Ethiopian Airlines to get 3rd Boeing Dreamliner
Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it will take delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner on August 14 in Seattle, Washington. Ethiopian is proud to be the first airline from Africa, Europe, Americas and Middle East to take delivery of the Dreamliner, and to be able to offer its passengers […]
Read More →Sudan, Ethiopia look to boost relations
Sudan and Ethiopia are looking to increase their bilateral relations, a statement from Ethiopia’s foreign ministry said. Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Hailemariam Desalegn met Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti in Addis Ababa on Sunday, where the two reportedly held talks on a number of bilateral issues. According to State Ministry […]
Read More →Eritreans, Ethiopians fear rising anti-African racism and violence in Israel
TEL AVIV: The rising toll of violence in Israel directed at African migrants in the country has seen Ethiopians and Eritreans talk of the increase in racism in the country. “We hear it daily in this country,†said one Eritrean worker, who asked Bikyamasr.com not to be named due to the risk of losing his workpermit. […]
Read More →Journalist jailed in Ethiopia is championed in D.C., abroad
By Pamela Constable Eskender Nega (Washington DC) – For months, Eskinder Nega’s supporters in Washington, New York and around the world have been pleading for his freedom. In petitions, blogs and speeches, they have hailed the prominent EthioÂpian journalist, detained last fall on terrorism charges, as a courageous champion of democratic rights in a country that is systematically […]
Read More →East African sex workers tell of being sold into sex slavery in Singapore
Tanya’s friend, “Susan†from Ethiopia, said she had a similar experience, arriving and being taken to another building, where she was put to work as a sex worker. For both girls, they struggled to survive, being forced to have sex with as many as 8 clients a day. SINGAPORE: She was forced to be a […]
Read More →Syria continues to see violence toward media workers
Man holding a camera. Reporters Without Borders condemns today’s bombing of the state TV station’s headquarters in the high-security district of Omeyyades in Damascus. The bomb exploded on the third floor of the building, where the management offices are located. The exact number of casualties and the positions they held are not known. The station did […]
Read More →Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader rejects US sanctions
LAGOS: The head of Nigeria’s Islamist militant group Boko Haram said in an online video that he dismissed recent United States sanctions that have been placed against the group. The video posted on YouTube shows Abubakar Shekau with a Kalashnikov assault rifle behind him. In the video, posted late Saturday, he speaks in the Hausa […]
Read More →His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Tewodros II (Abba Tatek)
Emperor Tewodros II was born Kassa Haile Giorgis, (often refered to as Kassa Hailu), the son of a minor nobleman of Qwara district of Dembia, a region of western Beghemider province bordering on the Sudan. His actual place of birth was in the small villiage of Dawa, located about 12 kilometers from the city of […]
Read More →11-year-old girl married to 40-year-old man
By Samuel Burke Before their wedding ceremony begins in rural Afghanistan, a 40-year-old man sits to be photographed with his 11-year-old bride. The girl tells the photographer that she is sad to be engaged because she had hoped to become a teacher. Her favorite class was Dari, the local language, before she had to leave her […]
Read More →South Africa income inequality highest in the world
A new report published by the World Bank has revealed that South Africa is facing a growing divide in income inequality since the fall of Apartheid. Gini coefficient, an international measure of income inequality, revealed the country’s level of inequality was the highest in the world at 0.70 in 2008, the World Bank said. “The […]
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