Meskerem closes marking the end of an era for Ethiopian dining
Restaurant openings are essential nutrients to food writers. We can’t survive without a few juicy coming-soon scoops, filled with all manner of detail about chef, cuisine, decor, investors and anything else we can squeeze out of an available source. But what about closings? How often do we offer more than a dashed-off tweet to acknowledge […]
ISIS claims beheading of African Christian group
ISIS militants in Libya shot and beheaded groups of captive Ethiopian Christians, a video purportedly from the extremists shows. The attack widens the circle of nations affected by the group’s atrocities while showing its growth beyond a self-declared “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq. The release of the 29-minute video comes a day after Afghanistan’s president […]
