GOP Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona to join Obama on Africa trip this week
By Juliet Eilperin July 21 Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, who has demonstrated a willingness to defy his own party on issues such as immigration and relations with Cuba, will join President...
View ArticleAfrica: Has Africa Benefitted From First Black Man in White House?
By Njonjo Kihuria Our writer Njonjo Kihuria delves into President Barack Obama’s Africa policy and argues that the chance for the leader of the free world to do something for the continent is now...
View ArticleMy Private Letter to President Obama (Alemayehu G. Mariam)
President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama: Greetings! Mr. President. I was ecstatic when I heard you will be travelling to Ethiopia in...
View ArticleBerhanu Nega: Eritrea’s cannon fodder or Ethiopia’s big hope?
Many Ethiopians had a diverse reaction to the latest news that Dr Berhanu Nega has gone to Eritrea to lead the armed struggle against the Ethiopian regime. I first met Dr. Berhanu Nega in New York city...
View ArticleInterview with Kiflu Tadesse – Pt I – SBS RAdio
Kiflu Tadesse, the former Member of the Executive Leadership Council of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party – EPRP, talks about his recent Keynote speech ወዴት እየሄድን ነው?
View ArticleA New Way to Make Injera – Ethiopian at Home
How to make fantastic injera start to finish
View ArticleBill Gates: Countries with booming economies still need foreign aid
WRITTEN BY Bill Gates Co-chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation As the New Horizons satellite was beaming pictures of Pluto back to Earth last week, giving humans their first up-close look at a...
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A Silicon Valley mogul wants to create a new country to house the world’s...
Refugee camps are overflowing around the world.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) WRITTEN BY Hanna Kozlowska@hannakozlowska The number of refugees in the world is growing, now at an all-time high of nearly...
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Haile Selassie’s Birthday 23 July 1892
Haile Selassie I Biography Emperor (1892–1975) Emperor Haile Selassie I worked to modernize Ethiopia for several decades before famine and political opposition forced him from office in 1974. QUOTES...
View ArticleObama is visiting Addis Ababa, but do you know where it is?
By KUANG KENG KUEK SER Now you know where exactly is Addis Ababa, let’s find out more about the city. It is the capital and the buzzing hub of economic, social and political activities of Ethiopia,...
View ArticleFreedom House 2015 Report: Ethiopia’s Status
Freedom in the World : Ethiopia Overview: In 2014 the Ethiopian government continued to suppress free speech and associational rights, shattering hopes for meaningful reform under Prime Minister...
View Article‘Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope.’ By Yilma Bekele
I saw the inscription ‘Out of despair, a stone of hope’ chiseled out of the rock that has the likes of MLK emerging. The boulder in the background is ‘despair’, and ‘hope’ is symbolized by by the slice...
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Somalia’s al-Shabab loses Dinsor stronghold
BBC News The loss of Dinsor will be another strategic blow to the al-Qaeda linked group Somali forces backed by African Union (AU) troops have retaken another key stronghold from Islamist militants...
View ArticleVideo: Obama Arrives in Nairobi With Big Delegation
by Aggrey Mutambo US President Barack Obama has finally landed in Nairobi for the 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Mr Obama’s Air Force One touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International...
View ArticleNext stop: Ethiopia, where human rights are under siege
Why is President Barack Obama even going to Ethiopia? Human rights advocates and many regional specialists are asking that very question of Obama, who travels to the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday to...
View ArticleUS-based Ethiopian opposition leader sentenced to death by Addis, travels to...
The Guardian by William Davison Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn has warned Eritrea he would take “appropriate action” if its regional destabilisation continued. Berhanu: An adviser to the Ethiopian...
View ArticleEthiopia visit to focus on human rights
July 24 2015 at 06:19pm By E Gebreselassie Addis Ababa – As US president Barrack Obama makes his third official trip to the African continent, the issues of democracy, human rights and economy are set...
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President Obama in Kenya: ‘Africa is on the move’
US President Barack Obama has praised Africa’s economic and business potential in a speech in Nairobi on the first full day of his visit to Kenya. “Africa is on the move… People are being lifted out of...
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Video-The Money Market in Somaliland is like Fruit-Vegetable Market
Somaliland and Somalia country’s money or currency price is very low, it is so much down, If you want, you can buy Somalian currency, you will get more than 50 kilo notes in exchange of only ten...
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