Ethiopia: The Living Churches of an Ancient Kingdom (Book Review)
May 9, 2018 It was early in the fourth century AD, under the reign of King Ezana, when the ancient Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum) – a major naval and trading nation that spanned a large portion of east Africa, including modern-day northern Ethiopia – embraced the Orthodox tradition of Christianity. The capital city of […]
King of Wakanda arrives in Ethiopian royal dress at a New York museum fund raising party
May 9, 2018 Chadwick Boseman, a leading actor of the film “Black Panther,” arrives in an Ethiopian royal dress at the star-studded party hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday, May 7, 2018. Chadwick Boseman stars as King T’Challa in the blockbuster movie “Black Panther.” Videos ↓ Black Panther […]
Brothers at war in the Horn of Africa
Tesfalem Araia BBC Tigrinya BBC Amharic Col Legesse Tafere has an old photo of his brother on his mobile phone Two brothers ended up fighting on different sides during the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia – and they were not alone as many family members fought against each other. “The war between Ethiopia and Eritrea […]
Poor spring (Gu) rains likely to prolong food security emergency in southeastern Ethiopia
Alert March 1, 2018 Figure 1 March to May 2018 rainfall and temperature forecasts Source: NMME, GHACOF, Ethiopia NMA, Kenya Met. Dept. forecasts Ethiopia is expected to continue facing a major food security emergency in 2018, as the impacts of poor rainfall in 2016/17, expected below-average rainfall in the first half of 2018, and large-scale […]
Souvenirs from Ethiopia turn out to be 3kg of cannabis
Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 15:38 by Edwina Brincat Supermarket worker kept behind bars following controlled delivery discovery Photo: Shutterstock A supermarket employee who received three kilogrammes of cannabis at his workplace has been denied bail after pleading not guilty to charges against him. Ethiopian-born Towfik Shikur Hussein, 26, residing at Msida and currently working at […]
Ethiopia: Open economy and politics
Ethiopia’s new premier is talking political and economic reform. But the extent to which he can achieve either remains an open question, writes Haitham Nouri Ethiopia: Open economy and politics Haitham Nouri The actions of Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, appear more democratic than his predecessor as he tries to build strong […]
Sudan regrets Egypt’s FM statements over Ethiopian dam.
May 9, 2018 (KHARTOUM) The Sudanese government has regretted statements attributed to the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry blaming the failure of recent meeting over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Sudan and Ethiopia. The three countries held a technical meeting including irrigation ministers and experts in Addis Ababa on 5 May to discuss […]
“የላቲኑ ድክመት” (ሰይፉ ኣዳነች ብሻው)
May 9, 2018 የላቲኑን ድክመት ለመግለፅ የግድ ላቲኑን ማከል ይኖርብኛል። በዚኽም ላቲኑ ራሡን ይገልፃል ብዬ አምናለሁ። አንዳንድ ሰዎች አማርኛ ራሡን ለመግለፅ እንኳን አይችልም ሲሉ ይደመጣሉ። እንደ ምሣሌም “በላ”ን ያነሣሉ፡ ሌሎችም ምሣሌዎች ዐሏቸው። እንግዲኽ ነገሩ “በላ ልበልሃ” እና “እሡ በላ” ዓይነት ስለኾነ እኔ “በላ ልበልሃ”ን መርጫለሁ። አማርኛን ደካማ ቋንቋ ለማስመሠል መሞከር ሰዎች በየቋንቋዎቻቸው ሊገልፁ የሚፈልጉትን አጠቃላይ […]
“ማን ምን እየሰራ ነው?” ኢህአዴግ፥ ኦህዴድ፥ ጠ/ሚኒስትሩ፥ ህወሓትና ብአዴን ( ሚክይ ዓምሃራ)
May 9, 2018 ኢህአዴግ ኢህአዴግ እንደ ድርጅት ከበፊቱ የተወሰነ መረጋጋት ቢያሳይም በግለሰብ ደረጃ ግን እስካሁን ድረስ ለመነጋገርና ስልክ ለመደዋወል እንኳን ያልቻሉ የድርጅቱ ከፍተኛ አመራሮች አሉ፡፡ ኩርፊያዉ ገና በደንብ አልቀዘቀዘም፡፡ እንደ ድርጅት የወደፊቱን አቅጣጫ እና ምናልባትም በመጣበት ርእዮተ አለም ይቀጥላል ወይስ የተወሰነ እራሱን እያላመደ የመቀየር አላማ አለዉ የሚለዉ በደንብ አለየም፡፡ የኢህአዴግ ጽ/ቤት አላፊ ተደርጋ የተሾመችዉ ሴትዮ […]
የሚሊዮኖች የነፃነት ድምፅ ይሰማ (ጋዜጠኛ ወብሸት ታየ)
May 9, 2018 ውስጤን ሲሞግተኝና ዛሬ ነገ ስለው ባጅቼ በዕለተ ልደታ ግን ሳላነሳው ላልፈው ያልፈለኩትን ጉዳይ ላጋራችሁ። – የወንድሜ የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ የ”ይፈታ ዘመቻ” ነው። ዜጠኛ ወብሸት ታየ ከሁሉም በፊት ግን ለክርስትና ዕምነት ተከታዮች(ዕለቱን ለምታከብሩ) እንኳን ለልደታ ማርያም አደረሳችሁ ለማለት እፈልጋለሁ። በውዳሴዋም “ቅድስት አንቲ እም አነስት ወብሩክ ፍሬ ከርስኪ፤ ተፈስሂ ፍስህት ኦ ምልዕተ ፀጋ እግዚአብሔር […]