This is the second installment of the article entitled ‘Twenty eight years holed up in Italian Embassy.’ The guests have overstayed their welcome The book, “I noti ospiti” (‘Known guests’) sheds light on the untold story of the two former…
The hope was that by now they should have left the Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa where they have been given refuge for the past 28 years, and walked free. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed embarked upon a new course of…
Wolfgang Tillmans’ Fragile, opened on 14 February at the Modern Art Museum & the Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa, doesn’t just speak to the fragility of things or life but goes beyond that to question photography itself. Tillman’s photos have overcome the…
Thanks to a friend, I recently read an article written by Andreas Eshete and Samuel Assefa for a conference held in Addis Ababa and titled “Reflections on Expanding Ethiopia’s Democratic Space”. The article takes note of Ethiopia’s turn toward a…
The Ethiopian photographer Maheder Haileselassie’s recent work, Birth, features mothers in labour, delivery and newly born babies taken at Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa. “Spending a week in total in the delivery ward, I tried to…
A statue of Emperor Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia and a longtime ruler who served from 1930 until his overthrow by the Marxist regime in 1974, was unveiled outside the African Union’s headquarters in Addis Ababa on Sunday.…
Ethiopia travel and tourism industry players are participating in the 2019 Brussels Holiday Fair this week. The fair kicked off yesterday and will go on until Sunday, February 10. Five Ethiopian tour companies, Dynasty Ethiopia Tour, Gamel Ethiopia Tour, JH…
Former Spokesman in the Office of the Prime Minister, Zadig Abraha on Tuesday submitted a letter of resignation to his party, Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which is part of the ruling coalition, saying that he could not remain a…
This is a translation of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s speech on the role of media while responding to questions of lawmakers at parliament on Friday. In Ethiopia, the media find it hard to play the role it should be playing.…
Three political prisoners remain in jail: Arena Party spokesperson Founder of a Mekele-based website Geez Media said on Friday (February 1) that Tigray region security forces had threatened to arrest him a day after he published an eight-minute video appearance…