Ethiopia: crucial funding helps UN agency avoid cutbacks in food aid to drought-affected people
United Nations News Centre with breaking news from the UN News Service Dry earth in the desert plains of the Danakil depression in northern Ethiopia. Photo: Siegfried Modola/IRIN 18 November 2015 – Thanks to timely contributions from key donors, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it is able to continue food distributions later […]
All-Female Flight Crew a First for Ethiopia Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines pilots Abdulbari Yusuf and Tariku Tsegaye Marthe van der Wolf November 18, 2015 7:40 PM ADDIS ABABA—Ethiopian Airlines is dispatching its first-ever flight operated by an all-female crew. The flight was scheduled to depart for Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday night. The airline says it wants to promote women’s empowerment and encourage more African girls […]
This Ethiopian Beauty Video Shows the True Diversity of Afro Hair
Watch 100 years of beauty trends in 80 seconds. 1 The Cut Video YouTube channel has made a name for itself by highlighting historical beauty trends in many different countries. The latest nation to get featured in the 100 Years series is Ethiopia. The short spot spotlights the diversity of Afro texture hair. In less […]
Rwandan Senate votes to allow third term for Kagame
President could stay in power until 2034 after upper house of parliament approves constitutional amendment. 17 Nov 2015 16:20 GMT | Politics, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Africa President Kagame’s current mandate ends in 2017 [Andrew Kelly/Reuters] Rwanda’s upper house of parliament has unanimously approved a constitutional amendment to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third […]
Video: Covering the Nile Part of Ethiopia
By Abel Metaferia November 17, 2015 https://youtu.be/ROEbOikWhkM Source =Ethiomedia
Is Islam to Blame for Its Extremists?
By Manal Omar and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, FM November 13, 2015 Ayaan Hirsi Ali (left) and Manal Omar In the age of al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and Boko Haram, is there a link between the violence these groups perpetrate and the faith they profess? As the past few weeks have seen Russia and […]
ኢትዮጵያውያን እና ኤርትራውያን ስደተኞች በሊቢያ ከፍተኛ ሰቆቃ ውስጥ ናቸው ሲል የመንግስታቱ ማህበር ገለጸ::
November 17, 2015 ወደ አውሮፓ ተሻግረው ለተሻለ ኑሮ በሚል ተስፋ ሰንቀው በሊቢያ ውስጥ የሚገኙ ኤርትራውያን እና ኢትዮጵያውያን ስደተኞች በሊቢያ በከፍተኛ ችግር እና ሰቆቃ ውስጥ ናቸው ያለው የመንግስታቱ ማህበር ሕገወጥ የሰው ደላሎች ከፍተኛ ግፍ እየፈጸሙባቸው መሆኑን በአመታዊ ሪፖርቱ አስቀምጧል:: ሪፖርቱ እንዳለው ስደተኞች ጥገኝነት ፈላጊዎች በተለህ ከሰሃራ በታች ካሉ ሃገራት የሚሰደዱ በሊቢያ ውስጥ እንደሚገደሉ ከሰብኣዊነት ውጪ ግፍ […]
ህወሓት ክፍፍልዋ በጣም ተባብሶ በረሃብ እየሞተ ያለው ህዝብ እስከ መርሳት ኣድርስዋታል።
November 16, 2015 ህወሓት ክፍፍልዋ በጣም ተባብሶ በረሃብ እየሞተ ያለው ህዝብ እስከ መርሳት ኣድርስዋታል። ከሶስት ሳምንት በላይ የዘለቀ ስብሰባ እያካሄዱ ለማመን የሚያስቸግሩ ወንጀሎች እንደተሰሩ እየሰማን ነው። ስለ ግምገማዎቹ ሌላ ቀን እመለስበታለው። ሰሞኑ ኣቶ ኣባይ ወልዱ ኣፅቢ፣ ሳዕሲዕ ፃዕዳእምባ፣ ኢሮብ በረሃብ የተጠቁ ወረዳዎች እየጎበኙ ይገኛሉ። በጉብኝታቸው ወቅት ኣንድ ግራ የሚያጋባ ተማፅኖ በረሃብ ተቆፍድዶ እየሞተ ላለው ለህዝባችን […]
ኢትዮጵያ ከአስር ዓመታት በፊት እ.ኤ.አ በ2005 በአምባገነኑ እና በአረመኔው መለስ ዜናዊ የተፈጸመውን የግድያ እልቂት እናስታውስ፣
November 17, 2015 ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ ሰይጣናዊ ድርጊት እየተፈጸመ በተጨባጭ በማየት እና በመስማት ዝም ማለት፣ እንዲሁም እንደዚህ ያለውን በሰው ልጆች ላይ የሚፈጸም አረመኒያዊ ድርጊት በመካከላችን ጥልቀት ባለው ሁኔታ ደብቆ እና ቀብሮ ምንም ነገር ሳያደርጉ መመልከት ይህ ዓይነቱ ሰይጣናዊ እና መቅኖቢስ ዕኩይ ድርጊት በህብረተሰቡ ዘንድ አንድ ሺህ ጊዜ ደግሞ እና ደጋግሞ እንዲፈጸም […]
Switzerland said no charges would be brought against Pilot Hailemedehin Abera
An Ethiopian Airlines pilot who hijacked his own plane and landed it in Geneva so he could claim political asylum in Switzerland was in a state of “complete paranoia” during his action in February 2014, according to experts. Hailemedehin Abera Tagegn, 32, who has been held in custody in Switzerland since the incident, will […]