By Kate Ravilious | National Geographic News

Modern humans may have evolved more than 80,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study of sophisticated stone tools found in Ethiopia.

The tools were uncovered in the 1970s at …

Let me entice you with yet another book that I cannot put down despite the busy schedule toward the end of the semester. Cutting For Stone is the debut novel of Dr. Abraham Verghese, who is a Professor for the …

Las Vegas (ASSOCIATED PRESS) – A broken O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to as much as 33 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, “It was much more than stupidity.”

The …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s best-known pop star, Teddy Afro, was sentenced to six years in jail on Friday for killing a homeless man when driving his BMW in the capital Addis Ababa.

The 31-year-old singer, whose real name …

BBC

Ms Ros-Lehtinen thought the call was a prank

US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen thought she was being hoaxed when a man who sounded a lot like Barack Obama called her – so she hung up on him.

In fact, the …

UNICEF

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 4 December 2008 – At the crack of dawn, 32,000 registered participants came together in Maskal Square to participate in Africa’s biggest 10 km road race – the Great Ethiopian Run. UNICEF and the Great Ethiopian …

POZNAN, Poland (AFP) — The food crisis in Ethiopia and other countries in the Horn of Africa region is severe and could rapidly turn into famine, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warned …

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia’s population has risen by a staggering 23.4 million people over the past 14 years, to its current 76.9 million, according to a census approved by parliament Thursday.

The census dates from May 2007 and includes …

By Joe Michael | Commentary

The Kangaroo court of Ethiopia has delivered yet another unmerited verdict. This time, it is against the most popular singer Teddy Afro, who was falsely, based on the evidence submitted by the prosecutor, accused of …

By Casey Farrar | The Keene Sentinel

PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA) – On Dr. Fletcher R. Wilson’s first trip to Ethiopia, he decided he wouldn’t let it be his last.

Wilson, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Monadnock OB GYN Associates …

Pune, India (UNI) – Ethiopian runners, popular for their long distance running, will be taking part along with the top runners from Kenya and Tanzania in the 23rd edition of the Vodafone Pune international marathon, to be flagged off here …

By Simegnish Yekoye

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia- The Ethiopian parliament has lifted the immunity from criminal prosecution of Shewaferahu Yitina, elected member of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) after a request from Addis Ababa City Administration saying he is …

This research paper (authored by the British House of Commons Library) looks at recent developments in the Horn of Africa, where there are a number of protracted and interlocking crises at work, and briefly discusses some of the main factors …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian superstar singer Teddy Afro has been convicted of the manslaughter of a homeless man killed in a hit-and-run incident in Addis Ababa in 2006.

The singer was found guilty of running the man down in …

By Dagnachew Teklu

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (APA) Thousands of Ethiopian Jews (Falashas) still continue their demand to be repatriated to Israel-their promised land-to unite with their relatives already there.

There are still a good number of Falashas camping outside the …

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Journalists are hereby informed that the next Ordinary Sessions of the decision-making organs of the African Union will take place in Addis Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

The AU Summit will hold according to the …

Llodio, Spain – Ethiopia’s Tariku Bekele and Kenya’s Linet Masai captured top spots in style at the 25th ‘Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio’ held today (30) on a cold and rainy day for weather.

In doing so, Bekele became the …

AFP never reports about murders, corruption and other crimes by the Woyane regime in Ethiopia for fear of being expelled from the country. So this major international news organization has relegated itself to reporting local stories such as wild animals …

An Ethiopian resident of the Marsa Open Centre was jailed for 10 months yesterday after he was found guilty of trafficking in and possessing cannabis resin and escaping from custody.

The court, presided over by magistrate Lawrence Quintano, heard how …

Ethiopian Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metre champion Kenenisa Bekele could be out for up to four months with a stress fracture.

At the Beijing Olympic Games, the 26-year old became only the fourth man to win a Olympic distance double.…

By Jason McLure

Ethiopia, Africa’s biggest coffee producer, has halted daily auctions and will begin trading the beans on the national commodity bourse from Dec. 2 to reduce fraud and help reassure buyers of quality.

The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, which …

By ABE SELIG | Jerusalem Post

Singing, dancing and reveling in the fulfillment of years spent yearning for a return to Jerusalem, thousands of Ethiopians from all over the country descended on the capital’s Haas promenade in Armon Hanatziv Thursday …

Genet Asrat, owner of Albo African Gift Shop

By ISABEL ESTERMAN

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Inside Oakland’s Albo African Gift shop, at the corner of Alcatraz and Telegraph, a deep herbal aroma wafts from a row of colorful bottles labeled ‘frankincense.’  …

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A three-day workshop organized by IOM, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union Commission (AUC) on border management and irregular migration in the IGAD region opens on 26 November in Nairobi, Kenya.

The …

By Liam Horan | Mayo News

MAYO, IRELAND – MONEY raised by a Crossmolina farmer in Ireland will be used to expand a new credit union-style organisation in rural Ethiopia – and Anthony Walshe says the cash will ‘go a …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is member of the World Bank Group, opens office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to increase its activity in support of Ethiopia’s development. [World Bank is one of the main causes of …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (WIC) – Unity University, the first private university in Ethiopia has become the 16th MIDROC Ethiopia sister company as of November 21, 2008. [In other words, Midroc’s owner, Ato Mohammed Al Amoudi, has bought the university.]

MIDROC …

USDA’s Office of Global Analysis (OGA) of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) performed a mid-season crop assessment and spatial model validation survey in Ethiopia from October 8-17, 2008, with personnel from USAID’s FEWS-NET project, the United Nation’s Word Food Program …

By Malik Abass Daabu

Ghana has been adjudged the second best country in Africa in terms of press freedom.

The country has been ranked second on only to Namibia on the continent by an international group of journalists – Journalists …

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Some of Ireland’s top lawyers have swapped their wigs for teaching hats on a trip to Ethiopia.

Former Ireland Attorney General Harry Whelehan and ten colleagues hope to change the war-torn country’s legal system through a …

By Wudineh Zenebe | Addis Fortune

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – After 60 years of presence in the country, Shell Ethiopia has totally moved out of the Ethiopian market as of November 14, 2008, after Libya Oil Holding Ltd (OiLibya) finalized …

By Dave Harcourt

Ashenafi Chote, of the Wolaytta district south of Addis Ababa, says that he regrets converting his land from food crops to caster seeds for biodiesel. He is now dependent on Food Aid and can no longer generate …

By BASHIR ADIGUN

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — MTV launched its first-ever music award program for Africa on Saturday, with acts from across the world’s poorest continent nominated for prizes in the Nigerian capital.

Nigerian singer D’banj won the artist of …

By Brett Larner

An Ethiopian team comprised mostly of teenagers outside their home country for the first time defeated defending champion Japan to win the 2008 International Chiba Ekiden …

KHARTOUM, Sudan: The secretary general of a Sudanese opposition party was killed in a car crash Saturday on a highway outside the capital, dealing a blow to the party as it prepares for elections expected next year.

Abdel Nabi Ahmed, …

By Gurraacho Silgaa

Ali Bira and Kemer Yousuf need no introduction to Oromo communities around the world. Living in exile for over two decades, they have both been compared to Maria Makeba of South Africa for stirring hopes of freedom …

By RUADHÁN Mac CORMAIC | Irish Times

A TRADE mission of 40 Irish lawyers and business people left for Ethiopia yesterday to develop links between the two countries and encourage investment in the African state.

The delegation is travelling as …

MALTA- Ismael Obassa Husseina, a 26-year-old Ethiopian resident at Marsa open centre, was arraigned before Magistrate Myriam Hayman this evening and accused of resisting the police, slightly injuring a police constable, damaging a car belonging to a resident of Marsa …

By Marjorie Kehe | CS Monitor

CNN has chosen Gebregeorgis Yohannes as one of its heroes (picked as one of 10 out of 10,000 nominations) and it was an excellent choice. Yohannes has devoted himself for much of the past …

SOUTH AFRICA: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he and others have been refused entry to Zimbabwe for a humanitarian mission.

Carter says he and other members of The Elders group were informed Friday night by former South African President …

GENEVA – More than three-quarters of AIDS-related deaths occur in sub- Saharan Africa and South Africa is now officially the country with the highest prevalence of HIV in the world, a new UN report said Wednesday.

Improved monitoring of the …

Forbes magazine has declared Beyonce Knowles and hubby Jay-Z as Hollywood’s Top-Earning Couple, with a total earnings of 162 million dollars between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008, defeating star couple Will Smith and his actress wife Jada Pinkett …

By Elshadai Negash

Many foreigners who have come to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and taken part in various road races including the Great Ethiopian Run, an annual international 10km road race, will tell you that it is not just …

CAIRO, EGYPT (AFP) – EGYPTIAN police have rounded up hundreds of teenage boys in Cairo in a day-long crackdown on sexual harassment.

“We have arrested a large number of boys who were flirting with girls,” Cairo’s police director Faruq Lashin …

KIGALI, RWANDA (AFP) — Rwanda is poised to issue indictments and arrest warrants against 23 French military and political officials over their suspected role in the country’s 1994 genocide, judicial sources said Tuesday.

Indictments against France’s late president Francois Mitterrand …

By FX TRADER

We have all read about the recent strong performance of the US dollar and the Japanese Yen on Forex exchanges. Forex traders and investors are flocking to these two currencies to avid risk in volatile Forex markets. …

As part of a growing protest against state censorship ten Sudanese newspapers suspended publication on Tuesday, journalists said.

Sudanese reporters said it was the biggest voluntary shut down of the media since the days of British rule in the 1950s.…

Lakuka and her children, Afar, Ethiopia. (Photo: Jane Beesley)

By Jane Beesley | Oxfam

AFAR, ETHIOPIA – Worsening drought and high food prices are pushing many families in Ethiopia to the brink. Humanitarian Communications Officer Jane Beesley reports.

Afar, close …

JUBA, Sudan (AFP) — The European Union is ready to bankroll Sudan’s electoral commission, which is tasked with preparing landmark polls laid out in a scheduled democratic transformation, a diplomat said Tuesday.

“The EU is ready to give full support …

China on Tuesday defended its presence and investments in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a rebel leader there demanded commercial contracts between the two nations be reviewed.

“China’s business activities and investment programmes in DR Congo are based on …

Q400 Nextgen Airliner sold to Ethiopian Airlines

TORONTO, ONTARIO – Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Ethiopian Airlines has signed a contract to purchase eight Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners, and has taken options on four additional Q400 NextGen aircraft. Including this …

U.S. Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Implements New Pre-Travel Authorization for U.S.-Bound Travelers from Visa Waiver Countries

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has added seven countries to its Visa Waiver Program (VWP), and …

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA–After an incredibly uplifting morning observing a meeting of young African social entrepreneurs, I caught up with the Danish Minister for Development Ulla Tomaes who was touring a number of innovative economic development projects here. We stopped at …

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – Tobyn Pulice, a 9-year-old third-grader, never expected to get a visit from someone half way around the world.

But Wednesday, an Ethiopian man with a special mission made an appearance at Georgia O’Keeffe Elementary School.

Yohannes …

Chief Executive Officer, Ethiopian Airlines, Mr Girma Wake, has said increase in air accidents in Africa and the dangerous situation experienced by pilots due to poor navigational facilities have made the continent the graveyard of aviation in the world, thus …

NIGERIA – The productive capacity of the sector is so low to the extent that about 90 per cent of textiles fabric needs of the country is being fed through importation.

As year 2005, the contribution of the industry to …

Gondar or Gonder is a city in northern Ethiopia, which was once the old imperial capital and capital of the historic Begemder province. As a result, the old province of Begemder is sometimes referred to as Gondar.

Located in the …

By Bassma Al Jandaly | GulfNews.com

SHARJAH, ABU DHABI – Tsegaye Wolde Asfaw did not enter the country illegally, nor did he abscond from his sponsor.

Yet, for the past three years, the 32-year-old Ethiopian has been counting his days …

Reigning Olympic bronze medalist Tsegaye Kebede, and former Chicago and London Marathon champion Felix Limo lead the list of international entrants for the 62nd Fukuoka Marathon on Sunday, December 7. Reigning Fukuoka champion and course record holder, and Olympic marathon …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to the Woyanne regime’s stranglehold on the telecom industry, Ethiopia has the lowest mobile phone usage in Africa. Anarchic Somalia has more cellphone users per capita than Ethiopia. ETC is run by a Woyanne cadre named DebreTsion …

Internal tourism expenditure in Ethiopia generated approximately US$ 132 million in revenue from a base of about 150,000 foreign visitors. These visitors came to Ethiopia for a variety of purposes such as leisure (63,000), business and conferences (62,000) and to …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – General William E. Ward, Commander of the United States African Command, will arrive in Addis Ababa on Thursday to make a regular visit to the African Union, according to the Public Affairs section US mission to …

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Riot police in Zimbabwe are preventing striking doctors and nurses from protesting against the country’s collapsing health system.

Eyewitnesses say police broke up a protest Tuesday at a Harare hospital. The health workers regrouped later but …

LUOFU, Congo (AP) — Witnesses say Congolese soldiers are fighting militiamen deep in rebel-held territory.

The Mai Mai militiamen are normally pro-government appear to be taking advantage of the army’s retreat to steal soldiers’ weapons.

The soldiers are fleeing — …

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Daewoo Logistics will plant corn in Madagascar, a company official said on Tuesday, with a long-term aim to replace more than half the corn it currently imports from mostly the United States.

The move to …

International operator beats competition from players including Zain and Orascom; sees potential for synergies in Africa.

Millicom International Cellular announced Monday that it has won a licence to offer nationwide mobile services in Rwanda.

The company revealed that it beat …

Congo’s bishops have warned that violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has all the hallmarks of a “silent genocide”. They fear it could destabilise the whole region if action is not taken.

The bishops said that the widespread massacres, …

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The Rezidor Hotel Group said Friday in Brussels it would take on the management of the Radisson Hotel Maputo, Mozambique, which is due to open in the second quarter of 2010.

The future Radission Hotel Maputo, which …

KHARTOUM – Sudanese police detained around 70 journalists, herding them into a truck after they protested against draconian censorship outside parliament on Monday, witnesses and reporters said.

Scores of journalists rallied outside parliament condemning the censorship which flouts the freedom …

A new Internet virus is reported to have infected and destroyed more than 500 000 online bank accounts and affected several thousands credit cards in Nigeria, South Africa and some countries in the developed world.

The Trojan’s’ origin is yet …

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — In the past 30 years, more than 100,000 Ethiopian Jews have emigrated to Israel, but thousands more still wait in Gondar province for their chance to leave.

Yellow Springs filmmaker Aileen LeBlanc has been filming them for …

NAIROBI, KENYA – The construction of an eight-lane highway on Thika Road begins on Monday. This follows the Government’s signing of a Sh27 billion contract with three Chinese road construction firms.

Acting Roads Minister Chris Obure, yesterday said the construction …

Mozambican and South African energy utilities, EDM and Eskom, will jointly construct a $1.3-billion power station in Mozambique in a move to boost power supply to South Africa ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Eskom and EDM said here …

MONROVIA – Three Liberian journalists are expected to leave the country today for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to cover the Sixth African development Forum, which is jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) …

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – The British Embassy in Addis Ababa has launched a new online visa application services. Susannah Richmond, Entry Clearance Manger with British Embassy in Addis Ababa, told WIC that the United Kingdom wants to improve the services …

Finally I’ve been walking with all coffee trees surrounding me. Coffee left, coffee right, coffee everywhere. I felt so good to see all these beans in different colors. It just rained, but then by miracle the sun came through and …

By Michelle | Academic Travel Abroad

As Senior Program Manager at Academic Travel Abroad (ATA), I have the responsibility of visiting international destinations and inspecting all aspects of the itineraries our groups will follow.  The past twelve years at ATA …

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – African airlines face hard times as a global economic downturn could spur the industry’s US and European giants to seek new markets on the continent, a pan-African body said Tuesday.

“With traffic in America and Europe …

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) – Ethiopia remained under suspension from world soccer’s governing body Tuesday after talks collapsed at FIFA headquarters.

Two rival groups are vying for control of Ethiopia’s national federation. The country was suspended in July and later kicked …

By Yohannes Anberbir | Addis Fortune

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Experts from Citibank, the New York based banking giant that recently was swindled of 27 million dollars from the Ethiopian National Bank’s US account, have scheduled to visit the National …

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (IRIN) – At least 52,000 people have abandoned their homes in Ethiopia’s Somali region after the Wade Shabelle and Genale rivers burst their banks following heavy rains.

“Heavy rains pounded western highlands and six woredas [administrative wards] …

By WUDINEH ZENEBE | ADDIS FORTUNE

The opening of the international tender for the procurement of fertilizers last Tuesday November 11, 2008, for the first time in the current year, has been more than just good for Ethiopia’s agriculture.

The …

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – [The Woyanne regime in] Ethiopia said on Tuesday it was not prepared to continue propping up Somalia’s interim government “indefinitely” and urged leaders there to embrace a peace process to stop 17 years of conflict.

Somali …

VALPARAISO, INDIANA – Two Valparaiso University faculty members have been named University Research Professors and will receive support for projects on traditions of restorative justice in Ethiopia and assessing the impact of Chinese air pollution.

Selected by the University’s Committee …

U.S. government plays role in improving quality

By Phillip Kurata | America.gov

Jimma, Ethiopia — Coffee, as legend has it, was first enjoyed by goats that ate beans off wild bushes in the lush mountains of central Ethiopia. A shepherd …

By Staff Sergeant Marcus M. Maier
435th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

BOTSWANA – Thirty Ramstein Airmen traveled to the southern region of Africa in early October, 2008 to share their knowledge and experience with counterparts from the Botswana Defense …

By Zakari Musah

Ghana’s general elections, slated for December this year, are very crucial to the people of Ghana as well as the international community. Already, some opinion leaders have started commenting on the elections, thus indicating that all eyes …

Neighbors such as Ethiopia and Sudan worry

It looks like a mirage but the lush fields of cauliflower, apricot trees and melon growing among a vast stretch of sand north of Cairo’s pyramids is all too real — proof of …

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A river in Ethiopia’s highlands burst its banks after heavy rains, killing 11 people and stranding hundreds more, the state news agency said on Monday.

Flooding from the Wabe Shebelle river in southeast Ethiopia has submerged …

LONDON (AFP) — President Paul Kagame of Rwanda said Monday that Europe had shown “total contempt” for his country by arresting one of his key aides suspected of involvement in the death of a former ruler.

He told the Financial …

MBABANE, SWAZILAND (AFP) – Police have arrested a Swaziland opposition leader as part of a crackdown under the country’s anti-terrorism laws, his family said on Sunday.

People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) leader Mario Masuku was arrested on Saturday and was …

ZIMBABWE, HARARE (IRIN) – President Robert Mugabe’s government is launching another wave of attacks against the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a spokesman for the party told IRIN, as a much vaunted power-sharing deal appeared to be on …

LAGOS (http://ethiopianreview.com/worldmedia/category/nigeria/) — Nigeria’s anti-drugs agency seized 30,000 kilogrammes of cannabis contained in 5,923 bags in southern Edo state, a senior official said Sunday.

“The seizures were made early this week in Auchi and Okada. The illicit drug was loaded …

BANGUI (AFP) — At least 13 soldiers were killed in an ambush by rebels at Kabo, near the Central African Republic‘s border with Chad, 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Bangui, their families told AFP Wednesday.

The defence …

NIJMEGEN, THE NETERLANDS – Mestawat Tufa and Ayele Abshiro of Ethiopia were the winners of the 25th edition of the Fortis Zevenheuvelen loop (Seven hills run), an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, in Nijmegen.

Tufa won the women’s race in …

Police raids have revealed an alleged network baby “farms” or “factories” in Nigeria, forcing a new look at the scope of human trafficking in the country.

At a hospital in Enugu, a large city in Nigeria’s southeast, 20 teenage …

HARARE (Xinhua) — Confusion surrounds the participation of Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC-T in the proposed inclusive government as apparent contradictions have emerged between the party’s national council and some senior officials in the political formation, The Sunday Mail said.

Top council …