Abesha United

FILM: Motherland

[Translate] Motherland (Enat Hager) is a bold, epic journey through Africa with a authentic African voice. Fusing history, culture, politics, and contemporary issues, Motherland sweeps across Africa to tell a new story of a dynamic continent. From the glory and majesty of Africa’s past through its complex and present history. Motherland looks unflinchingly toward a positive [...]

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VIDEO: America’s New Frontline: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

[Translate] Rageh Omaar travels to the US and through East and West Africa to investigate the US strategy for the continent. Can Barack Obama make a decisive break with the path set in Africa by the Bush administration?

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VIDEO: Two contemporary ways of making Ingera in USA!

[Translate] Injera- The Self-Rising Flour Step Ingera factory in D.C.

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VIDEO: The Girl Effect, Addis + Kidan

[Translate] The Girl Effect: The powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate in their society. WHY GIRLS? Because when adolescent girls in the developing world have a chance, they can be the most powerful force of change for themselves, their families, communities and nations. But while those 600 million girls are the [...]

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ARTICAL: What has to be the truth for Flight ET409?

[Translate] Editor’s Note – Lebanese officials were quick to blame the pilot of the doomed Flight ET409 for the deadliest crash off Beirut early on Monday. Ethiomedia disproved the report by publishing its own article: Device recovery key to identifying cause of crash, a story that may have failed to grab the attention of our esteemed [...]

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VIDEO: Sharp divisions among African nations when Meles sells-out the African standpoint

[Translate] Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi betrays Africa at Copenhagen climate change negotiations THE misunderstanding among Africans when it comes to making crucial decisions came to light last week during the  conference held in the Danish capital Copenhagen. After two weeks of intensive negotiations, the African group made a formal submission to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on [...]

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VIDEO: Abesha maids abused in arab countries (this is OLD news!!!!)

[Translate] Gulf labour laws fail to halt abuse Every year thousands of women arrive in the Gulf to take up jobs as domestic workers. The majority of them leave behind their families on a huge financial gamble to try to earn enough in remittances. But behind closed doors, in the homes of their employers, some [...]

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“Mezeker Means To Remember” Mike Ellis (Def Poetry)

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MOVIE: Sele Feker

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MOVIE: Desert Flower – Liya Kebede’s Upcoming Movie

[Translate] More Pictures of Liya Movie Mysterious, proud, beautiful, as the young Somalierin Waris Dirie (Liya Kebede) in a London fast-food restaurant by star photographer Terry Donaldson (Timothy Spall) is detected, celebrating the international fashion world inspired the birth of a new top models. But behind the glamorous facade hides a deeply moving destiny. Born in [...]

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SPORT: Bekele win his forth-in-a-row 10 000 m victory and Ethiopia´s first WC-Gold! + video interview

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VIDEO: Ethiopian Sara Nuru – Germany Next Top Model!

[Translate] Sarah Nuru, the Ethiopian-born fashion model from Munich, nicknamed “Sunshine” at the Germany’s Next Top Model contest where she beat out 21,000 contestants. SARA NURU – CLOSE UP AT HOME … And she is fast becoming a face for brands Germany’s Next Topmodel Sara Nuru is the New Face of Sony Ericsson

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VIDEO: Mixing ethiopian beats to arabic lyrics

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VIDEO: Go Forth And Multiply – the Ethiopian way!

[Translate] “How the Ethiopians used the same mathematical approach to multiplications as computers do these days by using powers of two and divisions.” This is brillant! And strange. And then again, brillant! This short video aired on swedish television at a late hour and I just happend to see it randomly. Is this system still in use? What is it called? Some many [...]

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VIDEO: Ethiopia Watch Over Me

[Translate] Kenny Allen is a singer/songwriter/producer from Washington, DC, who now is living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The music video directed by Aida Muluneh with Zeleman Productions filmed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more about Kenny Allen´s latest record at Addis Connexion or go direct to his homepage at http://www.kenny-allen.com/

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