Nathanael Hailemariam scored twice in Team Wellington’s 4-1 win over Puaikura
Team Wellington have got an early jump on their OFC Champions League rivals in Group B with a 4-1 win over Puaikura FC while Ba and host club Hienghène Sport battled to a 1-1 draw on Match Day One in...
View ArticleEthiopia: ቦርዴ እና ሻሜታ may be good for you?
Humans may not know it, but we are full of lactic acid bacteria. It may sound scary, but these bacteria make up a significant component of any healthy person’s gastrointestinal tract. They are...
View ArticleTravel: Living History in Ethiopia
By Don Mankin The chanting of the two boys sitting under the tree reminded me of my Bar Mitzvah class over 60 years ago. The language was different – Amharic, not Hebrew – as was the religion –...
View ArticleEthiopia hosts 5th largest refugee population in the world – UNHCR
According to a new UNHCR report, Ethiopia is now home to the world’s 5th largest refugee population, hosting more than 740,000 refugees. Just in the first half of 2016 more than 3.2 million people...
View ArticleEthiopia: Politically Motivated Charges Against Merera Gudina
Dr. Merera Gudina on ESAT Human Rights Watch – Three months after Ethiopian security forces arrested opposition leader Dr. Merera Gudina upon his return to Ethiopia, following his participation in a...
View ArticleEthiopia Abstains on Security Council vote to Impose Sanctions for Use of...
Tekeda Alemu, Permanent Representative of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the UN, addresses the Council. 15 November 2013 File Photo With ‘no’ votes from permanent members Russia and...
View ArticleEthiopia: The Battle of Adwa: Campaign Plan and Combat Actions
Adwa By Tsegaye Tegenu In spite of communication and transport problems, in a matter of two months after the call for total mobilization on September 17, 1895, more than 100,000 soldiers were...
View ArticleDestination Ethiopia: The Houses of Halaba
In the small, southern Ethiopian farming community known as Halaba, residents don’t just wear their hearts on their sleeves — they adorn their homes accordingly. No one seems to be quite sure when the...
View ArticleEthiopia says planned attack on Renaissance Dam project thwarted
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia says it has thwarted a planned attack by an Eritrea-backed group on its massive dam project, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam....
View ArticleEthiopia commemorates the 121th anniversary of the Battle of Adwa
Ethiopia marks the 121st anniversary of the Battle of Adwa, where history was made as an invading European colonial power was soundly defeated by an African army for the first time during what was...
View ArticleJail term could stamp out doping in Ethiopia – Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie. PHOTO | GLOBAL SPORTS COMMUNICATION | By Aaron Maasho | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian distance-running great Haile Gebrselassie believes doping could be stamped...
View ArticleProf. Al Mariam On Addis Dimts Radio 02 26 2017 (Amharic)
Professor Alemayehu Gebremariam with radio journalist Abebe Belew on the massive nearly $USD 2 million lobbying effort in the U.S. by the T-TPLF....
View ArticleIn Pictures: Ethiopia’s Hailemariam Desalegn in Uganda on State Visit
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn has begun a 3-day state visit to Uganda at the invitation of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. Photos courtesy of New Vision Read more from New...
View ArticleEthiopia: ABYSSINIANS DEFEAT ITALIANS.; Both Wings of Baratieri’s Army...
Today marks the 121st anniversary of the Battle of Adwa, a major historic event in Ethiopia’s more than 3,000 year history. On this day in 1896, Ethiopia decimated the invading army of Italy,...
View ArticleEthiopia; The Dish: Dining through the capital like a local with Go Addis Tours
COURTESY OF GO ADDIS By Rebecca Fisseha Selamta – I never could turn down a bargain meal, so on my most-recent trip to Addis Ababa, I decide to sign up for an affordable citywide food tour that...
View ArticleHawassa Rising! The fast-growing, southern city exemplifies Ethiopia’s...
AZARIAH MENGISTU / UPPERMOST PRESS From Selamta, the In-flight magazine of Ethiopian Airlines Flying into Hawassa, the southern Ethiopian city presents itself as a giant Lego board of sorts, with...
View ArticleEthiopia: Ethiopian Airlines Signs Codeshare Agreement with Air Namibia
Ethiopian Signs Codeshare Agreement with Air Namibia March 1, 2017 Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, concluded a codeshare agreement with Air Namibia on February 21st, 2017. The...
View ArticleOpinion: Ethiopia’s Cruel Con Game
Women and children wait for care at an outpatient treatment center in Lerra village, Wolayta, Ethiopia, on June 10, 2008. (Jose Cendon/Bloomberg News) By David Steinman Forbes – In what could be an...
View ArticleEthiopia: Adwa: when Oromos fought Italy as Abyssinians
Adwa By Teshome M. Borago As we celebrate the 121st anniversary of Ethiopia’s victory against Italy at the Battle of Adwa, it is important to put our current polarized politics in perspective. We...
View ArticleEthiopia: The Power of Grassroots Advocacy Over Paid Lobbying
Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn attends the 28th African Union summit in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2017. (ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER/AFP/Getty Images) By Alemayehu G. Mariam Author’s Note:...
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