Dr. Mulualem Gessesse is one of the few doctors in Ethiopia who specialized in treating premature babies and recognized for her dedication and passion for changing the new-born care system in the country. While as an adolescent, Mulualem happened to…
There is intense focus on the ongoing executive committee meeting of the Ethiopian ruling party, EPRDF, which includes Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and reginal leaders, Lemma Megersa, Gedu Andargachew, and Abdi Mohammed.
The renowned Ethiopian journalist, anchor, editor, and chief of Ethiopian Radio and Television under Emperor Haile Selassie, Samuel Ferenji has died in Toronto Canada on November 29 after a long illness. He was 80.
Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s widow and a high-profile member of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is said to be facing an uncertain future after her party forced her out of her executive and central Committee membership roles,…
It’s been a year since the death of Fidel Castro, the iconic leader of the Cuban Revolution, who left a complicated legacy—some heralding him as a liberating hero and others decrying him as a ruthless dictator. For Ethiopians, Castro’s legacy…
The renowned Ethiopian poet, screenwriter, journalist and essayist, Solomon Deressa, who settled in the United States in the early 1980s, died on Thursday in Minnesota, his family announced. He was 80.
Ethiopia is succumbing to an unprecedented political turmoil and pervasive graft in the government is undermining its integrity and fuelling insurgency across the country, says the former president of Tigray Regional State and founder of the opposition political party, Arena…
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s policy study and research advisor, Bereket Simon resigns from his post, according to multiple sources. Bereket’s exit comes just days after his board chairmanship at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) was terminated.
Three Ethiopian journalists run a weekly internet radio station to inform and entertain the Ethiopian community of Toronto and beyond. Megenagna broadcasts in Amharic from a studio in Toronto, every Saturday from 3-6 PM. The radio is established with the…
The prosecutor of the Federal Attorney General has decided not to proceed against owner of Satcon construction firm, Samuel Teklay, a suspect in the much touted anti-corruption campaign launched few months ago. With the decision to drop the case, the…