Somalia: The Journey from Hell
Jazeera) - The lorry sways slowly from side to side along a dirt track as it ambles towards its place of rest. The red straw bags, clothes and empty yellow water bottles tied to the rear end of the open cargo hold tower above the pensive faces peering over colourfully ...
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Ethiopia: Discover Africa"s lost kingdoms
The informative programme is hosted by the British art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford. He not only takes viewers on an exploration of treasured statues, ancient buildings, art and culture, but also shows us the beauty of our heritage. The African continent is believed to be home to nearly ...
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Ethiopia: Coach sacked after cow complaint
"Mr Onuora was relieved from his position on disciplinary grounds," Ethiopian Football Federation spokesman Melaku Ayele told Reuters. "He was telling the newspapers that he had to clear a herd of cows off a pitch in order for the team to train. I"m not aware of a single ...
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Ethiopia: Mutai runs fastest marathon ever at Boston
Mutai slashed almost a minute off the existing world record of 2:03,59, set by Ethiopia"s Haile Gebrselassie at Berlin in 2008, but his time was not ratified as a new record because he was aided by a tailwind on a downhill course. "Boston marathon performances cannot be ratified ...
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Ethiopia: Crashed Ethiopian jet"s second black box found
"We have recovered the second black box from the Ethiopian plane and it will be handed over to investigators in France," Aridi told AFP. He added, however, that divers were still trying to recover a key part of the box that was missing. "We ...
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Ethiopia: Ethiopian loses shoe but wins race
Gebremeskel, 22, clocked 7:35.37 in a performance that displayed his gritty determination as he ran nearly 14 laps with a single spiked shoe. "My (right) shoe got knocked off after the first lap," said Gebremeskel. "I still don"t know how it happened. "Sure it was painful ...
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Ethiopia: Crashed Ethiopian jet"s second black box found
"We have recovered the second black box from the Ethiopian plane and it will be handed over to investigators in France," Aridi told AFP. He added, however, that divers were still trying to recover a key part of the box that was missing. "We ...
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Ethiopia: Crashed Ethiopian jet"s second black box found
"We have recovered the second black box from the Ethiopian plane and it will be handed over to investigators in France," Aridi told AFP. He added, however, that divers were still trying to recover a key part of the box that was missing. "We ...
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Ethiopia: Time out to read
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, Random House Struik, R125 Twin brothers Shiva and Marion Stone are left orphaned when their mother, an Indian nun, dies giving birth to them and their British father, a gifted surgeon, disappears. They are brought up by doctors at the Addis ...
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Ethiopia: Time out to read
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, Random House Struik, R125 Twin brothers Shiva and Marion Stone are left orphaned when their mother, an Indian nun, dies giving birth to them and their British father, a gifted surgeon, disappears. They are brought up by doctors at the Addis ...
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Ethiopia: "Emperor" Gebrselassie in retirement
The Ethiopian great dropped out of his first New York City Marathon on Nov. 7 because of a knee injury and immediately announced he was quitting athletics. "On Saturday he travelled to Wollega (in Ethiopia), where there was a race being held, and he said that as long ...
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Ethiopia: P. Diddy protege Shynes on Torah
His arrival in the Holy Land caps an unorthodox journey that began in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where he grew up and was shot at the age of 15, passed through the high-flying hip-hop universe, and landed him in a maximum security state prison before he was eventually deported to Belize - ...
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Ethiopia: Gebrselassie reconsiders retirement plan
Jos Hermens said that a sudden knee injury which forced the 37-year-old Gebrselassie out of Sunday"s New York Marathon left him in an emotional state which led to the rash announcement. Hermens has spoken to Gebrselassie by phone since the race. "He was already a lot more neutral," ...
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Ethiopia: A third strike could be the breaking of Kloppers
The Fulbright scholar, whose idea of a good time is watching cricket on television with his children, might have a fight on his hands as speculation grows that he might soon be forced to go. "A lot of people think Potash is a make-or-break for him because nothing ...
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Ethiopia: A third strike could be the breaking of Kloppers
The Fulbright scholar, whose idea of a good time is watching cricket on television with his children, might have a fight on his hands as speculation grows that he might soon be forced to go. "A lot of people think Potash is a make-or-break for him because nothing ...
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Ethiopia: Ajax remain without loss after drawing with United
Goal scorer Terror Fanteni was sent off in the 73rd minute for retaliation, but it had been one-way traffic for the Urban Warriors in the opening half. They carved holes in the suspect home defence, but despite having a number of clear-cut chances, they failed to get ...
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Somalia: Mogadishu needs more global aid, says UN
The world urgently needs to boost military support for Somalia"s government and African Union forces deployed in the virtually lawless Horn of Africa nation, the new United Nations envoy to Somalia said on Thursday. "While the crisis in Somalia persists, positive opportunities still exist in both the political and ...
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Somalia: Insurgents seize two radio stations
Somali insurgents on Sunday seized control of two private radio stations in the capital Mogadishu, looting one of them and using the other for propaganda, the government said. "Shehab militants took control of HornAfrik radio station early on Sunday and started to loot all of the equipment, including broadcasting ...
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Ethiopia: Ethiopian PM re-elected as party leader
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was re-elected as the head of his party following a three-day conference, the state-run Ethiopian news agency (ENA) said on Saturday. Haile-Mariam Desalegn was elected as deputy leader at the conference held by Zenawi"s Ethiopian People"s Revolutionary and Democratic Front (EPRDF) in Adama, in ...
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Somalia: Sharmarke vows second wave against insurgents
Somalia"s prime minister says forces trained in neighbouring Ethiopia and Kenya will open a second front against Islamist insurgents by the end of the year. Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke said on Sunday that the forces will try to capture key towns, including the port of Kismayo, which ...
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Somalia: Sharmarke vows second wave against insurgents
Somalia"s prime minister says forces trained in neighbouring Ethiopia and Kenya will open a second front against Islamist insurgents by the end of the year. Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke said on Sunday that the forces will try to capture key towns, including the port of Kismayo, which ...
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Somalia: Insurgents seize two radio stations
Somali insurgents on Sunday seized control of two private radio stations in the capital Mogadishu, looting one of them and using the other for propaganda, the government said. "Shehab militants took control of HornAfrik radio station early on Sunday and started to loot all of the equipment, including broadcasting ...
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Ethiopia: Ethiopian PM re-elected as party leader
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was re-elected as the head of his party following a three-day conference, the state-run Ethiopian news agency (ENA) said on Saturday. Haile-Mariam Desalegn was elected as deputy leader at the conference held by Zenawi"s Ethiopian People"s Revolutionary and Democratic Front (EPRDF) in Adama, in ...
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Ethiopia: Zenawi: We can feed ourselves
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday that his often drought-ravaged country would not need food aid after 2015 as he formally launched a five-year development programme. Ethiopia is one of the world"s poorest countries and nearly five million people needed relief in the first six months of ...
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Somalia: Mogadishu needs more global aid, says UN
The world urgently needs to boost military support for Somalia"s government and African Union forces deployed in the virtually lawless Horn of Africa nation, the new United Nations envoy to Somalia said on Thursday. "While the crisis in Somalia persists, positive opportunities still exist in both the political and ...
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