Website founder says he was threatened by Tigray regional state’s security...
Three political prisoners remain in jail: Arena Party spokesperson Founder of a Mekele-based website Geez Media said on Friday (February 1) that Tigray region security forces had threatened to arrest...
View ArticleAbiy Ahmed on the role of the media
This is a translation of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s speech on the role of media while responding to questions of lawmakers at parliament on Friday. In Ethiopia, the media find it hard to play the...
View ArticleZadig Abraha delivers scathing review of TPLF after submitting resignation
Former Spokesman in the Office of the Prime Minister, Zadig Abraha on Tuesday submitted a letter of resignation to his party, Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which is part of the ruling...
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Ethiopia showcases travel products at Brussels Holiday Fair
Ethiopia travel and tourism industry players are participating in the 2019 Brussels Holiday Fair this week. The fair kicked off yesterday and will go on until Sunday, February 10. Five Ethiopian tour...
View ArticleEmperor Haile Selassie statue unveiled
A statue of Emperor Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia and a longtime ruler who served from 1930 until his overthrow by the Marxist regime in 1974, was unveiled outside the African Union’s...
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Photographer captures the intensity and emotion of childbirth
The Ethiopian photographer Maheder Haileselassie’s recent work, Birth, features mothers in labour, delivery and newly born babies taken at Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis...
View ArticleCharisma: Is it a Path for Ethiopia?
Thanks to a friend, I recently read an article written by Andreas Eshete and Samuel Assefa for a conference held in Addis Ababa and titled “Reflections on Expanding Ethiopia’s Democratic Space”. The...
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Wolfgang Tillmans: “I’m deep; I’m superficial.”
Wolfgang Tillmans’ Fragile, opened on 14 February at the Modern Art Museum & the Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa, doesn’t just speak to the fragility of things or life but goes beyond that to question...
View ArticleTwenty eight years holed up in Italian Embassy
The hope was that by now they should have left the Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa where they have been given refuge for the past 28 years, and walked free. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed embarked upon a...
View ArticleTwenty eight years holed up in Italian Embassy (part two)
This is the second installment of the article entitled ‘Twenty eight years holed up in Italian Embassy.’ The book, “I noti ospiti” (‘Known guests’) sheds light on the untold story of the two former...
View ArticleBulcha Demeksa announces run for parliament
Bulcha advises not to overburden the current government with too much expectation Opposition leader Bulcha Demeksa, 89, has declared his intention to run for a parliament seat, as the country builds...
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Home demolitions spark anger, confusion
Thousands of people have been internally displaced as part of the region’s crackdown on homes that authorities say are illegal The town of Legetafo, located in the Oromia regional state adjacent to...
View ArticleEthiopia’s foremost washnit player, Yohannes Afework dies at 72
One of the foremost Ethiopian washint players, Yohannes Afework, who helped to ensure the indigenous end-blown flute playing be heard and regarded as an esteemed melody instrument in the national...
View ArticleFrench bank, Banque Populaire set to enter Ethiopia
French bank BRED Banque Populaire – part of the second-largest banking group in France – is planning to start commercial operations in Ethiopia, marking the first foray for a European bank in the...
View ArticleStage veteran, producer dies aged 83
Getachew Debalke, a veteran stage personality, producer, and lyricist, has died at the age of 83 last night. He performed in several plays, including in Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin’s translation of Hamlet,...
View ArticleThe EPRDF should make or break: Merera Gudina
Merera Gudina discusses Ethiopia’s ongoing political transition Merera Gudina was among the speakers giving remarks at an event organized by the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI)...
View ArticleA former Peace Corps volunteer & Orchestra Ethiopia member pays tribute to...
Charles Sutton was a Peace Corps Volunteer and the sole American member of the Orchestra Ethiopia, a music and folk dance group which was active in Addis Ababa in the sixties and seventies. Besides...
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Ethiopian tour companies complain of losing booth at Berlin travel trade
Tourism Ethiopia, formerly known as the Ethiopian Tourism Organization (ETO), a government agency that is given the responsibility of promoting and marketing the country as a tourism destination, is...
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Boran proverbs in their cultural context
Book Introduction Text by Günther Schlee The Boran are a southern Oromo group, which occupies a senior position in Oromo traditional history. Their contact period with the Amhara was shorter than that...
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Gedu Andargachew resigns; replaced by Ambachew Mekonen
Gedu replaced by Ambachew MekonenThe reason behind resignation remains unclear Gedu warned against the dangers of polarized political climate The president of the Amhara National Regional State, Gedu...
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