Prisoners subjected to harsher treatment, singled out for their ethnicity
Prisoners from Wolkait region being held in Mekele prison are subjected to a litany of assaults, systematic torture, according the Tigray based opposition group, Arena. Wolkait which has been attached...
View ArticleFive shipping service enterprise officials arrested
Five higher officials of the Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Service Enterprise (ESLCE) arrested on corruption charges. The five suspects are shipping service deputy CEO of corporate service sector,...
View Article25 dead in clashes in Meiso town
Fighting today between Oromo and Somali ethnic groups in the eastern Ethiopian town of Meiso killed at least 25 people, including six civilians, according to information by the Woreda communication...
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Getachew Desta- Pioneer disc jockey
Getachew Desta is a legendary disc jockey and radio show host who used to host listeners’ music choices in Radio Ethiopia in the 1960’s and early 70’s. For while, his show aired every Sunday for an...
View ArticleAfter big dam gamble, Ethiopia seeks private energy for power surge
Ethiopia’s public investment in mega dams has been a bold attempt to make up for Africa’s power deficit. But despite some impressive achievements, doubts remain about the efficiency of those schemes,...
View ArticleTeddy Afro and Amleset’s children enrolled in French School
Ethiopian pop star Teddy Afro will go on tour from October, starting in US before moving on to Europe, but his first priority was to get his children into a good school. Teddy Afro and Amleset Muchie’s...
View ArticleDistinguished soil scientist and former State Minister of Agriculture passed...
Distinguished soil scientist and former Ethiopian State Minister of Agriculture, Professor Tekalign Mamo passed away. The cause of his death has not been disclosed but he had been hospitalized in UK...
View ArticleOne Award: Rejuvenating Ethiopian Journalism
Rewarding Good Writing, an annual competition and award for published Ethiopian journalists & bloggers is wrapping up a second successful edition to award winners in time for Ethiopian New Year!...
View ArticleProminent economist Wolday Amha dies in car crash
Dr. Wolday Amha, a prominent economist and the Executive Director of the Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions has died in a car crash near Addis Ababa yesterday. Addis Fortune wrote that...
View ArticleFighting between Somalia and Oromo regions spreads to Bale and Borena
Sporadic fighting has flared up between the Somali regional government armed forces and Oromia policemen in Bale and Moyale area, causing widespread casualties and deaths. At least four people died in...
View ArticleJano band disbanded over ownership disputes
After 6 years together, Jano Band members are splitting over disputes, Ethiopia Observer learnt. The band has been at work on its second album and recently headlined a festival in Italy. The ten band...
View ArticleCommunity pulls water-thirsty invasive weeds from Ethiopia’s Lake Tana
Last week thousands of people in northwest Ethiopia marched to Abay River and Lake Tana as part of the “Save Lake Tana” movement to remove invasive water hyacinth by hand. The free-floating,...
View ArticleTeddy Afro’s Mar Eske Tuaf ማር እስከ ጧፍ (ፍቅር እስከ መቃብር) video released
On Monday, Ethiopian New Year Teddy Afro released the highly anticipated music video from his last album Ethiopia, Mar Eske Tuaf. The six-minute video, produced by Teddy Afro’s wife Amleset Muchie,...
View ArticleProtests in Oromia region against paramilitary forces, Liyu police: Reports
Protests erupted in Oromia regions against paramilitary forces, known as Liyu police, according to reports. Large demonstrations were held this morning in eastern Ethiopian towns of Aweday, Deder,...
View ArticleEthiopian government admits individuals killed during protests
Ethiopian government admitted that there were deaths and property damages in yesterday’s anti-paramilitary forces in various towns of Oromia region. At least two persons were killed in the eastern town...
View ArticleAt Least 32 Killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia, Somali Regions
At least 32 people have been killed in clashes across Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regions following clashes between rival ethnic Somali and Oromo forces, a former Ethiopian lawmaker said. Speaking to...
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Thousands flee Somali region
Thousands of Oromo people residing in the Somali region have fled, crowded in trucks on Thursday, after ordered to leave the region within 24 hours by the security forces. Clashes between ethnic Somali...
View ArticleEthiopia’s tense ethnic federalism is being tested again
The federal republic of Ethiopia is one of Africa’s most daring constitutional experiments. The radical idea—that by institutionalizing ethnic divisions the country might peacefully overcome them—was a...
View ArticleEthiopia ranked as 41th most powerful military in the world
The list of the globe’s most potent armies ranks the United States as the most powerful military in the world, with a power index rating of 0.0857.The website Global Firepower ranks the most powerful...
View ArticleDeadly ethnic violence in around Bule-Hora
Ethnic clashes in and around Bule-Hora (formerly called Hagere Mariam), the largest town between Dilla and Yabello are reported to have left at least 12 people dead and 15 others injured. An old...
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