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Ethiopian Aviation Group to inaugurate terminal expansion, hotel projects
By Kaleyesus Bekele Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Group is to inaugurate the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport passenger terminal expansion and the five-star hotel near its headquarters in Addis...
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Is the Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopia?
According to Ethiopian lore, the Ark of the Covenant is hidden in a church in Aksum–a small city in the northern highlands–and guarded by a single monk. Melissa Twigg Daily Beast Ethiopia throbs with...
View ArticleESAT Special Program Major Dawit Wolde-Giorgis Speech On The 7th Vision...
ESAT Special Program Major Dawit Wolde-Giorgis Speech On The 7th Vision Ethiopia Conference Dec 2018 The post ESAT Special Program Major Dawit Wolde-Giorgis Speech On The 7th Vision Ethiopia Conference...
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Homeless children struggle to survive on the streets of Ethiopia’s capital
Driven from their rural homes by family problems and lack of opportunity, more and more children are making for Addis Ababa. Alone and vulnerable, they receive no state support Global development is...
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Ethiopia, Eritrea reopen another border crossing
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on Monday reopened a border crossing between their countries as part of an ongoing reconciliation between the former foes. The...
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Reflections on the Rule of Law and Ethiopia’s Transition to Democratic Rule...
By Alemayehu G. Mariam What a difference a year makes? The rule of law crushed to earth for 27 years rose up in Ethiopia in 2018. If someone would have told me in the first week of 2018 that I would be...
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Taoiseach says visit to Ethiopia changed his perspective on refugee camps
Biggest political mistake is to be dismissive of with migration concerns – Varadkar Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said his first visit to a refugee camp had changed his perspectives on the issue but also...
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Main road connecting Ethiopia to Djibouti blocked by protesters in Afar
Addis Abeba, January 13/2018 – Protesters in Afar regional state have today blocked the main road connecting Ethiopia to Djibouti, the main import export route. Protesters are demanding an end to what...
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Ethiopia Defense Force begins airstrike in western Oromia; says targets are...
Addis Abeba, January 13/2018 – Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) has began airstrikes in Qellem Wellega and its environs in western Oromia, a military source told Addis Standard. According to...
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Ethnic-federalism incites dangerous nativism in Ethiopia
Teshome M. Borago..Satenaw Columnist New York City (PT) – While the international media has put spotlight on the negative impact of populism in President Trump’s middle America, what is happening in...
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Ethiopia protesters block main highway to the sea
Abiy Ahmed Photographer: Zacharias Abubeker/AFP Via Getty Images by Katharine Houreld and Robin Pomeroy Protesters in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region have blocked the landlocked country’s main...
View ArticleAn Apartheid like System in Awassa
By Damo Gotamo It may surprise some people when they read the topic of this brief piece. But, for more than five hundred thousand residents of Awassa, who have experienced blatant discrimination in all...
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From Predatory to Modernizing Elites: Prospects in Abiy’s Ethiopia
Professor Messay Kebede Professor Messay Kebede The starting occasion of this article is a video I watched on the 7th conference of Vision Ethiopia in which my old and dear friend and colleague, Dr,...
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The Case of the Sidama People’s Referendum for Regional Statehood in...
By: Yohanan Yokamo (Lecturer, Hawassa University) The Sidama People are one of the indigenous Cushitic or Kushitic language speaking Ethiopians. After EPRDF (Ethiopia People Revolutionary Democratic...
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Louisville is renaming its airport after Muhammad Ali
Billy Kobin, Louisville Courier Journal Muhammad Ali once said his “greatness came and started in Louisville.” Now his name will be among the first things visitors and travelers see when they fly into...
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British lawmakers crush Theresa May’s Brexit deal by historic margin
By Bianca Britton, CNN London (CNN)British lawmakers have soundly rejected Theresa May’s Brexit deal, in the biggest defeat for any UK government in the modern parliamentary era. After 200 speeches...
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Ketera, Eve Of Epiphany Celebrated in Ethiopia
Ketera celebration in Gonder The festival of Timket is celebrated on January 19th (20th in a leap year) and it commemorates the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist at River Jordan. In Ketera, the...
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New Ethiopian offensive suggests difficulty in managing peace process
by JOSEPH HAMMOND SOUTH OF ETHIOPIAN BORDER, CENTRAL NORTHERN KENYA – FEBRUARY 3: OLF rebels are regrouping in Northern Kenya to safety, February 3rd, 2006, in Kenya. The OLF is orgaznied militarely...
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DAUNTING CHALLENGES MEET ETHIOPIA’S PROMISING REFORMS
Mebratu D Kelecha, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, January 15/2019 – There are diverse experiences of “democratic transition” around the world, as well as the causes that lead to such transition and...
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Ethiopia Airlines to launch US $65m five-star hotel
By teresia njoroge Ethiopian Airline is set to launch US $65m Ethiopian Skylight Five Hotel this month. This is according to the Airline’s Head of Infrastructure Planning and Development, Abraham...
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