Center for Photography in Ethiopia announces the latest exhibition titled ‘Against Gravity’ which will run from 25 September to 24 October focusing on Identity, change and people, according to a press release. Eight emerging Ethiopian photographers, Abdi Bekele, Addis Aemero,…
The question of identity has been central to Yves-Marie Stranger since his childhood spent as as English boy growing-up in France. In the south of France while “many people called me English, conversely, on vacations to Great Britain, I was…
Ethiopian actress Kidist Siyum Beza is definitely going places with her career as an actress. The 19-year-old girl who is a student at Addis Ababa Art School has acted in her second film Fortuna, the story of young Ethiopian migrant…
The new acting president has long been a vocal critic of Abdi Iley Mustafa Muhumed Omer, 45, has been nominated as acting president of the Somali region until the next party congress in 2020, it was announced. The Ethiopian-Somali People’s…
The Ethiopian-Somali People’s Democratic Party (ESPDP) elected the minister of government communications affairs office Ahmed Shide, as chairman, replacing Abdi Mohamoud Omar (Abdi Iley), who was removed from the region’s presidency role few days ago. Completing its three day party…
(Reuters)- An Ethiopian rebel group declared a unilateral ceasefire on Sunday, the latest dissident movement to aim for an end to hostilities in the wake of reforms. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) launched its bid for secession of the…
Abdi Mohamud Omar’s (Abdi Iley’s) exit as president of the Ethiopia’s Somali regional in the face of pressure from the military and the public paves the way for a new chapter for the Somali region, said Juweria Ali, a PhD…
Sebhat Nega, a founding member of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has stepped down from his position as General Director of a government think tank, according to Fana Broadcasting Corporation. Although the move by the 84-year-old veteran is hardly…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ousted Zeray Asgedom who served as director general of the Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority (EBA) for five years, in the latest upheaval of change of guards of the agency that has mandate to regulate the broadcasting and…
The Oslo-based renowned Oromo exile and leader of the Oromo Democratic Forum (ODF), Lencho Leta, along with the deputy, Dima Nageo, would be coming to Addis Ababa for “substantive talks” with government officials, responding to Abiy Ahmed’s gesture towards dialogue,…