7.8 mln people need food aid in Ethiopia: official

June 8, 2017 08:32     ADDIS ABABA, June 7 (Xinhua) — 7.8 million people in Ethiopia need food assistance due to a prolonged drought worsened by the El-Nino weather condition, said a government minister on Wednesday. Ethiopian communications minister Negeri Lencho said in a statement that the government has set aside 50 million U.S. […]

Gratefully remembering (and Saluting) America’s black antifascist vanguard in Ethiopia

By Satenaw June 8, 2017 08:05 Hidden Fighters © Molly Crabapple Molly Crabapple No. 35 THEY EXIST NOW MOSTLY IN ARCHIVES. Photos show a beautiful young woman bent over an operating table, staring toward the camera with a mixture of defiance and exhaustion. A man in a sweater adorned with the Lion of Judah jauntily […]

አንድነት ከማን ጋር? አንድነት ለምን? አንድነት መቼ?

June 7, 2017 ማክሰኛ ግንቦት ፳፱ቀን ፪ሺህ ፱ ዓ.ም.                         ቅፅ፭፣ ቁጥር  ፲፯ ዐማራው በባህሉ፣ በሥነ-ልቦናውና በፖለቲካ ታሪኩ እንዲሁም በሚጋራቸው የወል ዕሴቶቹ፣ በእሱነቱና በኢትዮጵያዊነቱ መካከል የተሰመረ ልዩነት ባለመኖሩ፣በዘር ጠላትነት ተፈርጆ የዘር ማጥፋትና የዘር ማጽዳት ወንጀል ሲፈጸምበት ፣ወንጀሉ በሁሉም ኢትዮጵያዊ ላይ የሚፈጸም ነው በማለት፣ለምን? እንዴት? ብሎ ለመጠየቅ ከሁለት ዓሥርተ ዓመታት በላይ እንደፈጀበት በግልጽ ይታወቃል። […]

Internet, social media back in Ethiopia after block

08 June 2017 – 19H40 © AFP/File | Ethiopia shut down internet access even to diplomatic installations last week in a move the government said was necessary to keep students from being distracted during annual exams ADDIS ABABA (AFP) –  Ethiopia re-activated cellphone data services and unexpectedly allowed access to social media sites that had been […]

Tackling Ethiopia’s drought the Canadian way

Ethiopia has a plan in place to build long-term drought resilience and rural food, which is almost exactly what Canadians did to build drought resilience on the Prairies during the Dirty Thirties. What the country needs now is money. In this photo taken in January, 2016, a farmer shows his failed crops and farmland in […]

ሻለቃ ዳዊት ወ/ጊዮርጊስ ተቃዋሚ ሃይሉ “ፉከራ” እና “ጉራ ብቻ” ነው – ዝግጅት የለም ይለሉ

  06/08 /2017 ተቃዋሚው እርስ-በርሱ ተነጋግሮ አያውቅም። የጋራ አጀንዳም የለውም። ነገ ደረስኩ – ከነገ ወዲያ ደረስኩ እያሉ መፎከር ብቻ ነው ያለው። ኢትዮጵያ ያለው ህዝብ ማንም ሳያደራጀው ቁጣው በገነፈለበት ወቅት አንድ ነገር ማድረግ ቢቻል ኖሮ ወያኔ ሊወድቅ ይችል ነበር። ግን በውጭ ያለው ከማጨብጨብ እና በኢሳት በኩል መረጃ ከማስተላለፍ በስተቀር ምንም ያደረገው ነገር የለም። ይህ ውድቀታችን ነው። […]

Oldest Homo sapiens bones ever found shake foundations of the human story

Oldest Homo sapiens bones ever found shake foundations of the human story Idea that modern humans evolved in East Africa 200,000 years ago challenged by extraordinary discovery of 300,000-year-old remains in Moroccan mine Play Video Reconstruction shows earliest known Homo sapiens skull Idea that modern humans evolved in East Africa 200,000 years ago challenged by […]

Israel brings over 70 new olim from Ethiopia

Falash Mura members arrive in Israel Photo: International Christian Agency Israel brings over 70 new olim from Ethiopia The Falash Mura members were brought to Israel from Ethiopia due to a government decision, with some saying they have not seen their family in 25 years; Israel promised to bring over 9,000 Falash Mura members. Omri […]

Ethiopia’s headline inflation rises to 8.7 pct in May: statistics office

Wed Jun 7, 2017 8:54am GMT ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s year-on-year inflation rose to 8.7 percent in May from 8.6 percent in April, driven by a surge in both food and non-food costs, the statistics office said on Wednesday. Food inflation rose 12.3 percent year-on-year in May from 12.2 percent the previous month. Non-food […]