

Ethiopia plants 350m trees in a day to help tackle climate crisis
National ‘green legacy’ initiative aims to reduce environmental degradation About 350m trees have been planted in a single day in...


Response to Faisal Roble’s Rattling Hullabaloo Over Figru Tolosa’s BahirDar University Remarks
By Ali [Sheikh] Ahmed Abdi “Inaad doomanaysaan kolkii, gabay la doonaayo Hal duwaaya dulucdaad rabteen, looma daawado e Adoo xarfaha sii...

Three dead as unrest rumbles in Ethiopia's southern Hawassa city
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - At least three people have died in Ethiopia’s southern city of Hawassa, hospital authorities said on Friday, amid...


Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed arrived in Eritrea for a two-days working visit
Ministry of Information of Eritrea July 18, 2019 Asmara, 18 July 2019 – Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,...


Arrest as supporters and opponents of Abiy Ahmed clash in Washington DC
About a year ago, all was well as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited three cities in the United States for the sole purpose of meeting...


Odion Ighalo scored the only goal as Nigeria beat Tunisia in the third-place play-off at the Africa
Ighalo, the tournament's top scorer with five goals, tapped in after keeper Moez Ben Cherifia deflected the ball off his own defender...


DR Congo Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "public health emergency of...


Families of 10 Kenyans tried in Tanzania awarded pay
theeastafrican.co.ke The African Court of Human People’s Rights ruled earlier in July that the families of 10 Kenyans were entitled to...


Ethiopia activists to declare new federal state
Young activists and elders met to discuss the declaration of Sidama as a federal state

Medical Education and the Ethiopian Exodus of Talent
THE WORLD VIEW By Wondwosen Tamrat A 2012 study at Addis Ababa University showed that around 53 percent of medical students hoped to...