VIDEO: Danger as Museveni, Egyptian President’s guards fight at State House...
Video footage of Special Forces Command Presidential guards at State House, Entebbe clashed with Egyptian President, His Excellency Field Marshal Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s guards on Sunday. The short...
View ArticleEthnic tensions in Gondar reflect the toxic nature of Ethiopian politics
A coach torched by anti-government protesters in Gondar, Ethiopia. All photographs by William Davison In Gondar, a city in Ethiopia’s northern highlands, a lone tourist pauses to take a photo of a...
View ArticleETHIOPIA: LAND AS A COMMODITY AND A HUMAN RIGHT ISSUE–THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Teshome Abebe* December 23, 2016 “Buy land son, they don’t make them anymore”. ‘Tony Soprano’—The Sopranos. Teshome Abebe If we were residents of “The Culture”, we would face no scarcity, and I...
View ArticleEthiopia Releases Thousands Arrested Since Start of State of Emergency
Ethiopia has released thousands of protesters who were detained during the ongoing state of emergency. People detained in Awash, Alage, Bir Sheleko and Tolay centers will be allowed to return home...
View ArticleEthiopian running legend Miruts Yifter dies at 72, says family
He is the reason … for what I achieved,’ says double Olympic 10,000m champ Gebreselassie Miruts Yifter, an Ethiopian running legend who won two gold medals at the 1980 Moscow Olympics at age 40 and won...
View ArticleVideo: Saudis visit to Ethiopia strains ties with Egypt
Saudis visit to Ethiopia strains ties with Egypt
View ArticleEthiopia accuses Egypt of harboring groups targeting its stability
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Egypt is harboring terrorist groups that seek to destabilize the country’s stability, which affects the relations between the two countries. He added,...
View ArticleEthiopian Boy Born with Ethiopian Map imprinted on his Forehead
Ethiopian Boy Born with Ethiopian Map imprinted on his Forehead
View ArticleCommentary: Research on Land Ownership and Land Use Policy in Ethiopia
Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD December 24, 2016 I read an article written by Professor Teshome Abebe on the policy implication of the land issue research in Ethiopia. The following assertion forced me to...
View ArticlePolice: 2 separate suspicious deaths in Fairfax Co. ruled homicide; believed...
By: fox5dc.com staff SPRINGFIELD, Va. – Fairfax County police are investigating two homicides that happened less than two miles apart that are believed to be possibly connected. Police say 22-year-old...
View ArticleFamily of man held in Ethiopia urges UK to do more to secure his release
Family of Andy Tsege, who was kidnapped by Ethiopian agents in Yemen, call for action as they prepare to spend a third Christmas without him Mark Townsend/ Guardian The family of a British citizen...
View ArticleVideo: Miruts Yifter interview by Alebachew Desalegn
Video: Miruts Yifter interview by Alebachew Desalegn
View ArticleIsrael UN settlements vote: Netanyahu summons 13 ambassadors and cuts...
Israel says it is doing ‘all it takes’ to combat ‘shameful’ anti-settlement resolution passed by UN last week by Bethan McKernan Beirut Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped up...
View ArticleHatred is not the Solution! – By Amanuel Lemenih
Merera Gudina’s arrest has been criticised by a member of the European parliament On November 30, 2016, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) announced the arrest of a prominent...
View ArticleThe Peril of Complacency in our Community – By Yimer Muhe
Hilary Clinton’s historical defeat is no doubt one for the history books, and it is going to be minced and diced for a while. No body, not even Trump and his supporters, saw it coming. Trump, despite...
View ArticleEthiopia 2016 in Review: The Year of Perseverance! – by Alemayehu G. Mariam
Author’s Note: In July 2016, I completed my tenth year of uninterrupted Monday Commentaries (and sometimes up to 4 commentaries) a week. Some have amiably characterized my commentaries as “Monday...
View ArticlePetition Condemning the Vicious and Malicious Attack Against EMP Ana Maria...
Task Force for Human Rights and Justice in Ethiopia – Europe Petition condemning the vicious and malicious attack against EMP Ana Maria Gomes by Surrogates of the brutal regime in Ethiopia. Following a...
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