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America's pop-culture hegemony in Africa is pretty much unchallenged. Shania Twain sings on an endless loop at cafes in Addis Ababa, the ubiquitous matatus of Nairobi are plastered with pictures of 50 Cent and Ja Rule, and when I tell anyone I'm from California it's even money that a Schwarzenegger question follows... Read Full Story
for those who want to follow our every move: Sat, 7/19: Leave Nashville 7:42am, Arrive Washington DC 10:28am Leave Washington DC 6:30pm (please note our 8 hour layover - yikes!) Sun, 7/20: Arrive Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 7pm (via Rome, Italy -- just for a fuel stop = 17 hour flight!!!) Mon, 7/21: Leave Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 11:30am, Arrive Kampala, Uganda 1:30pm (we then take a small plane up to Gulu) :: spend the week in Gulu, Uganda :: Sun, 7/27: Leave Kampala, Uganda 8... Read Full Story
My friend Tina Lee, who I worked with at Elixir, moved to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, five-months ago. There, she works for the Vancouver-based non-profit organization imagine1day, a company that through donations from generous people, helps build schools and education infrastructure in Ethiopia . She is back in town for a month and Lisa and I had dinner with her last night. Naturally, the conversation drifted to food.
This is an Ethiopian dish called Kitfo, which is essentially a... Read Full Story
Excellent article. May be I should create another blog just to cover Ethiopian Athletes in the upcoming Bejing Olympics. Hmm..... I'll sleep on that for a little bit... -------- An Ethiopian obsession that runs deep By Alex Capstick BBC News, Addis Ababa Ethiopia has a deep well of distance running talent Ethiopia is staging its first major international athletics event - the African Athletics Championships - giving sports fans a rare chance to see close up the athletes carrying the... Read Full Story
Ref: HO/HRFA/10/2007
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) helps reduce poverty, hunger and environmental degradation by enhancing animal agriculture in developing countries, working in partnership with organisations in developing countries. ILRI’s headquarters is in Nairobi, Kenya, with a second principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. For more information on ILRI and details of the position, please visit the website on www.ilri.org
ILRI is seeking to recruit a Head of... Read Full Story
