And it all started with some goats…. Ethiopian coffee ceremony (Photo: Steve Evans) KALDI was an Ethiopian goat herder from Kaffa who is said to have “discovered” coffee after he noticed his goats dancing, unable to sleep at night and acting strange after they had eaten red berries from a certain tree. Many believe the
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Business Insider By Armin Rosen Last week, the US announced additional sanctions on North Korean government officials and state-owned entities in response to the cyber-attack on Sony, which both the FBI and President Barack Obama have attributed to Pyongyang. The Kim regime should be well-versed with US and international sanctions by now. UN Security Council
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By CHRISTINE MUNGAI, Mail & Guardian Africa Digitisation is allowing for virtual restitution of stolen artworks, and could even open the door to recreating slices of historic cultures in Africa. Benin bronze sculpture in the British Museum, London. (Photo: Flickr). AFRICA’S colonial experience not only displaced people, but histories, memories and cultural artefacts too. In the Congo, the
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By CHRISTINE MUNGAI, Mail & Guardian Africa Digitisation is allowing for virtual restitution of stolen artworks, and could even open the door to recreating slices of historic cultures in Africa. Benin bronze sculpture in the British Museum, London. (Photo: Flickr). AFRICA’S colonial experience not only displaced people, but histories, memories and cultural artefacts too. In the Congo, the
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By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Jan 1 (Reuters) – A much-delayed $1.8 billion dam project under construction along Ethiopia’s Omo river could begin generating power by June and be fully operational by early 2016, an official said on Thursday. Gilgel Gibe 3 will nearly double the country’s energy output, helping to resolve chronic power outages
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By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Jan 1 (Reuters) – A much-delayed $1.8 billion dam project under construction along Ethiopia’s Omo river could begin generating power by June and be fully operational by early 2016, an official said on Thursday. Gilgel Gibe 3 will nearly double the country’s energy output, helping to resolve chronic power outages
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By Fatima Hansia , CorpWatch Blog Saudi Star Agricultural Development plans to pump $100 million into a rice export project in Gambella region of Ethiopia despite allegations of human rights violations surrounding the “villagization” program under which the land has been taken from indigenous Anuak pastoralists to lease to foreign investors. The company is
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Commercial farming, with its vast tracts of land, is running into problems in Ethiopia’s Gambella region – and local communities are reaping few benefits William Davison in Gambella The Guardian As dusk envelops the grasslands of Gambella in western Ethiopia, a weary Jakob Pouch sits on a jerry can, resting his chest against a wooden
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OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report Ethiopia is a source and, to a lesser extent, destination and transit country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Girls from Ethiopia’s rural areas are exploited in domestic servitude and, less frequently, prostitution within
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By Simona Foltyn Low wages have attracted foreign players to the poor African country, but labourers are hoping for better salaries. Within a few years foreign companies have helped build up Ethiopia’s nascent industry [Simona Foltyn/Al Jazeera] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Lunch break is over at the Huajian shoe factory and workers assemble in perfectly
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