Category: Obituaries
Tributes have been paid to legendary singer Getachew Kassa who died on Tuesday aged 80 after a long illness. He had suffered ill health in recent years and ultimately passed away at Yekatit 12 Hospital. In a career spanning more…
Former Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin, one of the officials targeted by arrest warrants alongside other leaders of the Tigray region’s ruling party following the military operation there was reportedly killed by security forces on Wednesday. Seyoum Mesfin had served…
Tesfaye Gessesse, the longtime acting teacher and artistic director of the Ethiopian National Theatre, has died. He was 84. Tesfaye died Wednesday at his Addis Ababa home of complications related to COVID-19, his family announced. He was instrumental in bringing…
ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን “ኑዛዜ” በተሰኘ ግጥም ያልተጠበቀ ጥያቄ ትተውልን አልፈዋል። ኑዛዜአቸውን ይፋ ያደረጉት ሰኔ 2005 ዓ.ም. በ “የሚወለዱበት… መሬት” ጽሑፋቸው ነው። “በራሴ በኩል አውጥቼ አውርጄ ውሳኔ ላይ ከደረስሁ ቆይቻለሁ፤ መቀበር አልፈልግም… ለህልፈት ስበቃ የሬሳን ፈቃድ የሚፈጽም ከተገኘ… አቃጥሉልኝ ሬሣዬን..” ብለዋል። ኑዛዜአቸው…
Peter Gill, in his book, Ethiopia and Foreigners: Ethiopia since the Live Aid (Oxford University Press, 2010), describes Professor Mesfin Wolde-Mariam as “a formidable fighter in every cause he has adopted.” Excerpts: At the outset of his career it was…
It is with great sadness that we learned professor Mesfin Wolde Mariam, who died on 29 September, an indefatigable Ethiopian nationalist, is no more. Mesfin is the victim of Covid-19 at age 91. For me, writing this In-Memoriam is personal.…
Ethiopia’s best-known human rights defender and one of the country’s most senior intellectuals, Mesfin Woldemariam has died from a coronavirus infection at the age of 91 in Addis Ababa. Family members announced that Prof. Mesfin had tested positive for the…
Sultan Hanfareh Ali Mirah, who was enthroned as the spiritual chief of the Afar people on November 2011, died at the age of 74. The Sultan was a member of the most powerful family group in Afar, and the son…
Veteran correspondent Getachew Tedla, whose career spanned more than four decades, has died aged 73. Getachew covered certain major news events, such as the Eritrean–Ethiopian war of 1998–2000 from the war front. He also reported on some major events such…
By Andrew DeCort I am heartbroken to learn of the murder of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa in Addis Ababa today. I interviewed Haacaaluu on April 19, 2019, and I was touched by his incredible warmth and kindness toward me. He showed me…