“ያን ጊዜ በውስጥ ሱሪና በጡት መያዣ፥ በባዶ እግር ነበር የሚደነሰው።”ሜሪ አርምዴ
በ 40ዎቹ ና በ 50ዎቹ ዘመናዊ ሙዚቃ፣ ፉሽን ና የምሽት ህይወት አዲስ አበባ ውስጥ በተለይ አራዳ አካባቢ ሲያብብ፥ ከዚያ ጋር ተያይዞ ስማቸው በዋናነት ይጠቀሱ ከነበሩት መካከል ሜሪ አርምዴ አንዷ ነበረች። በወቅቱ የገነነ ስም ቢኖራትም፥ ስለእርሷ የተፃፉ ብዙ መረጃ ማግኘት አዳጋች…
Ethiopia passes 10,000 coronavirus cases
Death toll rises to 170 The number of people confirmed to have the coronavirus in Ethiopia has passed 10,000 while the number of total cases registered over the last twenty-four hours is 704. The country has now 10, 207 confirmed…
Oromo armed rebel group denies involvement in shooting death of Hachalu Hundessa
Group denies targeting civilians Prosperity Party’s spokesman says there are plenty of confirmed cases where the group killed civilians The commander of the Oromo Liberation Army’s (OLA) western front, Kumsa Diriba (better known as Jaal Maro) on Wednesday denied the…
ከኮቪድ ጋር በተያያዘ በደቡብ አፍሪካ የሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያኖች ላይ እየደረሰ ያለው እንግልት
የሠላሳ ዓመት ጕልማሳው የሆነው አቶ ተመስገን ሃንኮሬ፥ በደቡብ አፍሪካ በምትገኘው በካርስዴል ከተማ ነዋሪ ነው። ወደ ደቡብ አፍሪካ ከመጣ ሰባት አመት የሆነው ሲሆን ከባዶ ተነስቶ ባደረገው ከፍተኛ ጥረት የራሱን ሱቅ አቋቊሞ የሚተዳደር ነው። አቶ ተመስገን ገና ትዳር ያልያዘ ቢሆንም ፥ ከሱቁ…
Thousands may die daily from hunger due to Covid-19 – and Ethiopia is extreme hunger hotspot
A new Oxfam report has put Ethiopia in the list of the ten most extreme hunger hotspots. The organisation estimates that by the end of the year, 12 000 people across the globe could die each day from hunger linked…
Suspects in connection to Haacaaluu’s fatal shooting identified
Ethiopia’s attorney general has said three men on charges related to killing Hachala Hundessa were identified, two of them being held custody, and one other on the run. Attorney general Abebech Abbebe identified the suspects as Tilahun Yami, Abdi Alemayehu,…
TPLF denies involvement in singer’s death
TPLF says two members of of its central committee arrested in Addis Ababa The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has denied the governing party’s accusation that it was involved in last week’s murder of a popular protest singer – an…
Gruesome accounts of ethnically motivated violence in Arsi zone
Widespread violence in the past week in the Arsi zone of the Oromia region following the shooting death of a popular Oromo singer has claimed more than 30 persons, officials told VOA on Monday. People in the area told VOA…
Ethnically-motivated attacks in Shashemene and elsewhere
Following the killing of a prominent singer and activist, Hachalu Hundessa, Oromia deputy police commissioner Girma Gelam, described the events of the past week as having “claimed the lives of up to 150 civilians.” Youths carrying sticks and metal rods…
The need for different approaches in engaging communities in productive dialogue
After the assassination of the artist and activist Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, the situation the country finds itself in is a huge cause of concern. The chaos that has prevailed following this event has resulted in a number of innocent civilian fatalities,…