Berhane Marqos Wolde Tsadik (1892-1943) was an interpreter, civil servant, diplomat, and government minister. He held several important roles in his career, starting as an interpreter at the Franco-Ethiopian railway and eventually rising to become the director-general of posts, telephones,…
On 17 December 1960 Emperor Haile Selassie, who was on a state visit to Brazil, returned hastily to Ethiopia after an attempted coup to oust him from power had failed. Paris Match, a French weekly pictorial magazine, sent its reporter,…
The flourishing Ethiopian movies have been tagged as poor quality, quickly produced, and lacking originality, and complexity. Despite the criticism from some viewers and professionals, there is no denying the enormous popularity of video films in the country and the…
Selome Muleta is a force to be reckoned with. One of the fresh voices on the Ethiopian contemporary art scene, she crosses borders and disciplines to take Ethiopian art to new heights. Living and working in Addis Ababa, her work…
The YouTube video opens with an image of a young man and woman standing with their bicycles with industrial brick building background. Images of a Borena chief, traditional dishes, injera, and multicolored mounds of spicy stews follow. The soundtrack begins…
Poet and playwright Mengistu Lemma came from a prominent clerical family. His father Aleka Lemma Haylu Wolde Tarik (1868- 1967), was an important head priest who commanded respect and admiration. He was a stern disciplinarian who imposed strict rules on…
Tesfaye Gessesse, the longtime acting teacher and artistic director of the Ethiopian National Theatre, has died. He was 84. Tesfaye died Wednesday at his Addis Ababa home of complications related to COVID-19, his family announced. He was instrumental in bringing…
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…
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…
Ethiopia was scheduled to hold national elections this month. However, in March, the electoral board declined to conduct the polls due to the coronavirus outbreak. Despite this declaration on the part of the electoral board, the Tigray region announced that…