Names of victims of Ethiopian plane crash The pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing 157 people on board, had alerted controllers that he was experiencing difficulties and wanted to…
Gedu replaced by Ambachew Mekonen The reason behind resignation remains unclear Gedu warned against the dangers of polarized political climate The president of the Amhara National Regional State, Gedu Andargachew tendered his resignation Friday which was accepted by the Amhara…
Book Introduction Text by Günther Schlee The Boran are a southern Oromo group, which occupies a senior position in Oromo traditional history. Their contact period with the Amhara was shorter than that of other Oromo groups and their dialect has…
Charles Sutton was a Peace Corps Volunteer and the sole American member of the Orchestra Ethiopia, a music and folk dance group which was active in Addis Ababa in the sixties and seventies. Besides playing the one-stringed masenko for the…
Getachew Debalke, a veteran stage personality, producer, and lyricist, has died at the age of 83 last night. He performed in several plays, including in Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin’s translation of Hamlet, playing the role of Claudius in 1985. He has authored…
Bulcha advises not to overburden the current government with too much expectation Opposition leader Bulcha Demeksa, 89, has declared his intention to run for a parliament seat, as the country builds up to an election scheduled for next year. He…
A statue of Emperor Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia and a longtime ruler who served from 1930 until his overthrow by the Marxist regime in 1974, was unveiled outside the African Union’s headquarters in Addis Ababa on Sunday.…
Ethiopia travel and tourism industry players are participating in the 2019 Brussels Holiday Fair this week. The fair kicked off yesterday and will go on until Sunday, February 10. Five Ethiopian tour companies, Dynasty Ethiopia Tour, Gamel Ethiopia Tour, JH…
Former Spokesman in the Office of the Prime Minister, Zadig Abraha on Tuesday submitted a letter of resignation to his party, Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which is part of the ruling coalition, saying that he could not remain a…
Three political prisoners remain in jail: Arena Party spokesperson Founder of a Mekele-based website Geez Media said on Friday (February 1) that Tigray region security forces had threatened to arrest him a day after he published an eight-minute video appearance…