By Asafa Tafarra Dibaba so true, Truth is the daughter of time! tell me yours, I tell you mine, Jews or Philistines, the reason for your exile to ancient Kemet/Egypt or Aethiopia was it not to escape persecution?
Ethiopia’s prominent human rights organization, the Human Rights Council (HRCO) has urged the government to turn the rhetoric into tangible action in its commitment to upholding human rights, supporting democratic values. While welcoming the ruling coalition’s announcement to release political…
While Ethiopian Airlines began commercial operations in 1946 with American aircrews, the first four Ethiopian pilots commenced their training with the airline on May 23, 1951. Despite having no prior exposure to mechanical vehicles, these trainee pilots displayed outstanding performance,…
A prominent physician and educator, Professor Edemariam Tsega passed away on Jan 1, 2018, in Hamilton, Canada where he lived and served in the medical school of McMaster University for more than twenty three years. He was 80. “A light…
The Ethiopian government is to release political prisoners and detainees and close down notorious prison, Maekelawi (“central” in Amharic), Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said in press briefing this morning. The announcement was made by Hailemariam after a seventeenth-day meeting of…
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s policy study and research advisor, Bereket Simon resigns from his post, according to multiple sources. Bereket’s exit comes just days after his board chairmanship at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) was terminated.
The prosecutor of the Federal Attorney General has decided not to proceed against owner of Satcon construction firm, Samuel Teklay, a suspect in the much touted anti-corruption campaign launched few months ago. With the decision to drop the case, the…
Berhane Gebre-Christos, a veteran member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s special envoy to foreign missions with the rank of a Minister, is nominated for the role of Ethiopian ambassador to China, high-placed sources…
Sophia Yilma Deressa, 75, is a pioneering Ethiopian journalist and a mentor and role model for many. She broke ground at the Ethiopian Herald in 1961 when she was hired as a reporter at the age of 19, becoming the…
A senior Ethiopian diplomat has come under scrutiny following allegations that he used his connections within the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to secure employment for his daughter. Berhane Gebre-Christos, special envoy to foreign missions for Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn,…