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Tola Lema won Sunday’s Edinburgh Marathon

Tola Lema  won Sunday’s  Edinburgh Marathon

More than 29,000 people have taken part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival. Organisers hoped to raise more than £4.5m from the two-day event, which inluded marathon, half marathon, 10K, 5K…

African leaders urge ICC to transfer charges against President Uhuru Kenyatta

 May 27, 2013  By KIRUBEL TADESSE — Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — African leaders on Monday asked the International Criminal Court to transfer charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to the…

Morsi underlines ‘agreement’ with Ethiopia over controversial dam

MENA, Saturday 25 May 2013 - Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said on Saturday that he had made an agreement with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn that both countries’ interests would…

African Union celebrates 50th year

By KIRUBEL TADESSE Associated Press / May 22, 2013 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization that…

Boating accident kills five on Lake Tana

May 21, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – At least five people died when a boat carrying 110 passengers overturned on Lake Tana in Ethiopia’s north western region of Amhara on Monday,…

CPJ urges Kerry to speak out for a free press at At AU summit

New York, May 16, 2013– The Committee to Protect Journalists writes to US Secretary of State John Kerry to ask him to include in his discussions at the AU Summit…

Kerry’s Ethiopia Opportunity – Wall Street Journal

Kerry’s Ethiopia Opportunity: The U.S. Secretary of State’s visit to Addis Ababa is a chance to pressure the government on its dreadful record on human rights. By Martin Schibbye and…

Corruption and the Ethiopian Regime By Semahagn Gashu Abebe (PhD)

The legal measures undertaken by the Ethiopian regime last week has once again brought about the issue of corruption to the spot light. According to the statement released by the…

How Big is Corruption in Ethiopia? $16.5 Billion Lost to Illegal Smuggling of Cash

Published by Tadias May 13th, 2013  Global Financial Integrity says Ethiopia lost US$16.5 Billion to illicit financial outflows in the last decade.Tadias Magazine By Tadias Staff Published: Monday, May 13th, 2013 New…

Ethiopia lesbian couple tell of attack, as fear of anti-gay action rises

ADDIS ABABA: They call themselves Lucy and Tina. They are Ethiopian. They are lesbians. They are a couple who have been together for five years. But last week, while dancing…