‘Addis has run out of space’: Ethiopia’s radical redesign

As Addis Ababa creaks under the weight of a mushrooming populace, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest housing project is under way. But who benefits? by Tom Gardner in Addis Ababa. Photographs by Charlie Rosser As Addis Ababa creaks under the weight of a mushrooming populace, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest housing project is under way. But who benefits? […]
MPs submit memorandum rejecting Ethiopian PM’s visit to Egyptian parliament

Al-Masry Al-Youm December 4, 2017 Egyptian MP, Abdel Hamid Kamal, along with 18 other MPs submitted an urgent memorandum to the Parliamentary Speaker, Ali Abdelaal, rejecting the scheduled visit of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia to the Egyptian Parliament, in order to discuss the potential dangers of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. “Due […]
Acting Assistant Secretary Yamamoto Travel to Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, London, and Rwanda

Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC December 4, 2017 U.S DEPARTMENT of STATES On December 4, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Donald Yamamoto attended the Somalia Security Pact Review in Mogadishu. The meeting was chaired by President Farmaajo and provided the opportunity for stakeholders invested in Somalia’s security and stability […]
የሱዳን ጦር ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ግዛት መግባቱ ተጠቆመ

December 4, 2017 በሱዳን መንግስት የሚመራው የሀገሪቱ ጦር የኢትዮጵያን ድንበር ጥሶ መግባቱን መረጃዎች አመለከቱ፡፡ ከባድ መሳሪያዎችን እንደታጠቀ የተነገረለት የሱዳን ጦር፣ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ድንበር መግባቱን ተከትሎ፣ መከላከያ ሰራዊት ወደ ስፍራው መጠጋቱን ከመረጃዎች ገለጻ ለመረዳት ተችሏል፡፡ ይህን ተከትሎም ኮረደም፣ ገላዋን እና ኮርመር በተባሉት የኢትዮጵያ ቀበሌዎች ከፍተኛ ውጥረት የነገሰ ሲሆን፣ በስፍራው የሚገኙ አርሶ አደሮችም ሀሳብ ላይ መውደቃቸው ታውቋል፡፡ […]
ጋዜጠኛ ክንፉ አሰፋ በቤልጂየም በተካሄደው የኢትዮጵያውያን መድረክ ጉባዔና በሕወሓት ወቅታዎ ሁኔታ ዙሪያ ይናገራል

December 4, 2017 ጋዜጠኛ ክንፉ አሰፋ በቤልጂየም በተካሄደው የኢትዮጵያውያን መድረክ ጉባዔና በሕወሓት ወቅታዎ ሁኔታ ዙሪያ ይናገራል
የአቶ ገብሩ ዓሥራት ሥጋት- ተስፋና የመፍትሔ ምክር (SBS Amharic)

December 4, 2017 | https://youtu.be/qmFH1Z0Sj8o የአቶ ገብሩ ዓሥራት ሥጋት- ተስፋና የመፍትሔ ምክር (SBS Amharic)
የነእዝቂኤል ጋቢሳና ፀጋዬ አራርሳ ዳንኪራ (በሃያሬ ተንለሱ)

By ብርሃኑ አየለ – December 2, 2017 ምስል ከፋይል “ማንኛውም የተሽከርካሪ ጎማ ወይም መሪ ምንም ያህል ወደ አንድ ወይም ሌላ አቅጣጫ ቢገፋ፣ቢዞርና ቢንጋለል ሚዛኑን ጠብቆ በመሽከርከር በፊት ወደነበረበት እንደሚመለሠው ሁሉ፤ ከቶውን ሊቀለበስ የማይችል መስሎ የሚታይ ግዙፍ ህዝባዊ እንቅስቃሴ ከተከናወነ በኋላ ሁሉም ነገር እንደገና ወደ ድሮ ቦታው ዞሮ ማፈግፈጉ ወይም ወደ መጀመሪያ ቅርፁ ተመልሶ በነበረበት […]
French the new lingua franca of the world – vraiment?

Steven Poole Emmanuel Macron’s big ambition for the French language is optimistic, but it adds up to nothing more than an enjoyable bit of grandiose rhetoric French president Emmanuel Macron. Photograph: Wojazer-Po/SIPA/Rex Emmanuel Macron’s big ambition for the French language is optimistic, but it adds up to nothing more than an enjoyable bit of grandiose […]
Addis fuels ethnic hatred (Teshome M Borago)

December 3, 2017 12:47 The international community ignored Ethiopians who opposed the election of Tedros Adhanom as director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO). They ignored the human rights abuses by his Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) regime in Ethiopia. But the Western media were shocked when Tedros chose a fellow African autocrat […]
Opinion: Decolonizing Ethiopian studies

addisstandard / November 30, 2017 / 1.3k Hewan Semon, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, November 30/2017 – I wrote this article as a way to initiate a conversation on the issues of decolonizing education pertaining directly to the field of Ethiopian Studies. The main purpose of this opinion is to highlight the importance of making […]