The Habesha People
Habesha The Habesha peoples, also known as “Abyssinians“, is the name given to three distinct ethnic groups and some minor ones inhabiting the Horn
Red Cross Supports Returnees from Saudi Arabia
By Fekadu Ethiopia, Ethiopian Red Cross Society and Katherine Mueller, IFRC The decision by the Government of Saudi Arabia to crack down on illegal
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The history of the Axum Empire and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
SEMERE T. HABTEMARIAM Two Slave Brothers Birthed Africa’s Oldest State Church The two Christian missionaries that showed up in the ancient northeastern African empire
Letter From Ethiopia’s Gulag. By ESKINDER NEGA
By ESKINDER NEGA Published: July 24, 2013 The New York Times ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — I AM jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in
Are You Oromo or Ethiopian first?
The question “Are you Oromo or Ethiopian first?” touches on identity, a deeply personal, sometimes complex topic. For many people, identity is multilayered and
Liberating Oromo Muslims from Christian Ethiopia ???
The link is the wish of those who are preaching” empowering ” the “Oromo Muslims” they claim which is 80 percent of the Ethiopian
Ethiopia’s big Nile dam gets Hoover Dam comparison
The Associated Press Saturday, July 6, 2013 | 12:23 a.m. Despite the concerns of Egypt, work on Ethiopia’s massive Nile River dam is proceeding
An Ethiopian walking on eggshells.
By Yilma Bekele No question I have to be careful writing this column. That is why I choose the title. Some of us are
Hot issues including the Nile River saga
By Robele Ababya 15 June 2013 Tribute to the Blue Party The heroic decision by the Blue Party in planning, organizing and brilliantly
Ethiopia: “No Force Could Stop Nile Dam Project”, Says Ethiopia
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE, 9 JUNE 2013 Addis Ababa — As tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia rise over a new dam on the Blue Nile,
Egypt ‘war’ talk raises Ethiopia Nile dam stakes
By Tom Perry and Alastair Macdonald Reuters- Mon Jun 10, 2013 (Reuters) – Egypt does not want war with Ethiopia but will keep “all options
Dr. Zerihun Tadele has won this year’s Lotte and Willi Günthart-Maag Foundation Prize
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Bern, Switzerland – A senior researcher and group leader at Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland Dr Zerihun Tadele has won
Meles Zenawi and our money
By Yilma Bekele The last seven years or so I have been writing opinion pieces on the political situation in our homeland. Naturally I
Bahr Dar and the wonderful art of silence
by Yilma Bekele Last Sunday May 12 a Federal police officer opened fire and murdered twelve or eighteen people depending on who is doing