Author Archives: BuzzEthiopia

Ethiopian Receives Boeing 787 Dreamliner named Walia Ibex 

Ethiopian Airlines Press Release Will Take Delivery of 3 more B787s in 2014 Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable African airline, is pleased to announce that it took delivery of its 7th Boeing 787 Dreamliner on 20 May 2014. … read more

Ethiopia’s Umed Ukwurry has signed a 3 year, $500,00 deal with Egyptian Al Ittihad

Supper sport  Ethiopian Premier League’s top scorer Umed Ukwurry has signed a three year deal with Egyptian side Al Ittihad Alexandria. The deal, estimated at $500,000, makes Umed one of the highest paid players originating from Ethiopia. He has been … read more

Agriculture in Ethiopia and Uganda: Not so Fair Trade

The Economist | LUSAKA BUYING ‘Fair Trade’ coffee is not really helping the very poor, new research suggests. By comparing living standards in Fair Trade-certified producing areas in Ethiopia and Uganda with similar non-Fair Trade regions, four development economists from … read more

U.N. Official Says Junk Food Just as Bad as Cigarettes

Time.com By Charlotte Alter @charlottealter A U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food warned that obesity is a bigger global health threat than tobacco use, lamenting that it isn’t taken seriously A United Nations official called for greater regulation of unhealthy foods … read more

“I’ll be the first Ethiopian player to play in the National Football League”

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