An aerial view Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River in Guba, northwest Ethiopia. [AFP] Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa's largest hydroelectric project being ...

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Digital Edition: Lay of the landscape: The Meles Zenawi Memorial Park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Studio Other Spaces, Fasil Giorghis and Vogt Landscape Architects The Meles Zenawi Memorial Park by ...

Just over a decade ago as he appeared on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, the late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was asked by journalist Robyn Curnow about the ...

One of the most frequent causes of office fires, apart from negligence and misuse, is defective electrical equipment including computers, microwaves, and other appliances. Loose wires and overloaded ...

Joe Biden doesn’t need a running mate who has shown such poor judgment. By Bret Stephens The reforms by the country’s new prime minister are clashing with its flawed Constitution and could push the ...

Nibret Gelese spent years saving up to move from his home town Mekele, in the north of Ethiopia, and make a newlife in Addis Ababa. “Everyone said it was the place to be, the place to get rich,” he ...

September 2, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia on Sunday held the funeral of the country’s long-time Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, who died last month due to an undisclosed illness. Orthodox Christian ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Thousands of mourners gathered near a public square in Ethiopia’s capital on Sunday to pay their final respects to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who was praised for lifting ...

President Mwai Kibaki on Saturday afternoon travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a two-day official visit. During the visit, the President on Sunday September 2 will attend the State funeral for the ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Thousands of Ethiopians descended on the centre of the capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday to mourn Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, their firm-handed ruler of more than two decades, ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s long-time ruler and a major U.S. counter-terrorism ally who is credited with economic gains but blamed for human rights abuses, died of an ...