Ambassador Araya Desta says the Security Council imposed sanctions on Eritrea were largely based on what he calls fabrication and mischaracterization. “We have never had any time or situation where we have been supporting the al-Shabab or any other group ...

The promoters, led by Eskinder Desta, started selling shares two and a half years ago. Since then, they have been able to collect 102 million Br in cash from the sale of 154.65 million Br-worth of shares by the end of the 2010/11 fiscal year, according to ...

"The aircraft disintegrated in the air due to explosion, which could have been caused by a shoot-down, sabotage or lightning strike," Desta Zeru, vice president of flight operations for Ethiopian Airlines, said in a statement. The airline's own accident ...

In the view of Eritrea's UN ambassador, Araya Desta, the vote turned into a sideshow of the AU power tussle. Desta said that Ethiopia had offered to support Ping's bid for a second term in return for Gabon's support for sanctions against Eritrea.

Born September 30, 1957, in Athens, he was the son of the late Ernest and Desta L. McNutt Hudnall. He is survived by children Michael (Gina) Hudnall, Michelle (Chris) Hudnall-Houston, Ernest Hudnall; six grandchildren; sisters Glenna Wade, Charlotte (Jim ...

The same split reaction to Ethiopians apparently exists at the highest levels of Israel’s government. When Ethiopian activist Gadi Desta said that there were incidents of “apartheid” in Israel, Immigration and Absorption Minister Sofa Landver rebuked ...

I think it should stay Muzungus in Uganda… like the group name suggests. Desta Abraham argued that excluding Uganda would be discriminatory: The group should be open to anyone irrespective of nationality. The point of the group is to help ...

Mark Zandi, chief econ­o­mist at Moody’s Ana­lyt­ics, said he thinks fur­ther bond buy­ing is likely this year only if Europe’s finan­cial cri­sis desta­bi­lized U.S. finan­cial mar­kets and threat­ened the U.S. economy. “Fur­ther bond ...

The gen­er­als who took power have accused “for­eign hands” of being behind protests against their rule and fre­quently depict the pro­test­ers as receiv­ing for­eign funds in a plot to desta­bi­lize the country. The White House said it has d ...

The esca­lat­ing vio­lence threat­ens could desta­bi­lize Syria’s neigh­bors in the pow­der keg that is the Mid­dle East, she warned. “The sta­tus quo is unsus­tain­able,” Clin­ton said. “The longer the Assad regime con­tin­ues its ...