Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant in Fairfax CityAt Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant in Fairfax, slightly haunting instrumental music and spicy smells transport you to East Africa.Owner, manager and cook Azeb Gide serves family recipes from Addis Ababa; she used to own a restaurant in her native Ethiopia. (THE WASHINGTON POST Read more) Ethiopian rebels free two German tourists (AFP)  Ethiopian […]

U.S. Representative Donald Payne dead at 77U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, the elder statesman of New Jersey’s congressional delegation, died after a months-long battle with colon cancer today, according to three sources close to the Payne family. The longtime politician was 77. (Read more)

International Conference of Ethiopian Women in the Diaspora

International Conference of Ethiopian Women in the Diaspora “Empowering Ethiopian Women and Advancing Their Rights” March 9th – 11th, 2012 Washington, DChttp://www.ethiowomenconfrence.org/index.html

አሁን እናንተ ናችሁ፤ እኛም እያደመጥናችሁ ነው አሁን እናንተ ናችሁ፤ እኛም እያደመጥናችሁ ነው በሚቀጥሉት ክፍት የውይይትና የህዝብ አስተያየት ማድመጫ መድረኮች ሀሳብዎን ያካፍሉ ስለሜትሮ አስፈላጊውን ውሳኔ እንዲወስኑ አሁን እድሉን ለእርስዎ ሰጥተናል። ለህዝብ ክፍት በሆኑ የውይይት መድረኮች ላይ አብረውን ይገኙ ፤ በዚያውም የሜትሮ የሥራ ኃላፊዎችን ያግኟቸው፣ በየሳይበር ካፌዎቻችን ባሉት ሀሳብ መቀበያዎች አሰተያየትዎን ይስጡን፣ የአውቶብሶችና የሜትሮ አገልግሎት መረጃዎችን የያዙ […]

Ethiopians want emperor’s statue at AU offices Ancient Goldmine Discovered in Ethiopia, Are We Close to Solving Biblical Queen of Sheba’s Treasure Mystery?Ethiopia targets Indian outbound market and investments Ethiopians sign petition for emperor’s statue at the AU Why Ethiopia’s authoritarian style gets a Western nodEthiopian named to Israel’s Council for Highter EducationAn Ethiopian immigrant […]

Book vendors in AddisPosted on 10 November 2011 I remember reading a fine piece on the book vendors in Addis a few years ago; it was on Addis Neger – a now defunct newspaper. The article mainly highlighted the plight of the vendors and how hard it was for them to make ends meet, as […]

Ethiopia’s crackdown ‘a threat to democracy’

By Jenny Vaughan (AFP) – Dec 1, 2011 A spate of arrests and terrorism charges leveled against opposition politicians and journalists in Ethiopia this year raises fears of a government slide away from democracy, analysts warn.“The sheer numbers of arrests and prosecutions this year indicate a systematic crackdown, a systematic dismantling of the last few […]

ብርቱካን በአንድ የተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት መድረክ ላይ የተናገሩ

ወ/ሪት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ፣ ፓሪስ በተደረገ አንድ የተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት አካል ስብሰባ ላይ ተጋብዘው ንግግር አድርገዋል። ብርቱካን የተናገሩት በመንግሥታቱ ድርጅት ሕገ ወጥ እስርን አስመልክቶ የሚሰራው አካል (United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention) 20ኛው ዓመት በዓል ላይ ነው።ወ/ት ብርቱካን፣ በዓለም አቀፋዊው መድረክ የተጋበዙት፣ የሕገ ወጥ እስር ሰለባ የነበሩ በመሆናቸውና፣ በዚያም ሳቢያ ያሳለፉትን አስከፊ የስቃይ ዓመታት ለመማሪያነቱ […]

Thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded in Yemen: IOM    Yemen: Lack of funds and unrest are hampering efforts to evacuate thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded in Yemen, the International Organisation for Migration said on Tuesday. (read more; AFP)In Harlem, a Feast for Ethiopia Famine Restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson hosted brunch Sunday for a couple hundred people who […]

In Ethiopia case, a response to WikiLeaks By Joel Simon/CPJ Executive DirectorLast week, we learned that Ethiopian journalist Argaw Ashine was facing possible arrest and needed to flee the country. During a 10-day period in September, he had been summoned three times by Ethiopian authorities and questioned about a reference to him in a cable […]