Isaias Afwerki blames TPLF for refusing to “return the occupied territory”
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki posited that the reason why the demarcation of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea has been stalled is the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)’s refusal to...
View ArticleEBC journalist reportedly tried to blackmail Marie Stopes over ongoing reporting
Rumors of Ethiopian press and electronic practitioners receiving cash handouts from politicians, officials, and business leaders have been making the rounds for decades. But blackmail and coercion on...
View ArticleA history textbook full of flat-out lies & deliberate omissions
It has been a number of years since the “Ethiopian History” course has been canceled from Ethiopian colleges and universities for its supposed biases and question of inclusiveness. A new textbook has...
View ArticleAndargachew Tsige: Remembrance and the Revolution
(This is the first installment in a two-part series looking at the memoir written by the Ethiopian intellectual, freedom fighter and opposition politician, Andargachew Tsige.) Andargachew Tsigie and...
View ArticleAndargachew Tsige: A History of Addis Ababa (II)
(This is the second installment in a three-part series looking at the memoir written by the Ethiopian intellectual, freedom fighter and opposition politician, Andargachew Tsige. Find the first part...
View ArticleOromia education bureau head tests negative for coronavirus
Country bans public events as coronavirus cases hit fiveChinese billionaire Jack Ma to donate test kits, masks to every African state The head of Oromia’s education bureau, Dr. Tola Beriso, has tested...
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines complains about negative online postings
Ethiopian flag-carrier Ethiopian Airlines has said that it is being improperly and negatively targeted by online postings on social media for its decision to continue operating in the wake of the...
View ArticleEthiopia announces three new cases of coronavirus
Ethiopia has announced three new confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of people infected by the virus in the country to nine. According to Ethiopia’s Health Minister Lia Tadesse,...
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Coronavirus in Ethiopia: Ticking time bomb?
Ethiopia has fewer confirmed Coronavirus cases, but fears grow about what happens if the country starts to experience a broader outbreak and how the health system would cope with it. Almaz Shiferaw,...
View ArticleAbiy’s apology and Ethiopian political culture
Reacting to PM Abiy’s recent harsh and indiscriminate detraction of African and, specifically, of Ethiopian intellectuals, comments were quick to flow that, not only contested the criticisms, but more...
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In Ethiopia, people place trust in God to end the coronavirus
Daniel Gebre, 34, drives a dilapidated Lada taxi. From his usual stand at Haya Hulet, he navigates his clients to different parts of Addis Ababa. He said business is slow these days, with customers...
View ArticleMan shot dead in Tigray for allegedly failing to comply coronavirus-related...
A police officer has shot and killed a young man in Tigray as the region imposed a curfew amid efforts to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, according to reports. The officer shot and killed...
View ArticleEthiopia readies measures to uphold economy: State Minister of Finance
Ethiopia puts forward a 15 billion birr as liquidity for private banks to support businesses State Minister of Finance announced plans for larger measures depending on the impact of the pandemic The...
View ArticleLockdown could do more harm than good
Loss of livelihood and lack of food due to containment measures and quarantine orders threaten a large part of the country’s population and could kill more people than the COVID-19, warns this writer....
View ArticleEthiopia reports first coronavirus death
Ethiopia has registered its first coronavirus death since the outbreak began, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute announced. A 60-year-old woman, who was in critical condition after being admitted...
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The city of Dire Dawa prepares for a coronavirus surge
As two confirmed cases have appeared in the city, officials and residents have begun to brace for the possibility of a widespread outbreak. There is growing anxiety in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia’s...
View ArticleEthiopia announces 8 new coronavirus cases, including a nine-month-old baby
Ethiopia on Tuesday reported another 8 new coronavirus cases, including a nine-month-old baby, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 52, Ethiopia’s Health Minister Lia Tadesse just...
View ArticleThird death related to coronavirus
A 65-year-old patient became the third person known to be infected with the coronavirus to die in Ethiopia, Minister of Health Lia Tadesse said on Friday, as the number of people contracting the virus...
View ArticleEthiopia bans public gatherings of more than four people
Ethiopia banned public gatherings of more than four people, in measures introduced as part of a state of emergency to tackle the spread of coronavirus. Attorney general Adanech Abiebie announced the...
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Clampdown on street children, beggars using coronavirus as an excuse, witnesses
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs says it is part of an initiative to rehabilitate children, beggars The Ethiopian government has launched a massive clampdown on streets children and elderly...
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