Ethiopian authorities have arrested Kaala (meaning king) Gezahegne Woldu, a prominent traditional leader of Konso people in connection with the town’s demand for self-administration. Local sources in Konso Karat, 600 kilometres southwest of Addis Ababa, said Kala Gezahegne was picked…
In response to my request to share with me their recollections of their father, the renowned writer and journalist Berhanu Zerihun’s children, Tsega, Tensae, and Michael kindly sent me the following snippets. Our father was a man who kept to…
Rebecca Iyob is a young, confident, and professional anchor and consultant at the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporate (EBC). Having recently returned from maternity leave, which is stressful enough to anchor daily news on its own merit, she anchors French news on…
It was a pleasure to talk to the revered journalist and author, Negash Gebre-Mariam. He is an imposing presence and he looks vigorous for a 90-year-old man but prostate cancer is weakening him these days, he says. It probably shows…
He is one of the Ethiopia’s oldest working journalists. He is the editor of the weekly English version of the Ethiopia Reporter. He heads to the Reporter’s office every Friday morning to make a final touch at the articles that…
It was a delight to have the opportunity to interview the veteran journalist, lecturer, and diplomat Mairegu Bezabih a week ago. A sprightly man with white hair, a large forehead, and darting eyes in metal-framed glasses, Mairegu has a fretful…
Renowned Ethiopianist, sociological theorist Donald N. Levine has died at the age of 84. His son, Bill Levine announced this morning that “Gash Liben, Ethiopian scholar, lover of Ethiopia, founder of the Aikido Ethiopia Project has passed away today at…
Taffara Deguefé, who died on March 6 aged 89, was a famous banker and perhaps Ethiopia’s best known figure in international financial circles. He was bank governor of the National Bank to the Emperor and Mengistu and he later worked…
Ethiopian pianist Samuel Yirga has been named among the 50 Africa rising stars by the prestigious Paris-based the Africa Report Magazine. According to August–September 2014 edition of the magazine, Samuel is named along with 50 other African rising talent. Through…
Leading Ethiopian historian Professor Bahru Zewde’s long-awaited book that covers the Ethiopian student movement of the 1960s and the 1970s hit shelves. The book, entitled ‘The Quest for Socialist Utopia’, describes the fundamental importance of the student movement in the…