By Steven Uanna My Childhood in Addis Ababa 1958 – 1961 The year was 1958. I was four years old and living outside of Washington DC in Springfield Forest, Virginia. That’s across Franconia Road from Robert E. Lee High School.…
In 2018, Ethiopia officially approved a five-year permit to conduct confined field trials on drought tolerant and pest resistant WEMA -TELA Maize. The WEMA-TELA Maize trials had been conducted in 2019 and the second trial was planned for November of…
ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን “ኑዛዜ” በተሰኘ ግጥም ያልተጠበቀ ጥያቄ ትተውልን አልፈዋል። ኑዛዜአቸውን ይፋ ያደረጉት ሰኔ 2005 ዓ.ም. በ “የሚወለዱበት… መሬት” ጽሑፋቸው ነው። “በራሴ በኩል አውጥቼ አውርጄ ውሳኔ ላይ ከደረስሁ ቆይቻለሁ፤ መቀበር አልፈልግም… ለህልፈት ስበቃ የሬሳን ፈቃድ የሚፈጽም ከተገኘ… አቃጥሉልኝ ሬሣዬን..” ብለዋል። ኑዛዜአቸው…
እስከ ቅርብ አመታት ድረስ፥ የኢትዮጲያዊያን አመጋገብ፥ ጥሩ የሚባል ነበር። በሀገር ውስጥ ከሚመረቱ የምርት ውጤቶች የሚዘጋጁ የምግብ አይነቶች፥ ለሰውነት እና ለጤና ተስማሚ የሚባሉ ነበሩ። ለዚህም ነበር አገሪቷ በበአንዳንዶች ዘንድ Organic Ethiopia የምትባለው።አሁን ግን በሚያሳዝን ሁኔታ፥ በዘመናዊነት ስም የኢትዮጲያ ምግብ በተለይ በከተሞች…
Peter Gill, in his book, Ethiopia and Foreigners: Ethiopia since the Live Aid (Oxford University Press, 2010), describes Professor Mesfin Wolde-Mariam as “a formidable fighter in every cause he has adopted.” Excerpts: At the outset of his career it was…
It is with great sadness that we learned professor Mesfin Wolde Mariam, who died on 29 September, an indefatigable Ethiopian nationalist, is no more. Mesfin is the victim of Covid-19 at age 91. For me, writing this In-Memoriam is personal.…
Ethiopia’s best-known human rights defender and one of the country’s most senior intellectuals, Mesfin Woldemariam has died from a coronavirus infection at the age of 91 in Addis Ababa. Family members announced that Prof. Mesfin had tested positive for the…
ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደማርም በተወለዱ በ91 ዓመታቸው አርፈዋል፡፡ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ በፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደማርያም ሞት የተሰማቸውን ሀዘን ገልጸዋል፡፡ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ “የሐሳብ ልዕልና ምልክት፤ የሰላማዊ ትግል አርአያ፣ ላመኑበት ነገር እስከ መጨረሻቸው ሞጋች፣ ላመኑበት እውነት ብቻ የሚቆሙት ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደ ማርያም በማረፋቸው…
Prominent activist and opposition figure Jawar Mohammed has said that he and other opposition party figures are being locked up by the government in an attempt to prevent them from running for the upcoming election. “I am proud to be…
Sultan Hanfareh Ali Mirah, who was enthroned as the spiritual chief of the Afar people on November 2011, died at the age of 74. The Sultan was a member of the most powerful family group in Afar, and the son…