(Tuesday, October 11, The Washington Post)--Fisseha Tekle-Wold, 70, an Ethiopian-born physician who had a private pediatrics practice at Washington Hospital Center, died Sept. 17 at a hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She had septic shock, said her son, Yared Belai.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Is the Eritrean Regime Holding Nation Hostage?
(Oct 08, 2011, ADDIS ABABA)--The Eritrean regime is trying hard these days to be loved and paid attention to.
Patriarch of Alexandria Travels to Ethiopia
(07 October 2011, Athens)--On Thursday, the Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and all Africa, visited Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
A refugee in America: Hope vs. reality
(Monday, October 10, 2011, Press Democrat)-- Eritrean-born Hadish Khassay, 24, arrived in America over a year ago but can't find work and is staying with various extended family members. He hasn't talked to his wife in Ethiopia in eight months and may attempt to return to Africa.
Ethiopian maid disembarked from flight with loot, sent to jail
(Tuesday, October 11, 2011 , Dubai )--An Ethiopian maid who attempted fleeing after stealing Dh29,500 in cash and jewellery worth more than Dh7,00 from her employer has been sentenced by Dubai Criminal Court to three months imprisonment followed by deportation.
Ugandan woman held in Mumbai with 5 kg heroin trying to ship to Ethiopia
(Oct 12, 2011, New Vision)--A 26-year-old woman was nabbed while trying to ship out the drug to Ethiopia, by concealing it in her suitcase.
Ethiopian leader met by protests
(October 11, 2011, Oslo)--A chorus of critics demonstrated outside the Oslo hotel where Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was attending an international energy conference this week. He brushed off the criticism, while Norwegian leaders say they took up some of it with him.
Ethiopia’s railway construction to demolish 1 000 homes
(11 October 2011, The Africa Report )--At least 1 000 houses in Ethiopia's town of Nazareth are set to be demolished to make way for the construction of a recently launched Ethiopian railway project, as one of the train stations will be located in that area.
Zenawi calls jailed Swedish journalists terror accomplices
(October 11, 2011, New York, CPJ )--Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's public accusations on Monday against two imprisoned Swedish journalists compromise the presumption of their innocence and predetermine the outcome of their case, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Karuturi to outsource Ethiopian land to Indian farmers
(October 12, 2011, Business Standard)--Karuturi Global, the city-based publicly-held floriculture major and one of the world’s largest exporter of roses which is aggressively rolling out an agriculture business venture in Ethiopia, is looking at outsourcing 20,000 hectares of farm land in the African nation to Indian farmers on a revenue-sharing basis.
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