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…
Polarized residents crave unity amid violence, anger A deadly clash a month ago has put residents of the Bale Robe in a state of shock and bitterness. Fear and anxiety are still reigning in the city, Ethiopia Observer’s Zion K…
Four ethnic Amharas were killed and forty injured in Dodola district, west Arsi zone on Wednesday and Thursday, following unrest caused by tensions between security forces and influential journalist and activist Jawar Mohammed, local authorities and residents said. Though the…
Every town and village in Ethiopia has its own adbar, which Wolf Leslau’s ‘Concise Amharic Dictionary’, defines as ‘tree or trees consecrated to spirits (people make scarifies to them’). A warka tree, an indigenous tree resembling the sycamore and distinct…
Federal Police describes the activist’s claim as wrong Chaos in several towns as police disperse protesters Clashes reported between opponents and supporters of Jawar Angry protests have broken out in Addis Ababa and several Oromia towns after influential journalist and…
The fate of the Ethiopian ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has been a subject of discussion. Established by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in the late ’80s, the party, comprising of four ethnicity-based affiliates, has controlled…
Berhanu Jula downplays reports of clashes between govt forces & OLF combatants The former eastern Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) commander Hundee Deressa, known as Diinaraas who was wounded during an attack at Bishoftu town on September 24 has died, the…
Getachew Reda, a senior official of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on Wednesday reinforced his support for the cause of Kimant people for self-administration after rejecting claims by the Amhara region officials that TPLF orchestrated violence this week. “The…
Ethiopian police arrested about 55 people in Addis Ababa on Friday during the Meskel celebration, one of the Ethiopian Orthodox (Tewahido) Church’s colourful festivals. BBC Amharic cites the church’s Addis Ababa Diocese’s public relations head, Melake Hiwot Aba Woldeyesus as…
Once upon a time, Lake Haramaya, one of Ethiopia’s stunning and renowned lakes, served as a life-giving source for both humans and animals, and it was a sanctuary for a variety of beautiful birds in the eastern part of the…
