2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour to arrive in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — The 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour will arrive in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on February 24, which gives Ethiopian fans the chance to experience football’s most...
View ArticleEthiopia’s inflation eases to 13.4 pct y/y in January
People buy vegetables at a busy market in Mercato, Addis Ababa. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Reuters Thursday February 08, 2018 ADDIS ABABA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s year-on-year inflation rate edged...
View ArticleAddis Abeba mayor appoints first chief resilience officer, approves...
Addis Standard 2018-02-08 Fitsumbrhan Tsegaye Beyene 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation – is Dedicated to Building Resilience in Cities around the World – Addis Abeba is a...
View ArticleEthiopian activists launching remittance embargo campaign on social media
Remittance embargo cyber campaign targets to mobilize Ethiopians living in North America, Europe, Australia, Middle East, among others, not “to feed the beast” borkena, February 7, 2018 — Ethiopian...
View ArticleEthiopia: Eskinder Nega & Andualem Arage to Be Freed
Eskinder Nega and Andualem Arage. (Image: Amnesty International) Xinhua ADDIS ABABA — The Ethiopian government on Thursday gave pardons to 746 suspects including prominent opposition figure Andualem...
View ArticleEmperor Menelik Statue, Sebastopol Artillery to Get Face-lift
Statue of Emperor Menelik II (photo: Capital) Menelik II Statue, which was exposed to vibration during the construction of the Addis Abeba Light Rail Transit (AA-LRT), is to be restored along with...
View ArticleFebruary Africa History Month
-Yekatit is also the Africa History Month -The 81 years Yekatit 12 Fascist Massacre Commemoration -The 122 Years Great Adwa African Victory Be good if you make time for remembering and including...
View ArticleEritrea’s prolonged national service a defense measure against Ethiopia
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Eritrea continues to prolong the statutory duration of its national service because of the illegal occupation of its territory by neighbouring Ethiopia, its Minister of...
View ArticleOpposition party sees chance to grow as Ethiopia vows reform
Nizar Manek, Bloomberg An Ethiopian opposition party whose chairman was freed after more than a year in prison plans to step up its activity as the Horn of Africa nation’s government pledges greater...
View ArticleResponse to Goitom Gebreluel, Biniam Bedaso & Nemera Mamo authors of “...
By Getachew Reda (ED-ES) Lately, several articles caught my eye forced me to react on them. Among those, a commentary titled “Managing Ethiopia’s political crisis” Written by Goitom Gebreluel, Biniam...
View ArticleLet’s Intensify the Struggle Against TPLF led Regime! (by Muluken Gebeyew)
Ethiopians have suffered under TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front) led brutal regime for more than a quarter of a century. This elite group of Tigray origin which was conceived in the womb of...
View ArticleEthiopia says China now its largest export destination
File photo shows guests taste traditional Ethiopian coffee at the coffee and music corner in the venue of the 16th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jan....
View ArticleAyaléw Mèsfin, a lost voice from Ethiopia’s Golden Age
Ethiopia’s Ayaléw Mèsfin is coming to Berkeley’s Cornerstone with Boston’s Debo Band (pictured). Photo: Flickr/jamie_okeefe Debo Band – Full Performance (Live on KEXP One of the most memorable concerts...
View ArticleEthiopia just pardoned political prisoners. Could that signal a shift to real...
By Yohannes Y. Gedamu Is Ethiopia opening — ever so slightly — to democracy? Supporters welcome Merera Gudina, leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress party, on Jan. 17, after his release from prison...
View ArticleEthiopia: AIDS orphans live, grow in uncertain future
By Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Nebyu Sele Enat and his friend Halwet Sele Enat are barely one-and-a-half-years-old, bright-eyed smiling kids competing for the warmth of their caregiver, Meraf...
View ArticleThe Case of Teshome Mulatu and Bekele Gerba: A Test for the Origin of...
Belayneh Abate The heinous rulers of Ethiopia released a letter in January, 20118 that states Teshome Mulatu goes to China for medical care with eleven assistances[1]. During the same period, Bekele...
View ArticleTorture and Horrific Abuses in Ethiopian Prisons
By Betre Y. Getahun Journalists, bloggers and politicians are locked in solitary confinement and subjected to torture, and various abuses and ill-treatments at the hands of prisons’ officials in...
View ArticleEthiopia army accused of deadly attack on IDP camp in Oromia
Africa News An attack on internally displaced persons (IDP) in Ethiopia’s Oromia region has claimed the lives of six people with others sustained varied degrees of injuries. According to the Addis...
View ArticleThe Case for an Ethiopiawinet-Centered Grassroots Reconciliation Process...
By Al Mariam Holding the Feet (Hooves) of the Wounded Beast to the Fire Author’s Note: This is the fourth installment of what I initially planned to be a three-part series on prospects for truth and...
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