Number of hungry in Ethiopia jumps to 6.4 mln-Oxfam

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The number of Ethiopians needing emergency food assistance has jumped to 6.4 million from 4.6 million in June, the aid agency Oxfam said on Friday. Drought and high food prices have both contributed to the worsening crisis in Ethiopia and other parts of the Horn of Africa like Somalia and north Kenya, aid workers say. Oxfam, citing U.N. figures, said there was a $260 million shortfall for agencies trying to address Ethiopia's crisis. "Compared with the funds going to

9 Oct 2008, 8:56 pm | click here for more

Saturday morning at Menagesha

By Prasanna ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - On Saturday, I woke up bright and early at 5:30 AM to leave for my first shift as a volunteer/English/Music teacher at Menagesha – the Cheshire Services Rehabilitation Facility for kids with disabilities. I caught a mini-bus to Meskal Square where I boarded the Cheshire Services employee bus which transports every of the Cheshire employees to Menagesha from Addis and then back to Addis at the end of the shift. Menagesha is about 25 km away from Addis and t

9 Oct 2008, 6:37 pm | click here for more

Ethiopia, French Firm Sign 210m-Euro Wind-Powered Electricity Project

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) signed an agreement worth 210m euros with Vergnet Groupe, a French company, providing the former to generate electric power from Ashegoba Wind Power Project. EEPCo General Manager Mhret Debebe and the president of the company, Marc Vergnet, signed the agreement here on Thursday [9 October]. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Minister of Mines and Energy Alemayehu Tegenu said the project has a capacity of generating 120 MW

9 Oct 2008, 5:48 pm | click here for more

Chinese top legislator arrives in Ethiopia on 3rd leg of Africa tour

Chinese top legislator arrives in Ethiopia on 3rd leg of Africa tour 2008-11-08 (Beijing Time)  Xinhua English ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — At the invitation of Ethiopian Federal Council Speaker Degefi Bula, Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo on Saturday afternoon arrived here to start an official visit to Ethiopia on the third leg of his five-nation Africa tour. In a written statement released at the airport upon his arrival, Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National Peopl

8 Nov 2008, 9:53 pm | click here for more

Three Novelists Receive the Grinzane For Africa Prize

Three Novelists Receive the Grinzane For Africa Prize October 30th, 2008 by Ben - Editor Alert! Three African novelists - Kenyan Ngugi wa Thiong’o, 70, Nigerian Ben Okri, 49, and Angolan Ondjaki, 31, were awarded the Grinzane For Africa prize in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, earlier this week. The award is sponsored by an Italian foundation, and was given as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the UN Economic Commission for Africa.

30 Oct 2008, 4:07 am | click here for more

Insurgents reject UN-backed deal for Somalia

Somalia's radical insurgents on Monday vowed to battle on despite Addis Ababa's pledge to respect a UN-sponsored deal reached a day earlier that allows for a pullback of Ethiopian troops. receive Breaking News, Most Popular Politics News, Election, and Video News - The Seferm Post

27 Oct 2008, 3:20 pm | click here for more

The Happy Heartbreak

Last week while in Addis Ababa I had the opportunity to return to Hannah's Orphanage. I say return, because I also had the privilege of visiting there last March with a different gang. Hannah is an incredible lady, and what she is doing is nothing short of miraculous. You can read more about the latest visit here, and look my images here. While there last year our group fell in adore with a little girl named glad. On the left you can look glad hanging out with David. She spent the day either i

22 Oct 2008, 11:56 am | click here for more

UN envoy confident on Zimbabwe talks despite delay

ADDIS ABABA, October 21, 2008 (AFP) - A top UN envoy on Tuesday voiced confidence that a deal on a new government would be reached in Zimbabwe despite opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's refusal to... receive Breaking News, Most Popular Politics News, Election, and Video News - The Seferm Post

21 Oct 2008, 6:51 am | click here for more

US diplomat hits out at Eritrean human rights record

ADDIS ABABA, October 21, 2008 (AFP) - A top US diplomat hit out Tuesday at Eritrea's record on human rights violations, which has been described as one of the world's worst. receive Breaking News, Most Popular Politics News, Election, and Video News - The Seferm Post

21 Oct 2008, 2:39 pm | click here for more

POP Star going back to Oromia

  Twenty-four years after escaping, Kemer Yousef is going back to perform in Ethiopia, where the Oromo singer is a symbol of unity to the country’s dozens of ethnic groups Nov 20, 2008 04:30 AM   john goddard staff reporter         A Toronto man who once fled Ethiopia in terror is to return Saturday as the country’s No. 1 pop star. Kemer Yousef, who escaped on foot with nothing 24 years ago, has scored an unprecedented video hit with Nabek, a seven-track DVD showing him singin

20 Nov 2008, 9:55 am | click here for more

Disputed NGO law sent to Ethiopian parliament

ADDIS ABABA, October 18, 2008 (AFP) - The Ethiopian government has submitted to the parliament draft legislation on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which has drawn flame from rights activists,... receive Breaking News, Most Popular Politics News, Election, and Video News - The Seferm Post

18 Oct 2008, 8:44 am | click here for more

Ethiopian troops to stay in Somalia

17 Oct 2008, 7:47 am | click here for more

Woyanne defends draft law to criminalize NGO activities

By Peter Heinlein, VOA hear the report: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - Ethiopia's government The Woyanne dictatorial regime in Ethiopia is coming in for fierce criticism over a draft law before parliament that would prohibit or criminalize many activities of foreign charities and NGOs. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports the bill is almost certain to pass easily in a legislature overwhelmingly controlled by Ethiopia's ruling party. Ethiopian Woyanne officials have told western diplomats

14 Oct 2008, 4:43 pm | click here for more

Meles orders full withdrawal from Somalia

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a glorious moment for the people of Somalia. A job well done for kicking Woyanne invaders out of your country. Ethiopian Review sends heartfelt congratulations to Somali freedom fights who stood up and fought the Woyanne fascist forces. The same fates await Woyannes in Ethiopia. They will be kicked out of our country too soon by EPPF, OLF, ONLF and other Ethiopian freedom fighters. By Steve Bloomfield, Sunday Herald ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — SOMALIA'S FRAGILE government a

14 Oct 2008, 10:35 pm | click here for more

Girls Gone Global: GWLN Hosts Younger Leaders Worldwide!

Young leaders are ready to engage around the globe with the most daunting challenges facing our world, as girls ready for change are popping up in the media everywhere leading efforts, organizations, nonprofits entities and school cyclebreakers to seize the day in Carpe Diem mode! Before we capture some of that energy and momentum by highlighting the new national director of Girls For a Change, Carrie Ellett, fresh from their recent national tour, I’d like to focus first on an offshoot role of

14 Nov 2008, 3:53 pm | click here for more

Sudan summons Kenyan, Woyanne ambassadors

By Andrew Heavens KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan summoned the Kenyan and Ethiopian Woyanne ambassadors on Monday to protest against what it said were illegal shipments of arms to its semi-autonomous south, state media reported. Khartoum was protesting over "violations" linked to an arms shipment seized by pirates off Somalia's coast that Western diplomats said was bound for south Sudan, and a plane-load of weapons from Addis Ababa, state news agency SUNA reported. SUNA stopped short of accusing

13 Oct 2008, 3:41 pm | click here for more

Unicorns, Sasquatch, Pro-American Liberals and other Mythological Creatures

(I go by the nickname, “happyleftie” and you can find me here on Twitter.) When the geographically- and semantically-challenged Sarah Palin made her comment about being glad to be in a “Pro-American” part of the country, I was offended less by the inanity of the comment than the idea that being a liberal city-dweller was somehow equivalent to being “Anti-American”. You look, I am a liberal. And I consider myself very “Pro-American” and a patriot. I am also an immigrant and have travelled to nume

11 Nov 2008, 7:22 pm | click here for more

China offers three-point proposal to boost ties with Ethiopia

China offers three-point proposal to boost ties with Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) — China offered a three-point proposal to boost its relations with Ethiopia, calling on the two sides to expand substantial cooperation to promote the every-round and cooperative partnership to a higher level. The offer was made during Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo’s official visit to the country from Nov. 8 to 10. China suggested that the two countries to work closer to maintain high-level exchange,

11 Nov 2008, 10:52 am | click here for more

China pledges more dialogue, cooperation with AU

China pledges more dialogue, cooperation with AU ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — China’s top legislator Wu Bangguo pledged here Monday to further strengthen dialogue and cooperation with the African Union (AU). China is willing to enhance bilateral communication and coordination on international and regional issues with AU in a bid to push for improvement of China-Africa relations and safeguard the interest of developing countries, said Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China’

11 Nov 2008, 10:34 am | click here for more

Top legislator : China attaches great importance to ties with Ethiopia

Top legislator : China attaches great importance to ties with Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — China’s top legislator Wu Bangguo said here on Monday that his country attaches great importance to its development of relations with Ethiopia. “My current visit to Ethiopia is aimed at bringing the existing every-round cooperative partnership to a new level and injecting new life into the traditional friendship between the two sides,” said Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of Chi

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