Into Ethiopia’s wilds

The Bale Mountains National Park in central Ethiopia remains relatively undiscovered by even the most adventurous travellers, who tend to explore the Simien Mountains in the north and the Rift Valley Lakes in the south. This is in part due to poor access and limited accommodation. Now, a new road has cut the journey time from Addis Ababa from 10 hours to one, and at the end of it the first high-end lodge will open this October.
Bale Mountain Lodge is in a clearing surrounded by wild coffee plants within the Harenna Forest. Thatched rooms are all in stone and mahogany, with wood burning fires and private terraces. The glass-walled restaurant's chef trained at The Savoy in London. And magnificent views can be had from the glass-bottomed spa, which sits above a river by the lodge; a natural waterfall spills into a plunge pool surrounded by decking.

KSA stops hiring workers from Ethiopia

Saudi Arabia has slapped a temporary ban on recruitment of workers from Ethiopia.
The ban will continue until investigations are completed into the killing of Saudi children by some Ethiopian maids. The decision was taken by the Ministries of Interior and Labor, an official statement said.
Sherif Keri Osman, a senior diplomat at the Ethiopian Consulate, said his country had not received any information about the ban.

European Human Rights Committee Denied Access to Ethiopian Prison

ADDIS ABABA — Members of a European Parliament human rights delegation have been blocked from visiting an Ethiopian prison, and are concerned about the human rights situation in that nation.

On Wednesday, the European Parliament Subcommittee for Human Rights wrapped up a visit to Ethiopia to assess the country's human rights situation. The delegation had a trip scheduled to the infamous Kality prison just outside the capital, Addis Ababa. The facility is known for housing political prisoners in harsh living conditions.

In spite of previous assurances from Ethiopia’s government, however, the group was denied access to the prison Wednesday morning, according to delegation member Jacek Protasiewicz.

Ethiopian Maid tries to kill 6-year-old in bathroom

An Ethiopian housemaid in Saudi Arabia tried to kill her employer’s six-year-old daughter while bathing her but was overpowered by the girl’s father.

The Saudi man told police he was peering into the bathroom by accident when he saw the maid trying to strangle his daughter.

ኢሕአዴግ በመንግሥትና በፓርቲው መካከል ጥብቅ የሆነ ትስስርን የሚፈጥር የአደረጃጀት ለውጥ ሊያደርግ ነው

-    በመንግሥትና በፓርቲው መካከል ጥብቅ ትስስር ለመፍጠር ታቅዷል
-    ምክትል ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ የግንባሩ ዋና ጸሐፊና የመንግሥት ምክር ቤት መሪ ይሆናሉ

ገዢው ፓርቲ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር (ኢሕአዴግ) አዲስና ልዩ የተባለ የአደረጃጀት ለውጥ ለማድረግ ዝግጅቱን በማጠናቀቅ ላይ መሆኑ ተሰማ፡፡

የአዲሱ አደረጃጀት ዓላማ ጥብቅ የሆነ ትስስርን በመንግሥትና በፓርቲው መካከል መፍጠር እንደሆነ ቅርበት ያላቸው ምንጮች ለሪፖርተር ገልጸዋል፡፡

በቅርቡ የተደረገው የሥልጣን ሽግሽግና ሹመት እንዲሁም ከዚህ ቀደም ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ የሚመሩት የሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት በዘርፍ ተከፍሎ በምክትል ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ማዕረግ እንዲመራ መደረጉም፣ የዚሁ አዲሱ የፓርቲ አደረጃጀት አካል መሆኑን ምንጮች ተናግረዋል፡፡

Professional marathon runner Meskerem Legesse passed away Monday afternoon (Video)

HAMDEN, CT (WFSB) -

Hamden emergency crews were able to deliver a baby after her mother, who ran in the 2012 Olympics for Ethiopia, passed away Monday afternoon.
Professional marathon runner Meskerem Legesse, 26, of Westport, was eating lunch at the Chinese restaurant in the 900 block of Dixwell Avenue when she suddenly collapsed on the floor, friends told Eyewitness News.
Emergency crews performed CPR on Legesse, who was three weeks away from delivering her second child. She was taken Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Exclusive: Eritrea pays warlord to influence Somalia - U.N. experts

(Reuters) - Eritrea is undermining stability in conflict-ravaged Somalia by paying political agents and a warlord linked to Islamist militants to influence the Mogadishu government, U.N. sanctions experts said in a confidential report.

The Eritrean government has long denied playing any negative role in Somalia, saying it has no links to Islamist al Shabaab militants fighting to overthrow the Somali government. It says the U.N. sanctions imposed on it in 2009 for supporting al Shabaab were based on lies and has called for the sanctions to be lifted.