Africa As Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa rises, history rots
By AFP Addis Ababa A picture taken on November 29, 2018, shows items and belongings of Berhanu Mengistuin’s family house which has been protected as a historic house by the tourism bureau in Addis...
View ArticleThe new Russian weapon 27 times faster than speed of sound and makes missile...
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, ASSOCIATED PRESS Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chief of General Staff of Russia Valery Gerasimov oversee the test launch of the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle...
View ArticleShashemane is not an isolated incidence, Fake uncultured “Qeerroos” are...
By Tekleab Shibru Associate Professor of Geomatics, Chicago State University The video observed youth physically assaulting elderlies in Shashemane has sent the wave of shock across the country and...
View ArticleEritrea closes border crossings to Ethiopian travelers
By ELIAS MESERET | Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Eritrea has partially closed two border crossings with Ethiopia that opened this year after the former East African rivals made peace and...
View ArticleGete Alemayehu smashes course record at Corrida Pédestre Internationale de...
Gete Alemayehu of Ethiopia smashed the 10k course record at the Corrida Pédestre Internationale de Houilles today. The men’s race was won by Julien Wanders of Switzerland, who also set a new European...
View ArticleBreaking! Sudan President Steps Down Amid Unrest!
By Andrew Irumba Khartoum- Sudan president Omar Al-Bashir has resigned after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some top police leadership in his country. Demonstrators that brought President...
View ArticleMoving Forward or Back-slide ?
December 31, 2018 Tegenaw Goshu As any genuinely concerned ordinary Ethiopian, I try to go through any written or verbal political ideas and views brought forward by individuals and groups, and of...
View ArticleAFAR FORUM Press Release
AFAR FORUM Press Release December 30, 2018 Afar forum condemns the well-coordinated and planned attack against civilian Afars by Issa-Somalis in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The Issa-Somalis tribe...
View ArticleAbune Tewophilos and Emperor Haile Selassie I: Their Invaluable Contributions...
By: Fikre Mariam Workneh Abune Tewophilos and Emperor Haile Selassie I As a former celibate priest or monk, I had the privilege of serving both Abune Tewophilos and Emperor Haile Selassie I, and I...
View ArticleThank You PM Abiy Ahmed for All You Have Done for Ethiopia!
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam An open Thank You note to H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Dear Prime Minster Abiy: For over a decade, I have used the last of my weekly commentaries to catalogue the...
View ArticleBillene, Helen remain at PM’s press secretariat; Kassahun Gofe not joining
Addis Abeba, January 02/2018 – A source close to the office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tells Addis Standard that both Billene Seyoum and Helen Yosef will remain in their position at the press...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Ethiopia’s Ethnic Federalism
The reforms by the country’s new prime minister are clashing with its flawed Constitution and could push the country toward an interethnic conflict. Mahmood Mamdani The New York Times Ethiopian Prime...
View ArticlePrime Minster of Ethiopia Dr. Abiy Ahmed – BBC News Report
Prime Minster of Ethiopia Dr. Abiy Ahmed አለምን ያስደነቀ መሪ 😘❤👍 Posted by Prime Minster of Ethiopia Dr. Abiy Ahmed Fans on Thursday, January 3, 2019 The post Prime Minster of Ethiopia Dr. Abiy Ahmed –...
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines plane skids off Entebbe Airport runway
By DAILY MONITOR More by this Author An Ethiopian Airlines plane at the Entebbe International Airport. The carrier is the largest operator at the airport. PHOTO | MORAN MBABAZI | NMG Ethiopian Airlines...
View ArticleEthiopia pardons 530 prisoners amid unique Christmas day celebrations
The Ethiopian government on Wednesday announced amnesty to some 530 federal prisoners amid Ethiopia’s unique Christmas day celebrations. Prisoners were pardoned amid the unique Ethiopian Christmas, as...
View ArticleEx-MP calls for “mixed Ethiopia” identity in 2019 Census
By Teshome M. Borago Former Member of Ethiopian Parliament Girma Seifu Maru Former Member of Ethiopian Parliament Girma Seifu Maru has called for the official recognition of multiethnic mixed-Ethiopian...
View ArticleLet Ethiopia Thrive – Aklog Birara (Dr)
Aklog Birara (Dr) Aklog Birara (Dr.) I have consistently opined that if Ethiopians wish to create a just and prosperous society, the current elite-based and dictated Constitutional system of...
View ArticleEthiopian giants fire ex-AFC Leopards striker
By VINCENT OPIYO AFC Leopards striker Alex Orotomal (left) vies for the ball with Sony Sugar midfielder Fredrick Onyango during their SportPesa Premier League match at Kenyatta Stadium on July 8, 2018....
View ArticleEthiopian Filmmaker Salome Mulugeta’s Captivating Family Drama, ‘WOVEN,’ Is A...
LAPACAZO SANDOVAL Jan, 04, 2019 There is an Ethiopian proverb about the importance of perseverance that reads, ”Little by little an egg will walk.” The saying perfectly describes the journey that...
View ArticleChina Expresses Support To Ethiopia’s Reform
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrives Addis Ababa on Thursday for official visit, expressed his country’s support to the reform Ethiopia is currently undertaking. He made the comment after...
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