Earlier this Ethiopian fiscal year, the heralding of a peace deal became synonymous with the cessation of hostilities from brutal and bloody conflicts that have torn apart the northern part of the country, mainly the Tigray Region State. November ush...
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Here are the receipts. Not a "conspiracy theory"
Maids made by Ethiopia's inflation crisis The rising cost of living in Ethiopia has citizens searching desperately for solutions as inflation wreaks havoc. Prices are...
Persistent bias and selectivity of mainstream media coverage of the recently concluded conflict in northern Ethiopia is groundsโฆ
An article by Matthew Lee, Tara Copp, and Aamer Madhani of the Associated Press gave a good overview of todayโs evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. About 100 U.S. troops used three helicopters to evacuate about 70 U.S. personnel from the embassy, getting them out of Sudan to Ethiopia without major incident. Such a military evacuation is unusual, but the fight between two rival Sudanese leaders has closed the main international airport and given armed fighters control of the roads leading out of the country, making it impossible for U.S. personnel to leave by civilian routes.
The aid blockade is illegal. The international community must call this out and not allow humanitarian needs to be politicised. Nearly 15 months into ...
Theology Theological Controversies What is the prosperity gospel? The prosperity gospel is one of the most prominent false teaching movements of our day. Prosperity gospel preachers and televangelists have deceived multitudes around the world with a false gospel, teaching that individuals who exercise true faith in Christ will surely attain physical, material, and financial prosperity โฆ
Ethiopia has been at war with itself since 2018. The world may have forgotten the two year war that devastated the Afar, Amhara regions and cost the lives of more than a million. But Ethiopians have not forgotten this war or the war that followed. Nor have Ethiopians forgotten targeted ethnic atrocities of Amhara in โฆ
President Sahle-Work Zewde held a discussion at her office today with the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Aksum Daniel Biazis, the Office of the President confirmed. Accompanied by the Secretary of the Holy Metropolis of Aksum, Mr. Georgios Constantin, the Metropolitan conveyed the heartfelt wishes of His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, โฆ
A friend in her mid-twenties confided in me that she repeatedly finds herself on the receiving end of catcalls the moment she steps foot outside her home. From the street to public trans...
I inquired from a friend who recently made it to Addis Abeba what observation sticks out to her during a recent meet-up. Coming from a part of the world with steady weather, she was caug...
Let me acknowledge right off that Yonas Biru and I have not seen eye-to-eye in the past. He once put forward a scheme for sanctions, and having lived briefly in a country where I witnessed first-hand how sanctions did nothing to stop a brutal regime, I had a few criticisms. He didnโt like that. He fired back in
Then and Now
The Amhara Fano Resistance and Counter-Offensive emerged out of the primordial instinct for survival ! The genocidal Abiy kleptocracy committed horrific acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the AMHARAs, who exhibited extraordinary patience and forbearance in the face of various levels of atrocity against them over 45 years some of the worst genocidal โฆ
The Fano juggernaut of liberation from the genocidal dictatorship of the Abiy kleptocracy is gaining traction by the day ! Maksegnit town in Gondar, which was controlled by OPDO forces ,has now been liberated by the determined Fano fighters who have the full support of the residents of the town !Abiy is apparently fighting a โฆ
The Great Amhara Resistance and Counter-Offensive has prevailed in the fierce fighting that has been going on in and around Raya Kobo ! Abiyโs mercenary soldiers are defecting to the Fano Resistance in droves, making it impossible for Berhanu Jula to defeat as planned Fano Merye Wadajoโs determined fight-back! Meantime, Merry Wadojo has made a โฆ
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission warns that human rights abuses are mounting and protections backsliding across Ethiopia as violence by armed groups surges, security measures become harsher and unrest grows. The watchdog expressed alarm and demanded effective action to improve the dire rights situation.
Economic woes, insecurity exposed Parliament erupted in stunned silence as opposition MP Desalegn Chanie issued a stinging rebuke of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's leadership. Slamming the...
We need to hold onto both the good and the bad so we can hold onto each other.
The 42-year-old Martha Getachew moved to the Tafo condominium site in Yeka District four months ago. She bought the house built by the Addis Abeba Housing Corporation for 1.5 million Br from the previous owner and was promised that utilities would...
My late-night drive home last week was met with a tailgate from an SUV with honking horns and flashing headlights that were visible through my rearview mirror. I signalled the driver I wa...
I could not help but notice the lush vegetation from the Addisu Gebeya area in the direction of the Sululta highlands on the outskirt of Addis Abeba. It was as I went out of the Sheger radi...
Opportunities for businesses across the board in agriculture, construction, commerce and tourism.
The city administration of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia assigned 7300 condominium houses to lucky beneficiaries through random lot this weekend.
In a move rattling the coffee industry, officials of the Ethiopian Coffee & Tea Authority have imposed a limit on outbound personal coffee carry-ons: two kilograms. This comes on the heels of requ...
Ethiopia's Jubilee Palace is opening its doors to a medley of upscale restaurants and hotels, a transformation spearheaded by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD). As the refurbishment enters its final...
A narrow alley around the Piassa area called 'Doro Maneqia' used to be a bustling hotspot for meat aficionados who flock to the area in search of affordable beefy delicacies. While the once crowded street no longer has the glory with more butcheries opening up across the city, a string of 13 spots are lined up fetching customers right off the street. Most establishments are three decades old at least while some even stretch back to half a century. Tsegaye Tadesse Butchery, a four-decade...
Hello everybody! Yes, my maps and reporting about whatโs going on in southern Zaporizhzhya and south-western Donetsk are, โonce againโ, entirely different than what the mass of other โwar monitorsโ in the social media are reporting. Thus, I โmustโ be an โUkrainian cheerleaderโ, publishing fabrications and fantasies, and, generally, everybody knows I have no idea what am I talking aboutโฆ
Zoom out from Tigray and there are many more groups facing abuses who are rarely talked about by the media or advocacy groups. On ...
Amhara Solidarity: A Moral Imperative and Why It Matters. By Suleman Ali
There are hints of normalcy emerging as the Endowment Fund for Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT) โ a conglomerate encompassing a diverse portfolio of 31 companies โ has begun to regain its footing...
Washington Update โ by Mesfin Mekonen August 1, 2023 1. Ethiopian Town Hall meeting: Over 400 Ethiopian-Americans attended a Town Hall meeting in Silver Spring, MD on July 30 to express support for the Amhara Popular Front, which was founded by Eskinder Nega, an civil society leader and journalist who is promoting human rights โฆ
The passing of Dr. Dawit Teklu on October 8, 2023, reverberates as an irreplaceable void within the realm of higher education and public service from Addis Ababa, and Washington DC to Dubai. His enduring contributions, which spanned over two decades, traversed multiple dimensions of academia and governance. Dr. Dawit โs profound influence extended not solely โฆ
Abuses by armed forces, retaliatory killings, and a long-simmering land dispute have raised the tensions and stakes for Tigray and Amhara. Despite being an ...
Religion is being used to divide people. Ethiopia needs a new social covenant centred on the โweโ of humanity, not for the โus vs. ...
The stateโs one-sided narrative has not just shattered Ethiopiansโ shared understanding of reality but eroded the social fabric that held us together. I grew ...
As hate speech and targeting of Tigrayans escalates in Addis Ababa, many are terrified and some are planning to flee. Yared* has not left ...
A year after Haacaaluuโs assassination, I miss him. Oromia misses him. Ethiopia misses him. But his legacy of kindness and resistance lives on. Hundeessaa ...
There are reports of Ethiopian and Eritrea troops going out of their way to loot and destroy beloved churches, mosques and monasteries. In Ethiopia, ...
The Ethiopian government's efforts to reduce the amount of fluoride in water consumed by millions of Ethiopians have proven unsuccessful, according to a report...
Kidist Dessie, 28, is a mother of one that lives in a condominium around the Yeka Abado area. As a mother to an infant, the daily consumptions had forced Kidist to resort to informal delivery services by water trucks owned by individuals. Despite filling up every jerrycan, bucket and barrel in the house whenever there is running water, she finds herself paying at least 2,000 Birr extra per month. Kidist has stopped drinking the water after coming across residues last year. However, she plans...
According to a report by Reuters news, a senior official from the U.N. World Food Programme announced onโฆ
This week: two weeks to India decision, Pink Migration, Swiss gay slurs, a tragic murder in Philly, the NASDAQ disclosures finally compiled, Stranizza Amuri, Charles de Vilmorin, Gala season an moreโฆ
The 18-year-old Besufikad Yeta made his way to the National Educational Assessment & Examination Service on King George St. mid-day last week to see if he could correct the misspelt name on his school-leaving exam certificate. Although the soc...
A construction crew, equipment and materials still obscure the progress of the Mesqel Square project. Nonetheless, the fencing that once enveloped the construction site has largely been removed, and the crescent-shaped steps have been installed. Costing 2.5 billion Br, the project is one of many that attempt to rehabilitate parks, public spaces and rivers of Addis Abeba...
Dr. Caleb Tadesse November 05, 2023 The conflict in the Amhara region is driven by a combination of triggering factors and long-term grievances. Political discontent tracing back to 1991 served as a foundation for the ongoing conflict. In May 1991, the Ethiopian Peoplesโ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) introduced ethnic-based politics. Since then, ethnic politics has โฆ
Jeff Pearce, author of Prevail and the recent Gifts of Africa, explains the real history of the ethnic dynamics in Ethiopia, showing how the different ethnicities collaborated with each other as much as they competed. He explains how Fano is not merely an ethnic army, but a mass movement with a code of conduct โฆ
Aklog Birara (Dr) On September 21, 2023, the world celebrated World Peace Day, as it does once a year. I envy countries where such celebration is the norm and not an exception. As an Ethiopian-American, I have the privilege to observe this and other internationally recognized annual events like New Year, X-Mas, Thanksgiving, Easter without โฆ
The History of Fano: Defenders of Ethiopia
Q: If we went through your car right now, what three things would we find? Aziz Ahmed: Glass case. Breaking too many eyeglasses is a perennial headache for a traveller. This one holds it tight, so I always carry it around. Another item might be a tyre chang...
Aschalew Fetene (Ardi) | New Ethiopian Music 2023 (Official แฅแแตแ แแแฐแญ | Aschalew Fetene (Ardi) | New Ethiopian Music 2023 (Official Video) | SewMehon Films
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The rise and fall of Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Party (also known as EZEMA) reveals deep divisions within Ethiopia's political landscapeโ but also...
Concerns have been deepening for some time now over the rise in incidences of abduction in various parts of Ethiopia. The trend is particularly...
On Sunday June 4, 2023, the people of Wekait, Tegede and Humera held a large demonstration in defense ofโฆ
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By Belachew Ayele October: 2023 Introduction Population data, also known as a demographic study, plays a crucial role in a nationโs social, cultural, economic, and political development. It forms the basis for population forecasting, resource allocation, and comprehensive planning. Many nations conduct periodic counts and surveys to gather information on the size, composition, and โฆ
(AP) โ Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza on Saturday after the Israeli military ordered nearly half the population to evacuate south and carried out limited ground forays ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamasโ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Israel renewed calls on social media and in leaflets dropped from the โฆ
An unfolding horror story revealed the human cost of desperate migration in the arid expanses between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Enticed by promises of economic opportunity, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians โ each a victim of the triple threat of p...
Washington Update โ by Mesfin Mekonen August 1, 2023 1. Ethiopian Town Hall meeting: Over 400 Ethiopian-Americans attended a Town Hall meeting in Silver Spring, MD on July 30 to express support for the Amhara Popular Front, which was founded by Eskinder Nega, an civil society leader and journalist who is promoting human rights โฆ
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The ongoing crisis has severely damaged the countryโs infrastructure. A group of local apps are filling the void.
This week: anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments in Ethiopia, Meloni gets a pass from Biden, Uganda under scrutiny, the grand India reveal, Floridaโs economy, Costa Coffee in the crosshair, J. C. Leyendecker, & more
At the forefront is Jemberu Demeke, a name that echoes local music evolution's rhythmic and lyrical potency. Yididya Wondwossen, fondly known by this artistic pseudonym, bridges the rich musical legacy of his homeland with the modern dynamism of contemporary genres. Jemberu shares with a light-heart...
Afrobeat's rise to become one of the world's most influential new genres, spearheaded by African artists embracing pan-African sounds and themes, reflects Africa's growing cultural and economic influence worldwide.
Lemma Guya Gemeda, one of Ethiopia's most renowned contemporary artists known for his innovative "Lemmism Art" style, left an indelible mark on Ethiopia's art...
Nestled among the houses lining the road from Kazanchis to Arat Kilo lies Fendika,...
Mulatu Alemayehu (PhD) is an assistant professor of journalism and communication at Addis Ababa University (AAU). He received his PhD from the University of...
For years, I was intrigued by the imposing engraving on the stone walls at the heart of Meskel Square. Written the same in Amharic and English, the Addis Abeba Museum defies the norm of usin...
Rest in Peace
Sounds of Hope, Tune of Togetherness: Rophnan's Tour Music has the power to unite people...
Bibi Tesfamariam and Bichu Tesfamariam have taken an unconventional route to pursue a shared dream of joining the circus arts. Their journey has been filled...