This DC Taxi Driver Was a Superstar in Ethiopia
ByAvery L. Whitephotos byAvery L. White/Vice Feb 11 2018, 9:00pm In the 60s and 70s, Hailu Mergia was a famous musician in Africa. But famine in the 80s forced him to move to the US. Now he’s poised...
View ArticleEthiopia Opens Three-Day Talks With Somali Rebels
By Harun Maruf FILE – Ogaden National Liberation Front activists hold a banner in Mogadishu that reads, “The Ogaden freedom is the key to peace in the Horn of Africa,” during a ceremony that marked the...
View ArticleCar accident killed 4 in Central Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) — A car accident in Ethiopia’s central Oromia regional state has killed four people, a regional official said on Sunday. Aschalew Alemu, Public Relations Chief at East...
View ArticleAT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE KILLED, SEVERAL INJURED WHEN SECURITY FORCES OPEN FIRE...
Liyat Fekade & Etenesh Abera Addis Standard Addis Abeba, February 12/2018 – At least four people, including one member of the Oromia police force, were killed and eleven others were injured on...
View ArticleEmpty promises and death: What Eritreans found after agreeing to leave Israel
The Middle East Eye reports below on the situation of Eritrean refugees refused asylum by Israel. Fleeing to South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda, Eritreans and Sudanese are finding inhospitable...
View ArticleEthiopia Must Persevere Over the Abbay River (Aklog Birara (Dr.))
Regardless of whether we agree or disagree with the brutal and barbaric Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that does not even have an ounce of respect for the Ethiopian Orthodox church or for the...
View ArticlePoetry and Art Kebedech Tekleab – Pt 1 SBS Amharic
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View ArticleUS State Department Issues Travel Warning to Ethiopia After Protests in...
U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa 4 hrs · Hi Everyone, we have a message for you from Ambassador Mike in light of events over the past several weeks: The United States has long advocated for increasing the...
View ArticleA wake up call for all Amhara political parties and organizations
By Mikael Arage 11/2/2018 London, UK “A united Amhara is in the best interest of every Ethiopian” The pressure for establishing one Amhara Political party, one Amhara research council, and one Amhara...
View ArticleIs there a secret project of declaration of independence of the Tigre region?
(By Hassan Cher) “We will also declare our independence if the Tigray region took the first step,” said Abdi Mahamoud Omar, President of the Region Somalia to Ethiopia, during a conciliation meeting...
View ArticleEthiopia wants political prisoners to sign “confession” forms before release
Abdi Latif Dahir Quartz Reporter When Ethiopia announced last month that it would release political prisoners and close a controversial detention facility, many viewed it as a promising sign that the...
View ArticlePaintings Of Barack And Michelle Obama Unveiled At Portrait Gallery
By Kate Bennett, CNN Washington (CNN)Barack and Michelle Obama re-emerged on the public stage Monday in Washington, only this time for an event that has nothing to do with politics. The former first...
View ArticleEthiopia drops charges against 7, including Gerba
Bekele Gerba ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — The Ethiopia Federal Attorney General announced on Monday it has dropped charges against prominent Oromo opposition figure Bekele Gerba who is in prison on...
View ArticleEskinder Nega, Andualem Arage and hundreds others to walk free as pressure...
by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 13, 2018) A prominent journalist and an opposition leader will walk free on Wednesday as pressure mounts against a regime that holds thousands of dissidents in its...
View ArticleTigrean Fascism:- An Introductory Glance at Tigrean Fascism and Its...
Kassahun Debalke Gebremariam* (Part I ) This article tries to give an overview of some of the myths fabricated by Tigrean fascism to justify its hatred towards the Amhara people and the various forms...
View ArticleMy my true Political Stance for Amhara’s long-term interest! (By Dr Wond Wossen)
I often do not like to talk about myself here on social media. But lately, some friends are asking questions about my political stance, especially since I begin to sympathize with what I like to call...
View ArticleA LETTER FROM MR. OBANG METHO TO THE OPDO AND TO THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA
IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT STATEMENT BY THE OPDO: IS THERE AN OPEN DOOR FOR TPLF/EPRDF TO RECONCILE WITH THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA? DEFINITELY: IT’S NOT TOO LATE! Dear OPDO Central Committee and people...
View ArticleWashington puts Ethiopia’s human rights abusers on notice
BY ALEMAYEHU MARIAM, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 02/13/18 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL In the lore of the Wild West, cowboys would have quick-draw duels at...
View ArticleHuge, peaceful demonstration is happening in Mojo town.
Huge, peaceful demonstration is happening in Mojo town. I have ever seen such kind of anti-government demonstration before in the town. The crowd shouting “ Woyane leba!” “chaw chaw Weyane!” and...
View ArticleEthiopian journalists Eskinder Nega and Woubshet Taye released from prison
February 14, 2018 4:11 PM ET New York, February 14, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes news that Ethiopian journalists Eskinder Nega and Woubshet Taye are free from prison after each...
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