7 Things You Don’t Know About Haile Selassie, Former Emperor of Ethiopia
King, God or Redeemer? Think about Rastafari and you’ll immediately conjure images of the charismatic reggae master Bob Marley and his headful of swirling dreadlocks. Marley is certainly a Rastafari...
View ArticlePress Statement from the Ethiopian Border Affairs Committee
A National Call to Defend Ethiopia’s Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity December 1, 2015 The Ethiopian Border Affairs Committee (EBAC) was established in response to secret border negotiations...
View ArticleFAMINE, STARVATION AND DEATH IN ETHIOPIA RENAMED BY ITS GOVERNMENT AS “FOOD...
Press Release December 1, 2015, Washington, DC, According to some inside Ethiopia, NGO’s are being warned not to use the words “famine, starvation or death” in their food appeals. Neither are they to...
View ArticleMeseret Defar Set For Comeback In ’s-Heerenberg
Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar is set to make her comeback from maternity leave with her racing debut over 15km at the Pfixx Solar Montferland Run in ’s-Heerenberg on Sunday Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar is due...
View ArticleSchool closed after mysterious mass collapse of students in Chancho town
Chancho Elementary School , located in Finfinne surrounding, Oromiya Region Special Zone, Sululta Woreda, Chancho town, remains closed since yesterday after nearly 200 students experienced sudden (and...
View ArticleAfrican Union to introduce new Continental passport
By Arthur Chatora on December 2, 2015 — The African Union has said the continent could soon become borderless with the introduction of an African passport as part of the bloc’s 2063 Agenda. So far, two...
View ArticleFamilies of those who were gunned down by the Federal Police gather outside...
The gate of Gondar University Hospital in Gondar, Ethiopia, was a scene of large gathering today after families of those who were gunned down by the Federal Police could not enter the hospital. The...
View ArticleUnstable climates make for unstable politics [ This is Africa ]
By Simon Allison on December 4, 2015 — El Niño has hit Africa particularly hard this year. The unpredictable weather cycle has been more intense than past iterations, and is being blamed for...
View Article16 People Die In Cairo Restaurant Firebomb
Sixteen people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after firebombs were thrown into a restaurant, officials say. The attack happened in the Agouza area, in the city centre. Egypt’s...
View ArticleEthiopia as an Anchor for Peace and Stability in the Horn of Africa and the...
Honorable chair and distinguished members of the European parliament Ladies and Gentlemen: Allow me to first express my sincere condolences to the families of the victims, to the People of France and...
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