BBC News Africa As Jewish people around the world marked the festival of Passover, thousands of Jews living in northern Ethiopia, did not have much to celebrate. Many have been left disappointed by an Israeli government decision to end a 30-year-old programme that saw tens thousands of Ethiopian Jews airlifted to the Holy Land. And …
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By Eleanor Ross Some disappeared, others were given lengthy prison sentences. One thing all thirty men arrested in 2012 in Ethiopia had in common was that they had criticised the state and the policies of the former Premier, Meles Zenawi. And yet last week Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a group of Japanese business …
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By Mesfin Bezu Washington, D.C. – The untimely death of Tilahun Gessesse has set off an unprecedented surge in interest in his musical legacy. The King of Ethiopian Music Artist Dr. Tilahun Gessesse certainly ruled the Ethiopian music until his death and beyond. It’s been five years since Tilahun Gessesse died on April 19, 2009, …
By Associated Press, Published: April 16, 2014 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A planned anti-gay rally that would have made Ethiopia the latest African country to demonize gays has been cancelled, officials said Wednesday.In addition, plans by the legislature to add gay sex to a list of crimes not eligible for presidential pardons has been dropped, said Redwan Hussein, …
By ABRAHAM Taye Wellega & Illubabur belongs to Damot not to Oromia PART 1 : Oromos’ expansion is responsible for the genocide of Gafat population The current Wellega and Illubabar are not lands of Oromo rather they were part of the Damot kingdom once its Gafat population and rulers evicted to Gojjam by the Oromo …
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Msmaku Asrat This was the motto of President Kigame when he delivered his speech at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide in Kigali on April 6, 1994. This horrendous genocide has left in indelible blot on the conscience of mankind. Nothing like this happened since the massacre of the Jews, Gypsies, …
US Embassy in Addis has released the following message to its citizens Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Event and Demonstration Planned for April 12 and April 26 On April 12, a panel discussion described as “Fighting Homosexuality in Ethiopia” is scheduled to take place at the Addis Ababa City Hall, located in Piazza, near the …
