Sunday, Nov 9, 2014 • Updated at 8:21 PM CST Late Sunday, the City of Wylie confirmed recovery of the body of missing woman Almaz Gebremedhin. She was last seen October 2, 2014. The city reports a search and rescue team notified authorities after discovering her van in the Muddy Creek Farms pond at 2500 McMillen Road in Wylie. A dive ... Read More »
Tag Archives: Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Boeing Aircraft Turned Into a Restaurant
By Berhanu Fekade Ethiopian Airlines-owned property – a Boeing 737 aircraft – has been sold and turned into a hotel and restaurant business here. Guttama Gutta, the owner of the new aircraft hotel, told The Reporter that he invested some 30 million birr for the purchasing, refurbishing and decoration of the aircraft, which is now located in the town of ... Read More »
De Birhan Editorial: What for Ethiopia?
November 08, 2014 It is a very dilemmatic time. A time that makes you ask should I involve myself in politics by being an active member of one of those which relates to my principles and fight for what I think is right? Or Should I take the back seat and simply live a life away from anything that is ... Read More »
Bashir reiterates rejection of Paris Declaration but welcomes Addis Ababa deal
November 2, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president Omer al-Bashir strongly repeated his rejection of the Paris Declaration signed between the rebel groups and the National Umma Party (NUP) but welcomed Addis Ababa agreement signed by the same forces and the national dialogue committee. The opening session of the first roundtable on national dialogue , Khartoum on 6 April 2014 (SUNA) ... Read More »
Ethiopia pull out of hosting Cecafa
Nov 01,2014 NAIROBI, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — The Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (Cecafa) on Friday announced that Ethiopia had pulled out as hosts of regional football showpiece, Senior Challenge Cup. Cecafa General Secretary, Nicholas Musonye, confirmed in Nairobi that Sudan will now host the tournament slated for Nov. 24 to Dec. 9 after Ethiopia withdrew to ... Read More »
De Birhan Editorial: Ethiopia Must Release Detained Dissenters
November 1, 2014 Yesterday Ethiopian government prosecutors have charged 10 people after four months of torture and detention in the notorious Ethiopian prison Makelawi. Some of the charged are well known and politically active while the rest are less known to the public. These well thinking and vibrant youth who let alone being members of the opposition movement, some of ... Read More »
U.S. Deeply Concerned by Sentence of Ethiopian Journalist
Friday, 31 October 2014, 4:35 pm Press Release: U.S. Department of State Press Statement Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson Washington, DC October 30, 2014 The United States is deeply concerned by the October 27 sentencing of Ethiopian journalist Temesgen Desalegn to three years in prison for “provocation and dissemination of inaccurate information.” Freedom of expression and freedom of the press are fundamental ... Read More »