Posted on March 20, 2019 by Lemn Sissay Today at The National Army Museum there is a delegation from Ethiopia who will receive a lock of Emperor Tewdros’s hair which was taken from his head by The British Army on finding he had taken his own life in honour of his country on 13th April 1868 at The […]
Our country Ethiopia is in a turmoil with a specter of being a failed state under our eyes! The displacement of fellow Ethiopians including children, elderlies, women, and men in different parts of the country, conflicts between different ethnic groups, demands by different ethnic groups for regional (‘kilil’) status, destruction of churches and mosques, lawlessness,
An Urgent Call to Avert the Imminent Danger in Our Country Ethiopia Read More »
An Ethiopian Airlines jet has crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, killing all on board, the airline says. It said 149 passengers and eight crew members were believed to be on flight ET302 from the Ethiopian capital to Nairobi in Kenya. The airline added that there were 33 different nationalities on board. The crash
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by Zekarias Ezra The Ethiopian people’s struggle is for the establishment of a truly democratic system of government. As such, the struggle is to see the end of rule by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. After nearly three years of sustained pro-democracy anti-EPRDF mass protests, led by gallant Amhara and Oromo youths, last February Hailemariam
The people did not struggle for a reformed EPRDF Read More »
February 10, 2019 by Olaana Abbaaxiiqi As Addis Ababa is the federal capital and Oromia needs its own hub, there is a glorious solution to the dangerous Finfinnee debate. Almost invariably, Oromos of all stripes will tell you without any hesitation that the Ethiopian constitution puts Finfinnee/Addis Ababa under the State of Oromia. If you
Let’s end Finfinnee saga, and shoot for the stars Read More »
February 20, 2019 by Garveyite In March, 1896, Ethiopian forces under the leadership of Emperor Menelik II surprised the world by defeating an Italian Army sent to conquer the Empire. In the following article Raymond Jonas, the Giovanni and Amne Costigan Professor of History at the University of Washington, explores that victory at Adwa. His
African Victory over colonization: The Battle of Adwa (Adowa), 1896 Read More »
Zemen Bank EXPOSED: Ermias Amelga’s Letter From Kilinto Prison
Zemen Bank EXPOSED: Ermias Amelga’s Letter From Kilinto Prison Read More »
SBS Amharic Interview with Dr Desalegn Chane – Part 1
SBS Amharic Interview with Dr Desalegn Chane – Part 1 Read More »
by Dr Yohannes Woldemariam February 4, 2019 Yohannes Woldemariam trawls through the history books to expose the truths of Haile Selassie’s 44-year reign over Ethiopia. Emperor Haile Selassie, who ruled Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, died in 1975, but he lives on through the romantic lyrics of the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley and
The romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop Read More »
BY TARIKU DEBRETSION February 01, 2019 Within a few months of signing a peace and cooperation agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea in Asmara on July 7, 2018, things are changing at a staggering speed. Telecommunication between the two countries have quickly resumed. Ethiopians and Eritreans at the border jumped at the opportunity to visit and
Because of the unstable political atmosphere in Ethiopia, I have never gone back to Ethiopia since I came to the US in 2005. In April this year, however, the ruling party elected a new Prime Minister- Abiy Ahmed, who has been spearheading a reform that includes inviting political opponents, some of whom were sentenced to
FINAL ETHIOPIA TRIP REPORT: SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AT VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS Read More »
