When a documentary plays the role of a prosecutor

The anti-corruption campaign and the saga of Metal & Engineering Corporation (MetEC) has ensnared several people who had once been prominent figures in government and the ruling party. The documentary, entitled Minabawi (Illusion) uncovering web of corruption about the corporation…
Was MetEC involved in illegal arms trade?

Ethiopia’s Metal & Engineering Corporation (MetEC) has been the subject of an investigation into allegation of corrupt conduct and embezzlement of public funds. Another report alludes it might also have been engaged in an illicit arms trade, in a blatant…
Interview with Gérard Prunier (part II)

In the first instalment of a two-part interview held in mid-April, Gérard Prunier graciously shared memories and insights about the circumstances of his first arrival in Ethiopia towards the end of Emperor Haile Selassie’s reign in 1973, travelling overland from Tanzania,…
Bahta Gebrehiwot’s Life and Career

At 75, the singer talks about his feelings for music and his path to becoming one of country’s greatest music entertainers Newly arrived to the capital, fresh from three years at Gondar Public Health College, Bahta Gebrehiwot in his young…
Arrests in Gambella stoke tensions

 • An American national among those arrested • Youth group looking to oust the president Two weeks after security forces in Gambella State on the border of Sudan fired on protesters demanding reform, killing 9, residents say people suspected of…
Ethiopia’s tourism sector eyes French market

Company to offer tours to Massawa and the Dahlak Archipelago Three Ethiopian tour companies, Monpays Tour, Sphere, Ava Tours and the Ethiopian Airlines are participating in the International French Travel Mart (IFTM)-Top Resa, being held in Paris from September 25-28.…
Grand Renaissance Dam in deep water

 MeTEC under fire  for causing delays and extra costs Salini’s delay claim adds to GERD crisis Remaining work outsourced to Alstom & Voith The construction of the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) along the Nile, a project treated as…