
Report of shots fired near Ethiopian embassy in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service detained a possible shooter after a report that shots were fired on Monday near the Ethiopian embassy in Washington, a spokesman for the agency...

From Ethiopia to USD, Musa sets pace
Mubarik Musa has grabbed onto a dream – a uniquely American one in this case – and is running with it at the University of South Dakota.
The Coyote cross country runner left his native...

KSA to host 1.4m Hajis from abroad
More than 1.4 million foreign pilgrims are expected to perform Haj this year, said Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar.
“About 1.36 million pilgrims already arrived from different countries by Sunday night...

Ethiopia’s thriving art market
Business and art are becoming increasingly entwined in the Ethiopian capital, but journalist James Jeffrey asks if this has come at a cost to creativity and true artistic experimentation.
Until...

Man Nabbed in Ethiopian Embassy Shooting in Washington
US Secret Service agents arrested a man after he fired a gun outside the Ethiopian embassy in Washington on Monday, US media reported.
Video shown by Ethiopian television ESAT shows a man standing...

EASF Inaugurates Logistics Center in AddisEast Africa
The East African Stand-by Force (EASF) has inaugurated its logistics center on Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Speaking during the inauguration ceremony, Ethiopian Minister of...

26 Ethiopian ‘illegal’ immigrants nabbed
THE Immigration Department in Nakonde has arrested 26 Ethiopians believed to be in transit to South Africa for alleged unlawful entry into Zambia.
This brings to 141 the number of Ethiopians...

Thousands of Chickens Flee Bombed Ukrainian Farm
While secession wars are fought for liberation, the insurgents rarely represent freedom for chickens.
But the conflict in eastern Ukraine has brought about a great chicken escape at a poultry farm...

Italy is keen to work strategically with Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Foriegn minister Tedros met with Mr. Pestilli, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy, on Friday in New York, on the margins of the 69th...

Ethiopia banks on seeds to boost food security
Ethiopia has introduced a programme to improve food security that combines scientific knowledge with local know how, as new community-based seed banks and training centres try to help farmers meet...

Almaz: Ethiopian Maid’s Tragic Story Depicting life as Domestic Worker in Gulf States
The website PositiveNegatives in one of its comics, showed the tragic experience of an Ethiopian domestic worker in Saudi Arabia.
The comic reveals, through the true story of one woman, the...

Ebola outbreak: ‘Thousands of orphans shunned’
At least 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone who have lost one or both parents to Ebola this year face being shunned, the UN has said.
Carers were urgently needed for these orphans,...
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