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Guyyoo Gobbaa is a 39-year-old cattle farmer from a remote region of southern Ethiopia. He has also just been named king of one million people from the Borana group. Pictures: Anita Powell 2009) Borana's Ethiopian king fails to endorse aspirants By...
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Since tomorrow is supposed to be the end of the world, according to the Mayan calendar, what's more appropriate than this just-released trailer for the comedy film, This is The End, scheduled to come out next summer, on June 14th?. Provided we're still around... The film is definitely a low budget, home made affair directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen who stars in the film, along with a bunch of his buddies, including James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Michael Cera, Jason Segel, Emma Watson and Craig Robinson. Being the single black guy in the film, no doubt there are certain to be jokes about if he'll make through the end of the film or...
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Ethiopian footballer Saladin SaidSaladin Said, the most celebrated footballer in EthiopiaSource: starafrica.comEthiopians are returning to the local football stadia after years of apathy that saw them switch to European and English Football L...
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Hah! And I actually like this one better than the first one, which didn't do much for me at all! This is just silly, but a good kind of silly! I laughed when I first looked at it, so, mission, in-part, accomplished!I I missed an early promo screening of it here in NYC a couple of weeks ago; but thankfully, Sergio previously saw it at a Chicago screening, and he loved its irreverent humor. Thus far, I've heard nothing but good things from all those who've seen it (and from a variety of tastes), so Marlon Wayans just might have a sleeper hit on his hands in early 2013. From the red-band trailer below, it looks like adult fun! Recapping... Marlon...
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House Republicans revolted this evening and rejected Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" which would have extended the Bush tax cuts for everyone making $1 million or less, among other provisions. According to Boehner, he canceled a scheduled vote on his plan after it became clear he could not get enough support from Republicans for it [...]
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St Mirren v Motherwell sees two teams with greatly contrasting form go head to head, and it may pay to lay the home side
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For Iranan readers, the Iranian Diaspora and those from countries whose cultural traditions derive from Iran (in Central Asia and the Caucasus), greetings for Yalda, or Shab-e Yalda (شب یلدا, Yalda Night) the ancient Iranian celebration of the Winter Solstice. Originally marking the Birth of Mithra (that is, the annual "rebirth" of the sun at the solstice, it survives, like Nowruz in the spring, as a seasonal celebration of winter, marked by pomegranates, watermelon, and other traditional foods.
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Video and a transcript of Julian Assange's complete remarks to supporters at Ecuadorean Embassy in London on Thursday night.
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Security council sanctions military operation to be carried out by an African-led force against al-Qaida and other militants
The UN security council on Thursday unanimously authorised the deployment of an African-led military force to help defeat al-Qaida and other Islamist militants in northern Mali.
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First announced on this site on December 3rd, Cicely Tyson is returning to Broadway for the first time in 30 years, to star in a revival of Horton Foote's 1953 drama The Trip to Bountiful, which will be directed by Michael Wilson. The show is set to start a 14-week run on April 23, 2013 after previews that begin on March 31, at the Stephen Sondheim Theater. Announced this afternoon, joining Tyson in the play, will be Cuba Gooding Jr. (making his Broadway debut), Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad, who was most recently nominated for a Tony award, for her performance in Stick Fly (which is now becoming a film for HBO). Here's the...
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This holiday season, the Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program, or DDT, is celebrating our biggest accomplishment this year! Following DDT Manager Buky Williams' recent trip to the refugee camps in eastern Chad, DDT has released its latest progress report on the funds implemented in Goz Amer.
From 2011-2012, the U.N. Refugee Agency, or UNHCR, implemented $200,000 that was raised by schools, major donors, and supporters throughout the United States for primary education in Goz Amer refugee camp. Decisions regarding the use of these funds were based on a needs assessment carried out by UNHCR, implementing partners, and the refugees themselves. The funds improved the quality of education in Goz Amer schools by rehabilitating classrooms, providing schools supplies, improving teachers' ...
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In Nigeria, it is often said that the Arab racism inoculates the Sahel against al-Qaeda. Now, there is a credible report...
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The top commander of the South Sudan army's controversial disarmament campaign in Jonglei state recently announced a shift in the strategy for dealing with the most troublesome challenge to their "Operation Restore Hope"-the David Yau Yau rebellion in Pibor. The SPLA will now "launch aggressive attacks" against the rebels, said Lt. Gen. Kuol Deim Kuol, effectively ending what the SPLA previous said was its plan to only assume defensive positions to allow the necessary space for an initiative that saw local elders travel to their communities to convince the population not to join Yau Yau or to be in possession of guns.
Those local efforts were having limited results, the Enough Project found during recent field research in Pibor, presented in a new report published this week. In September, ...
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Filmmaker Shannon Walsh teamed up with director and writer Arya Laloo to make Jeppe on a Friday, "a neighborhood documentary." The setting is Jeppestown in Johannesburg, South Africa, chronicling a day in the lives of eight residents of this area on the brink of massive change. The featured residents are Beninese entrepreneurs Arouna and Zainab; [...]
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