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አእምሮ – The First Newspaper in Ethiopia in Amharic

አእምሮ – The First Newspaper in Ethiopia in Amharic

Juan Viedma Martinez Dr. at Law and Economist. MBA አእምሮ Newspaper was established during Emperor Menelik’s time. The first ever issue was distributed in and around 1889 and was written in the Amharic language. The newspaper was weekly and the first ever issue had 24 copies. It was the first modern newspaper in Africa by […]

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Open Letter to UNESCO to pressure the Ethiopian Government to stop firing heavy weapons from the world heritage site in Lalibela.

Open Letter to UNESCO to pressure the Ethiopian Government to stop firing heavy weapons from the world heritage site in Lalibela.

Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes @YirgaGelaw Today, a friend in #Lalibela directly called me to alert the world about heavy artillery firing in the town. I have now spoken to multiple residents about what is happening. They all report that heavy weaponry has been fired all night from Shimbrima, a few miles away from the historic rock

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An Ethiopian prince who was taken by British soldiers is buried in Windsor Castle. Activists are calling for his body to be returned.

An Ethiopian prince who was taken by British soldiers is buried in Windsor Castle. Activists are calling for his body to be returned.

Isaiah Reynolds/Insider May 5, 2023, Following the Battle of Magdala, orphaned Prince Alemayehu was taken by British soldiers to Britian. Taken under the wing of British nobility, Alemayehu was entirely severed from his life in Ethiopia. He is buried at Windsor Castle, but Ethiopian advocates are calling for a proper repatriation of his remains. In

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The attempted coup d’etat of 1960 as reported by Paris Match

The attempted coup d’etat of 1960 as reported by Paris Match

April 26, 2023  by Arefaynie Fantahun On 17 December 1960 Emperor Haile Selassie, who was on a state visit to Brazil, returned hastily to Ethiopia after an attempted coup to oust him from power had failed. Paris Match, a French weekly pictorial magazine, sent its reporter, Jacques Le Bailly, and staff photographer, Gérard Gery to cover

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2023:Commemoration ceremony to mark the anniversaries of Yekatit 12 and the Battle of Adwa

2023:Commemoration ceremony to mark the anniversaries of Yekatit 12 and the Battle of Adwa

By: Berhane Tadese| Date: March 5, 2023 As an annual public event, The Ethiopian Community Mutual Assistance Association of New York and Global Alliance – The Ethiopian Cause organized a virtual commemoration program to pay tribute to victims of Rodolfo Graziani’s cowardly attack that claimed thousands of innocent Ethiopians’ lives on February 19, 1937, 86

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The Battle of Adwa is indeed the start of Pan-Africanism: Celebrate 2023

The Battle of Adwa is indeed the start of Pan-Africanism: Celebrate 2023

Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), Published on  02 March 2016 Prof. Mammo Muchie March 1 marks the 120th anniversary of the Battle of Adwa, a decisive victory of Ethiopia over Italian colonialism. This great victory has been a source of inspiration for struggles for freedom

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