The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) said around sixty-seven members of the church have been killed in a series of attacks in Addis Ababa and Oromia region following the assassination of Hachalu Hundessa, a popular Oromo singer and activist in late…
Veteran correspondent Getachew Tedla, whose career spanned more than four decades, has died aged 73. Getachew covered certain major news events, such as the Eritrean–Ethiopian war of 1998–2000 from the war front. He also reported on some major events such…
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…
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…
ከተለያዩ ሀገራት የሚወጡ መረጃዎች እና ሰንጠረዦች እንደሚያሳዮት ከሆነ፤ በስኳር በሽታና በተያያዥ ህመም የተጠቃ ሰው በኮሮና ቫይረስ ከተያዘ ፡ ለበሺታ ከመጋለጥ ባሻጋር የመሞት ዕድሉ ከፍ ያለ ነው። የወደፊቱ የአለማችን ዕጣ ፈንታ የሚወሰነው በምንመገበው ምግብ እና የኑሮ ዘይቤአችን መሆኑን የሚያሳይ ምልክት ነው።በጥንቃቄ…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has praised Ethiopia’s approval of the commercial cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In a report published by the USDA on February 5, 2020, prepared by Abu Tefera, agricultural specialist of the USDA,…
Daniel Gebre, 34, drives a dilapidated Lada taxi. From his usual stand at Haya Hulet, he navigates his clients to different parts of Addis Ababa. He said business is slow these days, with customers opting for Ride, an Uber-style ride-sharing…
(This is the second installment in a three-part series looking at the memoir written by the Ethiopian intellectual, freedom fighter and opposition politician, Andargachew Tsige. Find the first part here.) Andargachew Tsigie’s narrative tells the emergence of Addis Ababa as…
(This is the first installment in a three-part series looking at the memoir written by the Ethiopian intellectual, freedom fighter and opposition politician, Andargachew Tsige.) Andargachew Tsigie and Meles Zenawi became friends- or more precisely, card-playing partners – one Christmas break…
Children of Hope, The Odyssey of the Oromo Slave from Ethiopia to South Africa (review) 2019 by Shama Books Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 334pp Price. 340 ETB In Children of Hope, Zimbabwean-born Sandra Rowoldt Shell traces the lives of sixty-four children,…