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By Steven Uanna My Childhood in Addis Ababa 1958 – 1961 The year was 1958. I was four years old and living outside of Washington DC in Springfield Forest, Virginia. That’s across Franconia Road from Robert E. Lee High School.…
In 2018, Ethiopia officially approved a five-year permit to conduct confined field trials on drought tolerant and pest resistant WEMA -TELA Maize. The WEMA-TELA Maize trials had been conducted in 2019 and the second trial was planned for November of…
ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን “ኑዛዜ” በተሰኘ ግጥም ያልተጠበቀ ጥያቄ ትተውልን አልፈዋል። ኑዛዜአቸውን ይፋ ያደረጉት ሰኔ 2005 ዓ.ም. በ “የሚወለዱበት… መሬት” ጽሑፋቸው ነው። “በራሴ በኩል አውጥቼ አውርጄ ውሳኔ ላይ ከደረስሁ ቆይቻለሁ፤ መቀበር አልፈልግም… ለህልፈት ስበቃ የሬሳን ፈቃድ የሚፈጽም ከተገኘ… አቃጥሉልኝ ሬሣዬን..” ብለዋል። ኑዛዜአቸው…
እስከ ቅርብ አመታት ድረስ፥ የኢትዮጲያዊያን አመጋገብ፥ ጥሩ የሚባል ነበር። በሀገር ውስጥ ከሚመረቱ የምርት ውጤቶች የሚዘጋጁ የምግብ አይነቶች፥ ለሰውነት እና ለጤና ተስማሚ የሚባሉ ነበሩ። ለዚህም ነበር አገሪቷ በበአንዳንዶች ዘንድ Organic Ethiopia የምትባለው።አሁን ግን በሚያሳዝን ሁኔታ፥ በዘመናዊነት ስም የኢትዮጲያ ምግብ በተለይ በከተሞች…
Lawyers for Jawar Mohammed et al said that they are receiving threats and other forms of pressure from various quarters. A representative of a 13-member joint defense group defending Jawar and 22 other individuals arrested in a relation to a…
Peter Gill, in his book, Ethiopia and Foreigners: Ethiopia since the Live Aid (Oxford University Press, 2010), describes Professor Mesfin Wolde-Mariam as “a formidable fighter in every cause he has adopted.” Excerpts: At the outset of his career it was…
It is with great sadness that we learned professor Mesfin Wolde Mariam, who died on 29 September, an indefatigable Ethiopian nationalist, is no more. Mesfin is the victim of Covid-19 at age 91. For me, writing this In-Memoriam is personal.…
On October 1, Jawar Mohammed et al have appealed to the court that it consider summoning the Attorney General over his recent comment that could violate their right to presumption of innocence. Bekele Gerba and Jawar Mohammed have told the…
Ethiopia’s best-known human rights defender and one of the country’s most senior intellectuals, Mesfin Woldemariam has died from a coronavirus infection at the age of 91 in Addis Ababa. Family members announced that Prof. Mesfin had tested positive for the…
ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደማርም በተወለዱ በ91 ዓመታቸው አርፈዋል፡፡ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ በፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደማርያም ሞት የተሰማቸውን ሀዘን ገልጸዋል፡፡ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ “የሐሳብ ልዕልና ምልክት፤ የሰላማዊ ትግል አርአያ፣ ላመኑበት ነገር እስከ መጨረሻቸው ሞጋች፣ ላመኑበት እውነት ብቻ የሚቆሙት ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደ ማርያም በማረፋቸው…