By Tom Freston Shashemane was made possible by a 1948 land grant that accommodated, for free, any Caribbean of African descent who wanted to “come home.” …
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Food crisis in Ethiopia: 2.7 million need food aid
Hunger is once again threatening vast swathes of Africa because of drought and high food prices. The United Nations has estimated that 14 million are …
Read More »Ethiopia: How Foreign Oil Companies Annihilated the Lives of Ordinary African Population in Ogaden Region
February 4, 2014 (CNN iReport) — The Ogaden is a territory comprising the south-eastern portion of the Somali Regional State in Ethiopia and inhabited about …
Read More »Somalis balk at plans for Ethiopian troops
Thousands of Ethiopians will be deployed as part of an African Union peacekeeping mission, worrying many in Somalia February 3, 2014, Nairobi, Kenya (Al Jazeera) – Many …
Read More »Ethiopia Confirmed the Abduction of the two-Key ONLF negotiators
February 1, 2014 (CNN iReport) — Five days later after the Kenyan Police says that it was investigating the Ethiopian Security agent’s abduction of two-key …
Read More »Ethiopia – Land for Sale
Just a few decades ago, Ethiopia was a country defined by its famines, particularly between 1983-1985 when in excess of half a million people …
Read More »Saudi Ambassador in Ethiopia: Ethiopian authorities stop travel of domestic workers to the Kingdom
On January 27, 2014 in parts of the world ( Throughout ) – rebounds : Said Ahmed Ajlan Saudi Ambassador in Ethiopia that …
Read More »In the company of Oromiya region wolves
(Financial Times) — I stood in my room in bathing trunks, looking out over the lake 100 metres away, anticipating the feel of the cool …
Read More »S. Sudan cancels IGAD summit as Ethiopia voices concern over Uganda’s role
January 22, 2014 (JUBA/ADDIS ABABA) – The South Sudanese government announced yesterday the cancellation of a regional meeting that was scheduled for Thursday in Juba …
Read More »Egypt may take Nile dam dispute with Ethiopia to UN
Al-Monitor, (By Walaa Hussein) After all attempts to solve the Egyptian-Ethiopian crisis over the Renaissance Dam at the negotiating table ended in failure after a …
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