Articles for 30.08.2010 » Ethiopian News

Art & Entertainment : Male modeling in Ethiopia

August 30 Posted by: suleyman | 30-08-2010, 16:15 |

The male modeling industry has become one of the honored instruments in the fashion industry. However, here in Ethiopia the industry is demonstrating that there is a constant struggle with high image male models to balance the profession that keeps them rolling in cash with the attitude of the society in relation to them. Most event organizers and designers resolve these conflicts by focusing on only one aspect of the business, “The lucrative commercial clients are mainly focused on women models,” said Kaleb Araya Selassie.

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

August 30 Posted by: suleyman | 30-08-2010, 14:31 |

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

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. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 19 people were killed in mudslides after flooding last week and nearly 12,000 people had been displaced since then.

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Sport : Ethiopia's Saint George appoint Dossena

August 30 Posted by: Bini | 30-08-2010, 10:10 |

Ethiopian league champions Saint George have announced the appointment of Italian FIFA World Cup™ winner Giuseppe Dossena as coach on a two-year contract.
Dossena, who has coached Ghana and served as assistant to Cesare Maldini during Paraguay's 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign, signed the agreement with club president Abennet Gebremeskel on Saturday, team manager Daniel Kassa told AFP. Watch Video Report Here

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Latest News : 5 die in Saudi deportation center

August 30 Posted by: Bini | 30-08-2010, 10:06 |

Riyadh - Five Ethiopians died in a crowded Saudi centre for deporting illegal immigrants, the Arab News reported on Monday. The five died in the deportation centre in the southern Red Sea port of Jizan of "asphyxiation due to overcrowding," according to a local police official, the newspaper said. Ethiopia's consul in Jeddah Tekleab Kebede said he could not confirm the deaths, which occurred sometime this month, according to the report.

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Art & Entertainment : The world of the Rastafarians

August 30 Posted by: Bini | 30-08-2010, 10:02 |

The movement which grew from the slums of Jamaica in the 1930s made considerable impact as a political and social force.
A DISHEVELLED man sits in a street cafe occasionally brushing back his thick dreadlocks which are half hidden beneath a floppy red, gold and green coloured beanie.

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Politics : Ogaden rebels say it is time for political solution with Ethiopian gov’t

August 30 Posted by: Bini | 30-08-2010, 09:54 |

Ogaden rebels say it is time for political solution with Ethiopian gov’t

August 29, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) — The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a rebel group who had been fighting for the independence of eastern Somali region confirmed that it will sign final peace agreement with Ethiopia - despite a rebuff by a splinted official in Doha

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