Alert: female suicide bombers may be heading to U.S. from Yemen By Richard Esposito, Rhonda Schwartz and Brian Ross, ABC News | January 25, 2010 American law enforcement officials have…
Soup Therapy: Detoxify, Lose Weight, and Boost Immunity By Dr Maoshing Ni | January 25, 2010 The healing power of soup: something that both scientists and grandmothers can agree on.…
The democracy before democracy in Africa By Alemayehu G. Mariam | January 25, 2010 Since the dawn of African independence from colonialism in the early 1960s, African liberation leaders and…
“If push comes to shove, we can survive on our own” – Meles Zenawi By Mary Fitzgerald, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NPR | January 25, 2010 IT IS almost two decades…
Jangling nerves The Economist | January 22, 2010 “Described as an ‘Ethiopian Obama’ and a brilliant speaker and organiser, Birtukan has become a symbol of democracy in her own country,…
TPLF militias clash with civilians in Ogaden town Ogaden News Releas | January 22, 2010 ONLF rebels celebrating their festival in Mogadishu in 2006 (AFP) DIRIDHABA, Eastern Ethiopia – Militias…
Ethiopia’s inflation soars to 7.1 percent By Barry Malone | January 22, 2010 ADDIS ABABA, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s year-on-year inflation rose to 7.1 percent in December from 0.6…
Somali rebels deny threatening to attack Nairobi By Sahra Abdi and Abdiaziz Hassan | January 22, 2010 NAIROBI – Somalia’s hardline al Shabaab rebels denied Friday they had threatened to…
Reporters group laments ‘sad’ state of African press freedom By Peter Heinlein, VOA | January 22, 2010 An international association of journalists has lamented the ‘sad’ state of press freedom…
Ethiopian banker leads development agency for the Obama administration By Yeheyes Wuhib, Voice of America (VOA) | January 21, 2010 Mr Daniel Yohannes, president of the Millennium Challenge Corporation As…