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New entertainment show Yegna to air next week
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Yegna (ours), a new radio show that uses art to create dialogues among the community and to aims at bringing attitude and behavioral changes concerning women’s right, is scheduled to be aired next Sunday.
Yegna drama follows the story of five very different girls whose shared love of music creates an unlikely, but strong, friendship. The girls go on to form a band, and...
Anthropology Students Selected for National Internship Program
The American Anthropological Association is pleased to announce that it has selected its interns for summer 2013.
Press Release
Jalene Regassa (Photo: web.colby.edu)
Arlington, Virginia (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 - The American Anthropological Association is pleased to announce that it has selected its interns for summer 2013. Through generous member donations, three anthropology students, Jeff Emerson,...
Samsung for Liben
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The winning numbers of the lottery for Netsanet Melesse’s latest album have been released by Adika Communication and Event Plc, the producer of the album.
The lottery was offered to customers when they purchased Netsanet Melesse’s original album, and by that will have a chance to win free Samsung phones.
The different model of Samsung, including Samsung Galaxy...
First armless pilot cruises the skies of Addis
Jessica Cox (Photo: CapitalEthiopia.com)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Jessica Cox, the first armless person to earn a pilot’s license, visited Ethiopia as part of Handicap International’s efforts to foster inclusion of children with disabilities in schools which are supported by USAID.
It was stated that the aim of the visit was to speak and interact with children with disabilities and their peers...
The Jessica Cox’s experience In Addis
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The world’s first armless female pilot visited Ethiopia last week and left remarkable memories in the hearts of many disabled youth in the country.
She spoke before thousands of students at Addis Ababa University on Monday and received a huge ovation for the inspirational speech she made for the students in particular for those who are disabled. She also met some of the...
Ban appoints Ethiopian chief for General Assembly, Conference Management
Tegegnework Gettu. Photo: UNDP
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia as the new Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), it was announced today.
With about 1,200 staff at United Nations Headquarters in New York and 2,200 worldwide, including the conference management staff at the UN Offices at Geneva,...
Meklit Hadero to perform at the Southbank Centre, March 8
by Edward Craggs.
Ethiopian-born singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero plays three special shows next week
Co-founder of The Nile Project and a prominent figure in the UN Women’s campaign for gender equality in Africa, Meklit Hadero was born in Ethiopia and raised in the US, where her musical talent has been nurtured for the last few years in San Francisco. As a deeply committed social and cultural...
The Victory of Adowa and Empress Taitu Betul
By Befikir Leykun
In February 1918, a popular French newspaper, “Le Petit,” announced the death of Empress Taitu Betul of Ethiopia, something that had never been done, publishing a photograph of an African woman on their front page. In the article, the newspaper admired and praised Taitu for her wisdom and profound contribution in the battle of Adowa. Scholar Wyld wrote, “on that brutal...
Guide Megan Clifford, from Idle, will travel to Ethiopia to help children
Guide Megan Clifford (Photo: Telegraph & Argus)
A Girl Guide is heading to Ethiopia to develop educational projects for children in rural areas.
Megan Clifford, 16, is the only Guide from the district selected for the trip, organised by Girlguiding North East England in association with Link Ethiopia. She will join other Guides from across the North for the three-week trip in August.
“We will...
Meklit Hadero has a Nile state of mind
Meklit Hadero (Photo: meklithadero.com)
Ethiopian-American singer takes inspiration from the epic African river
By Peter Holslin
Any Ethiopian person worth his weight in honey wine would know the song “Abbay Mado.” A simple Ethiopian folk tune, it’s about a farmer who calls to his ox from across the Blue Nile, the majestic tributary that flows into Sudan from Ethiopia’s northwestern highlands.
For...
