Category: Media
Ethiopian authorities have arrested an outspoken university lecturer and a blogger Seyoum Teshome in Wolisso town, 114kms west of Addis Ababa today. Seyoum, a teacher at Ambo University in Wolisso campus, was picked up at his house by armed federal…
The renowned Ethiopian journalist, anchor, editor, and chief of Ethiopian Radio and Television under Emperor Haile Selassie, Samuel Ferenji has died in Toronto Canada on November 29 after a long illness. He was 80.
The renowned Ethiopian poet, screenwriter, journalist and essayist, Solomon Deressa, who settled in the United States in the early 1980s, died on Thursday in Minnesota, his family announced. He was 80.
Three Ethiopian journalists run a weekly internet radio station to inform and entertain the Ethiopian community of Toronto and beyond. Megenagna broadcasts in Amharic from a studio in Toronto, every Saturday from 3-6 PM. The radio is established with the…
Getachew Desta is a legendary disc jockey and radio show host who used to host listeners’ music choices in Radio Ethiopia in the 1960’s and early 70’s. For while, his show aired every Sunday for an hour but it was…
Sophia Yilma Deressa, 75, is a pioneering Ethiopian journalist and a mentor and role model for many. She broke ground at the Ethiopian Herald in 1961 when she was hired as a reporter at the age of 19, becoming the…
In our third instalment, the renowned journalist and diplomat talks about his appointment as minister of information which lasted less than three months, and governorship of the Haraghe province before his detainment by the military regime. Minister of Information for…
Ahadou Sabouré is Ethiopia’s veteran journalist, public servant, and a diplomat who had served as ambassador in the neighbouring countries, the Somalia (1961-1967) and Djibouti (1967-1972). The following is the second installment of Ato Ahadou’s life in his words, compiled…
Ahadou Sabouré is Ethiopia’s veteran journalist, public servant, and a diplomat who had served as ambassador in the neighbouring countries, the Somalia (1961-1967) and Djibouti (1967-1972). In the course of his eventful life, Ambassador Ahadou wrote a book chronicling the…
Tefera Gedamu is a major personality in the Ethiopian media scene. His weekly English-language interview panel show, Meet ETV (now changed into Meet EBC) has been running on Ethiopian Television since 1997, giving him an enduring and solid reputation among…