A landslide at a huge garbage dump on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa killed 35 people who were searching for food and other goods there, an official said on Sunday. Hundreds of people rely on the 50-year-old Reppi dump, the city’s only landfill site, to survive.
Category: Ethiopia
The solidarity regardless of differences
The 6th founding anniversary of GERD will be colorfully celebrated accompanied with various activities such as fund raising and other mobilization forums throughout the country. The Great Run is one of these activities that took place on the 5th of March 2017 in Addis Ababa and other major cities of the country.
Yekatit: Month of Heroic Feats
The Ethiopian history of the last century has witnessed some memorable incidents which mainly occurred on the month of Yekatit that rests mostly on February and slightly crosses to the month of March. It is considered as the symbolic month of victory by many Ethiopians since they have won outstanding achievements that played pivotal role in their current situation.
Adwa Show-cased Ethiopiaa s Magnanimity
The battle of Adwa is a flagship event that draws attention to many issues in the modern Ethiopian and African history. The battle of Adwa illustrates the high-mindedness of the Ethiopian people and show-cased the meanness of the invading European colonial force, i.e. Italy.
Desperate herders lose animals, hope amid drought in Kenya
Camel herders scoop up water in plastic buckets from one of the few watering holes in the area, to water their animals near the drought-affected village of Bandarero, near Moyale town on the Ethiopian border, in northern Kenya, Friday, March 3, 2017.
Federalism for balancing
Many experts agree that federalism is the best administrative system especially in countries where there is diversity. In order to host diversity, federal system is better equipped than centralist approach in many ways, even through its weaknesses.
Increasing investment flow gave rise to forex crunch: PM
The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said that the country’s forex crunch is driven from the increasing investment flow, which has created huge mismatch between the demand and supply for foreign currency. This remark came in the PM’s address made today to the 12th regular session of the House of people Representatives .
Ethiopia: Court Sentences 20 on Terror Charges
The federal High Court 19th criminal bench has today sentenced19 defendants under the file name of the first defendant Kedir Moahmmed Yusuf to five years a six months each while one defendant in the same file was sentenced to four years and five months. On Dec. 21 2016 the federal court found all the 20 defendants guilty of terrorism related charges and violating the country’s penal code.