Media Blame Failed Ethiopia Coup on the Country’s Ethnic Divisions

Con­fu­sion remains fol­low­ing what media around the world have described as an attempt to seize pow­er in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, as well as in the country’s cap­i­tal, Addis Aba­ba on Sat­ur­day, June 22. It is still a con­fus­ing sit­u­a­tion as many peo­ple have been dis­placed by mil­i­tary activ­i­ty and arrests con­tin­ue in a gov­ern­ment effort…

Questions about Media Coverage of Ethiopian Airlines Jet Crash

A few hours after a Boe­ing 737 Max 8 jet, owned and oper­at­ed by Ethiopi­an Air­lines crashed short­ly after take-off from Addis Aba­ba, the Ethiopi­an cap­i­tal, on March 10, the sto­ry about what hap­pened quick­ly swung from the many vic­tims who lost their lives in the acci­dent to ques­tions such as what ver­sion of aircraft…

Media in the U.S. Praise Ethiopia-Eritrea Détente

After almost twen­ty years of a resent­ful stale­mate between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the recent­ly elect­ed Prime Min­is­ter of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, announced that the gov­ern­ment will ful­ly accept the pre­vi­ous­ly unrec­og­nized 2000 Algiers peace agree­ment. Despite the bit­ter dis­pute over the bor­der town of Badme, the new Ethiopi­an admin­is­tra­tion is acknowl­edg­ing the futil­i­ty of disagreement…

In Case You Missed It: 5/1/17 — 5/31/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, an Ethiopi­an is elect­ed the new WHO Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, South Africa’s Pres­i­dent faces more inves­ti­ga­tions for alleged cor­rup­tion, and long­time Zim­bab­wean leader, Robert Mugabe goes on a speak­ing tour. Ethiopi­an Politi­cian Named Head of the WHO The World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) has elected…

African Community Radio, KETO FM, Coming to Colorado

As Colorado’s African com­mu­ni­ty grows, the needs of the com­mu­ni­ty have increased as well. It may be time for an African Radio in Col­orado, focused on the needs of the com­mu­ni­ty.  We’ve seen how Amer­i­can local gov­ern­ments, city coun­cils, and munic­i­pal­i­ties around the area address these chal­lenges of growth, from boost­ing road infra­struc­ture expen­di­tures to…

In Case You Missed It: 9/12/16 — 9/18/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Moroc­co’s mosques tran­si­tion­ing to solar ener­gy, Burun­di­an refugees are offered a uni­ver­si­ty edu­ca­tion in Rwan­da and Ethiopi­an Elec­tric Pow­er signs a deal with neigh­bor­ing coun­tries. Green pro­gram to pro­vide solar ener­gy for all mosques in Moroc­co One of the 15,000 mosques expected…

In Case You Missed It: 8/15/16 — 8/21/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Africa takes home the gold at the Olympics, an Olympian uses his win to protest vio­lence in his home coun­try, and John Ker­ry plans an Africa trip. Ten Gold Medals Go to African Con­ti­nent The 2016 Olympics have con­clud­ed, and it’s…

In Case You Missed It: 8/1/16–8/7/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, 54 coun­tries are rep­re­sent­ed at the 2016 Sum­mer Olympics in Rio and Pres­i­dent Oba­ma speaks to the Young African Lead­ers Ini­tia­tive. Fifty-Four African Nations Attend­ing Rio Olympics Of the 54 African coun­tries com­pet­ing in this years’ Olympics, only one team contends…

In Case You Missed It: 07/25/16 — 07/31/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, Niger­ian sci­en­tists invent a new Malar­ia test, thou­sands of pro­test­ers take to the streets in Ethiopia, Tunisia ousts its prime min­is­ter, and Chad’s for­mer dic­ta­tor is ordered to pay for his crimes. New Malar­ia Test Allows For Self-Diag­no­sis Fyo­dor, a Nigerian…

In Case You Missed It: 6/27/16 — 7/3/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, the African Union takes the next steps on its Agen­da 2063 plan, and Indi­an Pre­mier Naren­dra Modi, as well as Israeli Prime Min­is­ter Ben­jamin Netanyahu, vis­it the African con­ti­nent. With e‑passport, African Union Fur­thers Con­ti­nen­tal Inte­gra­tion Just as the Euro­pean Union…