Athletics legend retires (Reuters) Haile Gebrselassie, considered one of athletics’ greatest distance runners, said on Sunday (Monday NZ time) he was retiring from competitive running. The Ethiopian’s long-time manager at first said it was not the end of Gebrselassie’s career, but later issued a press release saying the runner had retired from athletics. “Running legend
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Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded five foreigners for murder and robbery, an unusually high number that adds to what Amnesty International has called a “macabre spike” in the kingdom’s executions. Two Yemenis, a Chadian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese were put to death in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, the interior ministry said in
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JUBA – A two-day border consultative meeting comprising of officials from South Sudan and Ethiopia ended with assurances that both sides would refrain from supporting any hostile groups seeking to destabilise any of the two countries. Addressing reporters on arrival at Juba airport, the governor of South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, Simon Puoc said both
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Anyone viewing the recent clashes between Ethiopian-Israeli demonstrators and local policemen in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv could not help being reminded of similar scenes taking place barely a week earlier in Baltimore. Such a clear visual link between events in two such disparate places cannot but be viewed as further testimony to the power of
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(Reuters) – A group of Ethiopians who had been kidnapped in Libya arrived at Cairo airport on Thursday after Egyptian army forces rescued them, state media quoted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as saying. But one Ethiopian in the group, and a Libyan source, appeared to cast doubt on that version of events, saying the
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By John Mulligan The chief executive of Aer Lingus has lashed out against Ethiopian Airways, claiming the African airline will be hogging valuable space at Dublin Airport that could be used for other carriers. Ethiopian Airways will launch a service between Addis Ababa and Los Angeles next month. The flight stops off in Dublin en-route,
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Ethiopia is a valuable partner in a critical region, from peacekeeping to fighting al-Shabab to pursuing peace in South Sudan. Ethiopia, among the world’s fastest-growing economies, has made significant progress toward its Millennium Development Goals. But stability, security and economic development are sustainable only with the development of democratic values. Ethiopia has a long road
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Tebeka (Amharic for “Advocate of Justice”), is the legal aid organization serving Israel’s 140,000 member Ethiopian community. The organization was founded in 2000 by the first Ethiopian Israeli attorneys. Press Release As a supporter of Tebeka, you know that Tebeka’s staff, board members, and volunteers have been working to address and eliminate discrimination against the
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By Desire Nimubona A United Nations special envoy is meeting with the Burundian government to try to defuse tensions after more than week of protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid to run for a third term. Demonstrators took to the streets of the capital, Bujumbura, again on Wednesday, setting up roadblocks and burning tires, Leonidas
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Ethiopia: Priest, Bishop banned from church as members challenge leaders in lawsuit By Nick Ochsne CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – A dispute at a Charlotte church has led to members being banned from church property, the firing of the church’s priest and a lawsuit in state court. At issue in the lawsuit is whether or not
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