የመሪነት አበሳ
መሪነት፣ የነገሮችን አካሄድና ፍጻሜ ከጅምሩ ለተለሙ ነው። መሪነት፣ ዐይናቸውን ከግባቸው ላይ ሳያነሡ በየእርከኑ ሁኔታን ለሚያቃኑ ነው። መሪነት፣ ምሥጋናን ለሚጋሩ ነው። መሪነት፣ ውርደት ውርደቱን ማንም እንደማይጋራቸው ለተገነዘቡ ነው። የመሪዎች አበሳ የሚጀምረው ዓላማቸውን ግልጽ ሳያደርጉ ሲቀር፣ ዓላማቸውን እንደየሁኔታው ደጋግመው ሳያጠሩ ሲቀር፣ ተቀናቃኞች…
Category: Ethiopia
Portrait of Mekele, a threatened Ethiopian city
The Ethiopian government announced on Thursday the launch of the “final offensive” against Mekele, the regional capital of Tigray. This is a portrait of a city cut off from the world. Communications are severed; a few intermittent connections by satellite…
COVID 19 impacts: jeopardising livelihoods, deepening inequalities and decreasing wellbeing for youth in Ethiopia
Saturday 21st of November 2020 was Saint Michael’s day in the Ethiopian calendar and the 12th day of the month of Hidar, in the year 2013. This was the 102nd anniversary of the Hidar Beshita, the “Disease of November”, known globally…
Introducing GMO enset: some issues of concern
Enset (EnseteVentricosum) is a root crop that forms a staple food for over 20 million people in Ethiopia. Enset is domesticated and used as a food crop only in Ethiopia although wild forms are known to be found in a…
An Ethiopian man explains why he has not shaken anyone’s hands for the past ten years
The case for banning handshakes The COVID-19 pandemic is causing people to rethink the wisdom of shaking hands and seek other options that perform similar functions without entailing getting quite so close. One man in Ethiopia has been making the…
The Abortive Coup d’Etat of December 1960: A Personal Account (Part Two)
By Major Yared Bitaw In December 1960, while Emperor Haile-Selassie (1892-1975), the last emperor of Ethiopia, was visiting Brazil, members of the security and military forces led by the commander of the Imperial bodyguard, Gen. Menghistu Neway attempted a coup…
The Ethiopian Coup d’Etat of December 1960: A Personal Account
By Major Yared Bitaw In December 1960, while Emperor Haile-Selassie (1892-1975), the last emperor of Ethiopia, was visiting Brazil, members of the security and military forces led by the commander of the Imperial bodyguard, Gen. Menghistu Neway attempted a coup…
Restored Bete Golgotha Mickael Church to be inaugurated
An inaugural ceremony would be held on November 21 for the completion of a preservation project at the rock-hewn church of Bete Golgotha Mickael in Lalibela, Ethiopia’s Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH) disclosed. The renovation work,…
The intellectual project of Global Ethiopia (part two)
Locating Ethiopia Even though Ethiopia is widely mentioned in great Classical mythologies, maps, art, sculptures, poetry, war narratives, it has always been difficult to establish the country or its people in concise geographical and historical contexts on the basis of…
Trouble in the Somali federal region
Attack on minority, looting orgy grips Jijiga as defence force clashed with Abdi Illey’s paramilitary forces Heavy artillery and sporadic gunfire spluttered around the Somali region’s capital Jijiga this morning as Ethiopia’s National Defence Forces (ENDF) entered the town to…