The multi- talented Abebe Bikila is seen in the image shooting an arrow, another form of sport that he was so good at, and he was also a champion of this international game, but his gift doesn’t end there and also Abebe could clearly communicate through at least four languages, a good enough Italian, English […]

Ethiopian CNN journalist Haimy Assefa writes about identity questions she faced when she arrive in America. Am I Black? Ethiopian? American? This article was published in April 22, 2014 after some people said Boston Marathon winner Meb Keflezighi is not truly American (CNN) — I was born in Ethiopia, raised in Oklahoma and Colorado, and […]

Jacky Gossee, a young Ethiopian musician who is known for his single release ‘Sela beyegn’ is to sign a 1.5 million birr agreement with Heineken beer for a music show. According to Admass radio, the musician’s music show will be staged in Addis Ababa for which he is to sign an agreement with Heineken. Though […]

Kim Il Sung to Be Remembered in Ethiopia Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) — An Ethiopian committee for remembering President Kim Il Sung was inaugurated in Addis Ababa on June 2. Nigatu Dagnachew, chairman of the Ethiopian Youth Study Group of the Juche Idea, was elected chairman of the remembrance committee. The committee decided to hold […]

The Chief Executive Officer of the newly-formed Ethiopian Electric Power, Azeb Asnake (Eng.), has just won the “Women in Construction Excellence Award.” Azeb on Thursday received the award at the end of the African Construction Exhibition at the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Women in Construction Excellence Award is organized annually with […]

BERLIN May 30, 2014 (AP) Karlheinz Boehm, an Austrian actor and human rights activist who founded an aid group dedicated to helping people in Ethiopia, has died. He was 86. Boehm’s group, Menschen fuer Menschen (“People for People”) said he died at his home near Salzburg on Thursday. It didn’t give a cause of death. […]

Southampton fear Mauricio Pochettino will try to poach their top talent after he was confirmed as the new Tottenham manager on Tuesday. The Argentine has signed a five-year deal worth up to £3.5million a season to replace Tim Sherwood, who was sacked earlier this month. Pochettino, who could make Saints striker Jay Rodriguez a top […]

Elias S. Siraj, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., received the Outstanding Service Award for Promotion of Endocrine Health of an Underserved Population at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 23rd Annual Scientific & Clinical Congress in Las Vegas on May 17, 2014. The Outstanding Service Award is presented to an individual for outstanding contributions to the […]

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is best known as the controversial sixth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, serving from 2005 to 2013. Synopsis Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was born in Aradan, Iran, on October 28, 1956. He assumed the presidency of Iran in 2005 and was re-elected in 2009, though his second election sparked widespread protests by Iranians […]

Ethiopian Professor who first described how diabetic nerve damage is caused by impaired circulation of the nerves has been awarded one of the most coveted international prizes in medicine in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field. Professor Solomon Tesfaye, a Consultant Physician/Endocrinologist at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, and Honorary Professor of Diabetic […]

Daniel Yohannes, who has spent most of his life on an upward trajectory, is about to gain a higher profile on the world stage. On Friday, Yohannes, who still calls Denver his home, will take over duties as the U.S. representative to the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. “This country has given […]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola from April 29 to May 5 to promote democracy and human rights, the State Department said on Friday. Kerry will meet with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom in Addis Ababa to discuss peace […]

Editor’s note: Haimy Assefa is a CNN news assistant in New York City covering breaking news in the Northeast region. She has a background in international affairs and multimedia storytelling. (CNN) — I was born in Ethiopia, raised in Oklahoma and Colorado, and ended up in Brooklyn, New York. Coming to America from Ethiopia, a […]

Ester Rada is one of Israel’s rising musical stars and has recently released her first album, Life Happens. She says growing up as the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants was sometimes confusing as “a black Jew in a land of white people”. She spoke to the BBC about her musical journey – and how she has […]

New York (Tadias) – Nina Ashenafi Richardson, an Ethiopian-American judge, who was elected to the Leon County bench in Florida on November 4th, 2008, is hard at work in the Sunshine State’s capital county. She recently told the Tallahassee Democrat that although her workload is heavy, she is mindful of the responsibilities and privileges of […]