Musical project aiming to create spaces for rich cultural interaction between Nile Basin countries launches second musicians gathering in Kampala, along with African tour in 2014 The Nile Project launches African tourAfter a successful gathering of musicians in Upper Egypt’s Aswan early 2013, the Nile Project launches its second edition of the ‘Nile Gathering,’ to […]

52 Places to Go in 2014 Witness a city in transformation, glimpse exotic animals, explore the past and enjoy that beach before the crowds. 1. Cape Town, South Africa A place to meditate on freedom, and the creative life that followed. 2. Christchurch, New Zealand The rebirth of a quake-ravaged city. 4. Albanian Coast On […]

Hong Kong-based handset manufacturer Tecno Group has announced it will build a “third phase” mobile phone assembly and production plant in Addis Ababa. The firm already runs two factories in the Ethiopian capital. According to the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA), the Ethiopian government has already dedicated an investment area for the establishment of […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Fikadu Lemma and Tigist Tufa were the men’s and women’s winners of this year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Providence Half Marathon. Lemma, of Ethiopia, finished the men’s race in a time of 1:09. Tufa finished in the women’s race in 1:10:51. Patrick Moulton and Katie Moulton, a husband and wife from Providence, […]

Tedros commended the global diversity which he termed as beautiful that should unite people, adding that New York is a good example for it. “Ethiopia has done lots of strives in economic, political and social fronts. It has registered more than 10 percent economic growth in the last decade. It has already achieved MDG 4 […]

IN-N-OUT will stay in or out of business, depending on whether or not the American IN-N-OUT will have its way over the Ethiopian, or on whether or not business will be dictated by what the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) or the Ministry of Trade (MoT) will say. For the customers who were enjoying their […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Athletics great Haile Gebrselassie warned Britain’s double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah on Friday not to make a premature switch from the track to the marathon. Farah added the world distance double to the one he achieved at the 2012 London Olympics when he won the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at […]

Born in Ethiopia to an Ethiopian mother and Yemeni father, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi’s life has always straddled East Africa and the Middle East. A Saudi Arabian citizen since 1965, he has never lost touch with his African roots, investing billions of dollars in projects as diverse as agriculture, construction, oil and media, […]

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Ethiopian Airlines has made a record profit, the company’s chief executive officer said this week Tewolde Gebremariam partly credited the profitability of Ethiopian Airlines to Boeing’s problematic 787 planes. He said the company’s operating profit between July 2012 and June 2013 is 2.7 billion birr ($143,137,098) from a billion birr […]

STOCKHOLM (AFP) — Swedish fashion retailer Hennes and Mauritz (H and M) said Friday it would expand its network of suppliers to Ethiopia, after concentrating 80 percent of its production in Asian countries. “We are an expansive company and are constantly looking at new potential purchasing markets to guarantee that we have capacity to deliver […]

Tullow Oil, the British explorer that found Kenya’s first crude a year ago, is about to find out whether the resources extend into neighboring Ethiopia, a nation dependent on agriculture that’s yet to discover any petroleum. Tullow, Africa Oil Corp. and Marathon Oil Corp. plan to complete their Sabisa well in western Ethiopia’s South Omo […]

Ethiopia has signed a $700 million mobile phone deal with China’s Huawei Technologies to improve the telecoms infrastructure in the country. The agreement, which is half of a $1.6 billion project split between Huawei and ZTE is expected to double phone users in the country to 56 million.Ethiopia’s Minister of Communications and Technology, Debretsion Gebremichael […]

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia on Thursday signed a $700 million agreement with China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to expand mobile phone infrastructure and introduce high-speed 4G broadband network in the capital Addis Ababa and 3G service throughout the country. Huawei, the world’s second largest telecom equipment maker, has been involved in developing phone and internet services […]

በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ የሚታየውን ቆሻሻ አሰባሰብ እና አወጋገድ ችግር ለማቃለል የ26 ተሽከርካሪዎች ርክክብ ተፈፀመ፡፡ የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ የፅዳት አስተዳደር ኤጀንሲ በበጀት ዓመቱ ከመቶ ሚሊዮን ብር በላይ በመመደብ የ80 ተሽከርካሪዎች ግዢ ፈፅሟል፡፡ በሁለተኛ ዙር ወደ ሃገር የገቡት ተሽከርካሪዎች በከተማው ለሚገኙ አስሩም ክፍለ ከተሞች የሚከፋፈሉ ናቸው፡፡ በተጨማሪም ከ22 ሚሊዮን ብር በላይ በሆነ ወጭ የ500 ገንዳዎች ግዥ ፈፅሟል […]

RIYADH: Saudi authorities banned on Wednesday Ethiopian workers from entering the country following reports of crimes against children committed by maids from the African nation.The labour ministry and the interior ministry have agreed to “temporarily” stop the importation of workers from Ethiopia, SPA state news agency said.It said the ban will remain in place until […]

(Reuters) – Lawyers in conservative Ethiopia have asked police to investigate an Ethiopian contestant in the “Big Brother Africa” reality television show after she appeared to have sex with a fellow housemate.Betty Abera, 27, represented Ethiopia in the pan-continental version of the show that has spawned editions around the world. She was not immediately available […]