SHANGHAI May 18 (Reuters) - Kenenisa Bekele feels he has nothing left to prove after a spectacular running career but still fully intends to defend his Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres titles in London later this year. The Ethiopian will be ...

The Ethiopian will be gunning for an unprecedented third successive 10,000 metres gold in London in a feat that was beyond middle distance greats Paavo Nurmi, Emile Zatopek, Lasse Viren and Haile Gebrselassie, who all won it twice. Three years ...

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele does have rivals, but he does not think Mo Farah is necessarily one of them. That is despite the fact that the two men will compete for the 5,000 metres and the 10,000m titles at the Olympics this summer. Bekele, 29 ...

Bekele, the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder over both distances, has been hampered by injury over the past two years, but proclaimed himself here to be "free of injury" although not training at 100 per cent. The 29 year-old, who has 16 ...

Bekele Geleta, Secretary-General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will be a Co-Chair for this year's World Economic Forum Africa, which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, between 9th and 11th May 2012. Ethiopian ...

"Sudan is cracking down on civil and political rights in the face of conflict and opposition," said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "But locking up critics and silencing dissent will not solve Sudan's problems." Fighting in mid-April ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 8, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Bekele Geleta, Secretary-General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will be a Co-Chair for this year's World Economic Forum Africa, which will be ...

In temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius (95F) with high humidity, David Rudisha then led a strong Kenyan contingent to a series of top-notch middle-distance performances that even deprived Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele of a winning start to the season.

Ethiopian distance legend Kenenisa Bekele also had an evening to forget as the Olympic champion finished fifth in the men's 5,000m, nearly four seconds behind the winner, fellow Ethiopian Hagos Gebrhiwet, who timed 13min 11.00sec.

But locking up critics and silencing dissent will not solve Sudan’s problems. Daniel Bekele, Africa director (New York) – Sudan has stepped up harassment of journalists, censorship, and arrests of political opponents in the wake of recent ...