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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 […]
by Abel Amene Introductory Note While there are many notable events in the 1950s and early 1960s leading to the development and radicalization of the Ethiopian student movement (ESM),1 the first public expression of the ESM as a leftist and Marxist-Leninist movement was in 1965, “when students came out on to the street with the revolutionary
The Ethiopian Student Movement: A Historical Overview (1960–1974) Read More »
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
The Battle of Adwa is indeed the start of Pan-Africanism: Celebrate 2023 Read More »
Pictorial History by: Anchi Hoh (The following is a post by Fentahun Tiruneh, Area Specialist for Ethiopia and Eritrea, African and Middle Eastern Division.) In Ethioipia today, few figures are as revered as Menelik II (1844-1913), the second-to-last reigning monarch of Ethiopia. Like Menelik I of the 10th century BC, the legendary son of King
Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia and the Battle of Adwa Read More »
In October 1935 Italian troops invaded Ethiopia – then also known as Abyssinia – forcing the country’s Emperor, Haile Selassie, into exile. Ignoring protests from the League of Nations, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaimed a new Italian empire in East Africa, comprising Ethiopia and the pre-existing territories of Italian Somaliland and Eritrea. Following early successes by Italy’s ally, Germany, in the Second
The Battle of Gondar: Italy Was Defeated In Ethiopia In 1941 Read More »
By Belayneh Abate It is regrettable to hear historians and journalists stating that Christianity in Ethiopia started in 400 A.D. They are chopping the age of the oldest Church by 400 years, many out of ignorance and some with ill-intent. It is visible on the surface and no need of digging archaeological evidence to learn
Ethiopian Christianity Is as Old as Christianity Itself, not 400 Years Younger! Read More »
The gifts that Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie presented to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s mausoleum, Anıtkabir during his 1967 visit to Turkiye, were shared by the Turkiye-Ethiopia Friendship Platform for the first time in 56 years. The Turkiye-Ethiopia Friendship Platform, which was established to promote the long-standing friendship, trade, tourism and cultural richness between Turkiye and Ethiopia,
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie’s gift to Atatürk was displayed for the first time Read More »
AISSS: Dawit W Giorgis Pan-Africanism: The Vision of Our Forefathers Africa wasn’t supposed to be like this. Our forefathers had a different vision of where Africa was heading as colonialism was coming to an end. When I was a young man in March 1957 the world’s attention was on Ghana and its charismatic nationalist leader,
By Prof. Feqadu Lamessa First Publish on July 29, 2013, ADAMA, Ethiopia (Salem-News) Recently, the Qatar-based media al Jazeera has published several articles concerning the Oromo people of Ethiopia. It is the first international media outlet to extensively report on our people and it should be praised for bringing our cause to the world stage. One
History 101: Fiction and Facts on Oromos of Ethiopia Read More »
Sonja John First Published August 2, 2021 Research Article Abstract Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for his role in initiating peace talks in the Horn of Africa and his attempts to reform the Ethiopian democracy. Under the slogan medemer, he promised he would do everything possible to unite the multi-ethnic country,
The Potential of Democratization in Ethiopia: The Welkait Question as a Litmus Test Read More »
Ethiopia is old, even older than Egypt, but its antiquity is somewhat different. While Egypt was the world’s first indisputable nation-state, unique in its complex politico-religious system augmented by magnificent material remains and a corpus of epic literature, in Ethiopia, the very cradle of mankind, the material evidence of its ancient civilisation alone attests to
When it comes to Bibles, the King James Bible may be the most popular of all modern versions. Before the King James Bible, there were several versions of different sections of the Bible, but the first complete translation was the John Wycliffe Bible, which was translated into English from Latin in the 14th century. Other
