By Amy Walters NPR When you sign up for a reporting fellowship to learn about the health of newborns in Ethiopia you expect things to be a little different from what you’re used to in the U.S. To be perfectly honest, a little worse. But, Ethiopia actually surprised me, even before I took off. I
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Yahoo By Sara Bliss Photo: Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu A native of Ethiopia, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu is the founder of soleRebels, a line of colorful footwear that pairs Ethiopian craftsmanship with western design. The handmade, fair-trade shoes are made entirely in her native country and sold in 55 others. Alemu, who was recently named aForbes Woman to Watch,
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Yahoo By Sara Bliss Photo: Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu A native of Ethiopia, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu is the founder of soleRebels, a line of colorful footwear that pairs Ethiopian craftsmanship with western design. The handmade, fair-trade shoes are made entirely in her native country and sold in 55 others. Alemu, who was recently named aForbes Woman to Watch,
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By Tony Saxon Tge Record GUELPH — Where’s Mimi? Members of the region’s Ethiopian community held a rally in Guelph Sunday afternoon asking that very question, raising awareness about the disappearance of Seble “Mimi” Dietrich and to hopefully pressure Guelph police “to do more.” Dietrich, 39, has been missing for over a month. The married
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IRIN Photo: Lauren Everitt/AllAfrica Addis Ababa — After decades battling high maternal death rates – at least a third of which were due to botched abortions – Ethiopia took a stand: it prioritized newborn and maternal health, and in 2005 it relaxed its abortion law in an effort to save women’s lives. Stopping short of legalizing
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By Tadias Magazine Meron Wudneh was crowned Miss Africa USA 2014 on Saturday, August 9th in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photograph courtesy: Miss Africa USA) Washington, D.C. (TADIAS) – Ethiopian-born beauty queen Meron Wudneh has been crowned Miss Africa USA 2014. Meron, who beat 20 other contestants, is the first Ethiopian to win the Miss Africa USA
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By Tadias Magazine Meron Wudneh was crowned Miss Africa USA 2014 on Saturday, August 9th in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photograph courtesy: Miss Africa USA) Washington, D.C. (TADIAS) – Ethiopian-born beauty queen Meron Wudneh has been crowned Miss Africa USA 2014. Meron, who beat 20 other contestants, is the first Ethiopian to win the Miss Africa USA
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NBC Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese mom who was sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith, arrived Thursday in the U.S. after an international campaign to save her. Ibrahim, 27, landed at the Manchester, New Hampshire, airport shortly after 8 p.m. ET, with her husband, Daniel Wani, and their children, Martin and Maya,
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BBC Meriam Ibrahim The Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi met the plane to welcome Meriam Ibrahim A Sudanese woman who was spared a death sentence for renouncing Islam has flown to Italy after more than a month in the US embassy in Khartoum. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and her family were met in Rome by
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Assault charge filed over boy thrown from window By Diana Hefley, Herald Writer EVERETT — A Lynnwood woman accused of throwing her 1-year-old nephew out a window earlier this month is now charged with assault. Snohomish County prosecutors want Beteha Kebede to remain held on $250,000 bail, saying that she is a danger to the
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