Jun 182013
 
Ethiopia face points deduction after admitting error

Ethiopia soc­cer offi­cials have admit­ted field­ing an inel­i­gi­ble player in a World Cup qual­i­fier and are resigned to being stripped of three points, poten­tially hand­ing South Africa and Botswana a 2014 life­line. “We have eval­u­ated the sit­u­a­tion and we came across the issue that we made a mis­take,” Ethiopian Foot­ball Fed­er­a­tion pres­i­dent Sahilu Gebre­mariam told […]

Jun 182013
 
 Ethiopia, Egypt Meet to Ease Nile Dam Tensions

ADDIS ABABA — Egypt and Ethiopia are tak­ing steps to defuse ten­sion over Ethiopia’s diver­sion of the Nile River to con­struct a mas­sive hydro­elec­tric dam. The min­is­ters of for­eign affairs from both coun­tries held talks in Addis Ababa on Mon­day and Tues­day. At issue: the ten­sions that rose after Ethiopia began divert­ing part of the Blue […]