Los Angeles Little Ethiopia is about to celebrate its 13th birthday

By Amde Mitiku , Ethiovibe Contributor

Los Angeles is one of the giant city in America, According to the 2012 US Census Bureau Los Angeles city’s population is passing 3.8 million, but the Los Angeles  county’s population is passing 10 million and neighboring county the Orange county’s population is passing 3.1 million. Most Ethiopians in Los Angles are living in Los Angeles  and Orange counties as well as Riverside (2.2.million) and Kern (.8million) counties. That means the total population in Los Angeles county and neighboring counties is passing 20 million. It translated to , more people are living in these counties  than  Anglo or Burkina Faso even Holland. If these counties are considered  as  a country they can be the 59th country in the world (See the table below). With this huge population Los Angles is known as the center of entertainment and glamor but more importantly Los Angles is the home of  diverse ethnics and  global population. Los Angles has areas named after diverse population such as China Town, Little Italy, Korea Town , Little Tokyo are few examples.  Los Angeles has the highest concentration of Mexicans outside Mexico, Koreans outside Korea, and even Samoans outside Samoa. Also Russian, Ethiopian, Armenian, and even British enclaves also coexist throughout L.A. But to call the city a "melting pot" wouldn't be quite accurate; Los Angeles is also the home of several thousands of Ethiopians. Most Ethiopians are living city of Los Angeles but few are scattered throughout the neighboring counties, but the city of  Los Angeles Fairfax district is the central meeting place for most Ethiopians. After fierce fight and   intense campaign 13 years ago  city of Los Angeles recognized the part of Fairfax business district as Little Ethiopia, which is the first official recognition in the world. This year that landmark recognition will celebrate its 13th birth day. On Sep 14, 2014 the Los Angles Little Ethiopia Organizing committee will celebrate the 13 annual  celebration with elaborate Ethiopian shows and entertainment,
Rank	Country Or Area	Population
1	China	1,355,692,576
2	India	1,236,344,631
3	United States	318,892,103
4	Indonesia	253,609,643
5	Brazil	202,656,788
6	Pakistan	196,174,380
7	Nigeria	177,155,754
8	Bangladesh	166,280,712
9	Russia	142,470,272
10	Japan	127,103,388
11	Mexico	120,286,655
12	Philippines	107,668,231
13	Ethiopia	96,633,458
14	Vietnam	93,421,835
15	Egypt	86,895,099
16	Turkey	81,619,392
17	Germany	80,996,685
18	Iran	80,840,713
19	Congo (Kinshasa)	77,433,744
20	Thailand	67,741,401
21	France	66,259,012
22	United Kingdom	63,742,977
23	Italy	61,680,122
24	Burma	55,746,253
25	Tanzania	49,639,138
26	Korea, South	49,039,986
27	South Africa	48,375,645
28	Spain	47,737,941
29	Colombia	46,245,297
30	Kenya	45,010,056
31	Ukraine	44,291,413
32	Argentina	43,024,374
33	Algeria	38,813,722
34	Poland	38,346,279
35	Uganda	35,918,915
36	Sudan	35,482,233
37	Canada	34,834,841
38	Morocco	32,987,206
39	Iraq	32,585,692
40	Afghanistan	31,822,848
41	Nepal	30,986,975
42	Peru	30,147,935
43	Malaysia	30,073,353
44	Uzbekistan	28,929,716
45	Venezuela	28,868,486
46	Saudi Arabia	27,345,986
47	Yemen	26,052,966
48	Ghana	25,758,108
49	Korea, North	24,851,627
50	Mozambique	24,692,144
51	Taiwan	23,359,928
52	Madagascar	23,201,926
53	Cameroon	23,130,708
54	Cote d'Ivoire	22,848,945
55	Syria	22,597,531
56	Australia	22,507,617
57	Sri Lanka	21,866,445
58	Romania	21,729,871
	Los Angeles + Orange + River Side + Kern	20.000,000
59	Angola	19,088,106
60	Burkina Faso	18,365,123
61	Kazakhstan	17,948,816
62	Niger	17,466,172
63	Chile	17,363,894
64	Malawi	17,241,754
65	Netherlands	16,877,351
66	Mali	16,455,903
67	Ecuador	15,654,411
68	Cambodia	15,458,332
69	Guatemala	14,647,083
70	Zambia	14,638,505
71	Zimbabwe	13,771,721
72	Senegal	13,635,927
73	Rwanda	12,337,138
74	South Sudan	11,562,695
75	Guinea	11,474,383
76	Chad	11,412,107
77	Cuba	11,047,251
78	Tunisia	10,937,521
79	Portugal	10,813,834
80	Greece	10,775,557
81	Bolivia	10,631,486
82	Czech Republic	10,627,448
83	Belgium	10,449,361
84	Somalia	10,428,043
85	Burundi	10,395,931
86	Dominican Republic	10,349,741
87	Benin	10,160,556
88	Haiti	9,996,731
89	Hungary	9,919,128
90	Sweden	9,723,809
91	Azerbaijan	9,686,210
92	Belarus	9,608,058
93	Honduras	8,598,561
94	Austria	8,223,062
95	Switzerland	8,061,516
96	Tajikistan	8,051,512
97	Israel	7,821,850
98	Togo	7,351,374
99	Serbia	7,209,764
100	Hong Kong	7,112,688
101	Bulgaria	6,924,716
102	Laos	6,803,699
103	Paraguay	6,703,860
104	Papua New Guinea	6,552,730
105	Jordan	6,528,061
106	Eritrea	6,380,803
107	Libya	6,244,174
108	El Salvador	6,125,512
109	Nicaragua	5,848,641
110	Sierra Leone	5,743,725
111	United Arab Emirates	5,628,805
112	Kyrgyzstan	5,604,212
113	Denmark	5,569,077
114	Singapore	5,567,301
115	Slovakia	5,492,677
116	Central African Republic	5,277,959
117	Finland	5,268,799
118	Turkmenistan	5,171,943
119	Norway	5,147,792
120	Georgia	4,935,880
121	Ireland	4,832,765
122	Costa Rica	4,755,234
123	Congo (Brazzaville)	4,662,446
124	Croatia	4,470,534
125	New Zealand	4,401,916
126	Lebanon	4,136,895
127	Liberia	4,092,310
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,871,643
129	Puerto Rico	3,620,897
130	Panama	3,608,431
131	Moldova	3,583,288
132	Mauritania	3,516,806
133	Lithuania	3,505,738
134	Uruguay	3,332,972
135	Oman	3,219,775
136	Armenia	3,060,927
137	Albania	3,020,209
138	Mongolia	2,953,190
139	Jamaica	2,930,050
140	Kuwait	2,742,711
141	West Bank	2,731,052
142	Namibia	2,198,406
143	Latvia	2,165,165
144	Botswana	2,155,784
145	Qatar	2,123,160
146	Macedonia	2,091,719
147	Slovenia	1,988,292
148	Lesotho	1,942,008
149	Gambia, The	1,925,527
150	Kosovo	1,859,203
151	Gaza Strip	1,816,379
152	Guinea-Bissau	1,693,398
153	Gabon	1,672,597
154	Swaziland	1,419,623
155	Mauritius	1,331,155
156	Bahrain	1,314,089
157	Estonia	1,257,921
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1,223,916
159	Timor-Leste	1,201,542
160	Cyprus	1,172,458
161	Fiji	903,207
162	Djibouti	810,179
163	Comoros	766,865
164	Guyana	735,554
165	Bhutan	733,643
166	Equatorial Guinea	722,254
167	Montenegro	650,036
168	Solomon Islands	609,883
169	Macau	587,914
170	Suriname	573,311
171	Western Sahara	554,795
172	Cabo Verde	538,535
173	Luxembourg	520,672
174	Brunei	422,675
175	Malta	412,655
176	Maldives	393,595
177	Belize	340,844
178	Bahamas, The	321,834
179	Iceland	317,351
180	Barbados	289,680
181	French Polynesia	280,026
182	New Caledonia	267,840
183	Vanuatu	266,937
184	Samoa	196,628
185	Sao Tome and Principe	190,428
186	Saint Lucia	163,362
187	Guam	161,001
188	Curacao	147,695
189	Aruba	110,663
190	Grenada	110,152
191	Tonga	106,440
192	Micronesia, Federated States of	105,681
193	Kiribati	104,488
194	Virgin Islands, U.S.	104,170
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	102,918
196	Jersey	96,513
197	Seychelles	91,650
198	Antigua and Barbuda	91,295
199	Isle of Man	86,866
200	Andorra	85,458
201	Dominica	73,449
202	Marshall Islands	70,983
203	Bermuda	69,839
204	Guernsey	65,849
205	Greenland	57,728
206	Cayman Islands	54,914
207	American Samoa	54,517
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,538
209	Northern Mariana Islands	51,483
210	Faroe Islands	49,947
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	49,070
212	Sint Maarten	40,289
213	Liechtenstein	37,313
214	San Marino	32,742
215	Virgin Islands, British	32,680
216	Saint Martin	31,530
217	Monaco	30,508
218	Gibraltar	29,185
219	Palau	21,186
220	Anguilla	16,086
221	Wallis and Futuna	15,561
222	Tuvalu	10,782
223	Cook Islands	10,134
224	Nauru	9,488
225	Saint Helena	7,776
226	Saint Barthelemy	7,267
227	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,716
228	Montserrat	5,215

Ethiopian Airlines to operate service on Paris CDG-Seychelles route from Sept 27

Ethiopian Airlines to operate service on Paris CDG-Seychelles route from Sept 27
By TBM Staff | Mumbai
Ethiopian Airlines will launch a service from Paris CDG to Seychelles on September 27, as per a release. Initially, the flight will operate three times a week from Paris CDG via Addis Ababa and twice weekly service departing from Mahé with onward connection to Pars CDG.

The flight will on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays will depart from Paris CDG at 2215 hrs to arrive in Addis Ababa at 0650 hrs and leave at 1010 hrs to reach Seychells at 1525 hrs. On the return leg on Fridays and Mondays, the flight will depart from Seychelles at 1625 hrs to arrive in Addis Ababa at 1940 hrs and leave at 1155 hrs to arrive in Paris CDG at 0630 hrs.

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

Shadow Market For Taxi Permits Lucrative For Some, Hardship For Others

Fred, who is short, 40ish and East African, makes a lot of money in the taxi business in San Diego. And it’s not just from driving a cab.

Ethiopian AirliEthiopian Airlines announces record 46 billion Birr profitnes announces record 46 billion Birr profit

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
Share it if you agree!

 

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.

American, US Airways Pull Business from Orbitz

Maybe it’s only temporary.

Maybe it’s just a negotiating ploy.

Nonetheless, in an industry-shocking move Tuesday that could have a domino effect, American Airlines announced it has pulled its fares off of online travel agency Orbitz.com and its affiliates, effective immediately.

American’s merger partner, US Airways, will pull its fares from Orbitz effective Monday, Sept. 1. Combined, American and US Airways account for 25 percent of the domestic air travel market.

American said it could not come to an agreement with Orbitz on a new contract. That also might bode well for traditional travel agents, something American Airlines president Scott Kirby alluded to in a statement.

“We have worked tirelessly with Orbitz to reach a deal with the economics that allow us to keep costs low and compete with low-cost carriers,” Kirby said. “While our fares are no longer on Orbitz, there are a multitude of other options available for our customers, including brick and mortar agencies, online travel agencies, and our own websites.”

That Orbitz will not be able to sell flights on American and US Airways is not only costly to the online portal, but ironic. American was one of several airlines that invested in Orbitz when the company was created in 2000.

Orbitz downplayed the significance of American’s ploy.

“Our sites offer hundreds of airlines which are eager to capture the revenue American is choosing to forego, and we will continue to show our customers a broad range of flight options to thousands of destinations in the U.S. and worldwide,” Orbitz said in a statement.

Nonetheless, the news shook Orbitz. Shares of Orbitz Worldwide closed at $8.04 on Tuesday, down 4.63 percent – and at one point it was down more than eight percent before rallying at close.

According to the Dallas Morning News, Orbitz’s 2010 annual report noted that for American Airlines, “tickets booked on our Orbitz.com and Orbitz for Business sites, including ancillary revenue from associated hotels, car rentals, travel insurance and destination services revenue, represented approximately 5 percent of our total net revenue.”

Whether this is a negotiating tactic on the part of the airline remains to be seen. American pulled this maneuver before, in 2010, in a similar contract dispute but did eventually return its fares to the online booking agent.

Italy recovers 24 bodies in deadliest refugee days

Italy recovers 24 bodies in deadliest refugee days

ROME (AP) — Another 24 bodies were recovered Tuesday from an overturned fishing boat off Italy's southern coast as would-be refugees fleeing increasing instability in Libya saw their deadliest few days this year with more than 300 drowned.

The U.N. refugee agency said the worst incident occurred Friday near Garibouli, east of Tripoli. That boat was reportedly carrying at least 270 people when it overturned and sank. Only 19 people survived, according to Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva.

On Tuesday, the Italian navy said two of its patrol boats recovered 24 corpses from a capsized smuggler's boat Sunday night. Their remains, as well as 364 survivors, were headed toward Augusta on Sicily's east coast.

The U.N. agency said more than 300 would-be refugees have been killed since Friday and that 1,889 have died since the start of the year, including 1,600 since the beginning of June when the influx grew exponentially as the security situation in Libya deteriorated.

More than 100,000 people have arrived in Italy so far this year thanks to increasing instability in Libya, where human smugglers operate. Some 42,000 had arrived in all of 2013. Most of the migrants hail from Eritrea, Syria, Somalia and other African nations. They pay hundreds or thousands of euros apiece to Libyan-based smugglers to make the treacherous crossing to Europe.

At a meeting Wednesday with the EU's home affairs commissioner, Italy's interior minister is expected to demand that the European Union do more to help Italy rescue the migrants. Italy launched the 9.5 million euro ($13 million) a month "Mare Nostrum" operation last year after more than 360 migrants drowned when their boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa.

"As more refugees and migrants risk their lives at sea to reach Europe ... urgent action is needed including in finding legal alternatives to these dangerous journeys," Fleming said, according to a U.N. summary of her remarks.

ሳንድያጎ የኢትዮጵያ ቀን እና የቡሄ በአል በደማቅ ስነ ስርዓት ተከበረ

ሳንድያጎ የኢትዮጵያ ቀን እና  የቡሄ በአል በደማቅ ስነ ስርዓት ተከበረ

Ethiopian Day Celebration. Photo Credit Yedidaya

(Yebbo.com San Diego Aug 8 25, 2014)  በኢትዮጵያ ኮሚኒቲ ሳንድያጎ አስተባባሪነት የተዘጋጀው የኢትዮጵያ ቀን ቁጥሩ እጅግ ከፍተኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን በተገኘበት በታዋቂው የሰላማዊ ውቅያኖስ ዳርቻ ላይ ትናንት እሁድ ነሃሴ 24፣2006 ዓም በታላቅ ድምቀት ተከበረ። በዚህ ዝግጅት ላይ  የእግር ኳስ ጨዋታ ግጥሚያ፣ ጭውውት፣ ሙዚቃ፣ ነፃ የምግና መጠጥ፣ ባህላዊ የኢትዮጵያ ቡና፣ የበቆሎ እሽት ጥብስና የተለያዩ ባህላዊ ጭፈራዎች የተደረጉ ሲሆን በእለቱም የክብር እንግዳ  የቀድሞው የኢትዮጵያ ብሄራዊ እግር ኳስ ቡድን ተጫዋች አቶ ሽዋንግዛው አጎናፍር የማበረታቻ ንግግር ሲያደርጉ የማህበረሰቡ ፕሬዘዳንት አቶ ተረፈ መኮንንም በቦታው ለተገኙት የበአሉ ተሳታፊዎች ታላቅ ምስጋና አቅርበው ይህ በሀል የጋራችን የሆነ አንድ የሚያደርገን የኢትዮጵያውያን መመኪችን በመሆኑ ለወደፊቱ ከዚህ በበለጠ ለማክበር የማንኝውም ኢትዮጵያዊ ተሳትፎ ወሳኝ መሆኑን አስታውቀው ምሽቱ የቡሄ ችቦ በማብራት ተጥናቋል።
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ይሁኔ በላይ አዲስ ሙዚቃ አወጣ

Yihune Belay is one of few Ethiopian authentic  Amharic transitional singers who is still keeping his root,  now he is  ready to bless us with his new release album entitled Siyamer Chewataw". ሲያምር ጨዋታው . Yehune is becoming  the best role model for several upcoming Amharic traditional singers,  with his unique and melodically reach songs he is becoming the stepping stone for several new Ethiopian artists. One of the best quality for Yihune's artistic sophistication is his selection of lyrics and melody which pinpoints the traditional Ethiopian Amharic locales. This time instead of relaying on camera techniques  and  green-screen manipulation, Yehune traveled to Ethiopia (on-site) to shoot some of the clips  for his upcoming video release. By doing this expensive trip he is able to capture the best of the best original Amharic traditional songs  and ready to share with us. Enjoy!