By AFP What you need to know: The former Ethiopian minister of health and foreign affairs is thus expected to be a shoo-in for re-election when all 194 WHO member states cast their ballots for the next director-general in May. World…
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus “has not lived up to the integrity and the professional expectations required from his office and position,” said Zenebe Kebede Korcho, Ethiopia’s ambassador to the…
Dear Friends: The answers to the following questions may be helpful in formulating and developing policies as the Ethiopian government is focused on bringing peace,…
The Biden administration followed its textbook approach to save its nose-diving influence in the Horn of Africa. It supported Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s anti-government insurgency and…
By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s army said on Monday…
David Malingha, Bloomberg News Ethiopia inflation accelerated to the highest level in…
The World Health Organization’s director-general on Monday warned that conditions remain ideal…
The Government of Japan will provide a new humanitarian assistance package worth…
Alex Isaboke The elusive Great Ethiopian Run title is still a dream…
(Reuters) – Ethiopia’s military is planning to enter the Tigray regional capital…
Concerned Ethiopia Statement on The Ethiopian National Dialogue During the last five…
By Helen Briggs Science correspondent Scientists say the plant enset, an Ethiopian…
Gizachew Tiruneh, Ph. D. January 22, 2022 After a year-long civil war…
Two people were killed and several others were injured in a stand-off…
Aklog Birara (Dr) Part I of III Parts I urge the reader…
By implicating Amhara forces of war crimes they cannot possibly commit, the…
January 20, 2022 To: WHO Office of Compliance, Risk Management and Ethics…
By Andrew Korybko — American political analyst The US-led West’s Hybrid War on…
By Zergabachew Asfaw M.D, FACP On January 7, 2022, Ethiopian Christmas holiday,…
BY SOLOMON DIBABA Timket, meaning baptism is a UNESCO inscribed religious festival…
Since November of 2020, Ethiopia has been suffering from a deadly internal…
“World Health Organization (WHO) Leadership in Peril”?…
Turkey’s embassy in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa has been moved…
“No Justice! No Peace!” Is Not just a Slogan: It Is Real…
Opinion & Analysis
Aklilu Demessie Cleveland, Ohio, in the US, and Bahir Dar, Gojam, in Ethiopia have been Sister Cities for 18 years now. It is because of this type of people-to-people relationships as well as genuine diplomatic work that brought about mutually…
Contact information: GIRMA BERHANU Professor GOTHENBURG UNIVERSITY Department of Education and Special Education Västra Hamngatan 25, A-hus room 168 Mail address: Box 300, 405 30 Göteborg office: +46-(0)31-786 2325 mobile: +46 704731818…
By Andrew Korybko American political analyst Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs filed an official objection to the misconduct practiced by World Health Organization (WHO)…
Belayneh Abate In his brief article*, Rabbi Raphael Jaworowski, a Jewish scholar and writer argued that the Nazis will never be forgiven for two reasons.…
By Getachew Zeru Gebrekidan & Messay Asgedom Gobena The Horn of Africa is marked by long-standing and emerging security threats emanating from intrastate and interstate armed conflicts. These include an armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region; a border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia; and political contestation between Somalia and Kenya.…
Dr. Daniel Kandie International Center, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan March 22-24, 2019 Abstract: The Horn of Africa denotes the sub-region consisting of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia. Somalia has become for some time synonymous with poverty and conflict. The causes of the conflicts…
Fitsum Achamyeleh Alemu S. Res.97, Sovereignty and Human rights Attorney-at-law May 26, 2021 Last week, the US Senate passed a non-binding resolution calling on the Government of Ethiopia, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. Aand other parties of the conflict Tigray Region of Ethiopia to…
Prepared by: Fitsum Achmayelh Alemu , JD 6161 Fuller Court Alexandria, Virginia 22310 Fitsumka@aol.com Submitted on February 11, 2021 Honorable Members of House of Commons, Ladies, and Gentlemen, and guests: Thank you very much for giving me this great and historic opportunity. My name…
Contact information: Girma Berhanu Department of Education and Special Education (Professor) University of Gothenburg Box 300, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden E-mail: Girma. Berhanu@ped.gu.se “Heaven and earth are such an immense realm that it can only be grasped by the collective intelligence of all…
By Mesfin Genanaw, a college professor in Texas, USA Africa has been depicted as the “hopeless continent” by Western media and the public. But…
Chris HeitzigSaturday, November 6, 2021 The Brookings Institution n Tuesday, November 2, the Biden administration announced in a letter to Congress that Ethiopia, Guinea, and…
By Mamo Mihretu, a senior policy advisor to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia’s chief trade negotiator. OCTOBER 13, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden…
Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD September 14, 2021 To be economically prosperous, Ethiopia needs a formal vision-strategy document that reflects the consensus of the people. The…
Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD 2021-09-06 Self-reliance is a commitment to use the natural and human capital of the country to generate sustainable growth and employment…
SUBJECT: THE FORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF NINE ETHNIC-BASED FEDERALIST/CONFEDERALIST ALLIANCE WILL FAIL! November 28, 2021 PRESS RELEASE The undersigned Ethiopian American civil society organizations condemn and reject the formation and announcement from Washington DC of a federalist/confederalist Alliance consisting of…
First Publish 23 january, 2012 00:01 on newspaper Izvestia Republished: November 18, 2021 The situation in our case, for all the apparent similarities, is entirely different. Our ethnic and migration…
Is Ethiopia* – US’s next Afghanistan? This brief video is to shed light to the facts United States and Western countries are putting undue…
Posted in Al Mariam’s Commentaries Congratulations are in order for Governor Glenn Youngkin in Virginia. Youngkin, a first-time candidate, political newcomer and a virtual unknown…
Human Rights
By: Shiferaw Abebe I want to be proven wrong but the Prime Minister is out of his mind.…
BY ADDIS STANDARD Addis Abeba, December 14,2020- Kibrom Worku, the editor and head of the news department of Ahadu Radio…
On August 31, Tigrayan Terrorist forces entered the village of #Chenna and engaged in sporadic and at times…
Sheikh Mohammed Al-Amoudi is a well respected,very smart business man as well as kind and caring to the…
David Steinman Published Mar 3, 2017/ Republish Nov. 25, 2021 This article is more than 4 years old.…
History
By STEWART WEISS DECEMBER 16, 2021 A longstanding religious legend in Ethiopia describes how the Ark of the Covenant was brought there 3,000 years ago by a man named Menelik, the son of the Queen of Sheba and Israel’s King Solomon.…
In September 1974 the 3000 year old Ethiopian monarchy was toppled and Emperor Haile Selassie I and the Imperial family were all imprisoned or escaped into exile. For decades, the…
For centuries, a Eurocentric worldview disregarded the knowledge and strength of the African empire By David M. Perry , Matthew Gabriele SMITHSONIANMAG.COM n early 2020, just as…
The Romance of the Portuguese in Abyssinia: an Account of the Adventurous Journeys of the Portuguese to the Empire of Prester John; their Assistance…
Art
Kidist Paulos Asrat – Art And Commentary Faya Dayi, by Jessica Beshir Khat is the main protagonist in Jessica Beshir’s film Faya Dayi that leads and guides the direction of the film. But it is a protagonist which camouflages the…
OkayAfrica’s Crossroads When Haile Gerima‘s seminal work, Sankofa, first came out in 1993, it spoke to themes of forgotten history and displacement. Now, through a 4K restoration by ARRAY Releasing, the filmmaker’s…
Ethiopia has hailed the return of precious artefacts looted by British soldiers more than 150 years ago, after a long campaign for their restitution.…
October 12, 2021 An Ethiopian Priest carrying the Tabot. Credit: Jean Rebiffé – Own work, CC BY 4.0 Ethiopian treasures stored in British Museum vaults…
Health
His Excellency Joseph Biden President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20500 02 December 2021 Subject: Urgent appeal to US president Biden: from the US based COVID 19 Advisory Council for…
Press Release For immediate release: 23rd November, 2021 The EU-IGAD COVID-19 Response programme hosted its 4th Project Steering Committee meeting in Djibouti, from 23rd to 24th November, 2021, with senior…
EducationFinancial commitment aims to secure dedicated, low-cost supply of molnupiravir, if the drug is authorized by regulators; builds on long-term efforts to increase access…
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA/AU October 10, 2021: On 8 October 2021, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene, and Prevention (MoH)…
Sport
CAF. Burkina Faso have qualified to the knockout phase of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations despite the 1-1 draw against Ethiopia in the final Group A match played at the Stade Omnisports de Bafoussam on Monday. The Stallions were…
Ethiopia kicks off its African Cup of Nations campaign on January 9 in Cameroon. The national team seeks to rally the country behind them, as the Horn of Africa nation…
by: Watch Athletics Sunday, 07 November 2021 Dawit Seyaum of Ethiopia set a new women’s road 5km record in a mixed gender race with…
October 20, 2021 /APA News The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Tuesday banned Bahir Dar Stadium from hosting international games including the National Team’s…