Algeria win in Ethiopia

Africa’s standout team at the Fifa World Cup finals, Algeria, continued their dominance with a fine 2-1 win away in Ethiopia in their Africa Nations Cup Group E Qualifier.
Algeria got the best out of their trip to Addis-Ababa, taking home the full points on offer in difficult conditions and on a very poor pitch.
The Ethiopians dominated the encounter in the first half with a very strong physical presence, and Salah Eddine Said went close to give the locals the lead in the 23rd and 27th minutes.
But it was against the run of play that the Fennec Foxes opened the score in the 35th minute by Soudani (assist by Yacine Brahimi) whose cross was deflected by an Ethiopian defender into his own net.
The match was more balanced in the second half, while Algeria's keeper Rais M'Bolhi had to still make a few important saves to keep his team ahead.
The Algerians were then able to extend their lead, finding the back of the net through Yacine Brahimi in the 84th minute following an excellent solo effort by Mahrez on the left wing.
Ethiopia managed to reduce the score line in referee’s optional time when Said netted from the penalty spot. But it was too little too late for the locals as new Algeria coach Christian Gourcuff got off to a great start.
Algeria are now due to host Mali on Wednesday while Malawi are at home to Ethiopia

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Ethiopian Airlines announces record 46 billion Birr profit

Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (Addis Ababa) – The Ethiopian Airlines announced that it has earned over 46.5 billion Birr revenue during the last budget year, between July 2013 and June 2014.

Despite many challenges, Ethiopian has managed to succeed, the Airline said.
Ethiopian has added additional 13 air crafts to its fleet during this year.
Its fleet includes ultra-modern and environmental friendly air crafts such as Boeing 787, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-200LR Freighter and Bombardier Q-400 with double cabin.
It has also opened new flights to nine destinations during the reported period, including to Kano (the fourth destination in Nigeria), Shanghai and Vienna.
International Air Transport Association (IATA) ranked Ethiopian, a member of Star Alliance, 18th of the best 50 most profitable airlines in the world in 2013.
Ethiopian is ranked number one in Africa in terms of operating profit with 228 million USD.
The airline has reportedly obtained over 2.3 billion USD total revenue in 2013.

 

10ቱ ጥቅም የለሽ የሰውነት ክፍሎች

The best Ethiopian comedy ever, by unknown artists!

I've seen several Ethiopian comedies in  my entire life, some comedians are confused by the difference  between comedy and making fun of people's culture and way of life, in most cases  they don’t know the real boundary between insulting people and artistic expressions.  I always ask myself why these people are butchering people’s language and culture to be a comedian. I love comedy even it is a silent movie. I think comedy (if it is done properly) is a soul food for our life. Recently I've noticed several Ethiopian video clips are joining the YouTube revolution. This is really great! 

Since most new TVs  (SMART TV) and DVD players are coming with YOUTUBE installed or enabled,  it is common to watch an Ethiopian video  from the comfort of our home in our TV as long as there is  aWiFi and internet access. That was the main reason  every night instead of watching regular TV my family is watching Ethiopian videos via YouTube.   For our surprise we found out that we are way behind from watching Ethiopian movies and we are doing our best to catch up with the whole Ethiopian TV/movie culture.   For now our best method or shortcut to watch Ethiopian movies is just search in Youtube by using search words or phrases like “Betoch”,”Amharic Comedy” , “Ethiopian Movie”, “Ethiopian Music”, “Zefen” and so on. By doing these search words, we are able to watch some of  best Ethiopian movies in the net. But what we've watched about few days ago is our best Amharic comedy ever we've watched for long time. The clip is only a 4:48 minutes video, unfortunately we are unable to find the rest of the movie. Now we are asking you to locate the entire version. The clip is titled “ENEYE/እንዬ "


By the way all the casting team we saw in this movie are unknown or we never seen them before, but they deserve 10 out of  10 or A++ for the following reasons.

1. Originality = 10
2. Authenticity   = 10
3. Linguistic Quality   = 10
4. Message Quality  and Delivery= 10
5. Overall Flow =  10
6. Body Language = 10
7. Costume and Traditional Quality = 10
8. Sight Selection and Backdrop = 10
9. Camera Movement = 10
10. Gesture and Character Assimilation = 10

Over all . 10.00
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Ethiopian Airlines achieves record performance despite challenges in FY2014

Ethiopian Airlines, on its Facebook page, stated (27-Aug-2014) it ended FY2014 with record performance “despite the challenges faced in the aviation industry.” Results as follows:

Revenue: RTB46,500 million (USD2430 million), +21% year-on-year;
Passenger traffic (RPKs): +16%;
Capacity (ASKs): +17%;
New aircraft: 13;
New destinations: 9.

Ethiopia, Kenya & Ghana bid to host 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana have announced their interest in bidding to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations following Libya's withdrawal as the host nation.

Libya pulled out last week because of ongoing fighting in the country that has delayed plans to build new stadiums for the 16-team tournament.

Ethiopia, who hosted the tournament in 1962, 1968 and 1976, say they will submit their proposal immediately.

Ethiopia Football Federation president Junedin Basha told BBC Sport: "We already have two ready venues, the Addis Ababa and the Bahir Dar stadiums, and the construction of the other venues has also reached to a good level.

"Our government is ready and interested to do everything it can to bring the tournament back to Ethiopia."

Kenya said in a statement that they are also considering a joint bid with Tanzania or Uganda or Rwanda.

And later on Tuesday, Ghana sports minister wrote on his Twitter page: "I am happy to announce that Ghana will bid to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations."

The Confederation of African Football has set a deadline of 30 September for countries to express their interest in hosting the tournament.

A decision on Libya's replacement will be made in 2015.