Kenya police are investigating claims that an Ethiopian woman was raped at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi during a United Nations conference. The victim, said to be an employee of an international organization, reported that she was attacked and… Read more ›
Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke will perform in Istanbul, Turkey, and give a lecture on Ethiopian jazz culture as part of the Red Bull Music Academy Night on Sept. 1 in Kucukciftlik Park. The 71-year-old musician gained fame late in… Read more ›
WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA — Dessalegne F. Desta, 61, entered not guilty pleas in Nobles County District Court during his arraignment Monday afternoon. Desta is charged with five felonies, including two counts of first-degree attempted murder and three counts of first-degree assault… Read more ›
Washington DC police arrested a suspect yesterday in the Aug. 22, 2015, killing of an accountant and financial analyst from Texas who authorities said was assaulted near Howard University when he was struck, fell and hit his head on the… Read more ›
On 27 August 1975 a French reporter phoned the Ethiopian imperial palace, which had been overrun by Marxist army officers the previous year. Haile Selassie I came to the phone. On a poor line, speaking good French, the “king of… Read more ›
An accountant and financial analyst from Irving, Texas, who was assaulted Saturday in Washington DC later died of his injuries, and the death is being investigated as a homicide, DC police said. According to police, Kassahun Abebe Edo, 35, an… Read more ›
Seventy eight Ethiopians who were arrested in a police lorry in Meru were sentenced to three months or a fine of Sh50,000 each before repatriation for being found in the country illegally. However, two other suspects were not able to… Read more ›
Minister of Supply and Trade Khaled Hanafi is researching the import of Ethiopian meat at discounted prices for citizens through meetings with Egyptian ambassador in Ethiopia Abu Bakr Al-Hanafi and Egyptian ambassador in the State of Togo Mohammad Karim Sharif,… Read more ›
Michigan State University has been researching Teff as a rotational crop alternative for hay producing farms. Their research has discovered that cattle and horses are especially fond of Teff. And, as it turns out, more and more people enjoy it as well!… Read more ›
An Ethiopian asylum seeker has been discovered alive in the hold of a plane that landed at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport on Friday morning, after smuggling himself on to an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa. The stowaway was found after… Read more ›
By Katie Riordan | IRIN HARGEISA – Qader and Abdi are two weeks into their journey. Carrying only one empty plastic water bottle each, flattened, with no liquid to return it to its cylindrical shape, the two men figure they… Read more ›