Year: 2015

For Gedion Zelalem, being The Next Big Thing could be more curse than blessing

Mamo Gebrehiwot January 8, 2015

So now there is a new prodigy and we’ll do it all over again, in spite of the loaded history...

Meseret Defar & Bernard Lagat set to return to Boston

Rahel Samuel January 7, 2015

When Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) and Bernard Lagat (USA) compete at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on 7 February, both...

Ethiopian Christians celebrate Christmas

Markos Berhanu January 7, 2015

Night masses were conducted at churches across the country. At dawn, a cannon was fired nine times to mark the...

Southwest, SABMiller establish liquor business

Rahel Samuel January 4, 2015

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Southwest Development PLC, an Ethiopian investment company, and its partner, SABMiller, the South African London-based brewery, have...

Premier League: Sidama Coffee consolidates lead, St. George moves closer

Markos Berhanu January 4, 2015

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Week 10 of the Ethiopian Premier League continued this weekend with Sidama Coffee defeating Mekelakeya 1-0...

Ethiopia’s Archbishop named among new Cardinals appointed by Pope

Markos Berhanu January 4, 2015

January 04, 2015 (Vatican City) – Pope Francis named fifteen Archbishops and Bishops from thirteen countries who are to become Cardinals in mid-February, Vatican...