Ethiopia’s Meseret Dafar wins women’s 5000m in London
Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar denied her compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba the chance to add another title to the 10,000m crown she won a week ago, having taken gold in both events in Beijing. Instead Defar, who won 5000m gold eight years ago in Athens, held off her challengers down the home straight to win in 15:04.25. Kenya’s […]
Read More →African water facility grant helps Kenya pastoralists build resilience to climate change
An estimated 150,000 people from pastoral communities, including students and teachers from six schools based in Kenya’s Baringo, Kiambu West and Laikipia districts, are to benefit from a €690,000 grant from the African Water Facility (AWF) approved by the AfDB on Friday, July 6. The grant will support a Kenya Rainwater Association (KRA) pilot program […]
Read More →Ethiopia Muslim media faces crackdown, arrests as worries heightened
Ethiopia’s government is continuing its crackdown on Muslim media workers, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday. They said Ethiopian “authorities must release a journalist who has been detained for almost three weeks, and allow three Muslim news outlets to resume publishing immediately.†Local journalists believe the Muslim press in Ethiopia is being targeted […]
Read More →Ethiopia LGBT community wants rights
ADDIS ABABA: Halle and Salma are typical university students in Ethiopia. They love to hang out with friends, watch the Olympics and be happy. But they are separated from the rest of society as a result of their being lesbians. “Life is hard for us,†began 22-year-old Salma, a Muslim, “because our parents have thrown […]
Read More →Ethiopia woman arrested on drug charges in Malaysia
An Ethiopian woman was charged in a Malaysian court on Friday with trafficking some 90 kilograms of the hallucinatory drug, cathinone, court officials told Maledatimes.com Muna Muhammad Ibraheem, 36, a housewife, allegedly committed the crime at the Malaysian Royal Customs import and free zone operations office at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport August 2 this […]
Read More →Ethiopian police crack down on Muslim press
NEWS ALERT Ethiopian police crack down on Muslim press Nairobi, August 9, 2012-Ethiopian authorities must release a journalist who has been detained for almost three weeks, and allow three Muslim news outlets to resume publishing immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Local journalists believe the Muslim press in Ethiopia is being targeted for […]
Read More →Egypt activists, media to protest tortured journalists taken to court by military
CAIRO: Liberal Egypt news website al-Badil called on journalists and human rights activists to join them in a protest outside the Press Syndicate in Cairo on Saturday after two of its reporters who were assaulted by security forces and military police during recent clashes, were taken to court by police, who are accusing them of […]
Read More →Minister Junedin Saddo in row with police over wife’s arrest
New York (OPride) –– Ethiopia’s Civil Service Minister, Junedin Saddo, embroiled in a public controversy after lambasting the police for failing to properly investigate his wife before her detention last month. The police say the minister, who recently sent an angry letter to the media, acted inappropriately, interfering with an ongoing investigation and judicial process. […]
Read More →Ethiopia wants to boost ties with China
Ethiopia wants more China development and investment in the country, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Wednesday. He said his government would like to promote a more “prosperous†relationship between Ethiopia and China, which he hoped meant an increase in investment from the East Asian country. Speaking at a meeting with […]
Read More →Ethiopia official demands reform for workers in UAE
Ethiopia’s Consul General in Dubai Meshuga Arta Moach called on the United Arab Emirates government to move quickly on reforms for workers from the East African nation in order to resume allowing workers to arrive in the Gulf country. He was speaking after the death of 25-year-old Azeri Abebe, who died from injuries sustained in […]
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