National Earth Day Conference

From Addis to Amsterdam and every disco I am in...

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May 13th 2010
I keep meaning to bring my journal to work so that I can whip a blog entry out at lunch; when I HAVE remembered to do this, I haven’t had the time and then I have stupidly left it at the office so I can’t write at home either! So here’s the bullets version of some of the highlights of the last what? Three weeks? • I got chased by a dog down a street. He was actually more of a large p ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... ... read more