Gigi Sings Hope Songs for Ethiopia -- With Hopes for a Homecoming (spinner.com)

• From the article:…Of course, if it happens it will be in Addis Ababa. The singer known as Gigi is trying to make plans to return to her native Ethiopia (where she was born as Ejigayehu Shibabaw) for the first time… read more
• Why Are We Supporting Repression in Ethiopia? (nybooks.com)
  From the article:…Ethiopia, August 19, 2008 Foreign aid observers have often worried that Western aid to Africa is propping up autocratic regimes. Yet seldom has such a direct link from aid to political repression… read more
• Ethiopia has their first Foreign Language Oscar contender with "The Athlete" (hollywoodnews.com)
  From the article:…becoming the first black African to win any kind of Olympic gold. He did it again in Tokyo four years later, winning by a record margin. Now there's a film about Bikila, and it's another first, Ethiopia's first Oscar… read more
• Ethiopia tops list of African nations improving quality of life (gadling.com)From the article:…Ethiopia suffers from a bad image thanks to the war and famine of the 1980s. As my series on travel in Ethiopia showed, however, this is a land of friendly people, beautiful nature, and fascinating… read more
• EU report says Ethiopia's elections had many flaws (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
  From the article:…The ruling party won in a landslide, giving Meles his fourth five-year term. Human Rights Watch on Monday said Ethiopia has systematically clamped down on its citizens' right to cast ballots freely… read more