By Joey Bunch The Denver Post The second Taste of Ethiopia Festival has a new day and place: Aug. 3 at Central Park in Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood. This year’s event joins Denver Days, Mayor Michael Hancock’s week-long tour of events across … read more
University of Mississippi A University of Mississippi civil engineering doctoral student’s research into the early detection of dam and levee problems has launched him onto the national and global stage. Leti Wodajo of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has been conducting research … read more
Royal Gazette Ethiopia-born, Swedish chef Marcus Samuelsson has lived in the United States for more than two decades and has become a successful restaurant owner and celebrity chef. Acclaimed chef Marcus Samuelsson will hold a dinner fundraiser for the Bermuda … read more
NY Daily News BY DENIS SLATTERY After passing the collection plate for 30 years, a Bronx congregation finally raised enough money to buy a church of its own The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior congregation spent $1.3 million … read more
By Paul Schwartz, NYPost Nat Berhe born from Eritrean father *”Ethiopia, Eritrea, it’s all the same, just different name.” Nate Berhe You may or may not be able to tell a man by his tweets, but in Nat Berhe’s case, … read more
The Black Lions Organization With misleading information constantly conveyed to the public through mainstream media, many individuals have adopted a misconstrued perception of what Africa (namely, Ethiopia) truly is like. Meraf Berhanu, a young Ethiopian American from Dallas, Texas, took … read more
BUAPP Liyou Libsekal Liyou Libsekal, an Ethiopian poet who lives in Addis Ababa, has won the 2014 Brunel University African Poetry Prize (BUAPP). The judges, including prize founder and Reader in Creative Writing at Brunel Dr Bernardine Evaristo, praised Liyou’s … read more