|
|
|
Welcome to Ethiopia Education, Tourism & Technology Resource Center.
|
SPOTLIGHT
Ethiopia Telecom's Next Generation Network Supports a Nation's Economic Transformation
Turning Ethiopia, one of the world's poorest nations, from an agriculture-based economy to one influenced heavily by information and knowledge is no small challenge. But it is one the Ethiopian government is intent on rising to - with help from Cisco Systems.
Fossils of early human ancestors may fill chimp lineage gap
CBC News (Wed, 19 Jan 2005) :LONDON - The remains of at least nine primitive human ancestors up to 4.5 million years old have been discovered by paleontologists working in Ethiopia.
The Ardipithecus ramidus fossils show significant ape-like characteristics of the ancient hominids, who lived in woodlands rather than the open savanna.
|
WHAT IS NEW?
Bob Marley's 60th birth anniversary will be held in Addis Ababa's Masqel Square
Stars Join Ethiopia Bob Marley Party
Meskel Square, the major parade ground in Addis Ababa, is undergoing renovations for the concert to mark the birthday, which is also expected to draw stars such as Mali's Baaba Maal, Senegal's Youssou n'Dour and Teddy Afro from Ethiopia.
|
TIGRAINET SELECTED NEWS
Ethiopian TV personality Alebachew Teka dies in car crash
Ethiopian party in Seville
Zewdie, who is the reigning World Cross Country bronze medallist in the short race, arrived in Seville confident of his winning chances after his victory ahead of his countryman Meba Tadesse in Milan over 10km last 20 December.
Ethiopia must change its agricultural policy or risk infecting donors with famine fatigue
HORN OF AFRICA
Myth and Reality about the Link between the Peace Initiative, Socio-Economic Development in Ethiopia
Addis Tribune: By Fekade Shewakena:"Ethiopia’s poverty and development efforts have a complex structural problem, a good part of which has to do with bad policy and sheer mismanagement. EPRDF officials also omit to mention the moral condition of the citizenry as an important factor in helping development efforts. The humiliation sustained by the Ethiopian people because of their government’s failures and incompetence that resulted in loss of confidence and a demoralized public are very important factors that negatively affect development efforts over time."
Marley's remains 'to be exhumed'
 The wife of reggae legend Bob Marley has said that she plans to exhume his remains in Jamaica and re-bury them in his "spiritual home" of Ethiopia.
U.S universities agree to work in partnership with Mekele University, Tigray StateGovernment
Mekele, 6,2005(ENA) Seven U.S-based universities have agreed to work in partnership with and provide support to the Tigray State Government and the Mekele University in the areas of development and capacity building.
Athletics: Bekele's race future on hold as he grieves over fiancée
mournful shadow will be cast over the first major athletics event of the year in Britain, whether or not the grieving Kenenisa Bekele decides to travel from Ethiopia to run in the View From Great Edinburgh cross-country meeting in Holyrood Park next Saturday. Bekele, the International Association of Athletics Federations' reigning Male Athlete of the Year, was at home in Addis Ababa yesterday, still struggling to come to terms with the tragic sudden loss of his 18-year-old fiancée, Alem Techale, who collapsed and died while the couple were training in woods on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital last Tuesday morning.
Beyond the 2005 Elections
Over the last few weeks, Ethiopians have been perplexed by the Prime Minister’s "Five Points for Peace" and his declaration that "Ethiopia accepts, in principle, the Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission Decision"; and many have condemned him for accepting a decision that he himself described a few years ago as "a blatant miscarriage of justice" that is "unimaginable for the Ethiopian people to accept."
Ethiopians denounce border talks
More than 50,000 people in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, have demonstrated against government plans to renew border talks with Eritrea.
|
TIGRAINET HIGHLIGHTS
Noah Samara urges to change "brain drain" into "brain gain"
"As non-resident Ethiopians take up the obligation to improve their homeland, this nation and its government face the corresponding obligation to facilitate the Diaspora’s participation and support its success. In other words, to make this work well, the Diaspora needs to be committed and the government needs to create a welcoming environment for that commitment."
Noah Samara, president and CEO of World Space
Ethiopian Men and Women of the year 2004
Tigrai.net is pleased to recognize the following greatest Ethiopian individuals
as “Ethiopian Men and Women of the year 2004” for their commitment, dedication and accomplishment in their field.
Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi
Kenenisa Bekele
Meseret Defar
Ethiopia win Cecafa Cup
Hosts Ethiopia won the Cecafa Cup for the third time on Saturday when they beat Burundi 3-0 at the Addis Ababa Stadium.
THE SOTRY OF SUNNY, THE GOLDEN CAT
I once saw a bumper sticker that said: "The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us will have gone to the stars…", and a story I had heard as a child came to my mind. This is the story of The Golden Cat from the land of Tigray, Ethiopia.
[By G. E. Gorfu]
Ethiopian-born singer releases album in US
It was in the late 1970s, when a young Wayna Wondwossen was first introduced to American music. The three-year old toddler -- who had immigrated to the United States from her native Ethiopia only days before -- stood mesmerized beside her family’s record player, listening to Captain & Tennille’s hit “Love Will Keep Us Together” over, and over, and over again.
Strange Destiny
Queen Sheba's 'Descendant' Brings Ethiopian Fashion Here
Ethiopian women are known for being some of the most beautiful people on the African continent. It is believed that they are descendants of the union of one of the wisest people, King Solomon and Queen Sheba.
|
|
|
|
