ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Human rights groups are asking Ethiopia’s government to immediately disclose the whereabouts of a popular local journalist who has been behind bars since October 2014. The Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia and Defenders on Wednesday called it “unacceptable” that the government was unwilling or unable to provide Temesgen Desalegn’s relatives…
BBC A bomb explosion in the Coptic Christian cathedral complex in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least 25 people, officials say. Dozens of others were injured in the blast in a chapel adjoining St Mark’s cathedral during a Sunday service. Many of the victims are thought to be women and children. Egypt’s Christian…
The State Department continues to warn U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Ethiopia due to the potential for civil unrest related to sporadic and unpredictable anti-government protests that began in November 2015. The U.S. Embassy’s ability to provide consular services in many parts of the country may be limited without warning due to the…
By Matt Khoury, for CNNPhotos: ‘Odyssey’ by Louisa Seton Mursi women – The scarification on shoulder of the woman standing on the right is prominent. Denoting beauty, the process involves cutting the skin with a razor and applying ash from fires to infect the wound. The scar tissue then causes the skin to protrude. (CNN)Kenyan-raised,…
In today’s business world, leaders are emerging at all ranks. The role of the leader is not exclusive to executive-level positions. But being a great leader doesn’t have to mean going to management school. You can emerge as an effective trailblazer in your office by being true to yourself and constantly learning from the information…
By Lt. Stephanie S. Kessler (1991) Here is the Genesis of the Cuban-Ethiopian relations. Many Ethiopians mistakenly think that Castro helped free Ethiopia from Somalia occupation. The truth of the matter is the Soviet Union wanted to dominate Africa and find a way to strangle trade on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Russians…
By @acsifferlin Elizabeth Renstrom—TIMEThe region of the Americas is the first in the world to be declared measles-free, after 22 years of work to banish the highly contagious infection that can result in pneumonia, blindness and death (stock photo) The most ambitious HIV vaccine trial is now underway. Will it work? The first HIV vaccine trial…
By Tedla Woldeyohannes (PhD) For keen observers of the current Ethiopian politics, especially the writings, media interviews, and social media comments and posts by Oromo elites and activists, one topic has kept receiving a steady focus more than others: The role of Emperor Menelik II in the formation of the modern Ethiopian State and how…
NASA announced that it’s making most of its publicly-funded research available online free of charge. It’s using a site called Pubspace where you can search peer-reviewed papers resulting from NASA-funded research on a wide variety of topics. Do you want or need to read studies about the origins of life on Mars? Maybe you’d like…
What’s the real size of Africa? How Western states used maps to downplay size of continent By Sophie Morlin-Yron (CNN)On a typical world map, Canada is a vast nation. Home to six time zones, its endless plains spread from ocean to ocean, dominating great swathes of the northern half of the globe. But, in reality,…