By Michelle Kelemen, NPR Just a few months ago, Bekele Gerba was languishing in a high security Ethiopian jail, hearing the cries of fellow prisoners being beaten and tortured. Now, the 54-year-old foreign language professor is in Washington, D.C., for meetings at the State Department. His message: The Obama administration should pay more attention to
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By Carole Landry United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The UN Security Council on Tuesday piled pressure on South Sudan’s president, warning it was ready to “act immediately” if he does not sign a deal to end the 20-month war ripping apart the world’s youngest nation. President Salva Kiir is scheduled to sign the power-sharing
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By Carole Landry United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The UN Security Council on Tuesday piled pressure on South Sudan’s president, warning it was ready to “act immediately” if he does not sign a deal to end the 20-month war ripping apart the world’s youngest nation. President Salva Kiir is scheduled to sign the power-sharing
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By Fathi Karshie In the immediate wake of the mayor’s announcement that he intends to close down hookah lounges in Seattle, a wedge emerged between different immigrant and refugee communities. The Asian American community, mourning the death of Donnie Chin, was seemingly pitted against East African patrons of hookah bars. But East Africans were also
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By Dawit Ayele Haylemariam Twenty years ago one Ethiopian Diaspora in Washington asked the late Prime minister Meles Zenawi what his vision for the country was. A rather polite and amiable Meles outlined his vision in a very human centered way. He said he hopes that in ten years every Ethiopian will have enough to
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By Karim Lebhour, AFP Entoto (Ethiopia) (AFP) – High above the crowded streets of Addis Ababa, among fields where farmers lead oxen dragging wooden ploughs, sits Ethiopia’s space programme. Perched on the top of the 3,200-metre (10,500-foot) high Mount Entoto, two metal domes house telescopes, each a metre in diameter. Operational for only a few
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Reuters: The number of Ethiopians who will need food aid by the end of this year has surged by more than 1.5 million from earlier estimates due to failed rains, United Nations agencies said on Monday. Ethiopia needs an extra $230 million from donors to secure aid for a total of 4.5 million people now
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With the heavily favored Kenyans wiped out of the men’s marathon on Saturday, it came down to Olympic champions Jessica Ennis-Hill and David Rudisha to restore some normalcy on the opening day of the world championships. Rudisha, one of the many great runners on the Kenyan team, led from start to finish with his majestic
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