Ethiopia: 2nd Most Expensive Place to Get a Broadband Connection

You think your broadband fix is expensive?

Dechatu River : a threat to those living on its banks

The Dechatu River in Ethiopia is a threat to people living on its banks. But it also offers opportunities. “If we use it properly, it’s an important source in our lives,” says a riverside resident.

Liberians in Minnesota: A community divided

We cross-post, a very moving account by Wynfred Russell of Mshale News about a dispute among Liberians in Minnesota, in the spirit that the lessons given both by Representative Erik Paulsen and the occurance of such an event, serves other African communities around the states. When U.S. Representative Erik Paulsen walked through the doors of Brooklyn United Methodist Church in Brooklyn Center recently, little did he know he was walking into what one meeting participant later called a “booby-trap.” The church, which holds fond memories for the Congressman because it served as his wedding venue, was now a scene of vitriol exchanges between various Liberian groups that gathered to address lingering tensions within their immigrant community.

What It Costs to Run Somalia

Oromsis Adula* It’s been almost a quarter of a century since Somalia has plummeted into the state of lawlessness. And there is no hope of law and order in sight

Ethiopia Devalues Birr 17% Against Dollar

Ethiopia has sharply devalued its currency – the birr – in a bid to boost economic growth.

Ethiopia : Distance and Private Education No Good

By Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa Ethiopia has banned off-campus education, and ordered private universities to close degree programs in law and education.

Mountains, Molehills and St. Paul’s Flamingo Restaurant

By Frederick Melo Shegitu Kebede has suffered through war and relocation and learned to keep her head up. Kebede, who grew up in an Ethiopian orphanage, has won awards for her community work with East African women and children in Minneapolis, and she’s published three books. She’s even survived an abusive relationship.

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

By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (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.

Oromo : Hashim Adam Highlights the History and Activities of OSU in Farewell Letter

I honor and salute those who paved the rough and bumpy trail and transformed it into this smooth and less complicated one for us.

Oromo : Remembering the 14th Anniversary of the Execution of Eebbisaa Addunyaa

“Eebbisaa is an inspiration to all of us. Not only because he changed the nation with his music, but for the fact that he “did not give up or give in” no matter how bad the oppression got. He continued to be a voice for his voiceless people until his last breath.

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