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- Kerry to attend Syria talks on May 22, visit Mideast, Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attend talks on Syria in Amman on Wednesday, the State Department said, as major powers try to bring the Syrian government and opposition to peace talks in June. Kerry's visit is part of a one-week trip that begins in Oman on Tuesday and includes talks about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Jerusalem and Ramallah on Thursday and Friday as well as an African Union summit in Addis Ababa over the weekend. He then is scheduled to return to Jordan on Sunday to attend the World Economic Forum. ...
- Jerusalem family tattoos pilgrims for centuries
 JERUSALEM (AP) — Orthodox Christians visiting the Holy Land often return home with more than just spiritual memories. Many drop by a centuries-old tattoo parlor in Jerusalem's Old City, inking themselves with a permanent reminder not only of their pilgrimage but also of devotion to their faith.
- Ethiopian gov't minister, businessmen arrested
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court ruled Tuesday that prosecutors have two weeks to finalize corruption charges against two dozen people who have been arrested, including a senior Cabinet minister.
- Kenyan private equity firm buys into Ethiopian food firm
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya-based private equity firm Catalyst said it had acquired a 50 percent stake in Ethiopian food and drink maker Yes Brands to tap into the Horn of Africa nation's large population and fast economic growth. Mauritius-registered Catalyst Principal Partners raised $125 million last year for its Catalyst Fund 1 to be invested in consumer growth-related opportunities in a region with some of the world's fastest growing economies. ...
- Ethiopian restaurant opens in Canton
If it’s finger food your’re craving, Sheba could become your next go-to eatery.
The new Canton restaurant at 3301 Foster Ave. serves Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine. Ethiopian cuisine is traditionally served with injera, a pancake-style bread, and eaten with your hands.
Sheba opened earlier this month and it’s one of only a few eateries in the city that specializes in the West African delicacies. The restaurant joins a short lineup of Baltimore’s Ethiopian restaurants, including Dukem in…
- Ethiopia arrests minister, 11 others over corruption
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian police have arrested a minister and 11 other people on corruption charges, an official and state media said on Saturday, in the country's most high-profile swoop against graft for more than a decade. Businesses in the region regularly complain of corruption as an obstacle to their work. Transparency International ranked Ethiopia 113 out of 176 nations worldwide in its 2012 perception of corruption index, where No. 1 is considered least corrupt. ...
- Geldof's Africa fund backs commodity exchange company
By Tosin Sulaiman CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Bob Geldof's 8 Miles African private equity fund has made its first investment, backing a start-up company that plans to build commodity exchanges across Africa and improve food security. The rock star activist's $200 million fund has joined Morgan Stanley and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in providing a total of $5 million of seed capital in eleni LLC, co-founded by Eleni Gabre-Madhin, the former head of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX). ...
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