Dibaba Wins Marathon Gold For Ethiopia [By David Monti, Competitor]
Mare Dibaba breaks the tape in National Stadium, winning by one second over Kenyan Helah Kiprop. Photo: David Monti | Race Results Weekly
BEIJING — On...
Just Out Of Jail, Ethiopian Leader Brings A Sharp Message To Obama [Michele Kelemen,NPR]
Just a few months ago, Bekele Gerba was languishing in a high security Ethiopian jail, hearing the cries of fellow prisoners being beaten and...
UN says 4.5m Ethiopians will need aid after rains fail
Aljazeera
UN says numbers who will require food aid by end of this year has surged by more than 1.5 million after failed rains.
The number...
From the archive, 24 August 1974: Ethiopia’s fallen aristocrats
theguardian
The radicals are pressing for a French Revolution-style solution - a mass execution of the aristocracy
David Ottaway
Addis Ababa, August 23
They are crowded into three...
Ethiopian Bloggers in Kangaroo (Monkey) Kourt [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Kangaroo/monkey kourt (in)justice T-TPLF style
Last week, young Ethiopian bloggers collectively known as “Zone 9 Bloggers” (named after a cell block holding political prisoners at ...
IN ETHIOPIA, RUNNING FROM SEXUAL ABUSE [BY HANNAH BORENSTEIN]
OZY
Tucked in a lush valley surrounded by mountains, Yaya Village is nothing short of a runner’s mecca. There’s a four-star resort complete with a...
Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza ‘calls for attacks on the West’ [The Telegraph]
Al-Qaeda claim a message calling for attacks on London and other western cities comes from Hamza bin Laden
By David Lawler, Washington
Al-Qaeda has released a...
