My life as a butcher
Jemberu, 32, busy in his work and dressed in a white butcher’s coat, explains his life as butcher in Meri on the outskirts of Addis Ababa – from handling huge pieces of meat to competition coming from...
View ArticleDozens killed in Amhara region, defence forces ordered to take measures
Several dozen people have been shot dead on Monday and Tuesday in different towns of the Amhara region, according to reports. A resident of Simada town, 105kms from Debre Tabor, an important market...
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Atnafseged Yilma– A life in journalism
“I don’t have an interesting back story about why I became a journalist,” says Atnafseged Yilma. The experienced journalist, who began work as a cadet journalist at Voice of Ethiopia newspaper and...
View ArticleAU calls for restraint, encourages dialogue following protests in Ethiopia
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is following the evolving socio-political situation over the last few months in the Federal Democratic Republic of...
View ArticleFire breaks out at Akaki’s central jail
A fire broke out at Kilinto prison, located in Addis Ababa’s Akaki sub-city Saturday morning. The Addis Ababa fire prevention authority public relation officer, Adane Abraha told Radio Fana that the...
View ArticleMore than 20 killed in prison fire, in the worst tragedy of its kind in decades
More than 20 inmates were killed in a kilinto prison fire, in the outskirts of Addis Ababa, early Saturday officials said Monday, as families clamored to learn whether their loved ones were among the...
View ArticleTeddy Mak & Hanna Girma: Ave Maria
Driven by the sheer joy of music, Teddy Mak established himself at an early stage in his career not just as an Ethiopian musician but as a world class performer. And when he burst upon his country’s...
View ArticleMany New Year concerts cancelled
The US-based Abdu Kiar and the Addis-based Betty G’s joint concert scheduled to take place at Ghion Hotel in Addis Ababa on September 10 to welcome in Ethiopia’s New Year has been cancelled. Abdu Kiar...
View ArticleMore than 700 prisoners have been freed
More than 700 political prisoners in Ethiopia have been freed under an amnesty ordered by the country’s president, Mulatu Teshome, as part of a presidential pardon for Ethiopia’s New Year and Eid...
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Ali Kaifa: the man who built Ethiopia’s Motown
When we hear a great music, the trend here is that to think of the record as having solely originated from the imagination of the musician. But that obviously ignores the role of the producer, who...
View ArticleFire engulfs main market in Gondar town
Yet another mysterious fire has destroyed large parts of Gondar’s main market, state media reports. More 400 stalls devastated by a fire that broke out at the Kidame Gebeya market, a large...
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Ethiopian photographer at New York City’s largest annual photography event
Rising Ethiopian photographer Eyerusalem Adugna will have her photography featured at Brooklyn’s pop-up photography fair, Photoville, featuring portraits she took at the holy town of Lalibela. Speaking...
View ArticleMuktar Kedir and Aster Mamo step down in party leadership upheaval
The Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO) has voted to remove its party head Muktar Kedir from office, only two years after his appointment, state media reported. The party’s deputy Aster Mamo,...
View ArticleWife reacts to “embarrassing flattery” of her husband
The wife of Binyam Belete, founder of Macedonia Humanitarian Association, said she was saddened and embarrassed by the comparison of her husband to Jesus by a master of ceremony at an event to honour...
View ArticleYemen’s Houthi forces attack Eritrea’s Airport, Navy base: rebels
(Sudan Tribune) – An Eritrean opposition group, Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) on Wednesday said that Yemen’s Houthi group have attacked the international Airport of Assab, a port city in...
View ArticleEthiopia says will not allow Riek Machar to stay within territory
(Sudan Tribune)-South Sudan’s former First Vice President and leader of the armed opposition faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO), Riek Machar, will not be welcomed to Ethiopia...
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Tesfaye Gessesse celebrates his 80th birthday
It’s a very big birthday for Ato Tesfaye Gessesse. The well-known figure, poet, dramatist, literary critic, novelist, stage director, lecturer turns 80 on Monday. The assistant professor has celebrated...
View ArticleDozens killed and injured in Bishoftu
(Reuters)-Police in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region fired teargas and warning shots on Sunday to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival, triggering a stampede that the opposition party...
View ArticleMany New Year concerts cancelled
The US-based Abdu Kiar and the Addis-based Betty G’s joint concert scheduled to take place at Ghion Hotel in Addis Ababa on September 10 to welcome in Ethiopia’s New Year has been cancelled. Abdu Kiar...
View ArticleEthiopia unrest resurges after stampede
(Aljazeera)-Often violent protests in which rights groups say hundreds of people have been killed by security forces have flared up again in Ethiopia, with a US citizen among the latest deaths....
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