http://www.ethioplanet.com/news Ethiopian news, review and reports, from Addis Ababa, Nazret, surrounding regions. Home of Ethiopian chat rooms, Medrek discussion forum; Africa-Ethiopia news Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:32:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/29/more-than-a-taste-of-ethiopia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/29/more-than-a-taste-of-ethiopia/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 08:10:00 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=3196 (May 27, A360) – From caring for her family to preparing a sublime array of traditional Ethiopian dishes at her Taste of Ethiopia restaurant in Pflugerville, Woinee Mariam throws her heart and soul into everything she does. 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The Steuers are leaving this summer on [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/29/american-family-volunteers-ethiopia/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/05/sustainable-footwear-rocks-in-ethiopia-feelgood-style/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/05/sustainable-footwear-rocks-in-ethiopia-feelgood-style/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 14:44:33 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2994 FGS-Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu founded the soleRebels brand in 2004 with her husband and brother to help create jobs in Zenabwork, Ethiopia. At the time there were hardly any jobs in the community. But when the family decided to redesign traditional Ethiopian shoes made from recycled tires, expansion mode kicked in and employees were hired. They turned [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/05/sustainable-footwear-rocks-in-ethiopia-feelgood-style/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/11/famous-zeds-restaurant-opens-second-location-in-virginia/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/11/famous-zeds-restaurant-opens-second-location-in-virginia/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:43:02 +0000 Teddy Abera http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2445 Zed’s, the famed Ethiopian restaurant in Washington DC, is to open a second restaurant in Prince William county, Virginia, the Washington Business Journal reports. The new restaurant is called Zed’s Bistro & Wine Bar, and features outdoor seating, a large bar and an open kitchen, according to the report. The new restaurant is located at 6850 [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/11/famous-zeds-restaurant-opens-second-location-in-virginia/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/condo-lottery-winners-are-on-tight-deadlines-to-make-down-payment/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/condo-lottery-winners-are-on-tight-deadlines-to-make-down-payment/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:29:25 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2418 The Addis Ababa City Housing Development Program (AACHDP) summoned at the end of last week, 4500 city dwellers whose names were on the waiting list for the fourth round condominium lottery drawn a month ago. The lottery was to distribute 15,000 individual apartments to the winners. AACHDP called in those on the waiting list when only [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/condo-lottery-winners-are-on-tight-deadlines-to-make-down-payment/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/commercial-bank-of-ethiopia-will-begin-providing-atm-machines/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/commercial-bank-of-ethiopia-will-begin-providing-atm-machines/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:54:03 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2410 The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) awarded the project to acquire card based payment system to M2M Group, a Morocco based company. The contract agreement between the two was finally signed on March 20, 17 months after the tender was floated. Sources within CBE told Capital, the project that entails supply of the hardware and installation [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/07/commercial-bank-of-ethiopia-will-begin-providing-atm-machines/feed/ 2 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/22-year-old-university-student-from-gambella-won-2009-miss-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/22-year-old-university-student-from-gambella-won-2009-miss-nazretcom/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:20:09 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1054 A 22-year-old university student from Gambella won the title of Miss Ethiopia beauty competition held here on Saturday. The winner, Chuna Okok, a sophomore at the faculty of business and economics, Addis Ababa University, outranks all of her 20 competitors. She won Miss Ethiopia 2009 contest and received an award of diamond ring worth 60,000 Birr, according [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/22-year-old-university-student-from-gambella-won-2009-miss-nazretcom/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/timket-celebrated-colorfully-in-ethiopia-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/timket-celebrated-colorfully-in-ethiopia-nazretcom/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:20:08 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1053 Timket or Epiphany was celebrated colorfully on Monday throughout the country among Christian faithful. The celebration was colorfully held in particular at Jan-meda here in the metropolis, where ambassadors, tourists, senior government officials, students of Sunday schools, deacons, priests and the faithful were gathered. Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Paulos on the occasion said the [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/19/timket-celebrated-colorfully-in-ethiopia-nazretcom/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/14/for-local-mennonite-couple-ethiopias-future-looks-bright-harrisonburg-daily-news-record/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/14/for-local-mennonite-couple-ethiopias-future-looks-bright-harrisonburg-daily-news-record/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:40:22 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=965 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/14/for-local-mennonite-couple-ethiopias-future-looks-bright-harrisonburg-daily-news-record/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/04/ethiopia-two-ethio-americans-nominated-for-grammys-jimma-times/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/04/ethiopia-two-ethio-americans-nominated-for-grammys-jimma-times/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:23:25 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=409 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/04/ethiopia-two-ethio-americans-nominated-for-grammys-jimma-times/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/01/expat-in-ethiopia-running-the-8th-great-ethiopian-run-telegraphcouk/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/01/expat-in-ethiopia-running-the-8th-great-ethiopian-run-telegraphcouk/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:39:35 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=301 There are many things to get used to when you return to Ethiopia after time spent at home in London: goats, sheep and donkeys taking right of way on the road, supermarket staff packing your shopping and carrying it out to the car for you, and incredible sunshine every day (pale skins like mine should [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/01/expat-in-ethiopia-running-the-8th-great-ethiopian-run-telegraphcouk/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/01/across-continents-publishers-weekly/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/01/across-continents-publishers-weekly/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:06:34 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=288 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/01/across-continents-publishers-weekly/feed/ 0