Drought and Famine: Ethiopia’s Vicious Cycle Continues- TimeAs Ethiopia remains caught in a deadly cycle of drought and famine, aid agencies warn that erratic rainfall and ever-rising food costs are compounding the problems carried over from last year’s drought to leave 6.2 million people in need of food assistance, on top of the 7.5 million […]

Ethiopia’s resilient prime ministerThe two sides of Meles ZenawiHe had previously hinted he might step down after it.More recently, he has sounded less sure, dismissing such speculation as “boring”. (The Economist) Teddy Afro Released, Interviewed on ETV

Teddy Afro Freed (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s most popular singer, Teddy Afro, was freed early from prison on Thursday after serving 18 months of a two-year sentence for hit-and-run manslaughter. The performer, whose real name is Tewodros Kassahun, was found guilty of killing an 18-year-old homeless man while driving his BMW in the capital Addis Ababa […]

Ethiopia: Food crisis blamed on disastrous policy compounded by killer disease in Amhara region Racism- Egged bus driver to Ethiopian: No blacks allowed– Woman recounts humiliating experience in which bus driver told her, ‘Kushit, in Ethiopia you didn’t even have shoes and here you do, so why don’t you walk?’; Egged to investigate incident (Read […]

Dozens arrested in Ethiopia’s latest crackdown – rights group Cement Price in the Retail Market Unfair, Unjustified and Scandalous Determined UVic prof battling to build Ethiopian library

Beyonce Concert Fails Following Row over Broadcasting

Beyoncé Knowles, the 28-year old world famous R&B singer and Hollywood actress, will not be coming to perform in Addis Abeba as it was announced by promoters here, reliable sources disclosed. The sensational performer, honoured as Billboard Woman of the Year on August 25, 2009, had agreed to come to Addis for her second performance […]

Ethiopian government deported 15 U.S. studentsDavid Arnold (VOA)The federal government of Ethiopia deported 15 American students who were teaching English in small, rural communities in eastern Hararghe region of Oromiya for several weeks. They had been volunteering in several communities not far from the Ogaden and an off-limits region of Ethiopia where government forces are […]

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