Ethiopia's Said to shock Eagles, Zambia

Belgian coach Walter Meeuws has warned Nigeria and Zambia his former player and Ethiopia star Saladin Said could shock them at the AFCON.

The 24-year-old striker from Egyptian club Wadi Degla is Ethiopia’s top scorer this year with three goals in six qualifying matches including a goal in a 1-1 away draw against Bafana Bafana of South Africa in a 2014 World Cup qualifier.

Walter Meeuws

Meeuws told MTNFootball.com that Said could be one of the surprises in South Africa in January.

”If the team play strong, Saladin Said has the skills to decide games for Ethiopia,” the former Wadi Degla coach said.
”Saladin could become one of the surprises of the Nations Cup in January.

Ethiopia Presents New Islamic Council

ADDIS ABABA — The Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Council has presented their newly elected executive members.  Many Ethiopian Muslims demonstrated against the election process of the Islamic Council for the past 10 months.

The Islamic Affairs Council presented 11 newly elected executive members in Addis Ababa, as the last round of elections ended Sunday.  The members then chose Sheikh Kiyar Mohamed Aman as their chairperson.  He addressed the rfit in the Ethiopian-Muslim community.

"ዳኙ ገላግለን"......ደምሴ ዳምጤ ከዚህ አለም በሞት ተለየ

ደምስ በዓመታት ምኞት፣ ስቃይ፣ ቁጭት እና ጸሎት ያገኘናትን ይቺን አፍርካ ዋንጫ እንኳን ምናለ አብረኸን ብትሆን...? 

ብዙ የምለው ነበረኝ ግን ኅዘንህ ልቤን ሰበረው 

አምላክ ነፍስህን በገነት ያኑራት

Demissie Damte RIP

Kassa-hun Yilma

ስልሳ ለእንደ ደምሴ ዓይነት ዘመን ተሻጋሪዎች ገና በስስት የሚታዩበት ዕድሜ ነበር፡፡ ኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ አንድ ታላቅ የስፖርት ሰው አጣች፡፡ የእኛ ትውልድ ስለ እግር ኳስ እና ስለ ኦሊምፒክ አደባባይ ገድሎች አንስቶ ደምሴ ዳምጤን ከቶም አይዘነጋውም፡፡ ጎሕ ሳይቀድ ከቀበና ቤቱ ተነስቶ በኢትዮጵያ ሬዲዮ በኩል ከጆሮዋችን የሚያንቆረቁረው ያ ድንቅ ዘገባ እንደተፈቀረ ዛሬ ወደ ማረፊያው ገብቷል፡፡ የኹነቶች አቀራረብ መዓዛ ወይም ጣዕም ካላቸው ደምሴ ከኦሊምፒክ መንደሮች እና ከካምቦሎጆ ማማዎች ያቀነባበራቸው በመቶዎች የሚቆጠሩ ዘገባዎቹ በማስረጃነት ይቀርባሉ፡፡ ደምሴ የሚለውን ሥም ከስፖርት ጋዜጠኝነትን ነጥሎ መመልከት በእጅጉ ያዳግታል፡፡ ደምሴ ዳምጤ የስፖርታችን ብርሃን ነበር፤ ቅርስም ነው፤ ምልክት እንደሆነ ለዘለዓለም ይኖራል፡፡ ውድ ነፍሱን ይማርልን!

Ermias M Amare

I was deeply saddened to hear of your loss Demissie Damte. My thoughts are with you. You will always be remembered.

Memar Zelealem

The famous Ethiopian sport journalist, Demissie Damte, today passed away at around 3pm in Police Hospital. RIP!!! #Ethiopia

Tesfalem Waldyes

Sad to hear about the death of Ethiopian sports journalist Demissie Damte. He brought sport to the lives and homes of millions in a time where information was not ubiquitous and the craft of journalism was not known to many. He inspired a generation of young journalists to take up the profession and enriched the lives of millions with his profession. He will be sorely missed!

Elshadai Negash

NEW REPORT: 51,000 ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES TO YEMEN SINCE JULY

Yemen's proximity to the eastern coast of Africa has led to the influx of refugees from embattled African countries‭.‬

A new report released by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) found that approximately 51,000 Ethiopian refugees entered Yemen since the end of July.

Yemen has continued to see an influx of refugees from different embattled countries, including Ethiopia. The majority of the Ethiopians enter Yemen illegally by small boats coming from Djibouti, Puntland and Somalia, according to a 2012 report released by the DRC, a private humanitarian group.

Allen Jelich, the DRC manager in Yemen, said Ethiopians often immigrate due to the deteriorating economic situation in their country.

Celebrated Ethiopian footwear brand opens first outlet in Taiwan

A Taiwanese customer tries on a pair of soleRebels shoes.

Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu is one of Africa’s most celebrated businesswomen. The international media seemingly can’t get enough of this founder of soleRebels, an Ethiopian-based footwear company. She has won numerous entrepreneurshi
p awards, posing in pictures with the likes of Richard Branson, and regularly speaks at conferences across the world. For many people, Alemu has become a poster child of Africa’s changing economic fortunes and women entrepreneurship on the continent.SoleRebels shoes are made by Ethiopian artisans at a factory in the capital Addis Ababa. The company is the world’s first fair trade certified footwear brand. “At our core we at soleRebels are creative artisans who aim to craft the coolest and most comfortable footwear,” says Alemu. “In a world of faceless production-line assembled … shoes, soleRebels proudly stands apart and offers a much desired alternative. Our business model centres on eco-sensibility and community empowerment; product design and development involve a great deal of effort to achieve fashionable and appealing quality products that use local materials.”

Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu

The company was founded in 2005. It has a flagship retail store in Addis Ababa, although the majority of sales are generated online.
During an interview with How we made it in Africa in May this year, Alemu described her strategy to open soleRebels outlets throughout the world. Over the weekend, the company achieved an important milestone with the launch of its first stand alone branded retail store in Taiwan.
“We are extremely excited by this store opening. Taiwan is an incredible market and the stores we are opening here give us a fantastic platform to showcase our incredible products and our innovative brand in an equally dynamic and fantastic market. This is the perfect place for soleRebels to anchor our Asia wide roll-out of soleRebels stores – truly historic strides for soleRebels,” said Alemu in an emailed statement.
The store has a lounge area that allows customers to learn more about the brand’s heritage and the unique artisan production techniques. Customers are encouraged to upload photos of themselves wearing their soleRebels shoes to the company’s website and are rewarded for doing so with a free soleRebels T-shirt.

5 Ethiopians killed in Seattle Fremont apartment fire

Hundreds of Ethiopians gathered at a community center in Seattle Saturday night to mourn the loss of four children and their aunt who perished in an apartment fire in Fremont earlier in the d
ay.

The overflow crowd spilled out onto East Yesler Way in the Central Area as the mother of three of the dead children wailed and paced the sidewalk, accompanied by eight to 10 other women who were there to mourn and comfort her.

"I just want my babies," said Helen Gebregiorgis, who lost her sons, Joseph Gebregiorgis, 13, and Yaseen Shamam, 5, and her daughter Nisreen Shamam, 6.

Gebregiorgis also lost her 22-year-old sister, Eyerusalem Gebregiorgis, and 7-year-old niece, Nyella Smith, according to her brother, Daniel Gebregiorgis.

"I've got to stay strong for everyone else," he said.

The fire was the deadliest in Seattle in decades. It started in Helen Gebregiorgis' three-bedroom, two-story apartment, where she, her sister and the children had gathered for a sleepover Friday night after coming home from the movie "Karate Kid."

The fire erupted about 10 a.m. Saturday at the apartment at 334 N.W. 41st St., and quickly became an inferno.

Ethiopian migrants kidnapped, tortured, raped in Yemen

(AlertNet) – Migrants travelling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen in search of a better life are regularly
Ethiopian migrants sleep out in the open near a transit centre where they wait to be repatriated in the western Yemeni town of Haradh, on the border with Saudi Arabia, March 29, 2012. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

kidnapped, tortured and raped, according to a new report by the Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat (RMMS).

At least 230,000 migrants have undertaken this hazardous, often lethal, journey over the last six years and the rate of migration is increasing dramatically. In the first eight months of 2012, over 70,000 African migrants entered Yemen, three quarters of whom were Ethiopian.