Ethiopia rejects dam criticism, targets 10,000 MW

Gibe III Dam Project Site in Ethiopia
By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia on Thursday rejected criticism of its massive hydropower dam projects and vowed to push ahead with plans to boost its power generating ability from 2,000 MW to 10,000 MW within five years.
The Horn of Africa nation’s ambitious dam building programme has drawn fire [...]

Death of Ethiopian runner Dejene Berhanu a suicide

Ethiopian runner Dejene Berhanu
Ethiopian distance runner Dejene Berhanu, who was reported dead at the age of 29 last Sunday by his management firm, took his own life. Two independent sources contacted by Race Results Weekly who had knowledge of the situation, one in the United States and one in Ethiopia, confirmed the news. [...]

UN says 270,000 at risk as floods loom in Ethiopia

Severe flooding in Ethiopia
By Barry Malone  (Reuters) – More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday.
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 19 people were killed [...]

Five Ethiopians die in Saudi deportation centre: report

Saudi soldiers ride at the back of an army truck in the southern province of Jizan in 2009
Riyadh, SA (AFP) — Five Ethiopians died in a crowded Saudi centre for deporting illegal immigrants, the Arab News reported Monday.
The five died in the deportation centre in the southern Red Sea port of Jizan of “asphyxiation due [...]

Addis Ababa City Reclaims Over 1m sqm Plots from 34 Developers

Haile Gebresellasie’s Haile & Alem Real Estate (40,000sqm in Kebele 18); Yemiru Nega’s Yencomad Plc (50,000sqm in Kebele 16/18); Sebehatu & Sons (13,260sqm in kebele 16/18); and Star Business Group (50,000sqm in Kebele 16/18) are among the developers whose plots are up for reclaiming in Bole District.
Land allocation authorities at the Addis Abeba City Administration [...]

Art Showing Creatives of Addis

Afewerk Tekle, the internationally renowned painter who has won many prizes for his esteemed work, is one of the 40 individuals showcasing their art.
The third annual Art of Ethiopia exhibition at the Sheraton Addis opened on Saturday, August 21, 2010, with 40 established and aspiring artists displaying 400 artworks
Famous and aspiring artists alike joined each [...]

Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged – Interview by Tefera Gedamu

Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged discusses the finding of  butchering of animals with tools by hominids occurred nearly a million years earlier than thought.

Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged
On the News:
Fossilized bones scarred by hack marks reveal that our human ancestors were using stone tools and eating meat from large mammals nearly a million years earlier than previously thought, [...]

Hirut Bekele and her Musical Life

Hirut Bekele and her music. Hirut was one of the finest Ethiopian Singer. In this documentary video, watch a glimpse of her life, her music and interviews about her.

Hirut Bekele and her Musical Life

Ethiopia: Empowering women to fight FGM/C

A former traditional circumciser who has now been trained as a birth attendant
AWASH, Ethiopia, 19 August 2010 (IRIN) – In the northeastern Ethiopian region of Afar, more than 91 percent of women undergo one of the most severe forms of genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Reproductive health education however, seems to be paying off, with the number [...]

Ethiopia says campaign against controversial Dam project “baseless”

Gibe III Dam in Ethiopia is under construction
Tesfa-Alem Tekle, Sudan Tribune
The Ethiopian government said today that the propagandas waged against the nation’s controversial hydroelectric project is fabricated and far from the reality.
The National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Abay Tsehaye, after paying a visit at the massive Gibe III Hydro power project, said the [...]