiopian immigrants in Israel.
The protesters blocked a major road in Jerusalem and ma… more »
01/17/12
Gross crew errors behind 2010 Ethiopian Airlines crash: report
Gross crew errors behind 2010 Ethiopian Airlines crash: report
January 18, 2012 03:16 AM
By Wassim Mroue
BEIRUT: Flight crew mismanagement and inexperience were likely to be behind the 2010 crash of an Ethiopian airliner off Beirut, which clai… more »
Ethiopia says Eritrea-trained gunmen killed tourists
Ethiopia says Eritrea-trained gunmen killed touristsBy Aaron MaashoADDIS ABABA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Gunmen have killed five foreign tourists in Ethiopia's remote northern Afar region, after crossing into the Horn of Africa country from neighbour… more »
East Africa's drought: the avoidable disaster
East Africa's drought: the avoidable disaster
Tens of thousands of lives could have been spared if agencies and governments had heeded the warnings, a report says
The deaths of tens of thousands of people during the drought in east Africa could h… more »
Canada urged to stop Ethiopia from evicting villagers
Canada urged to stop Ethiopia from evicting villagers
CBC News
A rights' watchdog is urging Canada and fellow aid donors to pressure Ethiopia into ending an abusive and systematic practice of forcing rural villagers off their land.
A report rele… more »
Ethiopia Airlines rejects Lebanon report into air crash
There were no survivors after the Boeing 737-800 crashed into the sea off Beirut on 25 January 2010
Ethiopia Airlines rejects Lebanon report into air crash
BBC News
Ethiopian Airlines officials have bluntly rejected the findings of a Lebanese in… more »
Ethiopia gunmen 'kill five foreign tourists'
Ethiopia gunmen 'kill five foreign tourists'BBC NewsFive foreign tourists have been killed in Ethiopia in an attack by unknown gunmen, state TV reports.The attack was carried out late on Monday in the northern Afar region of the country by gu… more »
Ethiopian Airlines Refutes ET 409 Crash Report
Ethiopian Airlines Refutes ET 409 Crash Report - 17 January, 2012
Addis Ababa: January 17, 2012: Ethiopian Airlines strongly refutes the final investigation report released today by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Works and Transport on the accident o… more »
Thousands 'forcibly relocated' in Ethiopia, says HRW report
An Indian settler transplants rice on a major commercial agricultural scheme in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. Photograph: Ben Parker/IRINThousands 'forcibly relocated' in Ethiopia, says HRW reportHuman Rights Watch says people in the remote we… more »
Ethiopia: The integrity of public writing
Jawar Mohammed
Ethiopia: The integrity of public writing
By Ephrem Madebo
The recent land mark program change decision by one of the OLF factions has created a political wave that rocked political actors, civic society leaders and everyday Ethio… more »
01/16/12
Ethiopian Banks May Be Less Profitable as Deposit Growth Slows
Ethiopian Banks May Be Less Profitable as Deposit Growth Slows
Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopian banks may become less profitable this year as deposit growth slows and because of a law that requires lenders to buy government securities, Access Capital… more »
Ethiopians sweep Houston Marathon, half marathon
Ethiopians sweep Houston Marathon, half marathon
HOUSTON (AP) - Ethiopian runners turned Houston into their own personal showcases on Sunday, sweeping the full and half marathons in record times.
Tariku Jufar won the men's marathon in 2 hours, 6 mi… more »
Ethiopian Regional Leader said to Admit Role in Ethnic Killings
Gambella Regional President Omod Obang Olum
Ethiopian Regional Leader said to Admit Role in Ethnic Killings
Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa
VOA News
The president of a volatile Ethiopian regional state has been fired from his party leadership… more »
01/13/12
Strike: More Than 600 Nigeria-Bound Passengers Stranded In Addis Ababa
Strike: More Than 600 Nigeria-Bound Passengers Stranded In Addis Ababa
Source: leadership.n
More than 600 passengers travelling to Nigeria from various destinations are now stranded in Addis Ababa following the cancellation of Ethiopian Airlines fl… more »
Ethiopia Awaits Influx of Refugees from Sudan and South Sudan
Ethiopia Awaits Influx of Refugees from Sudan and South Sudan
By Joe DeCapua
VOA News
Humanitarian agencies are preparing for an influx of refugees into Ethiopia from both Sudan and South Sudan. Civilians, mostly women and children, are fleeing… more »
Standing with Ethiopia's tenacious blogger, Eskinder Nega
Standing with Ethiopia's tenacious blogger, Eskinder Nega
By Jason McLure/Guest blogger
CPJ
It would be hard to find a better symbol of media repression in Africa than Eskinder Nega. The veteran Ethiopian journalist and dissident blogger has bee… more »
Director Yonie Solomon's 'An Ethiopian Love'
Director Yonie Solomon's 'An Ethiopian Love' Cultural pride is and will always be on trend, but even more it’s what’s right. Removing the typical Hollywood standards, such as an over-the-top urban character or ghetto baby mamas, Yonie Solomon decid… more »
01/12/12
Ethiopia Invades Somalia In Fight Against Al-Shabab - NPR
Ethiopia Invades Somalia In Fight Against Al-Shabab
In December, Ethiopian troops seized the city of Beledweyne, in Western Somalia, from terrorist group al-Shabab. The African Union also plans to send thousands more troops into the country. Some an… more »
Ethiopia Could Raise $7.6 Billion from Sale of State-Owned companies to private investors
Ethiopia Sale of State Assets Would Raise $7.6 BillionJan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s government would raise 132 billion birr ($7.6 billion) if it sold the country’s five biggest state-owned companies to private investors, Access Capital SC said.… more »
Ethiopian-Israelis rally against racism
Ethiopian-Israelis rally against racism
Immigrant absorption minister responds to Ethiopian protests against racism by saying they should be grateful to state.
Activists from the Ethiopian immigrant community and others reacted with fury Wednes… more »
01/10/12
Diageo Eyes 50% of Ethiopia Beer Market With Meta Abo Purchase
Diageo Eyes 50% of Ethiopia Beer Market With Meta Abo Purchase
Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Diageo Plc, the world’s biggest liquor maker, wants to boost its share of Ethiopia’s beer market to 50 percent from the current 15 percent as it completes the acquis… more »
Swedish Journalists Imprisoned in Ethiopia Seek Pardon
Swedish Journalists Imprisoned in Ethiopia Seek Pardon
Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
VOA News
Two Swedish journalists sentenced to prison in Ethiopia on terrorism charges have decided to seek clemency rather than file an appeal. Ethi… more »
01/09/12
Ethiopian Politicians on Trial for Terrorism
Ethiopian Politicians on Trial for Terrorism
Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa
VOA News
Two politicians who had been rising stars in Ethiopia's ethnic Oromo opposition movement have pleaded “not guilty” to terrorism charges in Addis Ababa on Monday.… more »
01/08/12
Ethiopia succumbs to colonial-style land grab - Channel 4 Video
Ethiopia succumbs to colonial-style land grab - Channel 4 Video
It is being dubbed the second scramble for Africa: millions of acres of land are being snapped up by companies from Asia and the Middle East, our foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Ru… more »
Ethiopia troops 'to hand over to AU force'
Somalia: Ethiopian troops 'to hand over to AU force'
Ethiopia is to withdraw from areas it has recently captured in neighbouring Somalia with its troops to be replaced by African Union (AU) soldiers.
The decision was made by the AU's Peace and Secu… more »
An Ethiopian Christmas
An Ethiopian Christmas
Toronto Star
DORZE, ETHIOPIA —The scene felt like it was straight out of a fairytale book from other lands. Priests in colorful robes slowly marched under royal umbrellas adorned with golden tassels. Their tight fists clenche… more »
01/06/12
Ethiopia: Yaya Village Becomes Operational
Ethiopia: Yaya Village Becomes Operational
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Yaya Africa Athletics Village PLC (Yaya Village) has
started operations after a two year construction period. The facility located 11KM from
the center of Ethiopia's capital, Addis… more »
01/04/12
A New Sign, and a Liquor Store Becomes a Wine Shop
A New Sign, and a Liquor Store Becomes a Wine Shop
The sign is now of the times.
A new liquor shop on Lenox Avenue in Harlem that was at the center of a gentrifying neighborhood’s dispute about storefront aesthetics has replaced its old sign with o… more »
Two Indian publishers win $5.9 mn contract to publish textbooks for Ethiopia
File Photo: Ethiopian Students
Two Indian publishers win $5.9 mn contract to publish textbooks for Ethiopia
Two Indian publishers have beaten off stiff international competition to win Ethiopian government contracts worth $5.9 million to print and… more »
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AU Prepares Big Anti-Shabab Military Push in Somalia
AU Prepares Big Anti-Shabab Military Push in SomaliaBy Peter Heinlein | Addis AbabaVOA NewsThe African Union is preparing to intensify its military campaign against Somalia's al-Qaida inspired al-Shabab militants. The United Nations Security… more »
01/02/12
Ethiopia: The Great Ethiopian Land Grab
The great Ethiopian land-grab: feudalism, leninism, neo-liberalism ... plus ça changeBy René Lefort*Source: opendemocracy.netLand in Ethiopia is being leased to agro-industry investors on very long terms and below market rates. The benefi… more »
01/01/12
Ethiopian, Somali Forces Seize Rebel-Held Town
Ethiopian, Somali Forces Seize Rebel-Held Town
VOA News
Ethiopian troops and Somali government forces have seized control of a key rebel-held town in Somalia after battling al-Qaida-linked militants.
Somali officials say the fighting began earl… more »
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