Community Center tries to bring them together America’s Ethiopian community has grown quickly since the 1980s and one of its hubs is…
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D.C. attorney general investigating gas station owner Eyob “Joe” Mamo
The District’s attorney general said Wednesday that his office is investigating the city’s largest owner of gas stations for potential antitrust violations.…
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Ethopian cafe owner arrested in major khat bust in Washington DC
District police charged the owner of an Ethiopian cafe with the illegal narcotic khat after investigators intercepted hundreds pounds of the leafy…
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As Black Population Declines in D.C., Little Ethiopia Thrives
It was about an hour into the afternoon rush at Ben’s Chili Bowl, and Kassahun Addis pushed through the back kitchen doors…
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Meet the guy who owns half of D.C.’s Gas stations, Joe (Eyob) Mamo, D.C.’s Gas-Station Master
To hear him tell it, Joe Mamo’s move from Ethiopia to North Dakota in 1981 was accidental. Mamo’s father, Yenberber Mamo, was…