Category: Ethiopia

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,…
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.…
Ethiopian Airlines responds

Following is a response from Ethiopian Airlines for the previous story published in Ethiopia Observer based on a testimony of Yalew Fanta, a former pilot who recounted how he was fired for expressing his political opinions in a casual conversation with…
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…
Ode to Ethiopia

Maria Thomas, author (“African Visas” and “Come to Africa and save your Marriage”) and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Ethiopia, probably said it best: “If you’ve ever lived in Ethiopia, you never really put it behind you. You follow the…