Category: Ethiopia
When I left a few weeks ago, I noticed that some things hadn’t changed in Addis Ababa: old cars still spewed diesel fumes, the traffic was as bad as ever, and the jams were unbelievably long. The traffic was so…
In October 2023, eerie tension enveloped the historic town of Lalibela. Young people who were suspected of supporting the Fano militia group were arrested in large numbers and transported to Kombolcha town, situated 319 km away from Lalibela. The rebel…
The primary hospital in Finote Selam town, located in the capital of the West Gojjam Zone in the Amhara region, has ceased its operations due to the heightened levels of violence and insecurity that have plagued the region in recent…
Naomi Girma is a star defender on the soccer field. In college, she helped lead Stanford University to a national championship. In her first year as a professional in the National Women’s Soccer League, she won both the Rookie of…
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,…
Ethiopian Airlines is set to resume service to the Tigray region, suspended due to the conflict. CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Mesfin Tassew told local media that the airline has completed all preparations to resume scheduled service after the government and…
The United States has never encouraged the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to expand its military operations in order to topple the Abiy Ahmed administration or enter the capital, the State Department said. The State Department was responding to remarks…
ቀዳሚ ምኞቱ አራሽ መሆን ነበር። በወቅቱ መሬት ለባላባት እንጂ ላራሽ ስላልነበረ የቀለም ትምህርቱ ላይ ተጋ። ጊዜው ሲደርስ እርሻ ኮሌጅ ገብቶ ተመረቀ። ቤተሰብ ሲል፣ ሹመትና ዝውውር ሲል፣ አለቃ ሲጠምበት፣ ከተማ ለከተማ፣ ሚኒስቴር መ/ቤት ለሚኒስቴር መ/ቤት ሲንፏቀቅ፣ ከዚያ ለኮርስ ውጭ አገር፣ ልጅ…
በማር መጥተውባት፣ መሯት። ንቢት ንዴት አሳብዷት ቀፎዋን ጥላ ቱር አለች። በመስኮት ገብታ የአቶቡሱን ሾፌር አፍንጫው ላይ ነደፈችው። ሾፌር አፍንጫው ከምኔው ረዛዝሞ ዐይኑን ሲያጥበረብረው። መርዙ እ ንደ እልህ እንደ ቂም እንደ ጥላቻ እንደ አጋንንት ሳቅ ተሠራጭቶ እንደ እብድ እንደ ሰካራም ሲያደርገው።…