Government says situation under control Press Secretary at the Prime Minister Office Nigussu Tilahun says there was an attempted coup in Amhara regional state on late Saturday. He says a “well-organized group” has attempted to overthrow the regional government but…
A senior journalist for the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), Getachew Chane who has travelled to Canada with President Sahle-Work Zewde has disappeared, Ethiopia Observer has learned. Getachew travelled to Vancouver, Canada, with the President Sahle-Work to attend the Women Deliver…
The Amhara region says 5 civilians have been shot dead by armed men in Benshangul-Gumuz region Armed ethnic Gumuz has killed five ethnic Amhara and injured four others in Benshangul-Gumuz, where ethnic violence cost hundreds of lives this year, a…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stirred up hornet’s nest when he challenged agricultural professionals’ patriotism who asked for pay raise. The Prime Minister, speaking in front of the 1,500 agriculture transformation leaders at a forum in Adama town of Oromia region…
SENKELE— In the tall-grass woodland of the Great Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia lies the Senkele Swayne’s Hartebeest Sanctuary. The area has long been home to the Swayne’s Hartebeest, an endemic subspecies of antelope known locally as Qorkey. Named after…
Tigray security forces have detained a dozen of opposition members on Sunday in Quiha sub-city of Mekele town who were taking part in a national clean-up campaign launched by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Abraha Desta of Arena Tigray said. This…
Seeing is what eyes are for, Before the spell on life span is dimmed, Fourteen years have gone by, And to Azabo I returned … I observed her confines, And gave ear to her vibes … Hearing is what ears…
Over the last three decades, South African photographer Guy Tillim, 56, has borne witness to the dramatic change in African metropolises. While working as a photographer for Reuters and Agence France Press, he has often been at the right place…
The Gedeo displacement crisis in Guji zones in the south of Ethiopia has been largely overlooked and neglected, even though it has been going on for a year. At the peak of the crisis last July over 900,000 ethnic Gedeos…
When my hope like a tree was clipped, Knocked down, pulled up And about to snap; As a glimmer of light dimmed And the eye of day shuttered; I spread and wrapped myself in sackcloth, Unaware New Year was here,…