Archive for 2010

Ethiopia will introduce as many as eight new television channels in 2011 featuring programs made by non-government broadcasters for the first time, Communications Minister Bereket Simon said.

State-owned Ethiopian Television’s two channels currently offer no private content, so the move is a “significant change,” Bereket said in a phone interview today from the capital, Addis Ababa. Read the rest of this entry »

Mengistu Worku, the greatest Ethiopian footballer of all time, passed away today at the age of 70 after  undergoing a two-year medical treatment in Bangkok, Thailand.  Mengistu returned home recently after it was determined that his last days should be spent in his beloved country.

Mengistu, was named the “Ethiopian Kopa”, after the great French footballer of the 50s Raymond Kopa, because of his dribbling ability and swiftness of his movements. Read the rest of this entry »

The 5th International Conference on Federalism, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia hosts the Fifth International Conference on Federalism which will take place from December 13th – 16th, 2010 based on the invitation made by His Excellency Meles Zenawi

By Will Ross   East Africa correspondent

A leaked US embassy cable has revealed Egypt’s fears about the possibility of its neighbour Sudan breaking into two.

In the cable, written last year, a foreign ministry official urged the US to help postpone a referendum on independence for Southern Sudan.

The official said the creation of “a non-viable state” could threaten Egypt’s access to the River Nile.

Cairo’s Almasry Alyoum newspaper published the cable, one of thousands being released by Wikileaks.

Southern Sudan is due to vote in a referendum on independence in January. Read the rest of this entry »