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Little Ethiopia: African diaspora who call US capital home

As many as 250,000 Ethiopians live in and around Washington DC, more than in any urban area outside of the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa itself.…

Egypt and Ethiopia vow to defuse Blue Nile dam row

Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to hold further talks to quell tensions over the building of a new dam on the Blue Nile, their foreign ministers say.Ethiopia’s Tedros…

World Cup qualifying: Ethiopia progress, South Africa knocked out

  Ethiopia progressed to the African play-offs after knocking 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa out of the race to Brazil with a 2-1 win in Addis Ababa.The…

Ethiopia ratifies Nile Treaty in snub to Egypt Reuters June 14, 2013

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Ethiopia’s parliament unanimously ratified on Thursday a treaty that strips Egypt of its right to the lion’s share of the Nile river waters, raising the…

Ethiopia rejects Egyptian protests over Nile dam 

Construction of Grand Renaissance dam to continue despite Eygptian concerns over impact on water supply and farming By Patrick Kingsley in Cairo, The Guardian June 12, 2013 Ethiopia has refused to…

Ethiopia: Rise of the Blue Cheetahs! 

Just feeling proud and blue all over“Everyday, everyday I have the blues” sang B.B. King on his faithful guitar Lucille. Everyday, everyday for the last eight years I’ve…

Ethiopia Keep World Cup Lead Over South Africa

South Africa/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Keep World Cup Lead Over South Africa 8 JUNE 2013 Ethiopia won 2-1 in Botswana Saturday to stay two points ahead of fancied South Africa…

Nile dispute:TPLF Scary option

This is really scary option from TPLF folks. This piece was posted on Tigray online in 2010 but many people didn’t notice it. After Egyptians’ angry reaction over…

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Press Freedom

Ethiopia: Journalist Reeyot Alemu wins 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World … – Nazret.com (blog)

Paris, 16 April – Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu is the winner of the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Ms Alemu was recommended by an independent…

Ethiopia ‘blocks’ Al Jazeera websites – Aljazeera.com

Al Jazeera’s English and Arabic websites are reported to have been blocked in Ethiopia, raising fresh fears that the government is continuing its efforts to silence the…

Ethiopia: Journalism under anti-terrorism law – Aljazeera.com

When the Paris-based media watchdog group, Reporters Without Borders released its annual Press Freedom Index, few were surprised that Ethiopia had dropped 11 places to 137. …

African runners dominate NYC marathon

Edna Kiplagat of Kenya poses for pictures after winning the women’s race at the 2010 New York City Marathon on Sunday. (Seth Wenig/Associated Press) Gebre Gebremariam saw his…

Announcement

Russia Looks Ahead to a Post-Assad Syria

— Russia backtracked Friday on comments about Syria made by a key official only a day earlier.  On Thursday, Russia’s state-run…

Russia Opens New Investigation into Opposition Leader

— Russia has opened a new financial investigation into allegations against a prominent leader of the political opposition.  The announcement of…