International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking: A Cause for Observance Worku Abebe
June 26 is the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This is a UN instituted day which has been held annually since 1988 on 26 June. The main purpose of having this international day is to raise the awareness of the public about the dangers associated with abused drugs (also known as substances), […]
Read More →Will Ethiopia’s ‘grand’ new dam steal Nile waters from Egypt?
Africa’s largest hydropower project, a new 6,000-megawatt dam on the Blue Nile, has sparked a row between Egypt and Ethiopia. But it could increase the overall water flow in the Nile. By William Davison, Correspondent / June 25, 2013 Egypt is newly worried about a huge Ethiopian dam now under construction on the Nile’s main tributary […]
Read More →Nelson Mandela Remains in Critical Condition
By DEVON MAYLIE And PATRICK MCGROARTY PRETORIA—Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition on Monday, as attention shifted to the Pretoria hospital where the 94-year-old former president has convalesced for more than two weeks. Mr. Mandela’s declining health also has prompted many South Africans to weigh his legacy against his African National Congress party’s track […]
Read More →Ethiopian Football Federation Fires Secretary General Ashenafi Ejegu
Awramba Times (Addis Ababa) Ashenafi Ejegu, Secretary General of the Ethiopia Football Federation was fired from his position today. His deputy, Birhanu Kebede, had submitted letter of resignation and the request has been approved by the executive committee of the federation. The immediate removal of the federation officials was made in the aftermath of FIFA’s […]
Read More →Egypt’s Nile Threats Weaken Case to Secure Water: Shinn By William Davison & Salma El Wardany –
Egypt must drop its objection to an Ethiopian dam on the main tributary of the Nile River or it may struggle to ensure adequate supplies from the world’s longest waterway, former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn said. A $4.3 billion, 6,000-megawatt hydropower plant, set to be Africa’s largest on completion in 2017, has raised […]
Read More →We who we are today came from Ethiopia
 By  Zekarias Asaye  We left our country because of persecution in different ways and different reasons which have an impact on our survival. We have assembled across different ethnicity, religion, ideology and political point of view not to be oppressed and unavailability of injustice in our country. Currently we are raising an idea of which […]
Read More →Ethiopia remain top of Group A
Biyadglign Eliase © Backpagepix Botswana couldn’t complete their comeback against Ethiopia as they lost 2-1 in a Group A World Cup qualifying match on Saturday afternoon. Ethiopia remained top with 11 points after goals by Getaneh Kedebe and Salahdin Ahmed edged out the home side. Ethiopia came into the game knowing that a win would […]
Read More →Egyptian politicians caught in on-air Ethiopia dam gaffe By Ahmed Maher
Egyptian politicians are embarrassed after being caught suggesting hostile acts against Ethiopia to stop it from building a dam across the Blue Nile. They were inadvertently heard on live TV proposing military action at a meeting called by President Mohammed Morsi. Ethiopia last week started diverting the flow of the river in preparation for the […]
Read More →Egyptian politicians suggest attacking Ethiopia over Nile dam Politicians meeting with Egypt’s president proposed hostile acts against Ethiopia to stop it from building a massive dam on the Nile River upstream. Some didn’t seem to know they were on live TV at the time.
Politicians meeting with Egypt’s president on Monday proposed hostile acts against Ethiopia, including backing rebels and carrying out sabotage, to stop it from building a massive dam on the Nile River upstream. Some of the politicians appeared unaware the meeting with President Mohammed Morsi was being carried live on TV. Morsi did not directly react […]
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