Following the killing of a prominent singer and activist, Hachalu Hundessa, Oromia deputy police commissioner Girma Gelam, described the events of the past week as having “claimed the lives of up to 150 civilians.” Youths carrying sticks and metal rods…
ከተለያዩ ሀገራት የሚወጡ መረጃዎች እና ሰንጠረዦች እንደሚያሳዮት ከሆነ፤ በስኳር በሽታና በተያያዥ ህመም የተጠቃ ሰው በኮሮና ቫይረስ ከተያዘ ፡ ለበሺታ ከመጋለጥ ባሻጋር የመሞት ዕድሉ ከፍ ያለ ነው። የወደፊቱ የአለማችን ዕጣ ፈንታ የሚወሰነው በምንመገበው ምግብ እና የኑሮ ዘይቤአችን መሆኑን የሚያሳይ ምልክት ነው።በጥንቃቄ…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has praised Ethiopia’s approval of the commercial cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In a report published by the USDA on February 5, 2020, prepared by Abu Tefera, agricultural specialist of the USDA,…
Daniel Gebre, 34, drives a dilapidated Lada taxi. From his usual stand at Haya Hulet, he navigates his clients to different parts of Addis Ababa. He said business is slow these days, with customers opting for Ride, an Uber-style ride-sharing…
(This is the second installment in a three-part series looking at the memoir written by the Ethiopian intellectual, freedom fighter and opposition politician, Andargachew Tsige. Find the first part here.) Andargachew Tsigie’s narrative tells the emergence of Addis Ababa as…
(This is the first installment in a three-part series looking at the memoir written by the Ethiopian intellectual, freedom fighter and opposition politician, Andargachew Tsige.) Andargachew Tsigie and Meles Zenawi became friends- or more precisely, card-playing partners – one Christmas break…
Children of Hope, The Odyssey of the Oromo Slave from Ethiopia to South Africa (review) 2019 by Shama Books Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 334pp Price. 340 ETB In Children of Hope, Zimbabwean-born Sandra Rowoldt Shell traces the lives of sixty-four children,…
The story behind the vintage photo Recently at a photography studio in Haya Hulet area of Addis Ababa, my attention was captured by a faded black and white photograph that was lying on the counter, evidently to be retouched. In…
There’s been a lot of talk about harmful water hyacinth, locally called Emboch, that invaded most of the Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes water and what it means for the surrounding populations that share the lake. One of the lakes infested…
The fate of the Ethiopian ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has been a subject of discussion. Established by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in the late ’80s, the party, comprising of four ethnicity-based affiliates, has controlled…