Ethiopia: Perspectives On Fate of Ancient Ethiopian Heritages Abroad By Abiy Hailu Google News 29.10.2017 Addis Ababa — One fascinating thing about the story of James Bruce, the 18th century Scottish traveler and travel writer, was that he studied the Ge’ez language in Europe, Spain, before he even came to Ethiopia. Though his main mission…
WASHINGTON — 27.10.2017 At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others wounded during violent protests Thursday in the town of Ambo, in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, after federal security forces fired on the demonstrators. The latest protest — which follows on more than a year of deadly protests in the region between November 2015…
WASHINGTON — 27.10.2017 At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others wounded during violent protests Thursday in the town of Ambo, in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, after federal security forces fired on the demonstrators. The latest protest — which follows on more than a year of deadly protests in the region between November 2015…
UNESCO blames governments for low education standards in Africa UNESCO Governments must be held accountable for African countries’ slow progress on global education goals since underperforming schools and teachers are usually victims of a dysfunctional system, the U.N.’s cultural agency UNESCO said on Wednesday. Sub-Saharan Africa falls behind other parts of the world by most education…
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station centered this photograph on numerous, densely packed agricultural fields that occupy the slightly higher ground in the center of the image (about 8 kilometers in diameter). Taken at the end of the dry season, the photograph shows fallow, rain-fed fields (brown and tan)—except around the margins, where forested…