“I am black. I am Ethiopian. I am American,”

22 April 2014 By Haimy Assefa, CNN “I am black. I am Ethiopian. I am American,” Response to those who believe Meb Keflezighi is not truly American Meb Keflezighi is American, and so am I Some have said Boston Marathon

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የማንነት ብዙነትና ወሳኝ ማንነት

22 April 2014 ከስማቸው ተሰማ Borkena.com የኤርትራን ነጻ አገር መሆን ተከትሎ በጥቂት አመታት ውስጥ የኢትዮጵያና የ ኤርትራ ጦርነት ሲጀመር በብዙ አስር ሽዎች የሚቆጠሩ ሰዎች ወደ ኤርትራ ተባረሩ፤ ከተባረሩት ውስጥ ቀላል የማይባል ቁጥር ያላቸው ተፈናቃዮች ተወልደው ካደጉባቸው የኢትዮጵያ አካባቢዎች ጋር ያላቸው

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The science of why most marathon winners are from east Africa

22 April 2014 VOX ET@Max_Fisher max@vox.com The lead elite women’s grouping, including first-place Rita Keptoo, arrives in Wellesley during the 118th Boston MarathonSuzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe via Getty Today’s Boston Marathon set a major record: the first-place male runner is an American citizen

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Ethiopia’s ‘villagisation’ scheme fails to bear fruit

Residents say government has not delivered on resettlement promise of land, clean water and livestock In the village of Elay, people are defying the government and returning home. Photograph: William Davison The Guardian William Davison Tue 22 April 2014 The

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Dam! White Elephants in Ethiopia? 

By Alemayehu G Mariam  April 21, 2014 Last week, in a bizarre display of faux outrage and indignation, the regime in Ethiopia unleashed its big “experts” to go afterInternational Rivers, an organization that has been leading the global struggle to

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The spirit of a pure Christianity: Exploring Ethiopia’s stunning subterranean churches

When he ventured into the mysterious subterranean churches of Ethiopia, Evgeny Lebedev not only visited one of the world’s architectural marvels, he experienced a humble Orthodox Christianity which shames Russia’s own The Independent EVGENY LEBEDEV  Sunday 20 April 2014 I

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Egypt’s point of view: Ethiopia’s ‘logic’ and the necessary confrontation

Ethiopia’s ‘logic’ behind the construction of the Renaissance Dam is shocking, perhaps even more so than the issue of the dam itself By Ahmed El-Sayed Al-Naggar , Ahram Online Addis Ababa is either unaware of such a thing as international

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“A nation of 4 million cannot deny 70 million people access to the sea, It is a matter of time, but another war is inevitable”: Teshome Gabre Mariam

The Daily Trust BY OKELLO OCULI 18 APRIL 2014 OPINION “A nation of 4 million cannot deny 70 million people access to the sea, It is a matter of time, but another war is inevitable” (Teshome Gabre Mariam – former

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No Room for Debate on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

18 April  2014 By: Lori Pottinger International Rivers GERD is being built in Ethiopia near the Sudan border International Rivers has been caught in the crossfirebetween Ethiopia and Egypt as they struggle over a large dam being built on the Nile

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What makes Jerusalem so holy?

April 17, 2014 BBC Tour guide Shraga Ben Yosef gives us a quick trip around Jerusalem’s holiest sites While Christians around the world are enjoying the Easter holiday, Jews everywhere are celebrating the holiday of Passover – a convergence of

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