Ethiopia reopens embassy in Eritrea amid thaw in ties
Leaders from both countries attend ceremony in Asmara as two nations re-establish diplomatic links. Ethiopia has reopened its embassy in Eritrea after a 20-year hiatus, in a further sign of improving...
View ArticlePrime Minister Abiy Ahmed says China will restructure railway loan
Ethiopia has been a top destination for Chinese loans in Africa, with state policy banks extending it more than $12.1 billion since 2000 The Addis Ababa link with Djibouti handles roughly 95 percent...
View ArticlePublic Policy: Dr Tsegaye Degineh – SBS Amharic
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View ArticleEvery society has to have some kind of moral compass to exist. Our moral...
Having acquired his PhD in economics from the New School for Social Research, in New York City, Berhanu Nega is an accomplished economist and author of a book ‘Yenetsanet Goh Siked’ (“The Dawn of...
View ArticleEthiopian engineer Simegnew Bekele ‘took his own life’
Top Ethiopian engineer Simegnew Bekele, whose death from a bullet wound in July sparked a huge outcry, took his own life, police say. Mr Simegnew’s body was found in a car in the main square of...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Somali regional parliament restores flag, amends name
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Lawmakers in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali regional state have voted to restore a flag that was changed by the erstwhile president Abdi Mohamoud Omar a.k.a. Abdi Illey. Harun...
View ArticleSo Ethiopia’s new prime minister wants real democracy? Here’s what has to...
By Hilary Matfess /Washington Post September 7, 2018 After a year of political upheaval and mass protests, Ethiopia’s autocratic government has been suggesting that it might be willing to transform...
View ArticleNew Prime Minister, new Ethiopia, new You, and new New Year’s Resolution list
By Assegid Habtewold[1] We are good people. We’re rich in culture and history. Most importantly, Ethiopia is endowed with untapped natural resources and human potential. But, we are among the poorest...
View ArticleIS IT NOT BETTER TO SEE IT THIS WAY?
September 8, 2018 T.Goshu This is the way I understand and see one of the very recent tragic happenings in our country: Following the Federal Police statement or report, so many and so different views...
View ArticleNational language: An expression of a national identity
Zekarias Ezra Beside an internationally recognized physical boundary, a name, a flag, or a currency, what makes a country a country and a nation is but its national language. Despite attempts to down...
View ArticlePG7’s Andargachew Tsege shares wedding photo with Ethiopians
Daniel Mumbere Several Ethiopians have congratulated recently freed political prisoner, Andargachew Tsege, upon his wedding to his wife Yemisrach Hailemariam (Yemi) after he posted a picture on...
View ArticleHappy Ethiopian New Year – 2011: Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie
Happy Ethiopian New Year – 2011: Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie The post Happy Ethiopian New Year – 2011: Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie appeared first on Satenaw: Ethiopian News & Breaking News: Your...
View ArticleKey stakeholders should respond to AG7’s proposed framework to guide the...
By Assegid Habtewold[1] The release of political prisoners, the pardoning of exiled politicians who were sentenced to death in absentia, and the returning of political parties that chose to employ...
View ArticleEthiopia govt welcomes leadership of Ginbot 7 back home
The Ethiopian government has welcomed the leadership of former exiled rebel group, Patriotic Ginbot 7, PG7, back to the country. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s chief of staff, Fitsum Arega, wrote on...
View ArticleThe Real Stuff in the Ethiopian New Year
Aklog Birara (Dr) Sooner or later the “Abiy Mania” that continues to grip Ethiopia will begin to fade as Ethiopia faces the intractable and hard socioeconomic reality on the ground that triggered the...
View ArticleThe Rise of Abiy Ahmed and the Janus-Faced Nature of “Abiymania”
By Prof. Messay Kebede Messay Kebede is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton in in Ohio Ethiopians have obviously a manifest difficulty in understanding rationally both the rise of Dr....
View Article‘We won’: a divisive activist’s role in remaking Ethiopia
By AFP PUBLISHED: 7 September 2018 Jawar Mohammed, a prominent Oromo activist and director of the United States-based Oromia Media Network (OMN)returned to Ethiopia in August after the country...
View ArticleFrom Assimilation to Convergence: An Overview of Nation-Building in Ethiopia
By Prof. Mesay Kebede Messay Kebede is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton in in Ohio Though in many ways this article continues my previous article titled, “On Transitional Government...
View ArticleEthiopia-Eritrea troops dismantle borders ahead of New Year
Troops on either side of the Ethiopia – Eritrea borders are said to be dismantling borders in a part of the country to allow for movement of persons. The development was reported by a Norwegian...
View ArticleEthiopia-Eritrea border reopens after 20 years
Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki (l) and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met ahead of the reopening of the border Ethiopians and Eritreans have been celebrating the reopening of two key...
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